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Tottenham have rejected a formal offer from Bayern Munich for Harry Kane. The German champions tabled a bid of £60m (€70m) plus add-ons offer and it was quickly turned away by Daniel Levy, who is in no mood to sell, and especially not at that price.
As previously revealed, Levy is hoping to keep Kane. Only offers of £100m or more are expected to change that.
Manchester United have already explored a deal for Kane, and did so early to understand whether it was possible. They want to avoid a long-running summer saga and came away from discussions with low optimism a deal is possible.
Perhaps the advantage Bayern have, who have been long-linked with Kane, is that they are not a Premier League rival to Spurs. But it’s still thought they would need to offer a guaranteed fee of £80-85m plus add-ons to seriously progress talks.
All suitors have been trying to understand whether Kane will help drive a move away from Spurs or is more inclined to see how things progress under Ange Postecoglou.
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Spurs sources also aren’t ruling out Kane’s contract running down with the hope the new Tottenham manager can turn the project around and in doing so persuade the England striker to sign a new deal.
Tottenham’s almost default position remains Kane is not for sale, and that’s especially true for Premier League suitors. It remains to be seen whether Bayern can get Levy to engage further, or knock down the price, but they will certainly play on the fact that if Kane is to leave (and really insist on doing so, which would be a key factor), Levy would much prefer it isn’t to a domestic rival.
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