Manchester United are monitoring Harry Kane's situation as they decide on their long-term striker target.
Kane, 29, is the second-highest scorer in the Premier League this season with 15 goals and has entered the final 18 months of his Tottenham contract.
United are long-time admirers of Kane and the England captain was eager to move to Manchester 18 months ago when City failed to prise him from Spurs.
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Fifth-placed Tottenham have lost three of their last four Premier League games and their potential failure to qualify for the Champions League would embolden Kane to seek a transfer again.
Kane turns 30 in July and has still not won a team trophy in a career, despite being on the verge of becoming Tottenham and England's record goalscorers.
United have become the most appealing Premier League club for Kane to join as City, Liverpool and Arsenal signed new strikers last season. Kane is unlikely to entertain the prospect of joining Tottenham's despised rivals, Chelsea.
Spurs would come under intense pressure to sell Kane in the summer or risk losing him without a fee as he is unlikely to commit to a new contract.
United have not signed a player from Tottenham since Dimitar Berbatov in 2008, a then club-record £30.75million deal that was dragged out until transfer deadline day by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.
Sir Alex Ferguson was discouraged from bidding for Luka Modric after dealing with Levy, which he described as "more painful than my hip replacement".
Levy encouraged United to bid for Gareth Bale in 2013 and they actually outbid Real Madrid but the Welshman was intent on moving to the Spanish capital.
Christian Eriksen revealed Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer contacted him about joining United, Eric Dier was wanted by Mourinho in 2017 and Danny Rose also expressed interest in joining United.
Napoli goalscorer Victor Osimhen is also under consideration by United, whose manager Erik ten Hag is understood to admire Benfica forward Goncalo Ramos and Mohammed Kudus of Ajax.
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