Kane tries but sadly fails to ‘stay out of that speculation’

Matt Stead
Harry Kane brushes his hair

Harry Kane has tried but failed miserably to steer away from speculation over his Tottenham future.

Despite scoring 215 goals in 327 games for Tottenham, collecting two Premier League Golden Boots in the process and finishing as the 2018 World Cup top scorer for England, Kane remains without team honours.

The 27-year-old is perhaps the finest player ever to win f*** all, with his hopes of silverware this season hinging solely on next month’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester City.

Many have pontificated that Kane will have to leave north London to finally decorate his playing career with a trophy, but the forward is concentrating more on the current international break. Obviously.

“I think that’s a hard question to answer right now,” Kane said when put to him that the speculation could be distracting.

“It’s important that all my focus is on the two England games coming up now and the rest of the season with Spurs and then the Euros. To be thinking about speculation or rumours would be damaging in terms of my own performance.

“I always like to be focused on one goal and one job and that’s to finish strong with Spurs, win these qualifiers with England and hopefully go on and have a great Euros. Look, I try to stay out of that speculation as much as possible.

“I’m fully focussed on doing the job on the pitch from now until the end of the summer, and then we’ll see where we go from there.”

That has led to a predictable spate of stories about Kane failing to commit his future to Tottenham and ‘dropping hints’ and such, despite looking like an entirely sensible answer to a fairly boring question.

Kane has been linked with Real Madrid recently, with reports in Spain suggesting he ‘is looking for a way out’ of his boyhood club.

Kane is seen by Zinedine Zidane’s side as a cheaper alternative to Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland, the latter of whom he is obviously better than.

Robert Lewandowski isn’t as good as him either because “he’s only ripped it up in Germany,” while “Kane is doing it in the Premier League”.

“And I can’t remember Lewandowski touching the ball at the last World Cup. But Kane won the Golden Boot,” added Paul Merson. Can’t argue with that.