Tottenham have accepted an offer from Bayern Munich for Harry Kane. The striker has been the German champions’ main goal they usually had a number of bids rejected earlier than reaching an settlement.
Bayern mentioned final month that Kane had signalled he needed the transfer and they’re assured of concluding a switch. Kane is eager for his future to be resolved earlier than the Tottenham’s first sport on Sunday in opposition to Brentford and is but to agree private phrases.
The 30-year-old has spent his complete profession at Spurs, changing into their all-time main scorer, however has been annoyed at not successful any trophies. Bayern have gained 11 Bundesliga titles in a row and have a historical past of being aggressive within the Champions League, successful it or the European Cup six instances, most just lately in 2020.
Although Kane has solely a yr on his contract the Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, turned down £86m from Bayern earlier than accepting their newest bid. Bayern had framed £86m as a remaining offer however returned to strike a deal which might smash their €80m switch document, spent on Lucas Hernández from Atlético Madrid in 2019.
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The sale of Kane now would permit Ange Postecoglou three weeks to make use of the funds to enhance his squad. Spurs have spent about £100m signing James Maddison, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario, Alejo Véliz, Ashley Phillips and Manor Solomon. They have paid about £60m to show loans for Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro into everlasting transfers.
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