Tottenham offer Harry Kane mega £100,000-a-week contract to ward off Manchester United

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By Greg Stobart

Tottenham Hotspur have offered Harry Kane a £100,000-a-week contract that will shatter the club’s wage structure and make him the highest paid player at White Hart Lane.

Kane is close to agreeing the deal and is expected to put pen to paper after Euro 2016 as Spurs look to ward off sustained interest from Manchester United.

The 22-year-old was a £50 million target for United last summer and new manager Jose Mourinho is also a huge admirer of the England international, but the Old Trafford outfit accept that Kane will commit his immediate future to Tottenham.

Real Madrid have also been monitoring Kane’s situation after he won the Premier League golden boot with 25 goals this season, off the back of 21 strikes during his breakthrough campaign in 2014/15.

Spurs are relaxed that Kane has not yet signed the deal, with the player concentrating on England’s preparations for Euro 2016 while details are ironed out. Discussions over the new contract are believed to have started as early as last summer and continued throughout the season, with both parties certain that an agreement will be finalised this summer.

Kane currently earns a basic salary of just £35,000 a week which will be more than doubled by the new five-year contract on the table, with bonuses and add-ons making the deal worth £100,000 a week.

Mousa Dembele and Hugo Lloris are currently the club’s highest earners on £80,000 a week but chairman Daniel Levy accepts he must break his wage structure to reward players that helped Spurs to challenge for the Premier League title before finishing third this season.

Kane, a product of Tottenham’s academy, is keen to stay and challenge for trophies under Mauricio Pochettino, who himself signed a new contract last month worth £25m until 2021.

The North London club are also in talks over new deals for Lloris, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela as Pochettino looks to keep the core of his squad together and build towards another title challenge next season.

The club are confident that Eriksen will sign a four-year deal worth £80,000-a-week while they are relaxed about reports that Lloris has rejected an initial offer, with talks ongoing.

Spurs are hoping to improve the quality of their squad by signing at least three players in the summer transfer window, with Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi their top target.

Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama is another player high on Pochettino’s wanted list, with the Argentine keen to improve the depth of the squad, particularly as the club prepare to compete in the Champions League next season.

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[quackers]

Hasn't jj already said kane's was signed a while back already?

 

[guiltyparty]

Adebayor was on £100k for doing much less. Not sure shatters is appropriate

 

[wearetheparklane]

Good.

 

[Col_M]

Every two goals, Kane gets a new contract. Nice

 

[Gbspurs]

Money well spent.

 

[lol]

if we dont pay our best players, we dont deserve to keep them

 

[JonnySpurs]

Not worried about the Man Utd rumours at all. I genuinely don't see the appeal they hold anymore, Mourinho or not. When Fergie was in charge you knew that you were joining a club that would challenge for titles and trophies every season. Right now it's anyone's guess how they will do next season and the season after that.

Jose will give his standard 3 years before he has a brain fart and can't hack it anymore. Harry knows that Poch could be here for the next 10 years if things continue on the upward curve that they are. Optimistic thinking but reality is that Man Utd cannot offer him anything that Spurs can't.

 

[Hoops]

Less than Ashley Young!

 

[kungfugrip]

Reward him and keep this boy happy.

 

[nattydredd]

He's worth every penny and then some BUT I get the strong impression he'd accept half that wage if offered it. His mind and body are firmly entrenched in THFC. He is a rare breed indeed..a credit to the club.

Add a clause in that contract : Captain for all games.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Who's turn is it this week. The sun or sky sports?

 

[Hot Spur]

Not worried about the Man Utd rumours at all. I genuinely don't see the appeal they hold anymore, Mourinho or not. When Fergie was in charge you knew that you were joining a club that would challenge for titles and trophies every season. Right now it's anyone's guess how they will do next season and the season after that.

Jose will give his standard 3 years before he has a brain fart and can't hack it anymore. Harry knows that Poch could be here for the next 10 years if things continue on the upward curve that they are. Optimistic thinking but reality is that Man Utd cannot offer him anything that Spurs can't.

Really??? I'm afraid you are living in cuckoo land mate. The reality is that they can, a lot more money for starters.

 

[Spursidol]

Title is totally misleading.

DL has a track record of offering new and higher wage deals to young players as they prove their worth.

The title linking that to interest from ManU is nonsense. A new deal would be on offer regardless of specific interest from ManU, Barca The headline is just made up by the press to make a new contract offer seem more exciting that it is.

 

[DanielCHillier]

Didn't we have ITK that he'd already signed a new deal just a few weeks ago ?

 

[Trix]

I always thought Greg was pretty clued up regarding us. You live and learn I guess.

 

[FITZ]

I always thought Greg was pretty clued up regarding us. You live and learn I guess.

He's not working at goal any more - so think he has to write more "basic" articles.

 

[Mullers]

100,000 a week, cannot ward off man utd, we cannot compete financially with them. As it is though I think kane has no interest in leaving.

 

[Gassin's finest]

I doubt it's that much and I doubt we'd make that public... we'd soon have a squad of players all demanding similar wage hikes.

 

[yankspurs]

£100k/wk? Werent we gonna offer Bale £250k/wk not to leave? I'd say Kane is worth that. He is an absolute legend in the making and is already an absolutely fantastic striker. World class. Hopefully we can get him to that salary in the future.