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Harry Redknapp says Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy 'won’t budge' over Harry Kane switch charge

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Harry Redknapp says Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy 'will not budge' over Harry Kane transfer fee

Kane did not report back to Tottenham’s coaching floor for a second day on Tuesday

Harry Redknapp says Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy does not “do feelings” and “won’t budge” over his valuation of striker Harry Kane.

“You are coping with a really chilly, calculated man on the subject of enterprise,” Redknapp informed BBC Radio 5 Reside.

“Daniel does not do feelings. He does not do emotions. I do know what he is like.”

England captain Kane, who is anticipated to return to the membership by the tip of the week, believes he has a gentleman’s settlement with Levy to depart Spurs this summer season, with Manchester Metropolis retaining a robust curiosity and his probably vacation spot.

In accordance with former Tottenham boss Redknapp, nevertheless, that may imply little to Levy if Premier League champions Metropolis do not pay what they assume Kane is price.

“Until [Kane] has obtained a clause and a suggestion of £120m which says he can go, then no matter, wonderful; he is obtained an argument with Daniel,” he mentioned.

“However what Daniel goes to be saying is, ‘yeah, I mentioned you possibly can go nevertheless it’s the valuation – they usually’re not assembly it, so you are not going’.

“It is a tough one. I really like Harry Kane – what knowledgeable, what a man. However I simply assume he is in a really tough place right here as a result of he is with a person who simply will not give in.

“You both meet the deal or you do not get the participant – that’s that, I promise you. That is not going to vary. He [Levy] will not budge.”

Redknapp believes Kane’s potential swap to Etihad Stadium may very well be the important thing for supervisor Pep Guardiola to lastly fulfil Manchester Metropolis’s European ambitions.

He added: “I believe he’ll take them on – they will win the Champions League with him within the workforce – but when he stays at Tottenham, it is not going to be straightforward.

“Levy will attempt to play hardball for certain. Realizing the person, he’ll be tough to cope with.”

Kane’s contract with Spurs runs till 2024 after he signed a six-year deal in 2018.

He scored 23 top-flight targets final season to assert the Premier League Golden Boot for a 3rd time, having beforehand gained the award in 2015-16 and 2016-17.

He additionally has 221 Tottenham targets to his identify, which places him second of their all-time goalscorers listing behind Jimmy Greaves, who scored 266 instances for the membership between 1961 and 1970.

In the meantime, former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville thinks one thing important will need to have gone on between Kane and Tottenham behind the scenes.

He informed Sky Sports activities:external-link “You have to flip up and you have to do your job. Nonetheless, I’ve labored with Harry and I can not consider a extra skilled footballer that I’ve ever seen.

“He does every thing proper, so he have to be significantly aggravated. One thing has occurred badly that has made him do this.

“It nonetheless does not excuse it for me. He ought to nonetheless have come into coaching, and also you respect your team-mates.

“You continue to must go and stand with them and sit within the dressing room, nevertheless it’s clear now that there is a collision course.”

Tottenham host Manchester Metropolis of their opening Premier League sport on Sunday, 15 August (16:30 BST).

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