Stan Collymore has backed Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane to secure a transfer to Chelsea over Newcastle United and Manchester United, as he told CaughtOffside.
The former Premier League hitman added that ‘it wouldn’t be a hard move to make’ for Kane to leave Spurs and join their London rivals at Chelsea.
The 29-year-old has less than 18 months left on his Spurs contract, and with no sign of a new deal or Antonio Conte extending his stay, then it’s opening the door for Kane to leave the club.
The England captain has done all he could by sticking around at Hotspur Way, and if he does end up leaving, either to another Premier League club or abroad, then someone like Daniel Levy has failed him because of his lack of ambition and forward-thinking nature as chairman.
Nonetheless, talk of Kane’s future has ramped up a few levels in recent times, with Champions League prospects and the big-money prospects of Newcastle United also getting a mention.
But Collymore thinks if the Magpies, Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United or Chelsea were put on the table for Kane, then he would head to Stamford Bridge.
“What Potter has to do in attack is what Jurgen Klopp did at Liverpool,” said Collymore. “Potter has got to find his Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah.
“I’d expect Chelsea’s front three to include Mudryk on the left, obviously, but the right side is a little harder to work out. I wonder if Armando Broja could do a good job there. As for a top striker – they don’t have one at the minute, so would they put in an offer for someone like Harry Kane?
“I think they probably would. Whether or not he’d go there is another matter but if that were to be the direction they look to move in, all of a sudden, come next season, Chelsea would be a frightening prospect for any side.
“Kane is an interesting one, if he gives any kind of indication that he wants to leave Spurs, he’ll be a wanted man. If Man United, Newcastle and Chelsea all went for him, it could very well be the Blues who convince him. It wouldn’t be a hard move to make, the player wouldn’t need to relocate and he’d have a ready-made space available in their squad.”
TOTTENHAM GOING BACKWARDS
It was a weekend to forget for anyone associated with Tottenham because they were outclassed 2-0 by their north London rivals, who opened up an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.
It pushes Conte’s side further away from the Champions League places and puts them at serious risk of missing out on the top four this season.
There is no way Spurs can keep hold of Kane if they don’t, at a minimum, maintain Champions League football because their £200k-a-week star (Spotrac) can no longer waste time trying to get his club going again.
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