Manchester City have made it plain that talk they have agreed a £160million deal for Tottenham striker Harry Kane is nonsense.
And club sources say that the Blues will NEVER pay that kind of sum for a player - a fee that would have doubled their current record and lumped £30million on top.
Reports emerged overnight that City had agreed a £160million deal with Spurs, after the London club's chairman Daniel Levy had performed a U-turn and acceded to Kane 's request for a move.
It further claimed that City had agreed the whopping fee - which would easily be a British transfer record - and had lined up a £400,000-a-week salary to bring the England captain to the Etihad Stadium.
The news is said to have been a big topic of conversation at last weekend's wedding of Kane's brother and agent Charlie, two days after Levy is said to have performed a U-turn after initially stating Kane would not be sold this summer.
The player remains a City target, but Tottenham have today reiterated their stance that they do not wish to sell the 27-year-old.
The only public pronouncement on the matter came from Tottenham's new manager Nuno Espirito Santo, who said last week:
"Harry is our player, period. No need to talk about anything else. Now is the moment for Harry to recover his energy, to rest."When he comes again we will have time to speak. We will have good conversations, but now is the moment for Harry to rest and to prepare for what’s coming, and I’m looking forward to him joining the group and start working together."
When asked if he needed clarity on Kane's future, he added: "I have no doubts in my mind. I have no doubts."
