The worst has come to pass for Spurs fans — Tottenham have accepted a bid from Bayern Munich for Harry Kane. The German giants have been negotiating for weeks to get a transfer deal over the line and it looks like it is finally happening, three days before Spurs start their new Premier League campaign.
A fee of more than £86million has been agreed, with reports that Bayern's most recent offer was in the region of £94.6million. Now it comes down to whether Kane wants to leave the Premier League — and his shot at breaking the all-time scoring record held by Alan Shearer in England's top flight — or stay and have his pick of clubs when his contract runs out next summer.
Chairman Daniel Levy has made his decision, now Kane will have to make his. But there is also a big decision for head coach Ange Postecoglou to make — how does he replace the goals and what Kane brings to the side?
You could argue Spurs already have a replacement in their squad, having splashed out £60million on Richarlison lat season. Making his mark in north London in the opening weeks of his Spurs career with a Champions League double against Marseille, the summer addition from Everton endured such a frustrating debut campaign for the Lilywhites. Facing three separate spells on the sidelines through injury, it wasn't until the end of April when he finally netted his first Premier League goal for the club.
Such a big year for the player as he looks to get his Tottenham career firmly on track under Ange Postecoglou, the 26-year-old's Spurs woes appeared to carry on into the new term after wasting some glorious opportunities in their 3-2 friendly defeat against West Ham. However, he put them behind him and responded in the best way possible with a hat-trick vs
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