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Ex-Spurs Player Harry Kane

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Nah, he will get 60 in a season and they'll still give it to Mbappe or something. There was never any merit for Ronaldo and Messi to win it as much as they did - it's about as genuine as an academy award
Tbf Ballon D’Or this season will come down to the World Cup. If England actually won it (they won’t of course) and he played this well all season I think you’d have to give him that award.
 
Harry Kane back to Tottenham? Five ways it is not as fanciful as you think (Daily Telegraph)

Striker’s Bayern contract is believed to include £56.7m release clause that could come into effect at the end of this season

The fear in Germany is that Harry Kane’s third season at Bayern Munich could be his last, despite the fact the club are currently more reliant on him than at any other point of his time at the Allianz Arena.

There has also been big talk around Tottenham Hotspur lately, with the Lewis family insisting that sustained sporting success is top of their agenda following the departure of former chairman Daniel Levy.

If the Lewis family want to walk the walk, rather than just talking a good game, they will make sure Spurs are at the front of the queue to re-sign Kane next summer if the fears in Germany are realised.

Kane underlined his importance to Bayern with a superb performance against Chelsea in the Champions League, in which he scored two goals, and a hat-trick last weekend against Hoffenheim.

Sources close to Kane insist he and his family are extremely happy in Munich, and have not commented on the possibility of him leaving Bayern to return to England next summer.

He will celebrate his 33rd birthday in July, by which time he will only have two years remaining on his Bayern contract, which is believed to include a £56.7m release clause that could come into effect at the end of the season.

Given Kane is currently the best striker in the world, a return to Spurs might seem fanciful but there are several reasons it should not be discounted yet.

The change at the top

Kane paid tribute to Levy and described him as a “fantastic chairman” following his exit earlier this month, but there are those who believe a return with him at the helm would have been difficult. Telegraph Sport revealed in the days after Kane’s move to Bayern that he had been barred from the Spurs training ground in the hours leading up to the transfer. Kane’s family could not access the suite he held at Tottenham’s stadium and had to rely on possessions being sent on, along with the player’s belongings.

The fact Vivienne Lewis is now playing a more active role in the running of the club could also prove to be significant. Vivienne is close to Kane and his family – so much so that when the Kanes held a gender reveal party in 2020 ahead of the birth of their third child, Vivienne was one of the few invited on to the Zoom call.

Kane’s favourite holiday spot is believed to be the 600-acred luxury Albany resort in the Bahamas which co-owned by the Lewis family and the Tavistock Group, for whom Vivienne is senior managing director and her son-in-law Nick Beucher, who has also taken on greater influence at Spurs, is a co-chief executive.

The key clauses

As reported by Telegraph Sport at the time, it emerged in February that Kane has a release clause in his Bayern contract that could eventually facilitate his return to England. German sources claim the clause meant he could have left Bayern in the winter transfer window of last season for £67m with the figure dropping to £56.7m next summer as long as he tells the club of his intention to leave by the end of this winter’s transfer window.

There is no prospect of Kane leaving Bayern mid-season, particularly as his big goal is to win the Champions League, but the clause could set the price for a possible summer exit. Tottenham also have a first-option agreement on Kane as part of the deal that took him to Bayern. That would only be applicable should Bayern agree to sell Kane and the striker wanted to return to Tottenham. There is no fixed fee in Spurs’ first-option agreement, meaning the club would still have to trigger his release clause or negotiate a price with Bayern to re-sign Kane.

Kane’s options

This was very much the summer of the strikers in the Premier League, with Liverpool, Woolwich, Manchester United and Newcastle United all spending big on goalscorers. Crucially, all four clubs also signed strikers who they will expect to lead the line for many years to come.

While Erling Haaland remains at Manchester City, there does not seem to be any room for Kane there so his options for a return to the Premier League may well be limited. Step forward Spurs, who took Randal Kolo Muani on a season-long loan with no option or obligation to buy him at the end of the campaign.

