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The Norwegian star is a Spurs target, according to Trabzonspor, but the club’s coach said the absence of a forward was not costly on Sunday.
José Mourinho reaffirmed his desire for a new Tottenham striker, but insisted it was not the reason for Sunday’s loss to Everton, as he was asked about the club’s interest in Alexander Sorloth.
Spurs lost their first Premier League game 1-0 to Everton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when Dominic Calvert-Lewin headed in the only goal in the 55th minute.
The opposite occurred days after Mourinho described the need for a new striker to compete with and complement Harry Kane.
Sorloth, the Trabzonspor loan officer, is an option, according to Turkish club president Ahmet Agaoglu.
The Norwegian forward signed a two-year temporary contract with Trabzonspor last year after struggling at Crystal Palace, but later scored 24 league goals in the 2019-20 season to attract the attention of Tottenham and RB Leipzig.
Agaoglu said Fanatic : “Sorloth wants to leave. But there is no way we can immediately agree with every player who wants to leave.
“We will meet Leipzig and Tottenham, ourselves and Crystal Palace. We are both entitled to this transfer, we will act in the best interest of Trabzonspor.”
Mourinho did not want to dispute the interest, but was reluctant to talk about Sorloth.
“Well, I’m not going to talk about Sorloth,” he told reporters. “If the president of Trabzonspor said that, I will not say that it is not true.
“I think Sortloth is a Trabzonspor player and it is not my place to talk about him.”
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He added: “Do we need a forward? Yes. Was that why we lost the game? No. We did not lose the game because we need a forward.”
“We lost the game and the responsibility for that loss is my responsibility.”
The Spurs will have to regroup quickly from the defeat of Everton as they face a packed schedule that could mean nine games before the October international break.
As Mourinho and Tottenham dominate the conversation with their documentary from last season aired on Amazon Prime, the coach is at least relieved that he will no longer have to deal with such scrutiny behind the scenes in this stretch.
“My message is inside,” he told BBC Sport. “I’m so happy that there is no more Amazon, so things can stay between us. That’s how I like it.”
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