Danny Murphy has given an interesting assessment of Tottenham’s rumoured attempts to bring Harry Kane back to the club.
It is an open secret that Tottenham have a first-refusal clause for Kane, and it is also common knowledge that the Lilywhites would jump at the chance to bring their record goalscorer back to the club.
We know this because Thomas Frank himself said that he would love to have Kane back at Spurs if the striker wanted to return to N17.
However, the England captain has played down his chances of returning to Tottenham, stating that while he will always be a Spurs fan, he is very happy at the Allianz Arena.
Danny Murphy says a return to Tottenham would be a downgrade for Harry Kane
Murphy does not think there is much chance of the 33-year-old returning to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at the end of the season.
The pundit suggested that the only reason for the striker to return would be for personal or familial reasons, and he claimed that the Spurs legend would be taking a massive step down by coming back to North London.
When asked if he would put Tottenham’s chances of re-signing Kane at 50/50, the former Spurs midfielder told Goal.com: “I would think much less. Harry Kane is succeeding where he is at the moment – more than succeeding, he’s flying and scoring a lot of goals. He’s in a team where he thinks he can compete for the Champions League. He’s won his first league title, first trophy.
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“There is always the family factor. We can never know about how that is. I remember Michael Owen being in Spain, and a year just wanting to come home with the family. We don’t know that side of Kane’s life. But from a football perspective, to go back to Tottenham, there is only one reason he would go back there and that’s because of the fact that the fans love him. In terms of football reasons, it would be to try to break Alan Shearer’s record.
“The way he is playing, if he wanted to leave Munich, I think he would have other options where he could go to another club and compete for the biggest honours on the planet – domestic titles and the Champions League.
“It sounds romantic going back to Tottenham but the reality is that while they are improving – I’m a big fan of Thomas Frank – he’d be going there to win a League Cup or an FA Cup. It’s a downgrade. He would be downgrading. His level of performance at the moment, he doesn’t need to.”
Spurs told they will be making a mistake by re-signing Kane
The reason for the speculation over the striker’s future is that Kane’s contract contains a £57m release clause, which can be activated next summer.
While many may see that as a bargain for one of the best strikers in the world, Murphy has opined that it would not be smart to pay such a high fee for a player approaching his mid-thirties.
The pundit added: “I’m a bit different with that – £57m for a 33-year-old is not something I would want my club doing. I think you know you’re not going to get anything back for that so it’s just ‘there’s 57’ and you are hoping that somebody at 33 is physically able to carry on at the level he has shown for another two or three years.