According to Alasdair Gold, Tottenham Hotspur are still looking for a new striker ahead of the 11pm deadline later this evening.

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It’s claimed that the north Londoners are trying to find a solution, but they have suffered many a setback over the course of the past few days.

Gold states that Spurs have taken a look at Willian Jose (Real Sociedad), Ze Luis (Porto), Islam Slimani (Monaco) and Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).

Krzysztof Piatek was identified as a target before he swapped AC Milan for Hertha Berlin earlier this week.

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Their route to clinch Giroud is pretty much dead in the water after Frank Lampard confirmed that the striker would stay at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea struggling to sign a striker themselves today, while similarly, Sociedad claimed their activity was complete – putting an end to Jose’s chances of joining.

A move for Ze Luis would be impossible due to the work permit situation involved.

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Slimani has been written off due to Monaco’s reluctance to cut short his current loan.

Thus, this has resulted in the club scrambling to find other options in the final hours of the transfer window with manager Jose Mourinho looking for a target man of sorts.

Their preference would be a British player or one with Premier League experience.

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However, they have left this far too late to sort out, which falls entirely on chairman Daniel Levy and those involved in the decision-making.

Failure to replace the injured Harry Kane could scupper their chances of reaching the Champions League next season – Spurs have won just one of their last five top-flight matches, and that was to a struggling Norwich City, just.