Harry Kane transfer: Tottenham-Bayern Munich talks don’t yield deal

With a month to go until the transfer window closes, Harry Kane remains a Tottenham player. That is a state of affairs, however, that seems unlikely to last through to September as Bayern Munich circle. 

Monday’s face-to-face talks did not bring with them the resolution that Kane might have been hoping but it increasingly appears to be a matter of when rather than if the England international makes the move to Bavaria. The gap in valuations between the two clubs remains a significant one, around £20 million dependent on the terms and structure of the deal, but the fact that there is a gap might be the most telling point to emerge from negotiations. Spurs’ valuation of Kane is not, as it has been in the past, priceless. With less than a year to run on his contract, there is a deal to be struck.

It has been more than three weeks since the suggestion first emerged that Tottenham would be prepared to offer Kane £400,000-a-week if it would convince him to stay. There has been no indication since that the 30-year-old could be tempted by one of the most generous pay packets this side of Riyadh. Where two years ago it was the England captain who seemed plum out of options by this stage of…