What exactly is the rationale behind people advocating 80-100 million on him this summer, anyway? What exactly are we really envisaging him doing next season that justifies this fee, when you can just get into his and his agent's ear and throw a huge paycheque at them both for the following summer? I can't get my head around that situation.
I think it's the incoming Qatari Monopoly money clouding people's judgment. That, and maybe the thirst for winning the league again.
Others have pointed out (and I agree) that we are a few pieces short of the complete set needed to compete with Man City. Whatever areas they are deficient in, there's nothing stopping them from buying two players for that position for next season. We, on the other hand, need to get a starting XI that fully functions, and I don't see how we are doing that short of Boehly-like profligacy, even with Qatari owners.
If things go as they have gone the last few years and we have about 150 million to spend, we would be foolish to buy Kane. Kane on a free, however, sure, why not. Even if Kane comes in next season and does RvP-like business for us, and somehow we pip City to the title, it's not sustainable. Kane will be entering the glide phase of his trajectory and Haaland will still be at the same level he is now for another 10 years, God help us if he improves.
So I would think planning for sustained pressure, for a sustained tilt at the title, is the way to go. We need to spend on players with a different profile. That, and we need to figure out how Brighton & Hove assembled a squad that can go toe to toe with the big boys, but on a limited budget.