Tottenham sold him for a reported £10m in July, now he’s the Championship’s top scorer and Spurs’ No.9 has one league goal
Will Lankshear has 15 goals in 16 games for Middlesbrough since leaving Tottenham in July, and with Spurs’ first-choice striker on one Premier League goal this season, plenty of fans are asking whether the club sold the wrong man.
The 21-year-old scored twice in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Charlton at the Riverside. That took him to 13 league goals in 13 games, top of the Championship scoring charts, for a side that sits top of the table and is unbeaten in 11 league matches.
Back in north London, Dominic Solanke is still waiting for his second league goal of the campaign. And yet Tottenham are winning. That is why we think the honest answer is more complicated than “bring him back”.
How good has Lankshear been at Middlesbrough?
Put simply, he has been the best striker in the division. Middlesbrough signed him on 22 July for a fee reported to be around £10m at first, which could rise to £20m with add-ons, and he scored twice on his league debut in a 2-1 win over Lincoln on 15 August.
He has not stopped since. His header settled a 1-0 win over Wolves in the club’s 15...