Manchester United can sign any old striker in January, but should wait and sign the old striker they need in the summer.
Harry Kane garnered very little sympathy as he pushed for his transfer to Manchester City in the summer of 2021. Having agreed to a six-year contract three years previously, with no release clause, Kane was stuck, and any attempt from brother Charlie to cast Daniel Levy as the villain – as simple a task as any in football – led instead to the pair of Kanes being billed as silly little boys without a leg to stand on. A ‘gentleman’s agreement’? Jesus wept.
Things are now arguably more bleak for Kane at Spurs than they were 18 months ago.
Despite having a ‘winner’ in Antonio Conte as manager, Tottenham still look like they have no hope of winning anything. Conte will almost certainly leave in the summer, if not before, at which point another – almost certainly less qualified – manager will arrive, not be given sufficient money, and not win anything.
It’s now as clear as it’s ever been that the Spurs owners don’t give a sh*t about trophies. They will spend what they deem enough to keep Spurs in the Champions League, but no more. Winning trophies isn’t a money-spinner, so what’s the point?
New ownership at Tottenham is Kane’s only hope, and that’s not going to happen. Neither, of course, is a move to Manchester City, who wisely waited for Erling Haaland. But Kane and Manchester United – having long been linked through a combination of ease and inertia –might now be the perfect match.
United are a club on an upward curve, finally with a manager at the helm worth his salt, with new (presumably better) owners soon to take charge. And with a guaranteed source of goals now the greatest transfer requirement for Erik ten Hag, Kane to Old Trafford looks as attractive a proposition for both parties as it’s ever been.
Some Manchester United fans might look at Kane, and more specifically his age at 29, and see Victor Osimhen (24) or Dusan Vlahovic (22) as more attractive options. But neither of those players can match Kane’s scoring record out of the Premier League, let alone in it, where strikers of far greater repute have arrived and come unstuck.
A striker who could stay at United for a decade and score consistently would obviously be the one to go for, but does that striker exist? There really aren’t many sure-fire goalscorers around. And what Kane lacks in longevity he more than makes up for in…
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