There's just over a week to go until the transfer window closes and while Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United looks like a done deal, Tottenham Hotspur fans can't breathe easy that their star striker Harry Kane is safe yet either.
According to a report by the Times, "The Spanish club are prepared to make Kane football’s first £200m player, and exceed the £198m Paris Saint-Germain spent on Neymar, as they plot a radical and expensive summer overhaul. Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, is trying to warn them off by saying he will not sell at any price."
With a slightly disappointing season in their adoptive home at Wembley, Spurs haven't got to hold it together much longer before they can move back to White Hart Lane. According to club chairman Daniel Levy, the club need to go back to the stadium, "with their two biggest assets committed to the future", these being Kane and club manager, Mauricio Pochettino.
The club are fighting on all sides it seems as the same report points out that, "New contracts for Eriksen, Alli, Son Heung-Min and Alderweireld are planned" with the hope that these players would be persuaded to commit if Kane and Pochettino did.
Though there's no reason to believe either are unhappy at the club, their wages could be a point of contention with Kane currently on £120,000 a week - less than Morata, Mata, Lacazette and Sterling to name a few.
In an interview last year Pochettino said that, "We have unbelievable facilities, but if some club is paying double the salary, then how can you convince them? We cannot lie to you. That is the reality"
Pochettino too is the lowest paid manager of the Premiere League's top six teams coaches in the Premier League’s, reportedly earning even less than Sam Allardyce at Everton.
With Real Madrid currently trailing in La Liga and Zidane possibly facing the firing line, Pochettino is reportedly high on the list of names to replace him. In a press conference last week the Spurs manager was coy about where he may go saying, "Football will bring me to where football wants me to be."
Though Spurs will need to change their wage structure to keep them, will it be enough or will they find themselves seeking a new striker and manager next season?
