Tottenham accept Harry Kane offer from Bayern Munich
Tottenham have accepted an offer from Bayern Munich for Harry Kane. The striker has been the German champions’ leading target and they had several bids rejected before reaching an agreement.
Bayern said last month that Kane had signalled he wanted the move and they are confident of concluding a transfer. Kane is keen for his future to be resolved before the Tottenham’s first game on Sunday against Brentford and is yet to agree personal terms.
The 30-year-old has spent his whole career at Spurs, becoming their all-time leading scorer, but has been frustrated at not winning any trophies. Bayern have won 11 Bundesliga titles in a row and have a history of being competitive in the Champions League, winning it or the European Cup six times, most recently in 2020.
Although Kane has only a year on his contract the Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, turned down £86m from Bayern before accepting their latest bid. Bayern had framed £86m as a final offer but returned to strike a deal which would smash their €80m transfer record, spent on Lucas Hernández from Atlético Madrid in 2019.
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The sale of Kane now would allow Ange Postecoglou three weeks to use the funds to improve 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 turn loans for Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro into permanent transfers.