Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has admitted it would be “great” if he could bring Harry Kane to north London, just months after the England captain left Spurs for Bayern Munich. Kane has made a stunning start to life in Germany with 23 Bundesliga goals, but his new club are behind Bayer Leverkusen in the standings.
Despite a somewhat sour departure, when Kane was unable to enter the Spurs training ground before his move to the German giants, there is no bad blood between the two sides. The striker, who spent almost two decades at the club, admits he cares about their games and wants his former team to succeed under Postecoglou’s leadership.
But the door remains open for a return following his £100 million transfer, with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy confirming that the club has the option of refusing to sign Kane for the first time if he leaves Bayern in the future.
Postecoglou seems to like this idea, as he sat down with a young fan named Freddie at the club’s training ground for TNT Sports and asked him about his future transfer plans. Freddie is nine years old and had recently been diagnosed with cancer, but he enjoyed hanging out with the head coach of his favourite team.
Postecoglou entered the interview room and warmly greeted Freddie, then the Australian got down to business as he was faced with some tough questions.
Freddie was particularly curious about former star Kane. When Postecoglou asked him about the possibility of the England captain returning to north London, he said, “Can I buy Harry Kane back? It would be great if I could. The beauty of Harry is that everything he has done at this football club will stay with us forever, even if he is not with us now. He will always be part of this football club.”
We also asked Postecoglou who he would bring to Tottenham if he had an unlimited transfer budget? “That’s a difficult question because I always like the players I have,” he replied.
“Every day I like to work with Sonny (Son Heung-min), I like to work with (Cristian) Romero, (Micky) Van de Ven, (Guglielmo) Vicario, all the guys here and I don’t worry too much about what’s out there. I wouldn’t swap any of the guys I have for anyone in the world.”
When Kane announced his summer departure from Spurs, he seemingly did not rule out the possibility of returning to the club in the future. “It’s not goodbye because you never know how things will go in the future,” he said. “This [this farewell message] is a thank you and we will see each other soon.”