Guardiola enters the Kane case

After the disappointment of the Eurocup, they play a few days of vacation for Harry Kane. To rest and, above all, to reflect. The forward returned to stay with the honey of the celebration on his lips, something that has become the leitmotiv of his Tottenham career and the main reason that made him sing the I want to change airs in May. Suitors soon came out, among which Manchester City stands out, with Guardiola at the helm. And now, with the continental tournament over, it's time to discuss the near future of the Spurs captain.

The admiration is mutual and, as well public The Athletic, the skyblue They are willing to make an exception in their transfer policy to fill their attack front with gunpowder. In the blue zone of Manchester they are used to seeing how their team spends large sums of money market after market, but it is true that the limit is usually 70 million euros. Amount only surpassed by Kevin de Bruyne, when in 2015 Wolfsburg received an economic injection of 76 million. With Kane, that limit would be broken, since, always according to the aforementioned medium, set citizen would go up to 120 million if necessary.

Playing for Etihad at home is Kane's preferred option. At almost 28 years old (his birthday on July 28), he is tired of paddling and paddling to avoid getting around the shore. On the other side are the titles that he wants so much and in the City, presumably, he would definitely bury that must that accompanies him. Other teams have sounded, such as Manchester United or Chelsea (Also Madrid, although the striker prefers to continue in the Premier), but in their respective equations there are unknowns much more difficult to solve. The Red DevilsAlthough close to sealing their definitive rebirth, they must consolidate their project and they have also left 85 million in the signing of Jadon Sancho. While the current European champions are from London, something that would make him go from idol to traitor for the spur fans if he disembarked at Stamford Bridge.

Counterflow

The City, or Kane, do not have much time to convince a Levy who is more than reluctant when it comes to selling your big star. The season begins on August 15, with a Tottenham-Manchester City, of course. The negotiation will not be easy, they still remember in the offices of the Etihad campus the difficulties they encountered in getting Kyle Walker. “It was like having blood in the urine,” says a source to The Athletic regarding the transfer of the full-back. What's more, Levy has made it clear that he has no intention of facilitating their exit. 170 million or nothing.

In the City they are willing to exceed their limit, but without reaching that level. They have already gotten off potential signings such as that of Harry maguire in 2019, considering that the demands of Leicester were excessive (he ended up at United as the most expensive center-back in history), or those of Kalidou Koulibaly, Frenkie de Jong or Alexis Sánchez, for the high claims of Naples, Ajax and Arsenal, respectively. As pointed out The Athletic, 120 million, no more.

In this way, a formal offer from City is expected in the coming weeks. Guardiola recently pointed out that the signing of Kane is “impossible” at the moment, for the price they ask for it. “All the clubs have a bad economic situation, we are not an exception,” he said. However, sources consulted by The Athletic affirm that skyblue yes they will put on the table the amount slipped.

Lace and conditioning

Without Agüero, and with Gabriel Jesus without convincing 9 of guarantees, Kane would solve the only problem that Guardiola had last year, the goal on certain occasions. In fact, in the same Champions League final he played with a team full of midfielders, in which the exchange of position prevailed and several occupied the position of false nine. Our protagonist would solve this problem in one fell swoop, since this campaign has developed his ability to assist, becoming a much more complete player and ending up as the biggest assistant (14), as well as top scorer (23) in the Premier League.

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The only existing doubt is his physical state. After the 2018 World Cup, he missed 17 games due to injury. After Euro 2016, 14. Kane shortened his preseason to be on time with his team and this ended up doing more harm than good. This year, shorten it or not, the break will be scarce and will arrive very right at the beginning of the course. Simon Brundish, FA sports consultant consulted by The Athletic ensures that he would not spend so much money on the Tottenham striker: “If I were City, I would be very, very cautious about spending £ 100 million (€ 120) on Kane.”. The citizen team, meanwhile, the pro (sports performance) outweighs, a priori, the cons.