Postecoglou says Spurs considered Toney before Solanke

Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham considered signing Ivan Toney earlier Dominic Solanke and fans should not "rush to judgement" connected nan £65m striker.

Solanke, 27, has yet to people for Spurs successful his 3 appearances this play since joining from Bournemouth successful August.

Fellow England striker Toney yet moved to Saudi Arabian nine Al-Ahli from Brentford for £40m connected deadline day.

Spurs person won conscionable 1 of their 4 Premier League games and big Brentford connected Saturday.

"We did look astatine him [Toney] but Dom was nan 1 we wanted that fitted nan floor plan we were looking for astatine nan time," said Postecoglou.

And nan Spurs leader stressed that Solanke's deficiency of goals successful his first 2 Premier League games is not an issue.

"Just return a breath, do a small spot of yoga, deliberation astir nan world for a 2nd and past make an appraisal after," he added.

"We don't person to unreserved to make judgement each nan clip because nan replacement is he whitethorn person sewage disconnected to a awesome start, he is fit, scored successful each 4 games, is flying and past he goes done a spot for illustration each strikers wherever he doesn't score.

"I conscionable don't look astatine those things. What I look astatine is he has travel in, fitted really good and rather logically has picked up an wounded that has disrupted nan measurement he wanted to commencement his career, but he's still sewage plentifulness of clip for that."

There is important talk astir discontent from Spurs fans up of Saturday's London derby pinch Brentford.

"Yes, they had a barroom for me," Postecoglou replied erstwhile asked astir becoming nan first head to past a afloat play astatine Spurs since Mauricio Pochettino successful nan 2018-19 campaign.

"It [the negativity] doesn't seep into my environment. The fans are free to consciousness really they want to consciousness and it doesn't effect maine aliases what we are trying to achieve.

"For me, you tin get overly impacted successful some ways, we conscionable person to enactment clear-eyed and focused connected what we want to execute and what benignant of squad we want to be.

He added: "If you're swimming against nan tide, that's alright, that makes you stronger. I deliberation a large portion of it [is change], erstwhile location is existent alteration it unsettles group and they want comfortableness and security, but I came successful present to effort to do thing that hasn't been done for a while.

"You can't conscionable deliberation maine stepping successful will alteration things, you've sewage to alteration things and it tin beryllium unsettling but it is basal for america to execute what we want to."