19 September 2023 , 22:01
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Tottenham chief Daniel Levy has confirmed the club have included a buy-back clause in Harry Kane's transfer to Bayern Munich.
Kane, 30, completed a £100million move from Spurs to Bayern during the summer transfer window to end his 19-year spell with the Londoners. The striker came through Tottenham's academy before becoming their record scorer with 280 goals in 435 games.
Tottenham fans were understandably disappointed to see Kane leave for Germany, but Levy has offered them hope by revealing their buy-back clause. Levy made the admission at a fan forum at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, his first in more than five years.
Kane hinted at returning to Tottenham after confirming his exit. The England captain, who has already scored four Bundesliga goals for Bayern, insisted: "It's not a goodbye, because you never know how things pan out in the future... I’ll see you soon."
Levy was asked about Kane during the event on Tuesday evening. "There is a buy back clause," said the Spurs chief. Levy was joined at the forum by men's manager Ange Postecoglou, men's captain Son Heung-min, women's boss Robert Vilahamn and women's striker Bethany England.
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Indeed, Kane has been a talking point this week as he prepared to face Manchester United with his new Bayern Munich team-mates on Wednesday night. And the striker says Bayern need to use United’s issues to their advantage as the England skipper looks to shoot down his long-term admirers in the Champions League.
Kane has long been linked with a move to Old Trafford but last month moved to the German giants from boyhood club Tottenham. He has hit the ground running with four goals in as many domestic games as attention turns to Wednesday’s Champions League opener.
Daniel Levy ultimately decided to sell Spurs' prized asset to the German giants (Getty Images)United are the visitors and the England skipper, 30, maintains Bayern always felt like the right choice for his next club. “To be honest, obviously over the summer I know there were some talks between a few clubs in the background,” Kane said.
“But Bayern was a team I was really excited by so there wasn’t too many other discussions once they came in. My focus is on here. Obviously Manchester are a great club, a really big club as well, but I decided to come here and I’m really happy I have.”
Kane joined Bayern in search of silverware that has evaded him for club and country – success that is almost guaranteed with the German behemoths. Trophies have looked far from certain over the last decade at United, who head to Bavaria in a precarious state after a third defeat in four matches compounded their well-documented off-field issues.
Kane is wary of a potential backlash but acknowledged United have been going through a “bit of a tough spell recently” that they can capitalise on. “I don’t know about the perfect time (to play them),” he said. “There can be a big response from teams going through a difficult spell but of course we need to use circumstances to our advantage, to go with big confidence at home in front of our fans.
“It is important to start the game on the front foot and really try and put the pressure on the opposition. They have some big threats as well, on the counter-attack they have some really quick players, so we need to be wary of that. But overall it’s a game we want to try to dominate and try to keep the pressure on and hopefully break them down as the game goes on.”