According to a stunning Italian rumor, incoming Chelsea manager Graham Potter will make acquiring Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur his top goal in the transfer market.
The suggestion in the article that Serie A star Romelu Lukaku, now on loan from Chelsea to Inter Milan, would be part of the makeweight is perhaps even more sensational. Still, it also makes sense considering that Antonio Conte is Tottenham's manager.
Say what?
Calcio Mercato reports that the issue is that Inter allegedly has the right to prolong Lukaku's loan by an additional year.
Let's get to the juicy parts as we wait for more actual football during this international break.
Why Harry Kane moving to Chelsea is unlikely but still conceivable.
Let's get this out of the way: Harry Kane will cost someone a tonne of money in the transfer market, and you'd be stupid to believe Tottenham wouldn't add a huge inconvenience fee if the recipient were Chelsea, Tottenham's loathed London rivals.
Despite Todd Boehly's willingness to spend lavishly to demonstrate that the Blues won't fade into obscurity now that Roman Abramovich is gone, the price would have to exceed far what Chelsea paid Manchester City for Raheem Sterling. Although Kane is the captain of England, Sterling is younger.
However, the injured Lukaku is just a little over a year removed from having a phenomenal year under Conte, which helped Inter end Juventus' lengthy student dominance.
Lukaku, who turned 29 in May, had seasons of 34 and 28 goals for Inter before moving to Chelsea, where he had a mediocre 13 goals last year. Since being on loan to Inter, he has had three games with a goal and an assist.
Despite being two months younger than Lukaku, Kane is a more seasoned Premier League player who threatens to catch Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney in the race for the most goals ever scored in a single league.
He scored 20 or more Premier League goals in five previous seasons. This season, he has six goals in seven games. Last season, he had 27 goals and 10 assists across all competitions.
The unknown factor here is Conte. He has a lot of clout at Tottenham and could speed up the process if he and the film's director, Fabio Paratici, were determined to use Lukaku to propel the club toward title glory.
All things considered, it would make for a very intriguing plot if Lukaku, like Sterling before him, managed to score a third goal in the Big Six.
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