Harry Kane might well be Erik ten Hag’s number one summer transfer target but the Manchester United manager knows he will need fallback options.
He had only need cast his eye back a few years to see how rivals Manchester City were left pained by the England captain’s Tottenham contract renewal after a summer-stretched chase. If Antonio Conte got one thing right at Spurs it was his assessment of Kane - his love for the club runs deep.
It means, despite being trophyless at age 29, the club-and-country all-time top scorer is not a dead cert for a transfer, even though he still does not know who his next Spurs boss will be. United will need to play their cards right and not get dragged into another fruitless pursuit as they did with Frenkie de Jong.
