Tottenham have 2 clear frontrunners at striker this winter transfer window

Tottenham Hotspur have a clear and obvious need for a No. 9 who can get them goals. They only signed one center forward in the preceding summer transfer window after striking out on their other options who could potentially score goals, and, in truth, they didn't show truly strong interest in any player other than Omar Marmoush, who joined from Manchester City in a package deal alongside out and out winger Savio.

While Marmoush scored a nice goal in a 3-1 win over Coventry City a couple of weeks ago, the former Eintracht Frankfurt star has done frustratingly little to help the Lilywhites. He has been bouncing around multiple positions, and Roberto De Zerbi is, like Pep Guardiola before him at Man City, finding it difficult to ascertain the Egyptian international's best position. And most people are skeptical that he is even a good fit for the Premier League at all.

Marmoush does not appear to be the solution at striker, and there's no other option in sight for Spurs. Richarlison has been banished from the squad and isn't even officially listed after a bitter falling out with De Zerbi on transfer deadline day in the summer. Meanwhile, De Zerbi's favorite Dominic Solanke has been so bad that even De Zerbi can't pretend he is the solution.

Tottenham Hotspur are going to have to sign a new striker in the winter transfer window. Their solution is not in the squad, and with Spurs sitting in the top five of the Premier League in most key metrics but 18th in goals scored as their worst attribute of any, Tottenham are going to have to land a great striker who can help them now.

There are only two players who could potentially be available that can be 20 goal Premier League strikers for each of the next five seasons. Neither are easily affordable or achievable, but Eli Junior Kroupi and Victor Osimhen are the only two players who can actually move the needle.

The striker market is barren for all clubs, including those as big as PSG and Barcelona who have more pull than a Tottenham side playing without European football at all. Kroupi was their main target in the summer before his injury after scoring 13 goals in his debut Premier League season as a teenager, and he already had a great game off the bench in his return for the Cherries. But Bournemouth are not likely to want to sell.

Osimhen could be more available since he does not even play in a top five league, but his wages are astronomical, approaching 20 million euros per season. But he is a former Serie A title winner and leading scorer, and he is a long time Premier League transfer target. Spurs would be lucky to land either, but beyond them, there is nobody who stands out.