Harry Kane, Mohamed Salah and the Premier League top scorers of 2020/21 - in pictures

Spurs striker topped the charts last season but he could be playing his football elsewhere in the upcoming campaign

PREMIER LEAGUE TOP SCORERS 2020/21 SEASON: 1) Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 23 goals in 35 games.

2) Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 22 goals in 37 games.

3) Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) 18 goals in 37 games.

= 4) Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 goals in 37 games.

=4) Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) 17 goals in 38 games.

6) Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) 16 goals in 33 games.

7) Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 15 goals in 34 games.

8) Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) 14 goals in 37 games.

=9) Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City) 13 goals in 28 games.

=9) Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 13 goals in 31 games.

=11) Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) 12 goals in 25 games.

=11) Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) 12 goals in 26 games.

=11) Danny Ings (Southampton) 12 goals in 29 games.

=11) Chris Wood (Burnley) 12 goals in 33 games.

=15) Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 goals in 20 games.

=15) Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) 11 goals in 30 games.

=15) Matheus Pereira(West Bromwich Albion) 11 goals in 33 games.

=15) Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 11 goals in 37 games.

=15) Sadio Mane (Liverpool) 11 goals in 35 games.

The new Premier League season is upon us already as the race begins to see if Harry Kane can retain his Golden Boot as the division's top goalscorer.

But Kane's future is under a cloud after a summer of transfer speculation that his time at Tottenham Hotspur is coming to an end, with Manchester City keen to seal a deal for the England captain.

City manager Pep Gaurdiola admitted last week that he would be interested in signing the 28-year-old striker — but only if Spurs are willing to lower their £150 million ($207m) asking price.

“If Tottenham don’t want to negotiate, it’s finished,” the Spaniard said. “If they are open to negotiate, I think not just Man City but many clubs in the world want to try to sign him.”

Reports on Thursday suggested City are ready to offer £127m if they get an indication from Tottenham that a deal can be done for a player who scored 23 goals in 35 Premier League games last season.

In the past seven campaigns, Kane has scored at least 17 goals in the league every season, only failing to reach 20 on two occasions, and would give City a much needed out-and-out striker following the exit of Sergio Aguero in the summer.

Kane sits seventh in the all-time Premier League top scorers list after notching 166 goals — with Thierry Henry (175) and Frank Lampard (177) firmly in his sights this campaign. And it is well within his capabilities that Sergio Aguero (184) and Andrew Cole (187) can also be overtaken, taking Kane into second place. That will leave him with only Wayne Rooney (208) and Alan Shearer (260) to beat.

Ahead of the first game of the new season between Brentford and Arsenal on Friday, we take a look at who trailed in Kane's wake at the top of the goalscoring chart last season in the gallery above.

Spurs train without Kane

Bryan Gil and Sergio Reguilon during Spurs' pre-season training session at Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre on Thursday, August 12, 2021.

Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero during Tottenham's pre-season training session on Thursday.

Eric Dier trains at the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre.

Harry Winks during training at the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre.

Serge Aurier trains for the new season on Thursday.

Matt Doherty and Serge Aurier during training.

Lucas Moura and Moussa Sissoko during Tottenham's pre-season training.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Cameron Carter Vickers at the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre.

Serge Aurier and Matt Doherty train for the new season.

Pierluigi Gollini during Tottenham's pre-season training on Thursday.

Ryan Sessegnon trains on Thursday.