Manchester City are willing to wait 12 months to acquire an ‘ideal striker’ amid obstacles to signing reported target Harry Kane, as relayed by City Xtra.

In need of a replacement for club legend Sergio Aguero, the Blues could elect to hold off for a year before effectively replacing the Argentinian [ESPN].

Signing a lengthy contract extension back in 2016 at Tottenham Hotspur, the England captain still has three years to run on his deal at the Londoners, who allegedly value his signature at more than £150 million according to reports [City Xtra].

Enjoying a stunning 2020/21 season, Kane chipped in with an unbelievable 50 goal contributions for Spurs in 49 fixtures; 33 goals and 17 assists [Transfermarkt].

In light of the news that the Citizens are set to hold off on his prospective signature, no wonder loads of Manchester City diehards took to Twitter to protest.

City fans react:

Replying to the City Xtra Twitter page, here is how some supporters summarized their feelings on these recent developments:

"A massive gamble"

"our board isn't learning. If we can't get Kane, go for Lukaku. If that can't happen go for Silva from Frankfurt. Kane and Haaland aren't the only strikers in the world."
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"I would feel sick and frustrated starting a petition on change.org to remove Txiki for letting Aguero go without a replacement"
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"Terrible, obviously? What was the logic in not extending Agüero's contract with a year if we weren't gonna replace him properly?"
"I don’t feel we’ll get away with another season without a striker - other teams will learn from Chelsea and how we struggled with their approach, and will replicate it…. It’s natural / same happened this year to Liverpool and how teams learned to expose their weakness at RB"
"Can’t see us making the same mistake of never replacing Kompany for a few years. His goals won’t be replaced by Jesus and possibly Torres if given a good run of games. Replacing Aguero this summer is a must in my eyes!"
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