Paul Merson has backed Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur to secure a transfer deal for Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez with Harry Kane heading towards the other direction.
The talk was about Harry Kane’s future and how he shouldn’t head to Germany and sign for Bayern Munich, with one pundit bringing up the possibility of the England captain signing for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
At first, Merson batted away that suggestion, but then put it on the table that perhaps Julian Alvarez could head to Tottenham as a ‘softener’, with the champions of England then finally getting their man, as he told Soccer Special on Sky Sports (08/08/23 at 7:10 pm).
A number of years ago, Guardiola did everything he could to try and sign the England captain, but Daniel Levy stood firm and refused to let his player go.
But now, Kane has 12 months left to run on his contract and the cards are no longer on Levy’s table, hence why he has been meeting with Bayern Munich about possibly selling his star man to the Bundesliga champions.
Merson previously shared his thoughts on Kane’s possible move to Bayern and now he has reacted to the possibility of him going to Man City with Treble-winner Alvarez coming in.
“Unless Tottenham turned around and say ‘we are prepared to give you Kane and then you give us Alvarez’,” said Merson. “As a softener because Alvarez will score goals.”
Tottenham should stay firm on Kane
A player like Alvarez would be great for Spurs, or any top team in the Premier League, but at the end of the day, Guardiola wouldn’t allow him to leave.
And Levy should do the same with Kane, tell Bayern to throw as much money as they want on the table for their all-time leading goalscorer.
Just bat it away, stand firm and keep perhaps your greatest-ever player on board, rather than selling him for less than £100 million.
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