Former Liverpool centre-back Jamie Carragher believes Manchester City will have the edge over both Chelsea and Liverpool in the Premier League title race if they complete the signing of Harry Kane.
With just a week of the transfer window to go, City, who secured their first win of the season on Saturday afternoon, hammering Norwich City 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium, remain keen on adding Kane to their squad in a bid to bolster their attacking options.
Spurs, however, are prepared to dig their heels in and try and price City out of a move, with chairman Daniel Levy poised to demand at least £150million for the England captain.
Nevertheless, with City refusing to give up in their pursuit of a striker, Kane is being seen by almost everyone as the missing ingredient within Pep Guardiola's side.
And for Carragher, who believes Liverpool will be stronger this season with the return of Virgil van Dijk, City will be "really difficult to stop" if they successfully land the striker.
Carragher told Sky Sports : "Virgil van Dijk is one of the best players in the Premier League, you think with [Mohamed] Salah, [Kevin] De Bruyne, Kane, five or six players who are rated as the best, so he will make a huge difference.
"Don’t forget that Liverpool finished third last season with no centre-backs, so it was actually a really good achievement in the end.
"Man City are Man City, Liverpool are the one team who have broken their spell up, once in the past four or five years. It will take a lot to do that again and it took a lot for Liverpool to win the title, it was unbelievable consistency.
"But I think, right now, City, what they might do in the next week, I think it’ll be really difficult to stop them if Harry Kane goes there. If he doesn’t and they don’t have that recognised striker, I think it’s much more of a fight.
"I think Chelsea are involved in that and I certainly think Liverpool are."
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