One player that needs help with his responsibilities at Tottenham is Harry Kane, yet the Englishman seems to be his own hindrance to getting help.
The striker is one of the best in the world and he has made himself an indispensable member of the Tottenham first team.
However, when he has been unavailable to the team as he was for a large part of last season, the Lilywhites suffered.
Jose Mourinho’s side faces a tough run of games this season and fixtures might be more than 50 if they go far in the cup competitions.
The Portuguese manager has identified the need to sign a backup striker for Harry Kane.
Several strikers have been linked with a move to Spurs this summer and one of them is Callum Wilson, but Alan Hutton believes that the striker may turn down a move to Spurs and join a team where he will be guaranteed to play more regularly.
When asked by Football Insider if Wilson could snub Spurs due to a lack of minutes, Hutton said: “Yeah, of course, he could, exactly. This is a guy at Bournemouth who plays week in, week out when he’s fit over the course of his time there.
“To change that to be a squad player, it’s difficult, even though you’re at a big club with a great training ground, great manager, great squad, it’s got the whole works but at the end of the day you want to be playing on the Saturday, you want to be on that team sheet.
“If you’re not, you’re unhappy so it’s whether he’s willing to sacrifice the game time to be at a good club.
“I think if he’s got other options where he’s going to be the main man, he would probably take that over joining Spurs.”
There is a pattern developing with players being linked with Spurs when it comes to being a back up to Kane, especially with seasoned pros. I can see the club being forced to bring in either an aged player past his best looking for one last payday or an untried youngster.
Either way, it does not really solve the problem of a reliable back up to Kane.