It would seem that striker will be a priority position for Tottenham to fill next summer and, unlike many of their rivals, the club do not need to worry too much about their position regarding profit and sustainability rules. It has been estimated that Spurs have £200m in PSR headroom, which means, unlike some of their rivals, they do not have to worry about making a big outlay on a player who is at an age where they may have little or no resale value.

The wage bill

Kane’s estimated £400,000-a-week Bayern wages would have made a return to Tottenham almost impossible under Levy, unless the England captain was willing to take a huge pay cut or the former chairman was prepared to make a huge exception for him. Under Levy, Tottenham had the lowest wages to revenue ratio of the top 30 highest earning clubs in world football. There has already been a subtle change to that approach this summer, with Cristian Romero being made the club’s highest earner and Spurs prepared to pay big wages to complete the signing of Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig.

Telegraph Sport revealed that Levy’s exit is due to coincide with new investment into the club worth over £100m and sources close to the Lewis family insist that proper support will be given to head coach Thomas Frank and that money may also be spent differently to how it has been in the past. That may suggest there has finally been an acceptance that Tottenham’s wage bill will have to increase if the club are to make ground on their rivals.

The Premier League record

Kane left Tottenham to win trophies. He has done that and is likely to add a second Bundesliga to his collection this season, given Bayern’s start to the season. His big dream is to win the Champions League and the early signs are that Europe’s biggest competition will be an open race that Bayern should be part of.

Ironically, Tottenham won their first trophy for 17 years without Kane and he will be very aware of how special it would be to return and win silverware at the club where he made his name. But perhaps the big remaining goal for Kane will be to go on and beat Alan Shearer’s Premier League scoring record.

Kane left Tottenham and England 47 goals behind Shearer, who remains at the top of the charts with 260. Over the course of nine full seasons at Tottenham after becoming a first-team regular, Kane averaged 23.3 goals a season for the club and netted 30 in his final campaign at the club. That means that Kane may only need two seasons back in England to break Shearer’s record and could well set an unbeatable target of his own over the course of three or four campaigns.
 
Harry Kane back to Tottenham? Five ways it is not as fanciful as you think (Daily Telegraph)

Striker’s Bayern contract is believed to include £56.7m release clause that could come into effect at the end of this season

The fear in Germany is that Harry Kane’s third season at Bayern Munich could be his last, despite the fact the club are currently more reliant on him than at any other point of his time at the Allianz Arena.

There has also been big talk around Tottenham Hotspur lately, with the Lewis family insisting that sustained sporting success is top of their agenda following the departure of former chairman Daniel Levy.

If the Lewis family want to walk the walk, rather than just talking a good game, they will make sure Spurs are at the front of the queue to re-sign Kane next summer if the fears in Germany are realised.

Kane underlined his importance to Bayern with a superb performance against Chelsea in the Champions League, in which he scored two goals, and a hat-trick last weekend against Hoffenheim.

Sources close to Kane insist he and his family are extremely happy in Munich, and have not commented on the possibility of him leaving Bayern to return to England next summer.

He will celebrate his 33rd birthday in July, by which time he will only have two years remaining on his Bayern contract, which is believed to include a £56.7m release clause that could come into effect at the end of the season.

Given Kane is currently the best striker in the world, a return to Spurs might seem fanciful but there are several reasons it should not be discounted yet.

The change at the top

Kane paid tribute to Levy and described him as a “fantastic chairman” following his exit earlier this month, but there are those who believe a return with him at the helm would have been difficult. Telegraph Sport revealed in the days after Kane’s move to Bayern that he had been barred from the Spurs training ground in the hours leading up to the transfer. Kane’s family could not access the suite he held at Tottenham’s stadium and had to rely on possessions being sent on, along with the player’s belongings.

The fact Vivienne Lewis is now playing a more active role in the running of the club could also prove to be significant. Vivienne is close to Kane and his family – so much so that when the Kanes held a gender reveal party in 2020 ahead of the birth of their third child, Vivienne was one of the few invited on to the Zoom call.

