New Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou will attempt to convince Harry Kane to snub a move to Bayern Munich when the England captain returns to training this week.
The future of the 29-year-old dominated the former Celtic manager’s first press conference since his appointment as ’s permanent successor was confirmed last month.
and their second bid is also expected to dismissed by Daniel Levy.
‘I haven’t had any assurances and I wouldn’t expect any assurances,’ Postecoglou explained when asked if he had a clear idea of how the Kane conundrum would be resolved. ‘That’s just my nature. I just kind of go along and try to concentrate on the things I know right now.
‘What I know right now is that Harry is part of this squad and he’s looking forward to coming back to training and being amongst these players and starting to work together.
‘I don’t think it’s my role to sit down and treat people in a manner because of their circumstances. I’m really big on treating everyone the same and Harry has already entrenched himself in the history of this football club.
‘He’s a very important part. He’s one of the premier strikers in the world and I want him involved. My conversation with him will be about how we can make this club successful and I’ve got no doubts that’s what he wants as well.
‘I doubt it’s going to be defined in the manner that people think it’s going to be. It’s not going to be a conversation where we walk out of the room and have an understanding. I don’t want that kind of conversation.
‘What I want is to introduce myself to Harry and give him my vision of the football club and get a sense from him on what he thinks the club needs to do to be successful and walk out on that training pitch and try to make it happen.’
Kane is not the only senior figure at the club with an uncertain future. Captain Hugo Lloris is expected to depart and a bloated squad – after 12 players have returned from loan spells – will need to be trimmed.
Postecoglou added: ‘We’re in that stage, like most clubs, where you kind of know that there will be activity between now and the start of the season and the end of the window. There will be some players who won’t be here and some players that will come in.
‘Again in my mind, I try to keep that with the understanding that until something is certain, I’m not going to commit myself either way to whether a player is going to be here or not. There’s no point in wasting energy on something that may or may not happen.
‘So far the lads we’ve had in have been excellent. They’ve been brilliant with the staff in adapting and implementing the things I want and we’ll keep moving along.
‘We’ll get the rest of the squad back in the next couple of days so it will be great to see everyone in the building.’
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