Dominic Solanke is battling the load of the Tottenham Hotspur shirt and must ‘relax’, in accordance with Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Spurs accomplished the £55m signing of Solanke from Bournemouth in August in a transfer that they hoped would lastly exchange Harry Kane, who left for Bayern Munich final summer time.
Solanke caught the attention with 21 objectives throughout all competitions final season, together with 19 in 38 Premier League appearances.
Nonetheless, that continues to be the 26-year-old’s finest top-flight return to this point, with Solanke solely managing 10 objectives in his earlier 96 Premier League outings previous to 2023/24 for Bournemouth and Liverpool mixed.
With that in thoughts, there might be worries that final season was a one-off for Solanke, whose solely earlier seasons breaking double figures (2020/21 and 2021/22) each got here within the Championship.
These fears can be exacerbated amongst Spurs followers, with Solanke but to register a aim or help in three appearances for this new membership.
Most not too long ago, he had simply 24 touches of the ball and failed to aim a shot in 62 minutes as Spurs got here from behind late on to beat Coventry 2-1 away from dwelling within the EFL Cup.
Tottenham shirt ‘too massive’ for Solanke?
It’s definitely not been the best begin to life at Tottenham for Solanke who, in accordance with Agbonlahor, seems to be battling the expectations at Spurs and must get again to fundamentals.
“You realize with Solanke, Solanke has simply acquired to love, have a chat with the supervisor and simply relax,” former Villa striker Agbonlahor informed talkSPORT. “He seems to be like he’s… the shirt’s too massive for him in the intervening time.
“Simply bear in mind what you probably did final season for Bournemouth, you had been excellent, take into consideration the belongings you had been doing final season.
“Holding the ball up, making runs, being sturdy, being aggressive, getting within the field as a result of, he doesn’t need to be that participant that you simply go two or three video games with out scoring.
“Whenever you’re at a brand new membership, the strain comes on. He acquired introduced off final night time once more, good sport on the weekend for him in opposition to Brentford at dwelling to hopefully get off the mark.”
Agbonlahor then urged Solanke to consider in his personal skill and why Spurs paid a lot for his providers, whereas calling on Ange Postecoglou to stay with him.
“The massive recommendation I’d give him is that you simply’re a high participant and there’s a motive why you had been purchased for large cash,” Agbonlahor continued.
“At Bournemouth, he was a menace, he was bullying defenders and placing his physique in the way in which. Simply don’t suppose to your self that you’re at a much bigger membership now at Spurs that the strain is on.
“He simply wants that first aim now. Ange must preserve enjoying him.”
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