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KANE WAS THE BARÇA'S PREFERRED

Barça tried the signing of Harry Kane before launching for Lautaro

Published:19/05/2020 - 11:29h

Updated:19/05/2020 - 11:30h

Harry Kane has been on the Barça radar for a few years and it seems that it was the first option that the Catalans thought of when they decided to sign a point. The club asked Tottenham about him last summer and the spurs asked for too much.

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The fans of the Barça carries several years asking the signing of a '9' of category to compete with Luis Suárez. The charrúa carries a pair of seasons having usual physical problems and the Barcelona have suffered without having a spare. By this reason, the summer happened the club posed the option to go to by this forward. But at the end, good part of the budget was allocated to the contracting of Antoine Griezmann and decided bet by the arrival of Neymar Jr in place of a 'killer'.

The Brazilian remained in Paris Saint-Germain and at the end the Barça has had to fix them a campaign more with alone Suárez up. But the physical problems of the Uruguayan this year, his age (33 for 34) and the bajón typical of the step of the time, have done that this summer the Catalans go to fichar to a '9' himself or yes. Lautaro Martínez is the elected and from does several months works with the idea that the one of the Inter seen the blaugrana the course that comes.

But if the one of White Bay has become the favourite of the culés is because in the summer of 2019 the Tottenham closed completely the door to the exit of Harry Kane. As they affirm in 'Sportive World', the Barcelona sondeó to the English the possibility of fichar to the tip. The Barça thought that was the moment to launch to by the relief of Suárez and thought that the English was the best option that there was in the market.

Kane gathered all the characteristics that looked for the picture barcelonista for his forward. The one of Walthamstow has a lot of goal and carries it showing during years. Besides, in spite of his coarse appearance, technically is very fine and can generate occasions by himself same and combine with the rest of his mates. Also it liked the fact to be a profile of goleador distinct to Suárez that it could give him a lot of more variants to the team. Besides, already it has a vitola of star that had turned him into a signing very mediático.

By all this, the Barça did not doubt in asking after he in what it decided that it was the moment of fichar to a goleador. Unfortunately for the Catalans, Daniel Levy, president of the Tottenham, demanded a price out of market by his big star to move away to the Barça. The Barcelona understood that there was not at all that do and withdrew . Months afterwards, Lautaro began to soltarse in the Inter and finish turning into the objective number one of the club.

Lautaro is now the big aim

Now, the 'Bull' is the elected like relief of Luis Suárez and Kane has happened to a flat second. The English follows liking because it is of the best of the world, but does not go in in the plans of the Barcelona do any movement by him. Although the 'spurs' put him in the market, something little likely, his price rondaría the 200 million euros, almost the double of what costs Lautaro. The 'neroazzurro' is the elected and in the weeks to come could have novelties regarding his signing.

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