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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Lilywhites chiefs perform Harry Kane U-turn as report shares behind-scenes developments"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-lilywhites-chiefs-perform-harry-kane-u-turn-as-report-shares-behind-scenes-developments/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-07-11T09:35:28Z"
modified: "2021-07-11T09:35:28Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Lilywhites chiefs perform Harry Kane U-turn as report shares behind-scenes developments

**According to a report by [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-man-united-in-pole-position-to-sign-kane-as-tottenham/), lifting the lid on ‘behind the scenes developments’ with Manchester United in pole position for Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur chiefs have also apparently performed a U-turn on their price stance.**

### The Lowdown: Kane wants to leave…

[Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/12309404/harry-kane-again-tells-tottenham-he-wants-to-leave-as-manchester-city-manchester-united-chelsea-lie-in-wait) first broke the news of Kane’s desire to leave north London this summer, with Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea all interested from the Premier League.

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However, despite his exit stance, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is unwilling to let his star striker depart, and reports claim that it could take around [£150m in cash](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9271717/Tottenham-set-150m-price-tag-Harry-Kane-Man-City-United-keen-England-captain.html?fbclid=IwAR3nKVtoB3Mt15BMeKwGtsVuhoDlzVFenYyWV1Iz3TGR4tDsK6-08KePif0) to get Tottenham talking.

### The Latest: Chiefs perform Kane U-turn…

As per [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-man-united-in-pole-position-to-sign-kane-as-tottenham/), Tottenham chiefs have performed a U-turn when it comes to the price at which they will consider selling Kane, with the report saying there has been a ‘shift in stance’.

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Manchester United are now allegedly in pole position to sign the 27-year-old this summer and have been given encouragement by Spurs that a deal can in fact be done. Following ‘behind the scenes developments’, the Lilywhites’ hierarchy have apparently changed their original private stance that it would take an offer of £150m for the player before a deal would be considered.

Instead, Tottenham have apparently asked for ‘£100 million plus two first-team stars in part-exchange’, with the Red Devils now hopeful of beating both Man City and Chelsea to his signature.

### The Verdict: Reasonable deal?

Spurs need to make signings of their own this summer and bolster key areas of the pitch such as centre-back, but we believe that selling Kane for £100m plus two Old Trafford first-teamers would still be a gamble.

The England captain bagged an incredible [23 goals and 14 assists in 35 Premier League starts](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/83532/Show/Harry-Kane) over 2020/21, winning the division’s [Golden Boot](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/torschuetzenkoenige/wettbewerb/GB1) prize, and was vital to Tottenham’s season.

Replacing that kind of contribution will be challenging, to say the least, and Levy will have a huge decision to make this summer over whether to part ways with the Spurs legend.

***In other news: Tottenham set sights on ‘magnificent’ player with eight-figure sale now expected, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-lilywhites-set-sights-on-joachim-andersen/)***