25 goals, 6 assists, £6 million

News of striker targets as the summer transfer window edges closer are growing pace. Scouts from clubs across Europe have been watching potential targets to assess them real time, rather than from a software replay.



Tottenham have two strikers to replace so it's not surprising their are plenty of names. Our transfer policy is to buy young and hungry and improve them, although I would expect one youngster up front and one more experienced player to be bought. Our cei;ling is for the £15 million mark, unless a special player becomes an option.

Guingamp president, Bertrand Desplat has revealed to Foot Mercato that his 27-year-old striker, Claudio Beauvue, is keen on a move to England.

“It seems that this is the will of Claudio to go to England, Hull and Tottenham have already expressed interest."

The French Lique 1 outfit sit 11th in the table after being thrashed 6-0 by PSG on Friday. Beauvue sits 5th in the French scoring charts with 15 goals.

1.Lacazette A.Lyon27
2.Gignac A.Marseille20
3.Ibrahimović Z.Paris SG19
4.Cavani E.Paris SG16
5.Beauvue C.Guingamp15


He stands just 1.74m (5ft 8in) tall so is not a target man and he can play on either wing so it may be that Pochettino is looking at him for any of the advanced four positions. Certainly it's an area we need competition, hardly any exists at present. He is right footed, has a contract until 2017 and is valued at around £6 million. Beauvue has 4 assists to his name in the league, 6 in all games where his goal tally stands at 25.

The striker is reported to have told Guingamp that he wants to leave at the end of the season and has revealed that he has an agreement with the president he will be allowed to go.

“The deal I had with the club president was that I would leave in the event of a beautiful season. The season has been very beautiful.”

With the players Spurs are being linked with and have clearly watched, Paul Mitchell and his analytical team have been hard at work during the last 3 months doing the background work for a change of playing personnel in the summer.