STAYAWAY KANE SET TO MISS OPENER AGAINST CITY

HARRY KANE has effectively ruled himself out of Tottenham’s season opener against Manchester City — the team he wants to join — by spending another day outside the UK. As reported by Sportsmail yesterday, Kane stopped in Florida on his way back from a family holiday in the Bahamas, despite being due to report for pre-season training on Monday. And as MailOnline revealed, his no-show has disappointed Tottenham, who were still awaiting confirmation of his return to England yesterday — with Kane understood to have remained in Florida. The 28-year-old still plans to return to Spurs this weekend, but he will likely need to take a Covid test at their Enfield HQ and complete a period of isolation before he can return to training. Kane (right) will need to isolate for up to 10 days upon his return, but he can take a ‘test to release’ procedure on day five, which would end his quarantine provided he tests negative. He intends to take the day five test.

Despite this, the fact Kane was still in Florida on Wednesday means he will not resume training until at least the start of next week. This virtually rules the 28-year-old out of next Sunday’s clash against City as he won’t have played any preseason games — although Spurs did not need Kane’s firepower last night as they came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 in a charity friendly against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. City expect their pursuit of Kane to go down to the wire this month due to the different valuations placed on the striker. Their initial offer of £100million was rejected by Spurs, and there is uncertainty over whether City will be able to strike a compromise with Daniel Levy, after the Spurs chairman put a £150m price tag on last season’s top scorer. City have already raised around £50m from sales this summer, while Leroy Sane’s move to Bayern Munich for an initial £45m is accounted for this year. However, it is likely that a firstteam regular like Bernardo Silva, courted by Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, would have to be moved on if City were to get closer to Levy’s asking price.