If Harry Kane is looking for Champions League football then he’s most likely playing for the wrong club. Tottenham are mathematically able to achieve top-flight European qualification, but it would require not just sides that have been doing well to slip into reverse, but for Spurs to stop being utterly unreliable. Then there are the hoops to be jumped through in order to land in the right European tournament.
There are in theory, 4 Champions League spots, 2 Europa League ones, and for the first time, 1 European Conference League spot. 5th place would grant Europa League football, as would the FA Cup winner. The Carabao Cup winner would land European Conference League football. So Spurs’ prospects would be greatly aided if a side in the top 4 were to win the FA Cup…
So let’s recap. Tottenham’s path to retaining Harry Kane:
- Win every remaining game, while teams about us don’t.
- A side above us wins the FA Cup.
- We suddenly have a footballing personality transplant.
- Oh, and we mustn’t win the Carabao Cup, or we’ll end up in the European Conference League…