Harry Kane is finally set to complete his move to Bayern Munich despite late negotiations with Tottenham Hotspur this morning about the exact make-up of the fee.
Kane will now fly to Germany after an earlier delay, although Spurs never took permission away from Kane to fly, sources have told the Independent.
The final fee is set to come to £105 million, which could rise to £120 million if add-ons are met.
The England captain was at Stansted airport on Friday morning, waiting in a car for the green light to make the trip to Munich.
While the Premier League club on Wednesday agreed they were willing to sell the 30-year-old, and the principles appeared settled, it is understood that there are still talks about what the exact figures will look like.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has wanted 80 per cent of the fee to be guaranteed, with the rest made up of achievable bonuses and add-ons to take it over £110m.
It is understood this is not completely agreed. While the transfer is not under threat at the moment, it could significantly delay the process, and perhaps even prevent Kane making his debut for Bayern in the German Super Cup against Leipzig on Saturday.
The player is due to complete a medical on Friday following approval from Spurs. In the meantime, however, talks between the clubs are ongoing over the finer details of one of the deals of the summer.
Kane is about to enter the final year of his Tottenham contract, meaning he would be free to leave for nothing in 12 months’ time.
The England striker had looked to have been keen to stay in the Premier League, where he is closing in on Alan Shearer’s all-time scoring record of 260.
Kane has scored 213 Premier League goals since making his Spurs debut in 2012.
Kane had reportedly been keen to stay in England in order to pursue Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League scoring record of 260.
Spurs supporters had urged Kane to stay during Sunday’s 5-1 friendly win over Shakhtar Donetsk.
The club kick-off their Premier League campaign away to Brentford on Sunday under new manager Ange Postecoglou, who said on Friday that he thought Kane’s move was “imminent”.
Harry Kane scored four goals in a friendly win against Shakhtar Donetsk last weekend— (Getty Images)
“[It is] fair to say I don’t have a blow by blow account but my understanding is it has progressed to the point where it looks like it will happen,” Postecoglou said. “From that perspective, at least it gives us some clarity and we move forward without Harry.
“From my perspective it is just about understanding where we are at and the information I have at the moment is the deal is imminent but like with all these things, you leave yourself some leeway.
“But moving forward and training today preparing for Brentford, we are doing it without Harry.
“It is best Harry speaks for himself in terms of the decision but no doubt he is one of the greats of this football club and that never changes. I am only new in the building but fairly evident Harry Kane will always be one of the greats for this football club.”
Kane surpassed Jimmy Greaves as Tottenham’s all-time leading goalscorer earlier this year.
