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Moving story about Kane

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may have been firmly in his cheek for the final comment, but he knows just how difficult the transition can be.

Club sources are now openly admitting that Spurs’ first fixtures of the new season may have to be played away but are adamant their new home will be ready to move in for the 2018-19 season.

Ahead of his final game at Huddersfie­ld tomorrow, Wenger was asked if he regretted leaving Highbury.

“I believe Highbury had a special spirit,” he said. “It’s a cathedral, a church. You could smell the soul of every guy that played there. So it was special. It will always be special.

“The Emirates was like buying a new house. It took us a while to feel at home there. It’s a fantastic stadium but there was something special at Highbury that you could never recreate.

“But we had to do it. There is no club that can turn down people who want to attend a down. I thought we were a bit too ambitious with 60,000 but it worked.”

One home Wenger said he would never change was his family base in Totteridge.

“Here is my home,” he said. “I lived here for 22 years, my daughter has spent her whole life here, she is going to university here. I feel at home here.”

Huddersfie­ld boss David Wagner insists the celebratio­ns are only just starting.

The Terriers will stage another big bash to mark their Premier League escape as a follow-up to hitting London’s nightspots until the early hours on Thursday after safety was assured.

Wagner revealed more mayhem is in the pipeline after the visit of Arsenal tomorrow.

“If any group of players deserve to celebrate like they’ve never done before, then it’s this group,” said Wagner. “There will be a big celebratio­n on Sunday.”

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