Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has hinted that Spurs will be saying 'no' to any club that moves for Harry Kane this summer. Spurs' No.10 will soon enter the final 12 months of the six-year deal he signed in the summer of 2018 and clubs such as Manchester United, Bayern Munich and PSG have been linked with his services.
An integral part of the Tottenham team, with the striker registering 25 goals and four assists in 42 games this season, the Lilywhites will not want to lose their main man given everything he contributes to the side. Levy himself has indicated that it's "very important to keep the team together" and that they have "every right to say no" as he is very much their player.
"Firstly I don't consider myself to be a special negotiator or anything like. As I said, I'm just acting in the best interests of my club," Levy told Cambridge Union, when asked about his negotiating skills. "I think when it comes to a transfer it depends on the balance of power. If you have a player that you really don't want to sell then you have every right to say no. You own the registration.
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"So it depends on the character of the player and whether you feel at the end you can keep the player because we're operating in a team sport and it's very important that we keep the team together. So every circumstance is different."
Kane's future has been a major talking point in recent years due to the fact Tottenham have yet to lift a piece of silverware since 2008. Making it to the final on a few occasions but ultimately just not getting over the line, Levy is convinced that the England captain can win a trophy during his Tottenham career.
"He can absolutely win a trophy at Spurs, but you know, being a legend is also important," said the chairman. "The fact that he's the top scorer for Tottenham Hotspur, he's making history. I hope one day there is a stature of Harry Kane outside our stadium."
Another big decision that the club has to make this summer comes in terms of who replaces Antonio Conte at the Tottenham helm. Having previously opted for serial winners in Conte and Jose Mourinho, the two appointments did not have the desired effect and in the end they departed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium without winning a trophy.
"I think whenever you appoint a coach you're employing someone because you think they're going to make you win," said Levy. "You don't appoint them with the intention that it's only going to be for one year or two years. You hope it will be long term.
"All I would make is the observation is that in Europe coaches are only appointed for one or two years whereas in this country we're obsessed with when someone is appointed they only have a two-year contract, how do you expect him to succeed if he's only got two years?"
Levy has previously admitted that every chairman would want a manager in the hotseat for 10 years, although the current nature of the game means that is an incredibly hard feat to achieve.
"I think every chairman dreams that," he admitted. "I think it's very, very difficult in the competitive nature of football today that you have continuity of a manager over a long period of time.
"If you look on the continent, it's so difficult to how it is in England. In England we all dream of having managers for five, six, seven or eight years. In Europe, in other countries, coaches are appointed for two years.
"They are far less important, the media attention is not on the coach, it's much more about the club. It's a cultural thing we have in England. The manager is almost bigger than the club when in reality he isn't."
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