Tottenham transfer news: Spurs 'target Gent pair' Moses Simon and Laurent Depoitre

Striker and winger are January targets

Tottenham Hotspur are tracking Gent pair Moses Simon and Laurent Depoitre.

The north London club have a long interest in Simon, 20, a 5ft 6in Nigerian who plays mistly on the left wing, and 26-year-old Depoitre, who scored in his Belgium debut against Andorra at the weekend.

According to the Daily Mirror, Spurs have been interested in Simon, already a full international, since he was a teenager, but he chose to train at Dutch club Ajax instead.

The pair helped Gent win the Belgian Pro League last season; Simon scoring seven league goals and Depoitre 13.


 Depoitre scores for Belgium against Andorra
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Mauricio Pochettino remains short of options up front, with Harry Kane - who has just one Premier League goal this season - the only recognised striker in the squad.