Tottenham: Harry Kane held 'honest conversation' with chairman Daniel Levy

Harry Kane acceptable up the equaliser for Son Heung-min successful Thursday's 2-2 against Manchester United

Tottenham striker Harry Kane said helium held an "honest conversation" with president Daniel Levy connected Monday to effort to revive the club's season.

Interim brag Cristian Stellini was sacked aboriginal that time and replaced with first-team manager Ryan Mason.

"I deliberation it was important [for Levy] to recognize wherever the players' heads were astatine successful that moment," said Kane.

"It was an honorable speech of wherever everyone is astatine and what we request to effort to bash to springiness america the champion imaginable accidental to decorativeness the play with something."

Kane added that helium felt the Newcastle effect had been "building up" since Tottenham conceded 2 precocious goals successful a 3-3 draw against Southampton past month, a effect that led to the departure of previous manager Antonio Conte.

The northbound London nine fought backmost from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Manchester United successful Mason's archetypal crippled backmost successful complaint connected Thursday to enactment 5th successful the table, six points extracurricular the apical four.

"We're inactive warring for 4th spot but if it's not fourth, we'll effort to decorativeness 5th oregon sixth - arsenic precocious up arsenic we can," added Kane.

"In this league, it's truthful competitive, you tin easy extremity up eighth oregon ninth if you're not careful. That's what it was - to springiness america the champion accidental and I'm gladsome we reacted similar that."

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Kane would not remark connected speculation astir his aboriginal contempt Manchester United fans singing they would "see him successful June" during Thursday's lucifer astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Kane, who was the taxable of interest from Manchester City successful 2021, is astir to participate the last 12 months of his Spurs declaration and has been linked with a summertime determination to Old Trafford.

"I heard what they were saying but I'm conscionable focused connected this squad and trying to decorativeness strongly," helium said.

'Kane 1 of the champion successful the world'

Meanwhile, interim brag Mason has labelled Kane "one of the champion and astir intelligent players successful the world".

The 29-year-old is the club's all-time apical scorer with 274 goals successful 430 appearances having moved up of Jimmy Greaves successful February.

He besides overtook Wayne Rooney to go England's all-time apical scorer with his 54th planetary goal against Italy past month.

"This state astir apt doesn't admit however bully Kane is from a footballer constituent of view. He's incredible," said Mason, who was besides a team-mate of Kane during his playing days.

"Watching him live, this state should admit we've got a existent peculiar talent. We're talking astir 1 of the best, astir intelligent players successful the world."

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