Tottenham Hotspur chief executive Daniel Levy has revealed that the club has a buy-back clause for Harry Kane as part of his sale agreement with Bayern Munich
Kane left Spurs at the end of the English transfer window after scoring 213 goals in 317 Premier League appearances for the London club
Tottenham fans have been sent a huge update regarding the possibility of Harry Kane sealing a sensational return. The England captain departed his boyhood club to sign for Bayern Munich this past summer with just 12 months left on his contract and no clear indication he would sign an extension.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy selling his star player just a few days before the 2023/24 season was a surprise, however such a decision likely meant they were a number of incentives. One of those was potentially confirmed earlier this week as it was announced the Lilywhites will welcome Bayern to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a pre-season friendly in August
Some self-written jokes: Harry Kane moved to Bayern Munich to win his first trophy, but Bayern Munich had their first titleless season in 12 years
“More than a traditional buy-back clause, from what I’m hearing it’s more of a gentleman’s agreement between the clubs where if they decide to sell Harry Kane in the future, Tottenham will be made aware of the decision.
“This is the discussion that took place between Bayern and Tottenham, but it’s not a traditional buy-back clause where you can go there and put down the money and the player is coming back the following day, I don’t think it’s an automatic clause, but more of a gentleman’s agreement.”
Perhaps it is convincing evidence of a curse, that after leaving Tottenham without ending the club’s long wait for a title, Kane’s sudden departure to Germany caused an imperceptible turmoil in the team
championship machine like Bayern
This, of course, is neither fair nor true, but Kane’s first season at Bayern ended with a number of individual awards and a new personal achievement for most goals in a season
awards, l Expectations of a first major title in his 30s The 12-year-old’s professional career will continue
It may have been unthinkable last summer, but the trophy cabinet remains empty after Real Madrid ended Bayern’s Champions League hopes in the semi-finals
So it was a failed season
Kane was asked about the prospect of a trophyless year before facing Arsenal in the quarter-finals and his answer was clear
“Of course,” he replied
“We expected to win
” But for the first time since the 2011-12 season, Bayern failed to do that
Real Madrid surprised the German team with a late return to the Bernabeu
Things will be especially difficult for Kane, after the England captain was withdrawn by Thomas Tuchel when Bayern took the lead
Kane had a few minutes left at Wembley but could only watch as Joselu came off the bench to put Madrid through with his impressive double
Champions League is the last chance for Bayern to win silverware
Their dominance in the Bundesliga is no more, as Bayer Leverkusen ended Bayern’s unprecedented run of 11 consecutive league titles with just five matches remaining
There’s also no German Cup to win back: defeat to Saarbrücken, one of the biggest shocks in DFB Pokal history, contributed to that in November
With five weeks to go, Bayern have nothing left to win
fight at home except for pride
But after a few months of modesty, these days are numbered in Bavaria
In the modern era of European football, where the continent’s wealth is concentrated in a handful of elite clubs, Bayern are considered too big to fail
The history of the six-time European champions and the economic advantages they hold over the rest of Germany mean that titles are just a formality, where even a year off can end the competition
ending with a new Bundesliga crown for ‘FC Hollywood
For all their problems on and off the field in 2024, Bayern were even worse than 12 months ago, but they still won the title as Borussia Dortmund choked on the final day
It sums up Bayern’s sense of inevitability
For Kane, the end of his new club supremacy is a devastating twist in a year that has seen the England captain cement his place among the elite strikers the most beautiful in the world
Kane had a phenomenal first season, scoring 44 goals in 45 games for Bayern in all competitions, a personal best
His 36 goals in the Bundesliga were a record in his first season in Germany
As of the end of May, it is likely that only Robert Lewandowski and Gerd Müller – the two highest scorers in German football history – have scored more goals in a year
Whatever the title, this remains one of the greatest campaigns by an English player abroad, an unprecedented goal in his first year on the continent
But Kane also scored a record number of goals against Tottenham
It was the desire to win trophies and the gradual acceptance that it wasn’t going to happen with Spurs that brought him back
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