Hull and West Ham Compete for Spurs Winger Solomon
Tottenham’s summer rebuild has found its next casualty.
Hull City have stepped up alongside West Ham United in the chase for winger Solomon, with Spurs ready to cash in on a player who has never come close to justifying a long-term role in north London.
The 27-year-old Israel international, signed on a free from Fulham in 2023, has been handed a £20m price tag, according to The i Paper. Clubs circling around him expect the real battle to be fought in the £10m–£20m bracket, but the message from Tottenham is simple: he is available, and he is going.
A peripheral figure at a club in flux
Solomon’s Spurs career barely got started. Just five senior appearances since arriving, and the rest of his time scattered across loans at Leeds United, Villarreal and Fiorentina. Different leagues, different systems, the same conclusion: useful, but not essential.
He did at least reappear on the radar this summer. Roberto De Zerbi used him in pre-season, offering a fleeting sense that the slate might be wiped clean. That hope didn’t last. Despite those minutes, Solomon remains firmly outside De Zerbi’s plans for the 2026–27 campaign.
It is a familiar pattern. A year ago, Thomas Frank briefly revived his prospects while Spurs scoured the market for alternatives, only for the club to move on once new options emerged. The same story is unfolding again, only this time the exit door looks wide open.
De Zerbi wants a ‘bomba’ – and Solomon is collateral
During Tottenham’s tour of New Zealand, De Zerbi teased another “bomba” – a marquee signing to crown what has already been a bold, expensive window. The wide forward position is central to that ambition.
Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo has climbed high on the wishlist, though any move depends on Andoni Iraola finding a replacement at Anfield. Manchester City’s Savinho is another leading target. Both sit firmly ahead of Solomon in the pecking order, and their potential arrival only hardens the stance that his future lies elsewhere.
Tottenham’s eagerness to move Solomon on is part of a sweeping overhaul triggered by last season’s grim reality: 17th place and a brush with relegation. That kind of scare forces decisions.
The club have reworked their wage structure to make room for heavy hitters. Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and Jan Paul van Hecke have arrived as headline signings, while Marcos Senesi, Andy Robertson and Martin Dubravka have been brought in on free transfers to add experience and depth without bloating the wage bill beyond control.
In that context, a fringe winger on a decent salary becomes expendable.
Big names could follow as hierarchy shifts
Solomon may not be the last to go. The same report suggests this purge could clear the path for captain Cristian Romero to complete a move to Inter Milan or Atletico Madrid before the new season kicks off.
There is uncertainty in goal as well. Guglielmo Vicario’s possible return to Italy would open the door for Antonin Kinsky to step up as No. 1, another sign that De Zerbi and the Spurs hierarchy are ready to reset key positions, not just trim the edges of the squad.
This is not tinkering. It is a controlled demolition of a group that nearly took the club down last year.
Hull vs West Ham: who blinks first?
Against that backdrop, the Solomon situation is expected to move quickly. Negotiations are tipped to accelerate in the coming days, with a resolution likely before the Premier League season opens on August 21.
Hull and West Ham now face a straight test of will and wallet. Spurs want a clean sale. The buying clubs will push to drag the fee down, knowing the player is surplus to requirements and the London side are keen to complete business before the first ball is kicked.
For Hull, Solomon would be a statement signing: a seasoned international with Premier League and European experience, capable of lifting the level of their attacking play. For West Ham, he would add depth and versatility to the wide areas, a different profile to rotate into an already established frontline.
Whoever lands him, they are buying a player who needs a permanent home and a manager willing to build around his strengths, not park him on another loan carousel.
Moore on the move again
The clear-out stretches beyond senior names. The i Paper also reports that teenage prospect Mikey Moore is ready for another loan spell after impressing at Rangers. His performances in Scotland have not gone unnoticed.
Bundesliga side FC Koln are among the clubs keen, joined by several Championship teams who see an opportunity to borrow one of Spurs’ brightest young forwards. For Moore, it is another step in a carefully managed pathway; for Tottenham, another piece of the wider reshaping of the squad’s present and future.
Solomon’s fate, though, will be one of the first big calls to land before the new campaign begins. With Hull and West Ham circling and Spurs demanding a decisive offer, the only question now is which club is prepared to pay the price to turn a peripheral figure in north London into a central one somewhere else.
