“I spoke with the manager, it was like 100 per cent for me,” said Manor Solomon in 2023 when explaining his move to Tottenham Hotspur.

He had become one of Ange Postecoglou’s first signings as Spurs boss and was clearly a player the new coach wanted in his team, whether the idea was first raised by him or not. Solomon would only play six competitive matches for the Australian.

A meniscus knee injury in the following October ended up ruling him out for the rest of the 2023/24 campaign. Before that, he had played in three-qaurters of Tottenham’s eight matches, starting three of them.

After such a long time out, Postecoglou felt it best for Solomon to go out on loan last season and rediscover confidence with consistent game time. The Israeli has gone on record saying it was a risk to move

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