H arry Kane heard it, all right – the extraordinary public wooing from the Manchester United support on Thursday night. “Harry Kane … we’ll see you in June,” they sang at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, half an hour or so into the game, and it took a much-discussed plot line to new levels.
At his press conference on Wednesday, the United manager, Erik ten Hag, had been full of flattery for Kane. A new centre-forward is his priority and he would love to sign the England captain.
But how often do thousands of fans make it clear to a player during a match that they would like him to come to their club? A few quick points.
The Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, is dead against selling Kane in the summer, even though the player will be out of contract in June of next year.