Harry Kane probably knew what was awaiting him after he celebrated turning into England’s all-time main scorer.
Within hours of his fifty fifth objective for his nationwide workforce on Sunday got here affirmation of Antonio Conte’s departure as supervisor of Tottenham by “mutual agreement.”
Conte leaves after failing to finish the London membership’s 15-year look forward to a trophy and Kane’s personal pursuit of silverware. The Italian coach has been a serial winner with Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan, however couldn’t keep that report at Tottenham, regardless of spending about $140 million on transfers.
Kane, who was introduced with a golden boot forward of England’s 2-0 win over Ukraine at Wembley Stadium on Sunday after surpassing Wayne Rooney’s scoring report, could marvel if any supervisor can flip Tottenham right into a successful workforce.
“The individual accolades are well deserved and are amazing. But he wants to be part of a team that is successful,” England coach Gareth Southgate stated Sunday.
Southgate was referring to the nationwide workforce’s personal bid to win a trophy for the primary time since 1966, however the identical might be stated of Kane’s membership profession.
In the final two months, Kane has surpassed late Tottenham nice Jimmy Greaves because the membership’s main scorer and Rooney’s England whole. Team honors, nonetheless, proceed elude him and a recent spherical of upheaval at Tottenham has come towards the top of one other trophyless marketing campaign.
Conte is the seventh full-time managerial appointment at Tottenham for the reason that membership’s final trophy — the League Cup in 2008.
At the age of 29, Kane’s possibilities of ending his personal drought are diminishing. He turns 30 earlier than the beginning of subsequent season, when he could have 12 months left on his present contract.
“He’s got a big decision to make career-wise,” former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard stated Sunday. “I’ve been there myself, where you’re thinking is my team good enough to get me the medals? Am I going to get out my career what I want to get?”
Gerrard ended his Liverpool profession with out successful a Premier League title, however lifted just about each different main trophy, together with the Champions League in 2005.
While Kane has a call to make about his personal future, Tottenham should additionally contemplate the deserves of promoting whereas it may well nonetheless command a big price for its star participant or threat dropping him for nothing subsequent 12 months.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was in a robust sufficient place to dam Kane’s proposed switch to Manchester City in 2021, when the participant publicly addressed the prospect leaving. The scenario could be very completely different two years later, with Kane capable of exert extra stress on Tottenham’s hierarchy if he chooses to hunt a transfer.
City is unlikely to nonetheless be out there for Kane after signing Erling Haaland final 12 months, however he has for a very long time been linked with Manchester United. A top-class striker is a precedence for United supervisor Erik ten Hag after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo in November.
A key difficulty will likely be his worth, with Tottenham reportedly valuing Kane at about $123 million.
He will surely be an announcement signing for potential new house owners of United, with Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Jim Ratcliffe main the race to purchase out the Glazer household.
United’s American house owners need the potential sale to be accomplished earlier than the switch window opens on the finish of the season and Kane could be an formidable goal initially of a brand new regime.
United would seem like one of many few life like choices if Kane had been to remain in England, with the participant unlikely to wish to be part of a London rival like Chelsea, whereas City and Liverpool have not too long ago invested closely of their ahead strains.
Saudi-backed Newcastle could be one other chance if it qualifies for the Champions League.
Overseas, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich might all be choices, depending on the worth.
The prospect of staying in England would give him the chance to set one other scoring benchmark by overtaking Alan Shearer’s Premier League report of 260 objectives. Kane at present has 204 objectives and is primed to cross Rooney (208) in second place on the all-time record.
Even in a Tottenham workforce that has been inconsistent this season, Kane has scored 21 objectives within the league, which is barely seven fewer than Haaland.
