There are a number of key factors at play when analysing the speculation over Harry Kane’s future. The most significant of which is the market. There will be those reading this, that have just been provoked into making a heavy sigh, but this is Daniel Levy we are talking about, and anyone who believes that his unseemly haste in furloughing 550 non-playing staffers was a momentary lapse of reason, may well find themselves struggling with several more moments that are equally difficult to digest, in the coming seasons.
Paul Merson comes with a considerable deal of baggage when it comes to discussing activity at Spurs, but let’s not forget that football – at its essence – is a simple game, one so simple even the Merse’s of this world can understand it. Merson believes that it is now a natural outcome that Kane will be sold, and I agree with him.
Harry Kane is, in cold professional terms, a failure. If we spare ourselves the now rather tired tale of his rise from struggling loanee to the One Of Our Own super striker, what we are looking at in 2020 is a 27-year-old who’s scored 181 goals and is no closer to lifting a trophy than when he was being groomed for greatness by Timothy Sherwood.
It’s a bitter irony that the nearest the boy Kane has come to silverwear, was a European cup final where he was close to invisible, most probably due to not being entirely matching fit.
We’ve discussed the likely changes in English football’s economic landscape, and the notion that Kane is worth even close to £200million to anyone now is really quite ambitious – to the point of being detached from reality.
Looking at the Tottenham squad, Tottenham’s finances and more importantly what the market will bear, the only hope for José Mourinho to improve his chances significantly, would be to raise funds from the sale of Kane.
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