England captain and Tottenham Hotspurs striker, Harry Kane was supposed to return to first team training last week Monday after players who were involved in the European Championships were given extended holidays to recuperate.
He failed to do so and only returned on Saturday. And guess what? The reporting of this rebellion by the British press and the punditry by various analysts of this situation has been low key and toned down because of the individual rebelling.
Imagine if a certain French midfielder playing in Manchester acted this way. We would not hear the last of it.
Kane who prior to this time had tacitly indicated that he wanted to move on as Spurs currently were not matching his ambitions to win trophies has by his 5 day AWOL spoken louder than a thousand words.
Reports indicate that he has a gentleman’s agreement with Spurs Chairman, Daniel Levy, that he would be sold as soon as a big club shows an interest in his services. But like Jamie O’Hara said on TalkSPORT, you don’t reach agreements with the likes of Daniel Levy without putting such on a sheet of paper with both parties signing it.
It is a shame for Kane that he still has 3 years left on his contract and as it is, Levy will get premium price for Kane no matter who comes and no matter how long Kane continues to grumble. It is reported that the figure that would persuade Levy to even consider selling him is £160 million pounds.
Manchester City who are favourites to land his signature just acquired Jack Grealish for a 100 million pounds. They should be able to find another 100 million. Whether they can meet Kane’s valuation of 160 million though is another matter. Whether this deal should even be allowed to go ahead is debatable. City breaking the British record twice in one window should not be allowed in any shape or form.
At the moment, there is no other club that can pay this collosal amount except Chelsea who are soon to complete the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan.
In my honest opinion, Kane’s options are limited. No club outside England can pay that fee at the moment. Chelsea are not interested. Man United who might have been interested have more urgent areas in their squad to address and are also struggling to hold on to Paul Pogba.
Moreover, United who refused to be held to ransom by Borussia Dortmund over Jadon Sancho won’t fork out 160 million anytime soon.
So we are left with Manchester City’s desire to meet Spurs evaluation of Kane or they give up on Kane and go for who else is available or play with a false 9.
And if City do not get Kane this season, then Kane risks damaging a lot of the goodwill and legacy he has with the club when he leaves. He will get his move eventually but at what cost?
Kane has a responsibility to conduct himself professionally until he gets his move but if he refuses to get with the programme, then Daniel Levy and Nino Espirinto Santo should let him rot for 2 years ( if he does not come back to his senses, after all, there is a World Cup in 2022) and sell him for whatever he is worth on the final year of his contract.
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