The thought of Harry Kane joining Newcastle United prompted a Kevin Keegan impression from Rob Lee, who told Stats Perform: I would love it!
Kane s Tottenham visit St James Park on Sunday for Newcastle s first game since their takeover was approved.
Widely unpopular owner Mike Ashley has been replaced by a consortium fronted by Amanda Staveley, whose PCP Capital Partners has purchased 10 per cent of the club, and backed by Saudi Arabia s Public Investment Fund (PIF).
The PIF, which bought 80 per cent of Newcastle, has become the richest football club owner in the world, prompting links to a host of high-profile signings.
Kane has not been among those, but he pushed for a move away from Spurs ahead of this season.
The England captain has scored five Premier League goals at St James Park as a visiting player, yet ex-Newcastle skipper Lee, who was signed by Keegan in 1992, would like to see him turning out on Tyneside on a more regular basis.
He told Stats Perform: I would love to see him at Newcastle. I would love it, absolutely love it.
Take over complete
— Rob Lee (@7RobLee)
Kane has not scored in the league yet this season, his six-game barren run his longest since a sequence of eight goalless games back in 2014.
His streak of netting in England qualifiers also ended at 15 matches on Tuesday when he failed to find a way past Hungary s Peter Gulacsi.
There are concerns Kane has not recovered from his failure to secure a move to Manchester City, which is understandable to Lee.
It depends on what s gone on behind the scenes, he said. We don t know what s gone on.
I don t know him at all, but it seems to me like he s a level-headed guy, and he s not one to make a fuss.
If he had an agreement with Daniel Levy of some sort, then I m sure he did. And if someone s gone back on that, then obviously he s going to be a little bit peed off.
Whether Newcastle or City, though, Lee still believes Kane is worth whatever fee it would take to prise him away from Tottenham.
I still expect him to play to the best of his ability. For him to come out and say, I want to leave , surely he thought it was sorted, Lee said.
Whatever you pay for Harry Kane, whether it s £150million, it s worth every penny.
