Les Ferdinand does not believe that Tottenham Hotspur need to sign a back-up striker, insisting that they should instead bring in a player capable of playing alongside the England international, per The London Evening Standard.

What’s he said?

Spurs failed to bring in a striker in the January transfer window despite attempting to do so.

Sources confirmed to Football FanCast that a number of players were under consideration, with moves for the likes of Real Sociedad’s Willian Jose, Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud and AC Milan’s Krzysztof Piatek all failing to come to fruition. Piatek eventually joined Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin.

BBC pundit Chris Sutton, for example, claimed that the club should have “made a play” for Giroud and brought him in as a back-up for Harry Kane.

Spurs have been left without a senior striker, with Kane injured and potential back-up Son Heung-Min also on the treatment table.

Ferdinand, though, believes that Spurs should set their sights higher than attempting to merely bring up a back-up.

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He said: “Listen, football’s changed.

“In the past, when I was at Newcastle and I played with Alan Shearer, when I went back to Tottenham and I played with Teddy [Sheringham], most teams were playing 4-4-2. Now they’re playing with that single striker.

“But you need to believe in your own ability that you’re good enough to go and play.

“I always think if the two strikers are good enough they’re going to play anyway, you’re going to find a way to get them into the team.”

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Spurs have repeatedly had great depth up front.

While, last season, they had Fernando Llorente as back-up to Kane, as recently as 2014/15, Spurs had Kane, Roberto Soldado, and Emmanuel Adebayor up front.

In 2010/11, they boasted Roman Pavlyuchenko, Peter Crouch, and Jermain Defoe. The season prior, one could add Eidur Gudjohnsen to that list.

It is well established that having numerous strikers who can jump into the first-team at a moment’s notice helps the depth of one’s starting XI and to go from four strikers to just one is almost unforgivable.

Ferdinand is right to claim that two strikers can work together in the modern era and Spurs certainly need to find a solution to the lack of depth behind the England international.

Kane cannot do it all on his own; bringing in a world-class forward to play with him makes all the sense in the world, though, of course, it is easier said than done.

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