Barcelona have enjoyed much success by pinning their goalscoring hopes to a veteran striker in the twilight of his career in Robert Lewandowski—and are increasingly tipped to try and replicate that with the signing of Harry Kane.
Lewandowski was about to turn 34 when he arrived at Camp Nou in 2022, having found the net 344 times in 375 appearances for Bayern Munich.
Barcelona agreed to a transfer fee worth up to €50 million ($57.6 million) and handed the Pole a four-year contract to 2026, but have been rewarded for that faith. Into the final season of the arrangement, 37-year-old Lewandowski has scored 108 goals in 159 games, winning five trophies.
Amid the likely possibility that Lewandowski does not stay beyond the end of his contract, writes that a new striker is the priority in the transfer market next summer.
Julián Álvarez is considered an ideal target, but his long-term contract with Atlético Madrid and their reluctance to sell make pursuing the Argentine difficult. That is why the idea of going after Kane instead has been “gaining ground” in the corridors of power at Camp Nou.
There is perhaps no better striker in the world right now. Kane has scored 23 goals in just 17 appearances for Bayern this season, taking his overall tally for the club to 108 in not even two-and-a-half years. He will turn 33 in July, but the England captain is known to be a super dedicated professional and has arguably been enjoying his best ever form since turning 29. Careers no longer end at 35.
In many ways, Kane would be a very similar transfer to Lewandowski if Barça can make it happen.
