Graham Roberts believes Harry Kane will remain at Tottenham for the foreseeable future after Darren Anderton claimed only Real Madrid or Barcelona could sign the striker.
Former Spurs midfielder Anderton told SportingBet.com, as quoted by the London Evening Standard, that the 24-year-old striker would be tempted if Barcelona or Real Madrid became interested.
“Harry’s the top man at the club and the one player they can’t afford to lose,” Anderton said. “I think he loves the club and wouldn’t want to force a move, but if Real Madrid or Barcelona come knocking, he could go.”
However, Spurs icon Roberts claimed on his personal Twitter account that not even the Spanish duo would tempt Kane, stating Kane is only interested in “creating history” at Spurs rather than joining the “money men”.
Don't even think that would interest @HKane his whole focus is creating history at spurs will mean far more to him than money men!
— Graham Roberts (@GrahamRoberts4) August 24, 2017
Kane has won the Premier League’s Golden Boot for the last two seasons, scoring an enormous 35 goals in 38 league and cup appearances for the north London giants last time around.
It is believed that a whole host of Spurs’ senior stars earn a lot less than they would at other clubs, which tempted Kyle Walker to move to Manchester City earlier this summer for £54million.
But Roberts believes Kane will not have his head swayed by such temptations and will remain at Spurs, with five years still to run on his current contract.
Yet to score this season, Kane is goalless after Spurs beat Newcastle and lost to Chelsea but is still expected to lead the line at Wembley on Sunday as Mauricio Pochettino’s side play host to Burnley.
OPINION
If Pochettino wants to launch another Premier League title challenge, and sustain it for many years to come, the secret is keeping Kane happy in north London. His goals are crucial to anything Spurs do this season and in the future, as he continues to prove that he is one of the best strikers in world football. Following Anderton’s claim, Barcelona or Real Madrid could look to sign the striker if his head is indeed turned. To prevent such a move, chairman Daniel Levy should forget about his normal policy of keeping a tight stronghold on the Spurs wage bill and instead offer Kane the kind of money that he would receive elsewhere. He won’t do it now, but he might have to do it in the future. Or risk losing Kane.