Manchester City are ready to pay €150m (£127m) for Harry Kane if they get an indication from Tottenham that a deal can be done.
Spurs have insisted Kane is not for sale despite the striker’s desire to leave for City and they have turned down a £100m offer from the Premier League champions.
City are not giving up, though, and are waiting to see how the situation unfolds. Kane will return to group training with Tottenham on Friday provided his Covid test on Thursday is negative.
Pep Guardiola confirmed last Friday that City want to bring in Kane in a move that would smash the British transfer record they set by signing Jack Grealish for £100m last week. “If Tottenham don’t want to negotiate, it’s finished,” the manager said. “If they are open to negotiate, I think not just Man City but many clubs in the world want to try to sign him.”
Kane is trying to force through a move to City and believes he has a gentleman’s agreement with Tottenham’s chairman, Daniel Levy, that would allow him to move. Levy’s interpretation of events is different and he does not want to sell the club’s most important player, who has three years on his contract.
It is thought £150m could tempt Levy to sell but the bid being readied by City falls short of that.