A major transfer in European football could soon be coming to fruition. Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane, the three-time Premier League Golden Boot winner, could become a Bayern Munich player this summer if the player decides he wants a move to Germany.
This latest update comes as David Ornstein of The Athletic reports that Tottenham have accepted Bayern’s bid for Kane. Additionally, the journalist wrote an article for The Athletic covering the bid and how the North London club accepted it, in which he charges Kane as the decision maker for whether or not he leaves his current club.
Premier League and Bundesliga Club Settle Transfer Fee for Kane
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Bayern Munich have reached an agreement with Tottenham to sign Harry Kane, sources in Germany indicate. #FCBayern proposal worth above €100m accepted by #THFC. 30yo has been leaning towards staying but must now make a decision @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/mPjC3YPDnH
— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) August 10, 2023
Kane on the Verge of Joining Bavarian Giants?
After Ornstein’s initial post about how the two sides had progressed to reach a fee for the player, journalist Florian Plettenberg tweeted some details that are worth noting. In his announcement, Plettenberg, who cited Ornstein as making the first call, said that the over £86 million fee that Tottenham had accepted for Kane included the add-ons for the deal.
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Plettenberg’s second-to-last line of his tweet said that Kane was “on verge to join FC Bayern!’ This is not yet a guarantee. In his article, Ornstein stressed that the decision to join was still the player’s and sources have not yet reported that Kane is going to move to Bayern.
Other Sources Reporting
Another notable outlet reporting on this potentially huge transfer deal is The Daily Mail. Their article cites the total transfer cost as “close to £100 million.” If true, that would leave the deal, should Kane accept it, as no lower than the third most expensive British transfer of all time.
The article also restated that the decision was Kane’s to make. A big decision, should Kane leave his current club for the European powerhouse, the England captain could hand Bayern another piece they need to challenge Manchester City for the Champions League title and deprive Tottenham of their talisman who they have had for so many years.
Kane’s View of the Deal
There is no news yet on whether or not Kane will accept the deal, but Ornstein’s article in The Athletic has some useful insight into how the player wanted the deal to go down. He “wanted the situation resolved before Tottenham’s opening fixture…” The Spurs open their Premier League campaign on August 13th against Brentford.
That leaves little time for the Englishman to ponder his options. Ornstein further said that Kane is “enjoying life under new Spurs coach Ange Postecoglou and has been leaning towards staying.” Currently, though, it is unclear what Kane will do with this new development of the deal.
