I said it much earlier in the window and I think it is becoming clearer with each day that we don't really have any money to spend this summer. I think the DoF probably thought that we were likely to have a Harry Kane sized transfer fund coming in at some point (and some point a lot earlier than now) and was negotiating some deals based on that but not able to take them further due to us being brassic....
If we do end up selling Kane then we are clearly getting to the point of the window where it will be difficult to persuade clubs to sell us one of their contracted players.
I searched through my posts from much earlier in the window and here were all of my suggestions for potential players we could bring in (it was actually players that I thought would be far better to bring in than Vinicius if Harry left)..... I've added some commentary for each of them. I note that I hadn't listed Vlahovic on this list, not sure why I didnt?
This was my full list of potentials if Kane left....
Alex Isak (21) (Real Sociedad) (Since signed a new deal with a very large release clause)
Patson Daka (22) (Red Bull Salzburg) (Signed by Leicester for a superbly low fee. Leicester again showing us how to operate early and decisively in the transfer market)
Lautaro Martinez (23) (Inter Milan) (Fee hiked up massively after Inter sold Lukaku)
Abdallah Sima (19) (Slavia Prague) (Still available and would be a very smart move to sign him, even if Harry is staying.... Wouldnt' be cheap though)
Danny Ings (28) (Southampton) (Went to Aston Villa for a very reasonable price, we missed out here)
Wout Weghorst (28) (Wolfsberg) (Still available. Not sure he is actually quite good enough for where we want to be).
Mousa Dembele (24) (Lyon) (Still at Lyon, still likely to be available, might not be too expensive as Lyon are struggling financially)
Patrick Bamford (27) (Leeds) (Very underrated player, has a bit of everything about his game. Would have to pay over the odds fee for him).
Andre Silva (25) (Frankfurt) (Went to Leipzig for only £17m. Would've been a great deal for us to do. We missed out here).
Sasa Kalakdzic (23) (Stuttgart) (More a different option than a direct replacement or partner for Kane... Still at Stuttgart and could be signed).
Luka Jovic (23) (Real Madrid) (Still at Real Madrid and apparently available on loan. Could be a sensible signing for us).
Some are more second strikers though. In any event I think we need two from this list if Kane goes.