{"id":289287,"date":"2023-09-19T22:35:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T22:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289287"},"modified":"2023-09-19T22:35:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T22:35:57","slug":"harry-kane-would-have-waited-until-next-summer-to-join-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/harry-kane-would-have-waited-until-next-summer-to-join-man-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Kane would have waited until NEXT SUMMER to join Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Harry Kane would have waited until NEXT SUMMER to join Manchester United if Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side kept the door open for him before Bayern Munich sealed \u00a3100m deal<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Harry Kane had his heart set on a move to Manchester United next summer\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But Bayern Munich stole a march by securing him from Spurs for \u00a3100m\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harry Kane would have waited until next summer to sign for Manchester United if the deal was guaranteed to go ahead, Mail Sport can reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Kane will make his Champions League debut for Bayern Munich against United at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night after joining from Tottenham for \u00a3100million.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old had set his heart on a move to Old Trafford and would even have seen out the final 12 months of his contract at Spurs, but he wasn&#8217;t sure if United could keep the door open for him.<\/p>\n<p>Kane was manager Erik ten Hag&#8217;s top target but United couldn&#8217;t afford him and faced a battle to convince Spurs chief Daniel Levy to let the striker join a Premier League rival.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as United switched their sights to a younger and cheaper option in Rasmus Hojlund, Kane sealed his move to Bayern.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/22\/75614817-12537439-Harry_Kane_would_have_waited_to_seal_a_move_to_Man_United_if_the-m-81_1695158731983.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/22\/75614775-12537439-Kane_was_a_top_target_of_Erik_ten_Hag_s_this_summer-a-82_1695158736619.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane would have waited to seal a move to Man United if they had kept the door open for him\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/21\/75612357-0-image-m-46_1695155498050.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag had Kane on his wishlist but the Red Devils could not afford the \u00a3100m striker<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the game, Kane said: &#8216;Over the summer I know there were some talks between a few clubs in the background, but Bayern was a team I was really interested by so there weren&#8217;t many other discussions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My focus is on here, obviously Manchester United are a great club, a really big club as well, but I decided to come here and I&#8217;m really happy I have.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag faced the inevitable questions about Kane when he addressed the media at the Allianz Arena last night and insisted that he has no regrets about not signing him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No. I think we&#8217;ve discussed it,&#8217; said the Dutchman. &#8216;We are happy with Rasmus. In the first game, he was injured. He played against Arsenal, he&#8217;s had a start (against Brighton), and now we have to integrate him in the team. You can see he&#8217;s a big talent.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/21\/75611283-0-image-a-43_1695155255792.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich stole a march by sealing a \u00a3100m deal for him and he has made a flying start\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag arrived in Bavaria without 12 first-team players after Harry Maguire joined a growing casualty list as United touched down with a 21-man squad containing four goalkeepers. After losing three of his opening five Premier League games, Ten Hag admitted that his team need to show a marked improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern have won their opening Champions League group game for the last 19 years by an aggregate score of 47-2.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the last team to avoid defeat at the Allianz Arena in any group game was Ten Hag&#8217;s Ajax in 2018. &#8216;Bayern have so much individual class that you cannot be unfocused for a split second,&#8217; said Ten Hag. &#8216;In parts of games we play below our levels. We have to step up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12537439\/Harry-Kane-waited-SUMMER-join-Manchester-United-Erik-ten-Hags-kept-door-open-Bayern-Munich-sealed-100m-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Harry Kane would have waited until NEXT SUMMER to join Manchester United if Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side kept the door open for him before Bayern <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/harry-kane-would-have-waited-until-next-summer-to-join-man-united\/\" title=\"Harry Kane would have waited until NEXT SUMMER to join Man United\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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