He tried, but failed and now he must admit defeat: Tottenham striker Harry Kane officially announced that he will be staying in the club for the upcoming season. Spurs number 10 tweeted his decision, thanking the fans for their support. His decision also means two things: Lautaro Martinez will stay at Inter at least until 2022, and Pep Guardiola will probably have to win another Premier League without a proper striker.It was incredible to see the reception from the Spurs fans on Sunday and to read some of the messages of support I’ve had in the last few weeks. 👏⚽I will be staying at Tottenham this summer and will be 100% focused on helping the team achieve success. #COYS pic.twitter.com/uTN78tHlk1— Harry Kane (@HKane) August 25, 2021 Somehow, this was expected to happen since the beginning of the saga, mainly because of the circumstances. On one side, we had Harry Kane, a profilyc striker and league’s best scorer who opted for a transfer away from the club, stating he wanted ‘to win trophies’, but being the team’s best player with a strong contract, that would always be a problem. On top of that, he excluded all possible transfers outside England, thus making his life much harder. On the other side, we have Spurs supremo, Daniel Levy, a hard barging man, with a history of wins in a player-club battles (Berbatov, Modric to name a few) who always seeks maximum value and prefers not to sell to his Premier League rivals. Even famous sir Alex Ferguson explained his dealings with Levy as an experience which was “more painful than my hip replacement!”. With his wish to stay in England, Kane wrote his own “death sentence”. Only Spurs bitter rivals like Chelsea, or wealthy Manchester City had the money for a proper striker, and Levy didn’t want to sell the player to them.The Negotiator from hell: Harry Kane’s fate lies on Levy, a man who even tricked sir Alex FergusonWell, maybe he would, if the right offer came. For Levy, that offer was 22.5 billion Ksh. And then we have a third party in this broken marriage saga, Manchester City who acted like a lover who was not willing to divorce, thus forcing Kane to come back to his ‘wife and children’. Instead of paying the sum, the Citizens bought Jack Grealish for 15 billion Ksh, after which it became clear that even they won’t have the money for another blockbuster transfer. Spurs chairman Levy warns Kane over exit talkAnd that was the end. Kane tried to apply the pressure, told the press about the promises from the club which were broken, missed the beginning of the preseason, but since there was no formal offers, and City were left without money, Kane finally realized that Levy (again) won. “It was incredible to see the reception from the Spurs fans on Sunday and to read some of the messages of support I’ve had in the last few weeks. I will be staying at Tottenham this summer and will be 100% focused on helping the team achieve success” tweeted Kane just minutes ago.He is back, and the Citizens will have to wait for another year, or make a late push for emergency striker (Cristiano Ronaldo anyone?).
