Harry Kane: Real Madrid want Tottenham striker to replace Karim Benzema

Harry Kane has scored 280 goals successful 435 appearances for Spurs

Harry Kane tops Real Madrid's wanted database arsenic they look for a replacement for Karim Benzema.

Benzema's departure aft 14 years astatine the nine has near the Spanish giants needing a caller striker.

Roma's Victor Osimhen, Inter's Lautaro Martinez, Chelsea's Kai Havertz and Juventus' Dusan Vlahovic are besides connected their database of targets.

But 14-time European champions Real are immense admirers of England's grounds goalscorer Kane and are hopeful the exit of respective of their precocious earners this summertime tin assistance their bid.

Along with the departure of Benzema, Eden Hazard, Marco Arsensio and Mariano Diaz are besides leaving Madrid this summer, boosting their transportation and wage fund by 77m euros (£66m).

Real stay in negotiations with Borussia Dortmund implicit England midfielder Jude Bellingham, with the erstwhile Birmingham City subordinate keen to sign.

Tottenham president Daniel Levy wants to support Kane astatine his boyhood club, though, and is understood to beryllium wanting successful excess of £100m, a terms tag Real would beryllium reluctant to pay.

Kane has scored 280 goals successful 435 appearances for Spurs and is 47 goals shy of Alan Shearer's Premier League goalscoring grounds of 260.

They person kept clasp of him before, 2 summers agone erstwhile helium tried to technologist a determination to Manchester City.

But with Spurs incapable to present Champions League shot adjacent play and Kane yet to triumph a large trophy, the forward's aboriginal successful northbound London remains unclear and Real volition anticipation a tendency for large trophies volition pull him to a determination to Spain.

Tottenham are inactive without a manager arsenic well, aft a disappointing run ended with Ryan Mason arsenic interim boss, but volition open talks with Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou successful the adjacent fewer days.

The Ballon d'Or-winning Benzema, 35, who joined the Spanish giants from Lyon successful 2009, departs Real connected a escaped transfer, having won 5 Champions Leagues and 4 La Liga titles with Madrid.