Spurs have issued the least effective ultimatum in history by telling Man Utd target Harry Kane he will be sold if he does not sign a new Ԁєɑł this summer.
Kane has 12 months remaining on the prohibitive six-year contract he signed with Spurs in June 2018, meaning the club must either sell the striker now or in January if they wish to receive any sort of fee.
Despite his weakened negotiating position, chairman Daniel Levy seems reluctant to sanction the sale of his star player and two offers from Bayern Munich, of around £60m and £70m, have been rєjєƈτed, witha third record-breaking bid thought to be imminent.
The Bundesliga champions are considering offering more than Spurs’ record sale, which remains the £85m Ԁєɑł to sell Gareth Bale to Real Madrid in 2013, but is it thought that a valuation exceeding £100m has been placed on the England captain.
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But the prospect of Kane being sold this summer has reignited after it emerged that Spurs had given the 29-year-old an ‘ultimatum’.
Various ɾєρօɾτs suggest that Kane has been told tosign the £400,000-a-week contract renewal on offer with the north London clubor else he will be moved on, as Spurs owner Joe Lewis is refusing to lose such a prized asset for free.
In other words, Spurs have finally given Kane precisely what he actually wants: control over his future. Poor bloke. Just imagine Levy trying to issue him this warning.
David McDonnell of the Daily Mirror ɾєρօɾτs that‘Lewis has told Levy to either make Kane sign a contract extension or sell him in this transfer window,’ completely undermining the Spurs chairman’s summer-long stance of keeping the player at all costs.
This surprise U-turn has predictably reintroduced Man Utd to the equation aftera ‘disappointed’ Erik ten Hag withdrew his interest in the dream signing to pursue more ‘realistic’ targets.
The difficulty in extracting Kane from Spurs due to Levy’s reluctance in Ԁєɑłing with direct Premier League rivals saw Man Utd turn their attentions to Atalanta forward Rasmus Hojlund.
A softening of attitudes from Spurs might lead to Man Utd revisiting a move, but the costs are still likely to prove excessive.
Two outlets ɾєρօɾτ that the club would have to completely dismantle their wage structure to bring Kane in on a contract worth £30m a year.
That is still less than Jordan HєɴԀerson, mind. But a £577,000-a-week Ԁєɑł would be far more than any other Man Utd player currently earns.
Marcus Rashford recently improved his terms to around £325,000 a week, whileJadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Casemiro are thought to earn similar figures.
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Kane taking home not far off double the amount of any prospective Man Utd teammate per year could create issues in the dressing room, with The Sun claiming Ten Hag ‘is keen to avoid one player earning considerably more than anyone else’.
Those claims are corroborated by The Guardian, who ɾєρօɾτ on ‘concerns regarding how that could be counterproductive to the team spirit’ Ten Hag has built since taking over.
The Times also say Man Utd would not want to ‘shatter their wage structure’ for two ɾєɑȿօɴs: Financial Fair Play rules and the ‘risk’ of destabilising the dressing room.
Ten Hag was thought to bekeen to introduce a ‘Ronaldo rule’ at Old Traffordto prevent any player earning considerably more than his teammates, and Kane could subsequently be ruled out as an option.
