EPL: Tottenham completes signing of Manor Solomon
London-based club, Tottenham have signed Israel international Manor Solomon on a five-year deal after a successful loan spell at Fulham.
The 23-year-old Israeli footballer spent last season on loan at Fulham, where he scored five goals in 24 appearances.
Solomon has however been a free agent since his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk was suspended when FIFA amended Annex 7 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The regulation change allowed foreign nationals employed in either country to unilaterally suspend their contracts if they wished to leave the region.
FIFA recently announced that Annex 7 would be extended through to the summer of 2024, allowing Solomon, who still had five months left to run on his Shakhtar contract, to move to a new club.
Manor Solomon is the latest player to join Tottenham this summer after the arrivals of Guglielmo Vicario and James Maddison, while Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro have had their loan deals made permanent.
Prior to the new deal with the English club, Shakhtar chief executive Sergei Palkin had threatened to sue Tottenham if they tried to sign Solomon on a free transfer.
Solomon spent his early years at local side Maccabi Petah Tikva, where he made his professional debut as a 17-year-old in November 2016. He scored eight goals in 73 appearances for the Israeli outfit, earning himself a move to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2019.
Primarily operating as an inverted left-winger, Solomon made 106 appearances for Shakhtar, scoring 22 goals and winning the domestic league title on two occasions, along with Ukrainian Cup and Ukrainian Super Cup wins. Solomon gained experience in the UEFA Champions League whilst at Shakhtar, scoring his first goal in a group-stage game against Atalanta in October 2019, a strike that made him the youngest Israeli to score in the competition.
The winger also scored the decisive third as Shakhtar recorded a famous 3-2 victory away to Real Madrid in October 2020. Ahead of the 2022-23 Premier League season, Solomon joined newly-promoted Fulham on loan and scored his first goal for the west London side in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in February.
