wight Yorke said Tottenham has signed Chelsea outcast on ‘short-term loan deal’

wight Yorke said Tottenham has signed Chelsea outcast on ‘short-term loan deal’

Tottenham Hotspur are urged by Dwight Yorke to make a move for Romelu Lukaku

Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke suggests Tottenham to sign Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku this summer.

Yorke has also mentioned his former club as the other team that should be looking to sign the Belgian international.

Lukaku’s future at Chelsea is all but over and the 30-year-old is expected to be in a new club come the end of this transfer window.

Dwight Yorke suggests Tottenham to sign Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Spurs sold Harry Kane to Bayern Munich leaving a massive hole in the centre-forward department. Yorke believes the club should sign Lukaku to fill that gap. Here’s what he said (h/t Evening Standard):

While what Yorke is trying to say is right, Lukaku’s latest spell in the Premier League wasn’t encouraging for everyone to see.

He came for big money to Chelsea in 2021 and had an underwhelming 2021/22 season before moving back to Inter Milan on loan.

The 30-year-old struggled for form and consistency in his spell at Manchester United as well. So, it is not as if he hasn’t got the chance to do well for a top Premier League club. The only time he was good in this league was many years ago for Everton.

Ange Postecoglou could do better than signing Lukaku in this window. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Moreover, he is 30 now. Having let go of Kane, it would be preferable if Spurs aim to sign a younger centre-forward and give Ange Postecoglou a chance to develop him into a goal-scoring machine for years to come.

For that reason, making a move for Gent striker Gift Orban reeks of the correct strategy. The Nigerian striker is just 21 and has done exceptionally well for the Belgian side since joining them in January.

Chelsea now want to sign £50m Tottenham target, he’s faster than Erling Haaland

Chelsea’s spending this summer has, once again, been ridiculous, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down either.

Indeed, the west London club are still in the market to strengthen a number of key positions, and now, according to The Guardian, the Blues are keen on signing Nottingham Forest’s Brennan Johnson.

Johnson has clearly caught the eye of some of the Premier League’s biggest clubs, and it’s not hard to understand why.

A dynamic attacker who can play either out wide or up front, Johnson possesses incredible technical ability and insane physical attributes.

The one thing that jumps out to you whenever you watch Johnson is his pace. He clocked the highest top speed in the Premier League at one point last season, outdoing the likes of Erling Haaland in the process, and his ability to get in behind defences is brilliant.

After watching Nicolas Jackson and Raheem Sterling tear Liverpool’s defence apart at the weekend with runs from deep, we can’t help but salivate over the idea of a player like Johnson joining the party.

The 22-year-old knows where the back of the net is too. He scored eight Premier League goals last season – not a bad haul for a team that was battling against relegation and barely created anything.

At the age of just 22, this is a young man with so much room to grow and improve, and with Mauricio Pochettino’s help, he could well turn into one of the Premier League’s top strikers.

Nottingham Forest won’t be keen to part ways with one of their own heading into a crucial season of consolidation, but the reality is that when a team like Chelsea come calling, it’s incredibly hard to turn them down.

Spurs: Postecoglou could sign £33m-rated Rasmus Hojlund upgrade

Tottenham Hotspur have kicked the rumour mill into overdrive with the sale of Harry Kane, as every outlet seeks to predict who will be the man chosen to replace the England captain…

Who will replace Harry Kane at Tottenham Hotspur?

With options ranging from young and hungry upstarts to experienced and ageing stalwarts, Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou certainly has his pick of the bunch going into this new season.

Having seen his transfer war chest likely replenished, and a squad already bolstered by his earlier additions, the Lilywhites could look decidedly different come the start of September under their new manager.

Especially if they are to opt for the latter of those two groups, with Romelu Lukaku one touted name that refuses to disappear this week, given his current exile from both his parent club Chelsea and Italian football.

The north London outfit could offer him a lifeline, although the 30-year-old hardly aligns with the fast-paced philosophy that the new manager is seeking to employ.

FootballTransfers value the Belgium international at just €38.3m (£33m), which could actually represent better value than another striker signed by their rivals this window.

How good is Romelu Lukaku?

With a glittering CV worthy of the illustrious clubs he has frequented, the former Everton star has earned a bit of a reputation as something of a journeyman. After all, he has accumulated the second-highest combined transfer fee across his various moves.

Once one of the Premier League’s most feared forwards, his stock has fallen dramatically with his recent return to Stamford Bridge which saw him swiftly shipped back out on loan to Inter Milan.

However, there likely remains a top player still inside, as he still scored 87 goals in 166 games for the Toffees, 78 goals in 132 games for the Nerazzurri, and 42 goals in 96 games for Manchester United, via Transfermarkt.

It was only a few years ago that Scott McTominay even suggested he was a “world-class striker” too, with his form in front of goal branded “deadly”.

Should Postecoglou settle on Lukaku as the man to spearhead his new-look side in the absence of Kane, then understandably comparisons would be made to Rasmus Hojliund, who is the other big-name no.9 to have joined one of the traditional ‘top six’ sides this summer.

Welcomed to Old Trafford in a £72m move, there is understandably plenty of pressure on the shoulders of the young Denmark international.

However, all the figures from last season suggest that he would struggle even to surpass the ageing marksman, who upstaged him on his return to Serie A.

In what was just a one-year loan return to the San Siro, Belgium’s all-time top scorer posted ten league strikes and assisted a further six, even aiding their historic run to the Champions League final with four goal contributions in eight games.

Meanwhile, Hojlund could only manage nine goals and four assists across seven additional games in Serie A, with what he might offer to Erik ten Hag’s system clearly preferred to someone with more proficiency.

Not only this but his average rating in the league was bested (6.73 v 7.09), as was his goal conversion rate (17% v 20%) and key passes made per game (0.8 v 1.3).

Despite FBref seeking to emphasise comparisons between the two, placing the former Atalanta ace atop Lukaku’s ‘similar players’ list, it seems that there remains a gulf in quality likely enforced by their difference in experience.

There is every reason to believe that the youngster will one day surpass the hulking forward, but for now, the latter would certainly mark an upgrade who is more likely to be an instant hit.