In the Spanish capital this week, the first murmurings began. Real Madrid are beginning their charm offensive and this time around, the target is Harry Kane.
Privately, Tottenham insist that they will not even begin to contemplate the sale of Europe's most in-form frontman.
In Madrid, they perceive similarities between Kane and their former marksman Raul Gonzalez.
The former Spain captain Fernando Hierro once reflected that Raul was 'not a 10 out of 10 in anything but he was an eight-and-a-half in everything.