Manchester City are bound to see some changes in personnel over the next few weeks, following the arrival of new manager Pep Guardiola, and there have been rumours over the past few days that the Spaniard is interested in the services of Tottenham’s own Harry Kane. The former Bayern Munich boss will be spending time with all his current crop of players now the European Championships have reached a conclusion, and it would be no surprise to see Guardiola add some men already proven at the highest level in the Premier League. Since Gareth Bale departed from White Hart Lane, Spurs seem to have stopped selling their biggest name each season, but there has arguably not been a player with the star quality of Harry since Bale was at the football club.
The Tottenham Hotspur board are currently thrashing out a deal with Kane’s agent which is set to push the striker’s wages into the region of £100,000 per week. While this is a huge sum of money, it does not reflect the going rate for a player who has achieved what Harry Kane has over the past couple of seasons. The 22 year old won the Premier League’s Golden Boot at the conclusion of the last campaign with 25 Premier League goals in 38 appearances, this coming off the back of 21 goals in his 2014/15 season. While the recent European Championship wasn’t a success for Harry, his performances for England in the build up to the tournament itself had been outstanding, and only go to enhance his reputation and value further still. I realise that Spurs have a relatively strict wage structure in place, but paying Harry Kane less than the going rate makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, and will do little to frighten off big spending clubs like Manchester City.
I don’t personally believe Harry Kane has an interesting in leaving Tottenham Hotspur, especially at this relatively early stage of his career. He will be able to compete against the very best Europe has to offer in the Champions League this season, and Spurs are definitely a club on the up under manager Mauricio Pochettino. The Spurs boss have given Kane a bit of time off before joining the rest of the squad for his gruelling pre-season training regime, and the front man will no doubt benefit from this having had a very strenuous couple of years. Euro 2016 won’t have done Kane any favours both physically and mentally, but a holiday will likely do him the world of good and I fully expect Kane to have another cracking season come 2016/17. I just hope it isn’t in a Manchester City shirt…
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