Summer, Barcelona and Lewandowski at the exit door - the classic Catalan story with the classic solution: another fearsome striker. This time the man on the radar is Harry Kane, and the Spaniards aren't pretending it's anything less than big-ticket ambition.

The season Kane just finished in Munich is hard to ignore - 58 goals and 7 assists in 50 matches. Since arriving at Bayern three seasons ago, the Englishman has racked up 143 goals in 146 games and is already passing several records set by that same Lewandowski he's now supposed to replace at Barcelona.

The problems for the Catalans are obvious. Kane is under contract with Munich until 2027, Bayern doesn't sell its stars at half price, and the Englishman's age - 32 - doesn't argue for a capital investment of 100+ million euros. So Barcelona's realistic targets remain Julián Álvarez (Atlético) and João Pedro (Chelsea).

Álvarez on paper looks like a perfect move, but Atlético is building its attack around him and isn't thinking about a sale. The player himself will likely ask for over 120 million euros. João Pedro was expensively brought to Stamford Bridge and Londoners see him as a long-term investment, not a short-term seasonal fix. In other words, Barcelona may have to dial back the ambitions and go again for a young player with potential - that's the moment for clubs still wrestling with La Liga's financial rules.