Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has confirmed that the club have inserted a buy-back clause as part of the Harry Kane sale to Bayern Munich.
Daniel Levy has revealed Tottenham have a buy-back clause that would allow them to re-sign Harry Kane from Bayern Munich at a later stage.
Kane came through the academy ranks and made his debut for Tottenham in 2011. From there, he went on to become one of the leading strikers in the world and a bona fide club legend.
The Englishman scored 280 goals and 64 assists in 435 games for Tottenham and holds the record for the most number of goals scored by a Tottenham player in history, breaking Jimmy Greaves’s long-standing record earlier this year.
However, as his contract was about to enter the final year, speculation began that Kane might leave London to go elsewhere. Spurs allowed Kane to leave for the Bundesliga over the summer as the England captain looks to get some trophies on the board before his career winds down. Bayern Munich shelled out a record transfer fee of £100 million to acquire the services of the goal machine.
Many were surprised when he opted to leave the possibility of breaking Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League goalscoring record behind, with the 30-year-old just 47 behind the former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United legend.
Now, a raft of fresh updates on Kane’s summer decision, as well as what the future holds, have come to surface.
Speaking at a Spurs’ fan forum event on Tuesday night, Levy publicly confirmed there is a mechanism in place to make a romantic reunion a reality.
Pushed by host Nihal Arthanayake to confirm the existence of the clause after initially not answering the question from a member of the audience, Levy said, “Of course.”
The amount of the clause or when it would become active hasn’t been made clear by Levy. However, this revelation does suggest Spurs would likely be the front-runners to bring Kane back to England when his time in Germany draws to a close. Doing so would also give the front-man a shot at becoming the Premier League’s all-time leading scorer.
