Harry Kane won't play in Tottenham's friendly with Barcelona
Harry Kane won’t play in Tottenham’s friendly with Barcelona after Bayern Munich saw ‘final’ £86m offer for the England star rejected
- Tottenham will play Barcelona in the Joan Gamper Trophy on Tuesday night
- Harry Kane won’t travel after he was involved in Sunday’s game with Shakhtar
- It comes as Bayern weigh up whether to improve on their £86m offer for striker
Harry Kane will not travel to Barcelona for Tottenham’s final pre-season friendly on Tuesday night as the striker urges a quick resolution to his Bayern Munich transfer saga.
Spurs rejected Bayern’s ‘final’ offer of £86million for the England star on Monday but it is understood the German champions could return with another bid.
Kane, 30, has set his own personal deadline of this Sunday – when Spurs open their Premier League campaign at Brentford – for Bayern to agree a deal, or he’ll commit for the season.
He has one year remaining on his present Tottenham contract and so would be able to walk away for nothing next summer.
Kane is one of several Spurs players who featured in Sunday’s 5-1 friendly win over Shakhtar Donetsk not flying to Barcelona for the Joan Gamper Trophy game.
Harry Kane won’t be involved in Tottenham’s friendly against Barcelona on Tuesday night as his Bayern Munich transfer saga rumbles on
Kane was in sparkling form as he netted four times in Spurs’ win over Shakhtar Donetsk
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy (right) has rejected Bayern’s latest offer for Kane of £86m
Spurs face the challenge of Barcelona in their final friendly before the new season begins
He netted four times against the Ukrainians and received a standing ovation from the crowd, who chanted ‘we want you to stay.’
Mail Sport revealed last month that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy was seeking around £120m for Kane but was willing to accept a fee closer to £100m given his contract situation.
Mail Sport understands that if Kane were to leave Spurs, he would prefer his boyhood club to get a fee out of it.
Sources have indicated that from Bayern’s last offer, the guaranteed portion, believed to be in the region of £73million, was deemed too short of Kane’s worth.
In response to Bayern’s deadline of Friday night for Spurs to make a decision on their offer, Levy flew to the United States – not exactly the reaction they desired.
It is understandable why he is so keen to keep hold of his talisman, even with just a year left on his contract.
Spurs will hope that progress under new manager Postecoglou might persuade Kane to sign a contract extension with a release clause before he can leave on a free next summer.
Despite Kane performing a lingering lap of honour after Spurs’ win over Shakhtar on Sunday, Postecoglou said he is planning to start the season with him up front.
‘There’s no doubt I’d use Harry,’ said Postecoglou. ‘He’s a fantastic striker, one of the world’s best. The way the team plays will help him. He loves scoring goals, we created a load of chances today and he was the beneficiary.’
Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel hoped to have Kane in his team for the beginning of the season
Ange Postecoglou expects to have Kane available for next weekend’s Premier League opener
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