REPORT: Leeds interested in taking Manor Solomon on loan

08/22/2024 08:38 AM

This comes from the Israeli sports media, which makes it probably pretty plausible.

I think it's pretty safe to say that Manor Solomon doesn't have much of a future at Tottenham Hotspur at this point, at least not for this season. He was signed as basically a cheap punt last summer from Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donestk in the middle of a eastern European war that was disrupting the Ukrainian Premier League, played a couple of games early last season, and then picked up a big injury that ruled him out for the rest of the year.

Since then, he popped up in a couple of early preseason matches for Spurs this summer but hasn't really made an impact, and there's been reporting that Spurs are trying to ship him off on loan since he's not part of Ange Postecoglou's plans for the season. Pursuant to that, Israeli sports outlet Sport5il is now claiming that Leeds United are showing interest in taking Manor to the Championship for the season.

This is the first report we've gotten about potential loan destinations for Manor, and the fact that it's appearing in the Israeli media lends it some pretty immediate plausibility. The report doesn't go into much detail, but says that Solomon has interest from clubs in England and abroad (Italy, Spain, and Germay are mentioned), but that his preference is to stay in the Premier League if possible. Not sure if that is possible, but the Championship would be the next best thing perhaps if he feels settled in England at this point.

I can't see a situation where Solomon gets registered for Spurs' Europa League squad at this point and that would pretty much be his best opportunity to get minutes with Tottenham this season, so a loan makes sense. It gets him out to somewhere he can actually play and maybe establishes a market for him at the same time. Who knows if he ends up at Leeds, but it seems clear he's going to be loaned out SOMEWHERE before the close of the window.