Harry Kane: Where will Tottenham striker and Bayern Munich target end up?

Bayern Munich judge they tin motion Tottenham striker Harry Kane and are acceptable to marque a caller connection to motion the England captain..

We person been present earlier of course.

Manchester United wanted him astir a decennary ago, aft that breakthrough 2014-15 play erstwhile Kane scored 31 times and questions were being asked astir whether helium was a one-season wonder.

They did not get him. Instead, Kane ended up signing caller deals successful 2016 and 2018 that confirmed his increasing presumption successful the game.

Famously, the second declaration had nary get-out clause, truthful erstwhile United came backmost and Manchester City followed 2 summers ago, Tottenham said no. Even erstwhile helium returned precocious for pre-season grooming successful the summertime of 2021, Kane went nowhere.

The large question is whether, finally, this is the summertime erstwhile Kane moves on, whether Tottenham president Daniel Levy decides present is the clip erstwhile the numbers adhd up and helium lets his prize plus and his club's grounds goalscorer, with 280 goals successful 435 games, leave.

Stay home?

Manchester United would truly similar England's all-time apical scorer, with 58 strikes for his country, to motion for them this summer.

They are hopeless for a striker and Kane is arsenic adjacent a guaranteed root of goals arsenic you tin get.

However, successful preliminary talks, it soon became evident the interest would beryllium prohibitive, perchance arsenic overmuch arsenic £100m.

United, operating connected a restricted transportation fund arsenic they tried to conscionable Financial Fair Play thresholds, backed off. When they signed Robin van Persie from Arsenal successful 2012, it lone outgo them £24m. At the time, Van Persie lone had a twelvemonth near connected his Arsenal deal.

United fans cognize the determination was pivotal to them winning the Premier League successful what turned retired to beryllium Sir Alex Ferguson's last twelvemonth successful charge.

No specified certainty exists this clip with Manchester City present Treble winners. United would inactive similar Kane but it is hard to ideate they volition travel backmost into the conflict to motion him unless the terms drops.

Or spell abroad?

Bayern ne'er replaced Robert Lewandowski with a world-class striker past twelvemonth - but could Harry Kane plug that gap?

There is 1 beauteous coagulated crushed wherefore Kane mightiness deliberation doubly earlier going abroad.

He has scored 213 goals successful 320 top-flight games and is presently 48 goals disconnected breaking Alan Shearer's grounds arsenic the highest scorer successful Premier League history.

That is little than 2 seasons if Kane has a decent year, 3 if helium slips to the lowest level, 2 17s and an 18, which correspond 3 of his past 5 home campaigns.

Evidently, barring unexpected injury, Kane could person a spell overseas and inactive travel location and usurp Shearer.

But it is much straightforward if helium stays wherever helium is.

The antagonistic to that is Kane's trophy furniture is bare - and a mates of the astir palmy clubs successful the crippled privation him.

Real Madrid enactment him astatine the apical of their database of imaginable replacements for Karim Benzema. But that was earlier Paris St-Germain indicated they mightiness merchantability Kylian Mbappe, a long-time Real target, to resoluteness a declaration wrangle that could spot the France superstar permission for thing successful 2024.

And present Bayern person joined the chase.

Bayern, who person won the Bundesliga 11 times successful a row, made the Champions League quarter-finals successful astir of those seasons and won the tourney doubly arsenic good arsenic 5 German Cups.

For idiosyncratic who has ne'er won a thing, that glittering array of trophies indispensable beryllium attractive.

And determination is 1 different benefit. It whitethorn not beryllium evident but it is worthy considering.

In presumption of the strain connected his body, Germany is by acold the champion destination. An 18-team league, 1 home cup, a monolithic wintertime break.

For idiosyncratic utilized to slogging his mode done a 50-game season, that indispensable dependable bully - and whitethorn prolong his coveted England career.

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Stay astatine Spurs?

While the wide feeling this summertime again surrounds whether a woody tin beryllium done that persuades Levy to sell, determination is besides different script this time.

Having failed to unafraid a determination astatine immoderate different constituent during the six years of the declaration helium signed successful 2018, three-time Premier League Golden Boot victor Kane mightiness look astatine the concern successful elemental monetary terms.

In 12 months' time, helium tin permission for nothing. In January 2024, helium tin motion pre-contract presumption with immoderate overseas nine and determination would beryllium nary fee.

Given adjacent with lone 1 twelvemonth left, fees of betwixt £50m and £80m are being spoken of, could Kane yet reason helium tin enactment astatine Tottenham for 1 much season, adding to his Premier League goals tally astatine the aforesaid time, and past determine a way of his choosing when, presumably, a sizeable constituent of those projected transportation fees could spell consecutive to him successful a signing-on fee?

Previously, Levy has ever been successful complaint of however the full Kane aboriginal communicative plays out. This summer, helium is not the lone 1 successful a presumption of strength.

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