Kane to stay put due to lack of big spenders
HARRY KANE looks increasingly likely to remain at Tottenham Hotspur next season due to Europe’s biggest clubs having little to spend in the Covid-hit transfer market.
The England captain stated last year that he might have to leave if he did not feel Tottenham were “progressing” and has made no secret of his desire to win trophies.
Spurs are in the Carabao Cup final and the last 16 of the Europa League but have slipped to ninth in the Premier League after a run of five defeats in six games that has placed their chances of qualifying for Europe in danger and cast doubt over the future of head coach Jose Mourinho. Spurs have never discussed a fee that they would accept for Kane (above) and insist they want him to stay.
However they are also aware that he will, eventually, become a “depreciating” asset as his contract runs down and that the striker is desperate to win trophies.
Kane’s contract is due to expire in 2024. It is highly unlikely that any offer in the next window will be big enough to tempt Spurs chairman Daniel Levy into selling.
The effects of the pandemic will have deep repercussions for clubs who spent heavily last summer in the expectation that fans would have returned by now.
At the same time, Barcelona and Real Madrid have further financial problems, while Paris Saint-German, another possible suitor, are concentrating on trying to renew the contracts of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
A battleground is emerging for Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, which, sources claim, is due to involve Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea but
– at 20 – the Norwegian forward is seven years younger than Kane and would cost considerably less.
Matters could also be complicated if Mourinho fails to arrest the club’s current slide and does not secure European football.
Spurs would put RB Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann top of their target list if Mourinho is replaced. (© Telegraph Media Group Limited 2021)
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