Darren Bent urges Tottenham to sign Romelu Lukaku as Harry Kane's replacement

Former Tottenham striker Darren Bent believes Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku would be the perfect replacement for Harry Kane if the Spurs centre-forward is sold in the summer.

Kane, 28, was close to a move to Manchester City last year for £100million after he told Spurs he wanted to leave the club to win trophies.

However, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy held firm against City’s advances and kept a hold of his star man who he deemed too important to lose.

Bent, who made 60 appearances in a Spurs shirt, thinks Antonio Conte’s appointment at White Hart Lane has changed Kane’s mind about leaving but if he does end up wanting to go at the end of the season, Lukaku should be lined-up as his successor.

He told talkSPORT: ‘As long as Antonio Conte is there, I don’t think Harry Kane will go anywhere. It looks like he’s getting the best out of him, there’s a real mutual respect there you’d have to say.

‘But if the worse came to the worse and Harry Kane did leave and go elsewhere, if they could get Lukaku in, we’ve seen Conte get the best out of Romelu Lukaku. Even down to his nutrition, that was the best I’ve ever seen him look last season and at the start of this season.

‘If there’s an opportunity and Kane leaves and Conte can get Lukaku, I’d go out all day to get him, all day. I think someone who has got Premier League experience, there’d be no one better to bring in to replace Harry Kane.

‘I know they’re completely different in terms of players, Harry Kane dropping in, technically a better footballer. But Lukaku would be an adequate replacement, certainly with what he did with Antonio Conte already. So, I would.’

After signing for Inter Milan from Manchester United in 2019, Lukaku enjoyed a successful relationship with Conte as the