Tottenham confirm fifth summer signing with £65m Dominic Solanke transfer

Tottenham have completed the signing of Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth. Spurs agreed a deal with the Cherries on Friday to sign the striker and a deal has now been confirmed.

Spurs have needed a striker since Harry Kane left the club to sign for Bayern Munich last summer in a £100million transfer. And with just a week until the new Premier League season starts, Ange Postecoglou has got his man.

Solanke has signed a six-year contract at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, having signed on the dotted line in an initial £55million deal that could rise to £65million with add-ons.

The frontman notched 21 goals in 42 games for Bournemouth last season - his best return in the top flight - finishing as the joint fourth top scorer in the Premier League.

Spurs head coach Ange Postecoglou admitted his need for a new forward during the club's pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea, declaring it the "thinnest" area of his squad. And he also admitted he needed to remain patient when it came to transfers.

Speaking to football.london, he said: "Last year we had to be a bit creative, it's fair to say. You know but if Harry [Kane] would have stayed I definitely would have used him! So I think for us what's more important is the type of striker we get.

"You know we play a certain way. We demand certain things from a physical perspective from the technical aspects of it that it's going be a striker that fits that mould. It's still the area of the park we're really probably the thinnest when I talk about squad-wise at the moment, so obviously that's a focus for us."

Solanke certainly fits the mould and will now slot into the Tottenham squad and challenge Richarlison - who said this week that he was not going anywhere this summer - for the startig berth in the front line.