Kane’s favourite holiday spot is believed to be the 600-acred luxury Albany resort in the Bahamas which co-owned by the Lewis family and the Tavistock Group, for whom Vivienne is senior managing director and her son-in-law Nick Beucher, who has also taken on greater influence at Spurs, is a co-chief executive.

The key clauses

As reported by Telegraph Sport at the time, it emerged in February that Kane has a release clause in his Bayern contract that could eventually facilitate his return to England. German sources claim the clause meant he could have left Bayern in the winter transfer window of last season for £67m with the figure dropping to £56.7m next summer as long as he tells the club of his intention to leave by the end of this winter’s transfer window.

There is no prospect of Kane leaving Bayern mid-season, particularly as his big goal is to win the Champions League, but the clause could set the price for a possible summer exit. Tottenham also have a first-option agreement on Kane as part of the deal that took him to Bayern. That would only be applicable should Bayern agree to sell Kane and the striker wanted to return to Tottenham. There is no fixed fee in Spurs’ first-option agreement, meaning the club would still have to trigger his release clause or negotiate a price with Bayern to re-sign Kane.

Kane’s options

This was very much the summer of the strikers in the Premier League, with Liverpool, Woolwich, Manchester United and Newcastle United all spending big on goalscorers. Crucially, all four clubs also signed strikers who they will expect to lead the line for many years to come.

While Erling Haaland remains at Manchester City, there does not seem to be any room for Kane there so his options for a return to the Premier League may well be limited. Step forward Spurs, who took Randal Kolo Muani on a season-long loan with no option or obligation to buy him at the end of the campaign.

It would seem that striker will be a priority position for Tottenham to fill next summer and, unlike many of their rivals, the club do not need to worry too much about their position regarding profit and sustainability rules. It has been estimated that Spurs have £200m in PSR headroom, which means, unlike some of their rivals, they do not have to worry about making a big outlay on a player who is at an age where they may have little or no resale value.

The wage bill

Kane’s estimated £400,000-a-week Bayern wages would have made a return to Tottenham almost impossible under Levy, unless the England captain was willing to take a huge pay cut or the former chairman was prepared to make a huge exception for him. Under Levy, Tottenham had the lowest wages to revenue ratio of the top 30 highest earning clubs in world football. There has already been a subtle change to that approach this summer, with Cristian Romero being made the club’s highest earner and Spurs prepared to pay big wages to complete the signing of Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig.

Telegraph Sport revealed that Levy’s exit is due to coincide with new investment into the club worth over £100m and sources close to the Lewis family insist that proper support will be given to head coach Thomas Frank and that money may also be spent differently to how it has been in the past. That may suggest there has finally been an acceptance that Tottenham’s wage bill will have to increase if the club are to make ground on their rivals.

The Premier League record

Kane left Tottenham to win trophies. He has done that and is likely to add a second Bundesliga to his collection this season, given Bayern’s start to the season. His big dream is to win the Champions League and the early signs are that Europe’s biggest competition will be an open race that Bayern should be part of.

Ironically, Tottenham won their first trophy for 17 years without Kane and he will be very aware of how special it would be to return and win silverware at the club where he made his name. But perhaps the big remaining goal for Kane will be to go on and beat Alan Shearer’s Premier League scoring record.

Kane left Tottenham and England 47 goals behind Shearer, who remains at the top of the charts with 260. Over the course of nine full seasons at Tottenham after becoming a first-team regular, Kane averaged 23.3 goals a season for the club and netted 30 in his final campaign at the club. That means that Kane may only need two seasons back in England to break Shearer’s record and could well set an unbeatable target of his own over the course of three or four campaigns.
Didn’t think there was a chance. Now I do, you prick tease.
 
Didn’t think there was a chance. Now I do, you prick tease.
Only chance IMO is to finish in the top three and to have a deep run in Europe or the cups.

Pitch should be "There's a new regime in charge, and the missing puzzle piece is a top striker. Come home and let's win some silverware while you've still got an outside chance at overhauling Shearer's record. Finish your career at home and be remembered as a legend!"
 
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