Ange Postecoglou reacts to Bayern Munich deadline as Harry Kane scores four goals for Tottenham
On Friday, Bayern submitted a new offer for Kane worth £86m plus surcharges and reportedly gave them a midnight deadline to reply.
However, Spurs are apparently still considering the offer – and Kane scored four goals as they beat Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 in their penultimate pre-season friendly on Sunday afternoon.
“From my point of view, I don’t know what deadlines mean,” said Postecoglou after the victory over the Ukrainian team. “We know there is a deadline and that is the end of the transfer window. In addition, I am regularly in open dialogue with Harry and the club.”
“That is what I said [the club] If the status quo changes, please let me know. I don’t need to know about the comings and goings in between. I just want to deal with what’s ahead because regardless of the outcome, I still have to build a team here.
“I can barely wait for it [around] for a decision on how to proceed. We have neither the time nor the luxury for that. I work with what is in front of me. You saw today that Harry is definitely invested in what we are doing and we will continue to be so unless things change.”
A number of Bayern Munich figures, including club president Herbert Hainer, have spoken publicly about the potential impact of signing Kane this summer.
“Bayern have to decide that,” said Postecoglou. “If that’s the way they want to do things, it’s not up to me to judge. It does not concern me. I don’t sit there every day worrying about what other clubs are doing. I think what is.” The fact is that he is a contract player for our football club.
“I certainly wouldn’t talk about signing players at other football clubs but I’m not with Bayern mate so they can go down the path they want.”
It’s still unclear whether Kane will be a Spurs player when they start the season at Brentford next Sunday and Postecoglou said he would only address the need to replace the 30-year-old should he be sold .
“I’ll take care of it [needing to replace Kane] “When the time comes,” said the Greek-Australian. “I always had those contingencies in mind anyway, whether it’s Harry or anyone else, there’s no guarantee for anyone.”
“All sorts of things can happen that affect your planning. I’m not going to spend a lot of time or energy thinking about something that might not happen because, again, I don’t have that luxury.”
“Maybe it would be different if it was my third or fourth year at the club, if we had already established how we were going to play, established the squad and that was my biggest or only problem, then maybe I would be a little problem me I’m a little more obsessed with it. But right now I’m trying to build a style of play, a squad of players, a different training, there are so many things that are really important that I can’t get distracted by one or two other things.”
Kane scored four goals in what may be his last appearance as a Tottenham player
/ PAKane opened the scoring from a penalty and made three clever close-range finishes in the second half as Spurs beat Shakhtar, with youngster Dane Scarlett scoring the fifth with the last shot of the game.
“I don’t think it belongs to him [professionalism] “There was never any doubt about Harry,” Postecoglou added. “He’s shown that throughout his career.” He was good today and most of our stuff was pretty positive. Obviously there is still work to be done.
“He’s a fantastic striker, one of the best strikers in the world. I think the way the team plays will also help him. He loves to score goals and you saw today that we created a lot of chances and he capitalized on that.”
Kane applauded fans in all four stands at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after the game but Postecoglou said he would not tell fans how to react.
“I’m not going to tell people how to feel [or] “What I’m supposed to read into it at the end of the day,” Postecoglou said. “I don’t even know what’s on Harry’s head, let alone anyone else’s.” I think all of these things will obviously play out in the near future, we’ll see what happens from there.
“From my point of view, I have to build a team here. Today has shown me that we have made some progress, but there is still a lot to do. Today there were areas I wasn’t happy with so we have to do that.” “Make sure we focus on fixing this team. We’ll see what happens after that?”
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