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Josh Challies

Ian Wright says exactly what Tottenham fans want to hear amid Harry Kane to Man United links

Arsenal legend Ian Wright is confident that Harry Kane will not leave Tottenham this summer and will remain at the club for at least another season.

The Spurs superstar caught the headlines over the weekend when admitting he could leave the club in the future in search of trophies.

That has reignited transfer speculation, with the likes of Manchester United and Manchester City linked, but Wright has pinpointed a significant comment from the striker.

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As he identified, Kane spoke about the potential impact of Jose Mourinho's first pre-season at the club and Wright believes that is confirmation he's staying for at least another 12 months.

"They've got a manager who is a notorious winner," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "He did say as well that next season will be the first time the gaffer will have had a pre-season, to bed his values into the team.

"That says to me that he’s somebody who is already thinking of next year so he’s not going anywhere.

"But if next year happens and it goes like it has been, then we can start digging out quotes and saying Harry Kane is leaving.

"I feel sorry for the Spurs fans in this instance as people are blasting it all over the place.

"Once I’d read that, next year once the manager gets the chance, you don’t know, so let's wait until next year.

"Do I think they’ll win it? You don’t know. In the next couple of seasons, with that manager, he’s going to try to build on it.

"With this manager, like Kane said, I’d give him a chance in pre-season to get his values into the team, I’d do next season and I’d see where it goes. He’s said next year, he’s going to do that, so we’ve got to give him next year.

“He wants to win a Premier League medal, he wants to win medals, and he’s going to give the manager another year and then he’ll have to look elsewhere because you can’t have that kind of ability, be that kind of goalscorer, and not win anything."

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