Former England striker Alan Shearer believes Dominic Solanke may very well be the person to take Harry Kane’s place within the nationwide group setup if he lives as much as his potential following his big-money transfer to Tottenham.
Solanke had been unable to make a severe mark in earlier spells at Chelsea and Liverpool, and spent two 12 months within the Championship after becoming a member of Bournemouth in January 2019 and struggling relegation the next season.
The 26 12 months outdated has been properly and really discovered his toes since, nonetheless, racking up a powerful 73 targets in 170 appearances in all competitions final season, together with averaging a purpose each different Premier League sport in an ever-present season for Bournemouth final time period.
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Shearer: Solanke may displace Harry Kane for England
That led Tottenham Hotspur to splash out a reported £55m-65m for Solanke’s companies earlier this month – and talking to Betfair, Shearer stated: “I am actually trying ahead to watching Dominic Solanke this season as a result of he’ll need to keep it up from an excellent season with Bournemouth final 12 months. I am certain he’ll get extra probabilities at Spurs. I hope he does properly.
“Solanke may very well be the lacking piece in Spurs’ puzzle. He is aware of what it is prefer to be at a giant membership and he is in his prime now, he is skilled and given his type final 12 months that ought to give him nice confidence.
“Additionally, realizing that somebody is ready to pay that a lot cash for him will assist. Gamers act in numerous methods, however he might properly love and embrace the truth that somebody is ready to pay for that him and provides him nice confidence. I feel he’ll do rather well.
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Alan Shearer thinks Dominic Solanke is able to taking Harry Kane’s place for England (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
“There was stress on Harry Kane on the Euros, I do know there have been six guys that received the Golden Boot with three targets, however he was one in every of them regardless of him not being wherever close to his greatest.
“So he will not be prepared to surrender the England shirt anytime quickly, however with a number of worldwide soccer to return, whoever desires to attempt to take the England shirt away from Harry Kane must exit and rating targets.
“Solanke is somebody who can try this and he has an excellent alternative to do it now at Spurs.”
Solanke at the moment has only one senior England cap to his identify, earned in a November 2017 pleasant towards Brazil shortly after his transfer to Liverpool.
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