- Sep 28, 2004
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By Greg Stobart
Tottenham Hotspur have offered Harry Kane a £100,000-a-week contract that will shatter the club’s wage structure and make him the highest paid player at White Hart Lane.
Kane is close to agreeing the deal and is expected to put pen to paper after Euro 2016 as Spurs look to ward off sustained interest from Manchester United.
The 22-year-old was a £50 million target for United last summer and new manager Jose Mourinho is also a huge admirer of the England international, but the Old Trafford outfit accept that Kane will commit his immediate future to Tottenham.
Real Madrid have also been monitoring Kane’s situation after he won the Premier League golden boot with 25 goals this season, off the back of 21 strikes during his breakthrough campaign in 2014/15.
Spurs are relaxed that Kane has not yet signed the deal, with the player concentrating on England’s preparations for Euro 2016 while details are ironed out. Discussions over the new contract are believed to have started as early as last summer and continued throughout the season, with both parties certain that an agreement will be finalised this summer.
Kane currently earns a basic salary of just £35,000 a week which will be more than doubled by the new five-year contract on the table, with bonuses and add-ons making the deal worth £100,000 a week.
Mousa Dembele and Hugo Lloris are currently the club’s highest earners on £80,000 a week but chairman Daniel Levy accepts he must break his wage structure to reward players that helped Spurs to challenge for the Premier League title before finishing third this season.
Kane, a product of Tottenham’s academy, is keen to stay and challenge for trophies under Mauricio Pochettino, who himself signed a new contract last month worth £25m until 2021.
The North London club are also in talks over new deals for Lloris, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela as Pochettino looks to keep the core of his squad together and build towards another title challenge next season.
The club are confident that Eriksen will sign a four-year deal worth £80,000-a-week while they are relaxed about reports that Lloris has rejected an initial offer, with talks ongoing.
Spurs are hoping to improve the quality of their squad by signing at least three players in the summer transfer window, with Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi their top target.
Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama is another player high on Pochettino’s wanted list, with the Argentine keen to improve the depth of the squad, particularly as the club prepare to compete in the Champions League next season.
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