Hang on to your hats here Spurs fans, I know it is semi blasphemy, but there is a strong case to be made in favor of selling Harry Kane this summer.
First off, let's set some obvious conditions here. If you are going to sell Kane then you must assume Spurs would sell him for a substantial fee. I think the 50M to United rumor you see might be too low for Levy and company. I think it's the lowest offer I'd even entertain assuming it is that fee plus one player. The other thing you must assume is that Tottenham would reinvest the fee right back into the squad. This cannot be a move to help fund the new stadium. Much like the Bale sale, for the purposes of this argument we are going to assume every penny can be used this window. I will also argue that we will do a much better job of it as well!
Harry Kane is at the very least a top class striker in the Premier League. If you can't see that you should probably get your head examined. You cannot be anything other than well above average if you score as many goals as he did this past campaign. However, I don't think we can be convinced he is the best striker we could have. Gun to your head, would any of you swear that Kane will have a better season than Christian Benteke? Will he certainly outperform Bony? I wouldn't bet my life on Kane to outperform either next year (Bony dependent on opportunity obviously). If you aren't completely sure of that, then 50M plus a quality player is a good price. This isn't a knock on Harry at all. I love him, I would be genuinely sad if he left. I think Harry Kane is really, really good. Just don't know that he is untouchable.
The other key for the argument to sell Kane lies with the state of the current Tottenham side. We had a monster season from Kane last year and finished fifth. I was pleased with this and think that the team will continue to improve. I do believe that it's likely for Kane to regress though, even if only slightly. If he does, the even with the improvement of others it likely leaves Tottenham fighting for 4th. Story of our decade right?
So how do we move forward and really make our side a title contender? We must add significant talent at several key positions. I think everyone can agree that we need to upgrade our options at striker while also adding top talents at defensive midfield, left wing and central defense. Moving Kane could allow us to accomplish all of those things. Imagine replacing Kane with Benteke, pairing Schneiderlin alongside Bentaleb and adding significant pieces at the other spots. Perhaps Charlie Austin or Danny Ings as a second striker? Ron Vlaar would stabilize our back line and there are numerous options at left wing. Ask yourself honestly, is that a superior Tottenham side to our current team with Kane?
If you answered yes then you have to pull the trigger. It would hurt us all emotionally. After all, Harry is one of our own. But as the legend says, "to dare is to do." Do we dare sell Kane to gain some silverware?
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