If Arsenal fans feel empty at the end of the season for reducing Premier League two -what they should have to be done! – I would like to imagine that the perfect tonic would be to sign Harry Kane.
A fancy flight? Perhaps it depends on how deep the captain of England feels his attachment to his former employees, Tottenham Hotspur.
But it would be logical for all sides. Arsenal would get the productive goal scorer to help them take the last step and Kane would give himself the best chance to win a competition title in this country and to surpass Alan Shearer as the most important sniper of the Premier League.
Both that I would imagine gives him a more meaningful inheritance than a medal from Bundesliga winners, who achieves Bayern Munich almost every season.
Certainly, if Kane would decide to return to his country next season with a £ 54 million buy-out clause to be activated there, it would be a wiser decision at Arsenal than returning to Tottenham, who still needs a £ 300 million that are issued to players to become realistic challengers, something that is very unlikely to happen to happen.
Although there might not be an economic resale value in Kane, champions would open a series of commercial benefits for Arsenal that would deny that concern.
I have no doubt that fans of Gunners are delighted to see Kane in red and white. They would consider it the ultimate one-upmanship about their local rivals, and taking one of the best players in the history of Tottenham would give them even more chance of ridiculing them.
Of course Kane will have other options, but maybe not as much good as he would like, given that he will be 32 in July.
Manchester City has Haaland, Liverpool, a variety of different goals and the spending model of Chelsea is based on younger players with growth potential and sales value. Manchester United? Forget if you want to hit the ground in a decent team immediately.
The Newcastle project would be interesting and there may be a vacancy if Alexander Isak leaves, although I do not know who can pay the Swede's £ 100m-plus appreciation. Real Madrid and Barcelona are struggling nowadays due to financial rules in Spain.
If I was in the unfortunate and reprehensible position to choose the career path of a football agent, I would like to imagine that he certainly looks at all options, including Arsenal.
He is now a big boy, not a child, and will eventually make his own mind, but he needs a clear head to make a rational decision.
He has previously shown that he is no more than crazy things, such as a 'Come and Get Me' interview with Gary Neville that killed his exit from Spurs at the time, or his brother represents him without the required Bottom feeder expertise.
Players previously moved directly from Tottenham to Arsenal. Sol Campbell still gets abuse of Spurs fans, but that was a unique situation. They felt that he led their club into the garden path before he went directly to the 'enemy'. What he did by the way!
They are probably the same fans who have welcomed Manchester City against their own team to prevent Arsenal from winning the title and screaming the same to go out Daniel Levy to leave the club.
Kane has already broken its ties with spurs by becoming a member of Bayern. Although certain parts of the Tottenham fan base would see it as a betrayal to end up in another part of North Londs, you would hope that most rational thinkers would understand that he wants to take the best opportunity. And while he was once part of the Tottenham family, players have to take care of themselves.
Pat Jennings may be a better example. He left Spurs for Arsenal, later returned in his career and is very popular with both clubs.
The Mikel Arteta team knocks on the door without signing the required players to cross the line. Kane will not automatically lead them to the title – you could claim that the most important shortage this season is losing Bukayo Saka to injuries – but it is not to be denied that he would make them considerably stronger.
Shearer once let his heart rule his head by choosing the home town club Newcastle instead of Manchester United and sacrificing many medals, but he had the luxury of having already won the Premier League in Blackburn. Kane is still looking for that.
I do like the idea that an emotional sport enables players to respect their former clubs. That is why I do not automatically condemn those who do not celebrate the scoring against old employees.
Yet it is naive and demonstrably unfair to never expect the ending loyalty of players. Fans usually have it, but it is the task of a player to give their best while they are under contract. You cannot expect their loyalty to be eternal from their first awake moment as a professional to the end. That applies just as much to Kane as someone else.
He can instinctively hate the idea of playing for Arsenal, but if he still wants to show a crack at the Premier League and arteta interest, it would be stupid not to hear him at least.
Why Sir Jim can still get it right
I do not know Sir Jim Ratcliffe personally, so I cannot say whether it is endlessly feeding his ego in the newspapers, but sometimes you have to remember that it is the glazers, not he, those majority shareholders of Manchester United.
Nobody talks about the glazers now, so Ratcliffe has done them a solid because he has become the story.
Ineos try to get from other sports -related deals, but I have not heard that they are struggling like a commercial operation, so don't think it is a case that Ratcliffe no longer has cash. If he is fired at United, it is not to save money, not because they have none.
I don't feel that there will be a car accident at United, although normal business grilling in football does not always exist, because a foolish b ***** d at the top will always write a check to cover someone else's shortcomings.
Successful people from outside can get into sport and view aspects differently.
More often than not, despite the fact that they have done initial domestic affairs to adopt better business practices in their new shiny assets, they learn to move the needle somewhat and to continue, even if they have paid, is not worth it or emotional.
Leicester players and owner get what they asked
Leading voices in the dressing room of Leicester City were of great importance of what I understand when driving a wedge between former boss Steve Cooper and the owners.
The ownership took the direction of the players over their manager and has now received their 'rewards'.
Leicester is in a much worse position in the table and, apart from an unlikely turn of events, on the way to relegation.
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