Former Tottenham captain Michael Dawson believes that Mauricio Pochettino needs to bolster his frontline in order to realise the club's ambition of a top-four finish this season.

Harry Kane was Spurs' top scorer with 31 goals in all competitions last season, but fellow strikers Emmanuel Adebayor and Roberto Soldado struggled to find the net for the north Londoners on a regular basis.

Both out-of-form forwards have been linked with a move away from White Hart Lane this summer, with Soldado's switch to Villarreal all but confirmed by teammate Erik Lamela on social media on Thursday morning, and Dawson thinks it is vital Spurs bring in new additions to ease the goalscoring burden on Kane.

“Harry had a fantastic season last year, he’s a top finisher and he was incredible, but he needs some help up there," he told Talksport.

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“There’s talk about Adebayor and Soldado leaving and Spurs certainly need to strengthen there in order to break into the top four, which is so hard - in ten years I was there it only happened twice."

The 31-year-old, who is currenty plying his trade in the second tier with Hull City, believes that Spurs face stiff competition to secure a return to the Champions League as so many of their rivals have spent significantly this summer.

“With Man City, Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool - big teams which spend a lot of money and are so hard to get past. Will Spurs break in? It’ll be tough test," he added.

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