Bayern Munich raised a record asking price to buy Harry Kane in the latest negotiations with Tottenham.
According to the Telegraph (UK), a high-level delegation of Bayern Munich including chief executive officer Jan Christian Dreesden and technical director Marco Neppe flew to London on July 31, and had lunch with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy . to try to break the deadlock in the Harry Kane deal.
Negotiations lasted until the afternoon. Despite Bayern Munich’s willingness to break their transfer record with an offer of up to £80 million, the “Gray Lobster” is still a significant £20 million gap from Tottenham’s valuation for the team captain. England team.
Bayern Munich’s current transfer record is £68m paid to midfielder Lucas Hernandez four years ago. The reigning Bundesliga champions will likely have to break that record if they want to convince president Levy to accept the sale of Kane.
However, the Telegraph assesses that Bayern Munich is still extremely optimistic about this press-intensive deal, after chairman Levy has agreed to discuss Kane’s future. “Gray Lobster” is confident that the English striker will leave Tottenham in this transfer window when his contract is less than 12 months away.
Some sources in Germany revealed that chairman Levy will ask to add a clause to buy Kane in the future. This will help the 30-year-old striker have the opportunity to return to the “Rooster” to break the Premier League scoring record of legendary Alan Shearer.
Further talks between Bayern Munich and Tottenham are expected to continue over the next few days. “Gray Lobster” is confident that Kane is ready to move to Germany to play football in the next phase of his career.
Coach Thomas Tuchel of Bayern Munich is still urging the “Gray Lobster” leadership to speed up the process of recruiting Kane. He wants the English striker before the new Bundesliga season kicks off, which starts on August 18.