Well this one slipped past my radar. According to The Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur Women are set to add a new attacker to their ranks in January, bringing in Scotland international forward Lauren Davidson from SK Brann when the window opens.
Davidson’s signing would continue Tottenham’s recent trend towards plumbing the depths of Nordic football for underlooked talent. Davidson had 15 goals and 14 assists for Brann last season as they once again topped the Toppserien, and she has 7 goals for Brann this
season already. Brann, of course, is Martin Ho’s old club, and he’s worked with Davidson before, so she’s a known commodity.
Davidson has mostly been utilized as a winger for Brann, but she’s versatile and can also play centrally. Spurs already have plenty of attacking options — more now that Jessica Naz is back from injury — but having another attacking option up top to Tinka Tandberg and Sheikeira Martinez woudln’t necessarily be a bad thing. It does make me wonder if there might be some January departures as well as Martin Ho continues to work to improve his squad to push for a top three or four finish.
Spurs have scored the third highest number of goals in the league so far this season with 23, though that stat is inflated by huge wins over Crystal Palace (7-0), Aston Villa (4-0), and Birmingham City (4-1). Victoria Pelova leads Spurs with six goals, while Olivia Holdt has 5 and Signe Gaupset has 4. Spurs’ starting strikers Tandberg and Martinez combined have 3 goals.
