Jose Mourinho confident of Tottenham signing a striker in transfer season
The veteran Tottenham manager also said the new signing could play alongside Harry Kane for upcoming season.
Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho feels the club will sign a striker in the transfer window.
Tottenham were shorn of a striker when Harry Kane and Son Heung-min were injured in January and February respectively.
"I want, I need a striker," Mourinho was quoted as saying by BBC.
"But I want to make it very, very clear that the club knows that I need a striker and they also want a striker."
The veteran manager said he is optimistic the club will get one. "Are we going to get one? I believe so, I honestly believe so. The team needs it for the balance of the squad."
Mourinho also said the new signing could play alongside Harry Kane.
"I don't like that word 'back-up'," he said. "I know we have one of the best strikers in the world. The best striker in England. But I don't like the word 'back-up'. A squad is a squad.
"A striker can play with Harry Kane. A striker who comes here won't be filling the back-up situation. It's not to support us in such a difficult season. It's also to try and play. And why not play with Harry?"