Harry Kane is set to sign a lucrative new five-year contract with Tottenham in the coming weeks after agreeing a deal to make him the club's best-paid player.
Kane, who finished last season as the Premier League’s Golden Boot winner with 25 goals, failed to find the net at Euro 2016 as England were knocked out in the last-16 by Iceland.
Tottenham are determined to resist any potential approaches for the 22-year-old in this summer’s transfer market and have been in negotiations with his representatives since March. A deal in principle has now been agreed, with Kane poised to earn almost £100,000 a week after committing himself to the club until 2021.
Having increased his wages to around £50,000 a week when he signed a five-and-half-year deal in February 2016, the new contract will be the third signed by the product of Tottenham’s youth academy since August 2014. That reflects his rapid emergence from the fringes of the first-team squad, having been sent out on loan to Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester between 2011 and 2013.
Kane has scored 49 goals in 83 matches for Spurs, narrowly edging out England team-mate Jamie Vardy for the Golden Boot in May.
He could soon be competing with a new rival, however, with Tottenham reportedly ready to raise their bid for Holland striker Vincent Janssen to €20m. AZ Alkmaar rejected an €18m bid for the 22-year-old last week, leading Janssen to openly criticise the club's management for not allowing him to leave.
(Guardian service)
