For days now, the ground was being prepared for Jack Grealish’s mega-transfer to Manchester City, but while the whole UK is eagerly awaiting the most expensive transfer in the history of English football, we could witness a domino effect or a carousel of attackers across the European continent.On one side are Romelu Lukaku and Harry Kane, on the other Luka Jović, Duvan Zapata, Tammy Abraham, Dušan Vlahović … Along with Grealish, Manchester City is working intensively on bringing Kane, which makes management at Tottenham more and more nervous, while Chelsea do not give up on Lukaku who has reportedly changed his mind in the meantime and is reportedly ready to return to Stamford Bridge, provided that Inter get the required financial funds. The champion of Italy rejected Chelsea’s first offer worth close to 120 million USD + Marcos Alonso, so now Roman Abramovich is ready to dig deep into his pocket and pay the entire 140 million USD!What does Jesse Lingard have to do to be given another chance to shine at Old Trafford?European champion’s strong intent is confirmed by the information of the reliable Belgian insider Kristof Terreur, who reports that the idea is for the transfer to be realized in the next two to three days! Chelsea are offering 14 million USD to their former center forward, which is significantly more than the 9 million USD he now earns at Inter. We have written several times about the financial situation at Inter, which is pretty serious. The financial crisis threatened to tear the club apart several times last season. Salaries were late, as well as payments for transfers, in the meantime the Suning conglomerate became significantly burdened by the new world economic crisis, so it had to shut down Jiangsu FC, a Chinese club that finished last season as champions and no longer exists.The road to Europa Conference League: Sleeping giants, hungry minnows and romantic wannabesThat is why Achraf Hakimi was sold after only a year with the club, and the idea is for Inter to make at least one more big sale so that they can dedicate themselves to a more stable business format. Lautaro Martinez was the first option but now Lukaku has emerged as a legitimate one also, despite opposition from coach Simone Inzaghi and general manager Beppe Marotta. But club owner Stephen Zhang is open to negotiations. In the last few days, Atletico Madrid has been asking about the Argentine, and Chelsea for the Belgian. It is difficult to expect that Inter will let both of them go, but now it seems more realistic that officially the best Serie A player will leave.With two more spectacular jobs potentially happening, Inter and Tottenham need adequate replacements for the two leading stars, and their names are already popping up. In case Lukaku leaves Milan, two alleged solutions are Duvan Zapata and Luka Jovic.Villains already spending the money they will get for Grealish?Zapata is the first on the wish-list, it was written about him even when it was thought Lautaro will leave, but Atalanta is still asking for quite a lot – the strong Colombian has a label of 47.5 million USD. Although it is expensive, it is something the Italian champions are absolutely ready to pay.If no agreement is reached with the club from Bergamo, the second in line is Luka Jović. The Serbian striker is trying to fight for a new chance at Real Madrid with the new coach Carlo Ancelotti, but he is not in the least a new name for the scout of Inter. Let us remind you, Jovic’s agent Fali Ramadani was in the ‘City of Fashion’ at the negotiations with Milan, and in the meantime, Inter also became interested.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Jović’s departure from Real is not the first option for the footballer, but in case he does not receive guarantees from Ancelotti that he will play regularly, the transfer is not excluded at all. It’s just that Los Blancos will not be able to earn even close to the amount they invested in his transfer three years ago. It is realistic for Jovic’s eventual exit transfer to bring up to 41.5 million USD, which Inter could certainly pay. But, just like with Zapata, an attempt would be made to reduce the asking price as much as possible.If Inter were to decide on Zapata in the end, Atalanta would immediately go for Tammy Abraham, according to Gazzetta dello Sport! The young English center forward will most probably not move to Arsenal and especially not to Aston Villa, which suddenly completed the transfer of Danny Ings from Southampton for over 40 million USD.It is heating up – Kane spends another day outside the UK to ‘send a message’ to the SpursAbraham is not a center forward to the taste of Thomas Tuchel and that is why it all implies the Chelsea academy talent will leave – Atalanta would offer him Champions League football and a team that is constantly pushing the boundaries under the command of Gian Piero Gasperini. Atalanta had a good experience when they brought in Mario Pašalić, when they first took him on loan from Chelsea, and then bought him off for 18 million USD. It is not excluded that Chelsea will again agree on a loan with an option or a mandatory buyout, only if Abraham is open for transfer. Abraham is also wanted by Ralph Hasenhüttl in Southampton as a replacement for Ings, so if the negotiations potentially gain momentum, there is a greater chance that the Englishman will stay in his homeland than leave abroad.As for the situation in Tottenham, under the condition that Harry Kane leaves, which is more and more certain day by day, Dušan Vlahović could come to White Hart Lane. The Serbian striker and sensation from Fiorentina is Tottenham’s first wish in the case of Kane’s departure – young center forward with similar characteristics blossomed in a purple jersey last season.Liverpool are busy – Alisson Becker signs new contract while Virgil van Dijk steps up his recovery from injuryVlahovic’s status is very complicated. According to the Italian press, the club and the player are not able to find a common language about the new contract, Fiorentina is allegedly ready to set aside 3.5 million USD for his annual salary, while he has not made any statements himself. For him, too, the list of interested clubs is long – Inter, Juventus, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid… But nothing is still officially happening.Everyone is waiting for that one transfer that would kick-start a chain reaction. Who will be first – Kane or Lukaku?
