Tottenham are stepping up their pursuit of keeping star striker Harry Kane this summer, with recent reports claiming a new contract offer could hand the England international a huge pay increase.
It comes amid uncertainty surrounding the future of the forward, who has been a crucial aspect of Spurs, whether the team are hitting the heights or not. However, there has continually been links with a potential exit, starting with Manchester City making a move in 2021.
Chairman Daniel Levy wasn't swayed on his valuation of Kane and stuck to his guns as huge offers were turned away and eventually denied a move. There's been even more interest this summer as the 29-year-old enters the final 12-months of his contract with the north London club.
Manchester United, Real Madrid and PSG have all been heavily linked with a switch, but once again face the stumbling block of a huge transfer fee. Bayern Munich have looked to test the resolve of the Lilywhites, placing two initial bids to see if a deal can be done to finally replace Robert Lewandowski, who left last summer for Barcelona.
While there's uncertainty over the future of Kane, new Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou said in his recent press conference that conversations with the striker are less geared towards a stay and more towards getting to know each other. "I don't think it’s my role to sit down and treat people in a manner because of their circumstances," the Australian coach said.
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"I'm really big on treating everyone the same, and Harry has already entrenched himself in the history of this football club. He's a very important part. He's one of the premier strikers in the world and I want him involved. My conversation with him will be about how we can make this club successful. And I've got no doubts that what he wants as well.
"So within that context, whatever that narrows into the personal stuff around Harry as an individual. If the conversation takes it that way then we'll take it that way. But I doubt it's going to be defined in the manner that people think it's going to be. It's not going to be a conversation where we walk out of the room and have an understanding.
"I don't want that kind of conversation, what I want is to introduce myself to Harry and give him my vision of the football club. And get a sense from him on what he thinks the club needs to do to be successful and walk out on that training pitch and try and make it happen."
However, behind the scenes all the moves are being made towards ensuring everything can be done to keep the striker for the future. According to the Telegraph, Tottenham are willing to pay Kane as much as £400,000-per-week under a new contract to secure his services.
It would be a huge increase to his current deal and would smash the current wage structure of the club, but it perhaps demonstrates the importance of the striker. Whether the money would be enough to sway Kane is another question though, as doubts remain over his wider ambitions of winning trophies and Tottenham's capability of doing just that.
