Harry Kane next club odds: Man City 1/3 to sign Spurs striker for reported £160m

Kane had been as long as 6/4 with Sky Bet to join City late on Thursday evening, and was odds-on to remain at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium under new boss Nuno Espirito Santo.

But conflicting reports emerged on Friday morning, with some outlets claiming Spurs had "no intention" of selling their star striker.

The England captain has been strongly linked with a move to the Etihad since the end of last season, even before the Premier League champions saw a £100m bid rejected before Euro 2020.

Should a deal go through at the reported price, Kane will become the second-most expensive player in history after Neymar's £200m move from Barcelona to PSG in 2017, and is expected to earn more than £400,000 per week.

After a disappointing 2020/21, Tottenham will not take part in the Champions League for the second successive campaign, and instead will contest the bottom tier, inaugural UEFA Conference League.

That lack of top level continental football triggered Kane to openly state that he was considering his future at the club earlier this summer.

"There's definitely a conversation to be had with the club," Kane told The Overlap back in June.

"It's a moment in my career where I have to kind of reflect and see where I'm at and have a good, honest conversation with the chairman.

"As players you don't know what the chairman is thinking. He might want to sell me. He might be thinking, 'If I could get £100m then why not?' I'm not going to be worth that for the next two or three years."

Kane is one of the world's best, and most high-profile, players to have never won a major trophy.

This season he added to that unwanted statistic by losing the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City in April and captaining England as they succumbed to Italy on penalties in the final of Euro 2020.

• CLICK HERE for Harry Kane's Infogol profile

If the 27-year-old has played his final game for Spurs, he will leave having scored 222 goals in 336 appearances.

More from Sporting Life

• Fixtures, results and live scores
• Expert xG analysis and features
• Transfer news and done deals
• Football and other sports tips
• Download our free iOS and Android app
• Podcasts and video content

Safer gambling

We are committed in our support of safer gambling. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose.

If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline / GamCare on 0808 8020 133.

Further support and information can be found at begambleaware.org and gamblingtherapy.org.