It isn’t a foregone conclusion that Harry Kane will leave Tottenham Hotspur this summer, though chairman, Daniel Levy, is likely to have the toughest of times in convincing Spurs’ record goalscorer that White Hart Lane is where his future lay.
The centre-forward has continued to do his level best to bring success to the club and has led by example, particularly since a proposed move to Man City fell through, however, his excellence hasn’t been matched by that of his team-mates or the club in general.
Spurs under Mauricio Pochettino came as close as is possible to both the Premier League and Champions League titles without actually getting over the line, but that wasn’t good enough for Levy.
Antonio Conte, a manager who has had success wherever he’s been, couldn’t even get a tune out of the first-team half the time.
With the squad always seemingly a few players short of one that can consistently challenge for the major honours, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Kane head off elsewhere, and there’s bound to be a big queue for his services.
FootMercato are now reporting that Ligue Un giants, Paris Saint-Germain, are likely to be one of the interested parties after it emerged that Kane’s entourage had met with the club to ascertain if a deal were possible.
Levy is potentially more likely to accede to selling Kane to a team in another league than he would to a direct Premier League rival, and with Lionel Messi likely to leave PSG, the French giants certainly have a space free in which to accommodate him.
Tottenham: Daniel Levy contract decision slammed as Jamie O’Hara gives new manager verdict
Jamie O’Hara believes the decision to offer a new contract to Eric Dier shows that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy “hasn’t got a clue” about running a football team.
Reports suggest defender Dier is in talks over a new three-year deal as he enters the final season of his contract.
But former Spurs midfielder O’Hara has described Levy as a “brilliant businessman” but “horrendous” at building a football team, ahead of a pivtoal summer in which he would like to see “deadwood” players sold.
“Daniel Levy and the mob up there don’t have a clue what they’re doing, do they?” he told Grosvenor Sport. “It’s just a business and until you start getting rid of all the deadwood it won’t improve.
“They’ve offered Eric Dier a new three-year contract – the guy is just a back-up defender, it’s a joke. Levy is not making good football decisions right now.”
Levy will have the deciding vote on who to employ as Tottenham’s new manager after opting against popular potential targets including Mauricio Pochettino, Thomas Tuchel and Julian Nagelsmann.
Interim boss Ryan Mason has thrown his hat in the ring but O’Hara has named Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou as his ideal appointment.
“Tottenham should go after Postecoglu in the summer,” he stated. “He’s brilliant and Tottenham are a huge football club. If he got offered the job, there is no way he is turning it down – how could you?
“If he had the opportunity to manage Tottenham in the Europa League or Europa Conference League, or manage Celtic in the Champions League, you’re taking Tottenham. Celtic will get pumped in the Champions League and will be out in the group stages, then they’ll walk the league.
“Celtic are a huge football club but for Postecoglou’s career, there is no way in a million years he would turn Spurs down.”
