There's a certain symmetry in the words Harry Kane has been using when speaking about Tottenham Hotspur this summer in contrast to previous years. Cast your mind back to 2020 and an Instagram Q&A with Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp when Kane stated his position very clearly.
"I'll always love Spurs, but it's one of those things. I've always said if I don't feel like we’re progressing as a team or going in the right direction, I'm not someone to stay there just for the sake of it," said the England captain. "I'm an ambitious player, I want to improve and become better. I want to become a top, top player, so it all depends on what happens as a team and how we progress as a team. So, it’s not a definite 'I'm going to stay there forever' but it’s not a no either."
As Tottenham stumbled through a conveyor belt of managers in the following 16 months or so, Kane's patience began to dissolve and that brought the awkward summer of 2021 following the club's farcical managerial search. The striker wanted to leave, Spurs didn't want him to and Manchester City never really pushed hard enough to sign him.
