Harry Kane clears air on situation with Spurs, Manchester City
Harry Kane has declared he is “staying at Tottenham this summer” after initial push to join Manchester City this summer.
Earlier in the summer, the England captain, who is the club’s second highest all-time goalscorer, was desperate to move on from Spurs in order to win silverware.
Pep Guardiola has also publicly said Manchester City were interested in signing him.
However, Spurs’ stance was always that the 28-year-old was not for sale and Manchester City failed to put in a bid that tempted them to change their mind.
And now, with less than a week of the summer transfer window remaining, Kane has accepted that he will not be leaving.
The England captain made his first appearance of the season against Wolves on Sunday, where he was given a hero’s welcome by the fans.
He tweeted: “It was incredible to see the reception from the Spurs fans on Sunday and to read some of the messages of support I’ve had in the last few weeks.
“I will be staying at Tottenham this summer and will be 100 per cent focused on helping the team achieve success.”
Kane is halfway through a six-year deal he signed in 2018 and, without a release clause, Spurs always held the power.
The striker believed he had an agreement with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy that he would be sold this summer.
But Spurs deny that ever existed and were not prepared to sell their star player.
Kane made it clear he wanted to be sold at the back end of last term in order to win silverware.
He strongly hinted at Manchester City being the club he wanted to join after naming Kevin De Bruyne as his ideal team-mate.
Manchester City made an opening bid which totaled 100 million pounds (137 million dollars) while Kane was on England duty at the European Championships.
But this was swiftly rejected by Spurs.
Once the Euros were over, Kane’s camp upped the ante in a bid to force a move through.
Kane consequently did not report for pre-season on August 2 and it later emerged he was still on holiday in the Bahamas.
Upon his late return he was forced to self-isolate at the club’s training ground, meaning he did not have the fitness required to feature in Spurs’ opening two games.
These were a Premier League win over Manchester City and a Europa Conference League tie.
He eventually made his return as a substitute against Wolves last Sunday and it has now emerged that he will be staying at the club beyond next Tuesday’s deadline.
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