Dominic Solanke is shooting towards a clear objective at Tottenham after injury return
Dominic Solanke is ready to prove his worth for Tottenham Hotspur after an extended time on the treatment table, and he has a clear aim for the rest of the season.
In his first interviews as the Spurs boss last summer, Thomas Frank named Solanke as one of the players he is most looking forward to working with, backing the striker to score a lot of goals.
However, he had to wait for a long time for the England international to finally start a game under him.
Solanke showed against Borussia Dortmund just what Spurs have been missing up front this season, leading the line impressively, pressing the opposition incessantly and getting on the scoresheet.
Dominic Solanke sets World Cup aim after Tottenham return
The centre-forward now wants to make up for lost time by having a strong second half of the season and forcing himself into England’s World Cup squad.
When asked about his hopes of being on the plane to North America in the summer, the Tottenham striker told Football.London: “The World Cup is what everyone wants to be involved in. It’s unfortunate that I missed the first half of the season, but I just want to get back firing for Tottenham now. Obviously, the World Cup is on my mind as well so I’ll be pushing for that too.”
Dominic Solanke was controversially drafted back into the Champions League squad in place of Mathys Tel, and reports indicate that Tel has been left fuming with Thomas Frank’s decision.
Reacting to the decision, Solanke said: “Football is tough at the end of the day, there’s a lot of hard decisions that have to be made. The manager made his decision. Obviously, I’m delighted to be back in the squad today and help the team.
“I think I’m probably one of the more experienced players now. It’s something I need to bring to the team. We’ve got a young squad so I need to use my experience to help them.”
Solanke admits Champions League progression is vital for Spurs
No matter what happens in their final league phase fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt, the Lilywhites will have Champions League knockout football to lookforward to this season.
Solanke admitted that it was key for the squad to progress to the next round of the competition and insisted that they can take the confidence from their Champions League performances into the Premier League.
When asked why Spurs are once again struggling domestically while impressing in Europe, the striker said: “I’m not sure to be honest. It’s not right. We need to be better in the league, but I think these things are important, when we go on these cup runs, it gives us extra belief. You saw tonight the performance we put in. It was great to have the crowd there supporting us as well. I think we can use this as a catalyst to kick on and improve in the league as well.
“It’s key [having European knockout football to look forward to]. The Champions League is obviously going to be very difficult to win, but last season was difficult to win as well. It’s obviously something that we have in mind and try to do our best in, but no one is denying that we need to do better in the league as well, so we need to try to put that right too.”
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