OLIVER HOLT: Tottenham must stop the circus and cash in on Harry Kane for Ange Postecoglou's sake
The reporter from the German newspaper, Bild, who turned up at an Ange Postecoglou press conference in Bangkok last week, brandishing a Bayern Munich shirt bearing the name of Harry Kane, was a grandstanding clown whose antics had no place at an audience with the Spurs manager.
His performance, though, was a symbol of a regrettable reality for Tottenham fans: the circus is back in town. If the club does not act quickly and decisively, if the issue of Kane’s transfer is allowed to develop into another summer saga, there is a danger another Spurs season will be over before it has begun.
Because here’s another regrettable reality: the start of the new campaign is only a few weeks away and Postecoglou, a new manager trying to repair years of mismanagement, does not have any idea whether his best player will still be at the club when they open their Premier League campaign away at Brentford on Sunday August 13.
Kane is a jewel of a player. We are lucky to have him in our league. He is Spurs’ best centre forward. He’s also their best number 10. His passing, his vision, his crossing and his technique are so good you could make a case for him being the club’s best midfielder, too. He is germane to everything that Spurs do.
But things are beginning to point towards the exit door. He only has a year left on his contract, Spurs owner Joe Lewis is reported to have told chairman Daniel Levy he must not be allowed to leave for free next summer, Kane wants to win things and Bayern are said to be preparing a third bid.
The worst-case scenario, for all concerned, is that transfer negotiations drag on and on. The worst-case scenario is that Levy turns it into another six-week ego trip to prove he’s the toughest negotiator in football, agrees
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