Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he “honestly believes” the club will sign a striker in the transfer window.
A new arrival would join Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura and Steven Bergwijn in Spurs’ squad.
Spurs were left short up front last season when Kane and Son were injured in January and February respectively.
“I want, I need a striker,” Mourinho said. “But I want to make it very, very clear that the club knows that I need a striker and they also want a striker.”
He added: “Are we going to get one? I believe so, I honestly believe so. The team needs it for the balance of the squad.”
Before the season was paused because of coronavirus, Mourinho said in February he expected to lose Son for the rest of the campaign because of a fractured arm.
Kane was Tottenham’s top scorer with 24 goals last season but suffered a hamstring injury in January and spent four months on an individual training plan to ensure he was fit to play in time for the Premier League’s restart in June.
But Mourinho said the new signing would not necessarily act as a “back-up” for the England captain and could possibly play alongside Kane.
“I don’t like that word back-up,” he said. “I know we have one of the best strikers in the world. The best striker in England. But I don’t like the word back-up. A squad is a squad.
“A striker can play with Harry Kane. A striker who comes here won’t be filling the back-up situation.
“It’s not to support us in such a difficult season. It’s also to try and play. And why not play with Harry?”
