Tottenham set for Harry Kane transfer fee decision as two unlikely options suggested

It has been an up and down but incredibly low summer for Ange Postecoglou and her Tottenham. The incredibly late departure of the best player in the club’s history, Harry Kane, has put a serious wrench in the works.

The 29-year-old’s successful move has meant Spurs are now without an outright centre-forward for the first time in a long time and it’s certainly not a small gap to fill. When a player is worth a third of your league goals in your last six Premier League campaigns and leaves the day before the next one starts, that’s a problem.

And with only Brazil international Richarlison their main attacking threat through centre, Postecoglou and company will be desperate to replace Kane before the transfer deadline of September 1 hits after he, Heung-Min Son and Dejan Kulusevski didn’t contribute in their 2 -2 draw against Brentford on Sunday.

But despite having a continent full of options to look at, it’s unlikely they’ll need to look much further than their next-door neighbors and bitter, bitter rivals. Reports seem to suggest that Arsenal leader and USMNT international Folarin Balogun is on the radar as a potential way to fill the void left by Kane’s departure.

According to Italian outlet La Gazzetta Dello Sport, the 22-year-old, who scored 21 times in 37 Ligue 1 games with Reims last season on loan, could be the man to bolster Postecoglou’s attacking ranks in the coming years.

football.london says: Kane’s departure might have surprised some given his history of signing contract extensions on top of contract extensions, but now he’s gone to finally fill his trophy case. Something that has been empty for too long for a team like the Spurs.

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But Balogun could be the answer they’re looking for. Son will come in handy for 10-15 goals as he always does, and Kulusevski looks like a good player in his day off the wing as well. But Richarlison has never been a player to excite much, especially after his performances for Spurs last season.

Ultimately, they need to put the huge fee they received for Kane to good use. Whether he brings one or even two more attacking threats before the window is up, Arsenal are said to be asking £50m for the youngster, which would give Spurs more than enough to go after someone else if they do. they deem necessary.

Fans may be itching to give their biggest rival a handful of cash to improve their own title-chasing side, and it may hurt for a few months. But if he’s the difference-maker and the one bringing trophies that fans have been craving for the last 15 years, then those nerves will go away very quickly, although it’s understood that a deal is nowhere in sight with a move very soon. , very unlikely.

If giving £50m to Arsenal is too much for the fans – or Daniel Levy, however – how about their west London rivals Chelsea? In their ranks, they have a tried and tested goalscorer, both in the Premier League and in various European leagues, who they are looking to get rid of quickly and he fills a similar role to Kane.

That’s how it is. You probably already guessed who he is. I am Romelu Lukaku. And they want it off the books fast.

Now, that’s not because of his salary. Of all the managers who could take it to calm any anger and carve out a carefree frame of mind, Ange Postecoglou might be the perfect man to do it.

According to the Daily Express, talks have already been opened for the Belgium international to move to London, with the Blues ‘desperate’ to find a suitor for Lukaku after Inter Milan were unwilling to bring him back to their camp in a second consecutive loan spell and Juventus fans effectively prevented the club from going after him on the market by expressing their discontent over the rumored links.

football.london says: Lukaku is always an interesting topic of discussion and this window has been no different. It could be the first time three different sets of fans have told such a prolific goalscorer they don’t want him at their club in a transfer saga. YoIt’s pretty amazing.

But the Spurs are in no condition to be picky eaters. They need to make a deal. If it’s Lukaku they want, they can complete that deal in the next few weeks, no problem, especially if they play cooperatively. Chelsea are only asking for £38.7m according to the latest reports, and for someone with over 100 career goals in this league, I’ll take it and run if I’m Daniel Levy.

Levy could potentially strengthen Postecoglou’s attacking force ready to start running before they take on the likes of Bournemouth, Burnley and Sheffield United and give him the best possible chance of getting off the mark quickly. Again though, like Balogun, it is a scenario that seems far from reality and not a transfer that is expected to take place.