Pep Guardiola given two Harry Kane alternatives amid number 9 woes
Manchester City were tipped to sign Harry Kane last summer and had even made the right kind of offer to sign the Englishman. Tottenham Hotspur though, had other plans and were insistent on keeping the striker for the ongoing season. The summer-long saga dragged on until the last week till Harry Kane himself announced on Twitter that he would be staying at the White Hart Lane for the season to follow.
Kane to City links have died down since then and speaking to Sun Sport, former City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips pointed towards Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins and Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette as the potential solution to Pep Guardiola’s number nine woes at the Etihad.
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Ollie Watkins is one of the better upcoming strikers in the game and Lacazette has struggled to hit the ground running at Arsenal. Having said that, the Frenchman has made 179 appearances for the Gunners and has found the back of the net on 68 occasions while assisting 29 times. That is a decent record but it could be better if he played in a team like City where chance creation is always at an all-time high.
Ollie Watkins has been the go-to man for Aston Villa when it comes to goal-scoring. The Englishman has managed to find the net 18 times from 49 appearances for the Villains. The 25-year-old has been tipped to join one of the ‘bigger’ clubs for a long time now.
Speaking to Sun Sport, Shaun Wright-Phillips said:
"“Lacazette, he knows where the goal is. He knows how to bring people into play.“I always believe that when he plays for Arsenal, the front three behind him seem to play better. There seems to be more of a link-up between them.”“I just think with City, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a striker worth £150million. It could be a striker who knows where the back of the net is and I think there’s a lot of them in the Premier League and around the world. For me, I would sign Ollie Watkins.”Source: MEN"
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City have also been tipped to sign Erling Haaland next term and are considered to be the favorites to sign the Dortmund superstar. Having said that, there are a number of clubs ready to sign the Norwegian striker next summer and it could all boil down to who offers the better sporting and economic project.