Harry Kane's future at Tottenham Hotspur and a proposed transfer to Manchester City dominated the headlines this summer.
In the end, the England captain remained in north London as the Premier League champions failed to lodge the gigantic offer required for chairman Daniel Levy to entertain selling the striker.
Kane missed the beginning of the season, and is yet to get off the mark in the Premier League as Nuno Espirito Santo has endured a mixed start to life in north London.
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Fabio Paratici, Spurs' Director of Football, insists no further talks have been held with the 28-year-old and claims the goalscorer is happy to remain with the rebuild project at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
However, Kanes' future will undoubtedly be discussed in the upcoming windows as the striker winds down to the final two years of his contract next summer.
Newcastle United's takeover has sparked a wave of transfer rumours ranging from the fanciful to the more realistic.
The Magpies have been transformed into one of the world's richest clubs overnight, and could be able to spend in the region of £205m without breaching Financial Fair Play.
This newfound status has catapulted Newcastle into title and transfer debates that would have been considered unthinkable during the Mike Ashley era.
One such instance of this was a discussion on talkSPORT's 'Boot Room' on Sunday which saw the future of Kane come under the spotlight once again.
Darren Ambrose, Darren Bent and presenter Rory Jennings debated whether Newcastle could gazump City and Chelsea to the signature
Here is a full transcript of the debate on talkSPORT:
DA: What about Harry Kane?
DB: I think he would go to City before Newcastle.
DA: I say this because are Manchester City and Chelsea going to be paying £100-£120m in the summer? I don't think they are.
I think they went to around £130m this summer, Manchester City. Newcastle will, they will go £150-200m.
RJ: Can you imagine the statement that makes to the Premier League if Newcastle United take a player from Tottenham? Take the player that Tottenham said they wouldn't sell?
That would upset the entire equilibrium of the Premier League the way we know it, and I suppose that is what they are trying to do.
DA: Say Daniel Levy puts on another ridiculous fee that no-one else is going to pay, and Newcastle say 'okay, there's £150m'.
Who's got more chance of winning a trophy at the moment, Tottenham or Newcastle now? Everyone is going to say Newcastle because they're a project, they've got ambition.
That could be realistic.
DB: But what does that say about Spurs' ambition if they let him go?
DA: It's not about what Spurs' ambition is, it's about what Daniel Levy wants for the player.
Like we saw in the summer, if he got that, Kane wouldn't be there now.
DB: There's reports at Newcastle, they're talking about £190-£200m in January to spend in terms of Financial Fair Play.
RJ: They've done themselves a bit of a favour because they haven't spent cumulatively for so long. It means they can massively go for it this summer.
DB: So if Harry Kane is £160m this summer...
RJ: But does Kane want that? Kanes' whole thing is about leaving to get medals.
DB: I don't think they'd ever get Kane because as you said there, it's about winning trophies.
RJ: As soon as they got one, one statement signing, or a manager like [Antonio] Conte, I feel then it is a domino effect.
They'd all be falling over themselves to play for Newcastle. Newcastle will become the desired destination.
DA: January will be massively important. You have the list in front of you, what Chelsea did in their first window, they need to get it right.
