Tottenham find Kane´s back-up – a look at Carlos Vinicius´ 2019-20 season in Opta data

Tottenham have found a back-up for Harry Kane as Carlos Vinicius gets another chance in a top-five European league.

Benfica announced on Thursday they had reached an agreement to loan the forward to Spurs until the end of the season.

Tottenham also have a purchase option of £41million (€45m), minus the loan amount of £2.7million (€3m) should they decide to use it.

Jose Mourinho has his back-up for one of the Premier League s best forwards in Kane.

Using Opta data, we take a look at how Carlos Vinicius fared in 2019-20.

 

A prolific Primeira Liga campaign

Carlos Vinicius enjoyed the most prolific season of his career in 2019-20, scoring 18 Primeira Liga goals and 22 in all competitions.

The forward was the equal top-s…