Harry Kane, the youth academy product of Tottenham Hotspur has now become a goal-scoring monster in Europe. The England international has already won two consecutive Golden Boots and is yet to peak in his career. Since returning from Leicester City, where he was on loan, at the end of 2013-14 season, Kane has gone on to score over 100 goals in just over 150 appearances for club and country winning several individual accolades in the process. The Tottenham man’s highlight of the season came when he scored 13 goals in the month of September.
Kane’s overall game allows him to contribute much more than just goals. His strength in the air, off the ball movement, physicality, and the ability to shoot with either foot makes him a daunting prospect. Besides such great physical aspects, Kane is seen as one of the leaders of the young Tottenham team and is tipped to take over the armband once Lloris retires.
The English striker has been praised by pundits and managers all around the globe with Conte hailing him as the ‘complete striker’, days after Chelsea bought Morata and Pep-Guardiola referring to Tottenham as ‘that Harry Kane team’.
The striker, who was named in the Ballon d’Or shortlist, has now become the next feature piece of Real Madrid’s star hunt. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez wants the star striker to lead the Real Madrid attacking lineup and is reportedly readying a tasteful offer for Tottenham Hotspur.
Although Kane has committed his long-term future to Tottenham, you can never say never in football. Here is a look at the possible options for Tottenham should Kane want to leave.
Gareth Bale
What could be sweeter than a homecoming for their old hero to replace their current one. Mauricio Pochettino had previously stated that a return to Tottenham would always be open for Bale, should he not find himself comfortable and happy at Real Madrid. The Welshman never concealed and has previously spoken about his love for Tottenham.
If Bale were to return to Tottenham, it would mean Tottenham would still have one of the most devastatingly dangerous attacks with Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Gareth Bale all lining up for the same team.
Karim Benzema
Benzema has won several trophies in the process including back to back Champions League trophies and was a proud member of the Real Madrid team, which collected a record 100 points to win the La Liga in the 2011/12 season.
There have been reports suggesting that he might be used as an added value for the Kane deal. If he were to join Tottenham, he would not be taking a step down at this point of his career and most importantly still have plenty of balls supplied to him, just as he gets at Santiago Bernabeu.
Anthony Martial
A far-fetched move by far but Antony Martial has been linked with Tottenham previously. The French forward plays as a winger for Manchester United but is more than capable of leading the line as he showed in his first season under Louis Van Gaal.
He will be a dangerous proposition for any opponent if he plays closer to the goal and again with the likes of Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen supplying him sumptuous balls, goals for the Frenchman will not be hard to come by.
