Here is the bottom line. If Manchester United are desperate enough to offer a cool £100million for a player who could leave for nothing in a year’s time, Spurs should bite their hand off.
If Harry Kane is not going to sign a new contract, what is the point of Tottenham keeping him? To score another 30 goals, lead his side to an eighth place finish and then disappear for nothing?
His remarkable numbers and outstanding form over many years make it impossible to class Kane as part of the problem at Spurs. But the fact is they have won nothing with Kane as their centre-forward and there are few signs to suggest that will change.
In an ideal Spurs world, Kane would commit the rest of his career to the club and be joined by a top-class manager and top-class signings. But the chances of that happening are slim and none.
It is hard to think of a player who contributes more to his club’s cause than Kane but it also goes without saying that no one player is bigger than a club. It might be an outside one but there is a chance Spurs might thrive without Kane.
It might be frightening to think where Spurs would have been without Kane in the 2022/23 season but they still finished eighth. Football history is littered with teams losing key players but going on to better things.
In 1977, Liverpool lost Kevin Keegan, the best footballer in Europe, but Kenny Dalglish came along and the rest is history. A new manager would rather start his project with a striker who can be relied on to score prolifically but he would also have his own idea on how the £100million could be put to good use.
Should Kane leave Spurs this summer? Have your say in the comments below.
From Kane’s point of view, there are a few options, although he is extremely unlikely to move abroad at this stage of his life and career. Moving to Manchester United this summer gives him Champions League football next season and a better chance of winning silverware than he would have if he stays at Spurs.
But running down his contract at Spurs would mean an even more lucrative transfer in the summer of 2024 and, possibly, more options. Who knows? Erling Haaland might decide two years is enough in the Premier League and Kane could get that move to Manchester City.
He could, of course, decide he loves Spurs so much that he agrees to a new contract to see out his playing days there. But if he does not do that and if Manchester United put that £100million on the table, it is a no-brainer.
Accept the offer and ask Harry to move on.
