Jonathan Walters believes Tottenham will have to sign a new striker this month and has suggested one possible candidate.

Spurs have been rocked by the news that Harry Kane will be out of action until March after scans revealed he had sustained damage to his ankle ligaments in the late stages of the game with Manchester United at the weekend.

It means the England international will miss a host of important games including the club’s Champions League knockout fixture against Borussia Dortmund next month.

Speaking on the BBC 5 Live Football Daily podcast, Walters said it could be time for Daniel Levy to sanction a January deal.

"It’s a difficult one because a lot of the big teams don’t tend to do their transfer business in January,” he said.

"They tend to wait until the summertime. They’ve watched them a certain number of times, they go through and do their homework, and to bring someone in is a risk, but at the point Tottenham are now in the season and where they are in the league and the big games they’ve got coming up in the Champions League as well they might just need to go and forfeit the money to go and bring someone in."

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