Why Harry Kane & Manchester United both have a 'Big Decision' to make this summer
The Athletic FC Podcast
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🗓️ 28 March 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke and Adam Crafton to reflect on Steven Gerrard's recent comments about Harry Kane and the 'big decision' he is once again facing over his future at Spurs...
Has the lure of winning silverware elsewhere been softened by breaking both the England and Tottenham all-time scoring records and does the modern striker pride individual records over team success? Is Manchester United the only realistic domestic option for Kane and can they afford him this summer amid FFP concerns?
Plus, how Spurs' plan to hire 'win-now' managers like Conte and Mourinho in order to satisfy Kane's ambitions, backfired, what kind of manager they could turn to next and how Kane's arrival at Manchester United would impact Marcus Rashford's resurgence.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, according to Stephen Gerard, England's all-time leading goal scorer, Harry Kane, has a big decision to make this summer. |
| 0:13.1 | Already a legend at Tottenham, a club without a permanent manager again. |
| 0:16.7 | The next time he pulls on an England shirt in June, there will be less than a year to run on that six-year deal. |
| 0:26.2 | I'm Mark Chapman and here we go again. |
| 0:32.3 | This is the chance to score for the 54 and record-breaking time for England. |
| 0:42.3 | It's Kane from the penalty spot again. |
| 0:47.7 | And there is his immortal moment. |
| 0:51.3 | It's Kane. |
| 0:52.5 | England have a two-goal lead. can't is England's priceless gem. |
| 0:58.0 | In terms of where could he go, I felt that May United might be the option, |
| 1:05.0 | or does he just want to achieve things at Tottenham? But while there's this chaos at the club, |
| 1:09.0 | it certainly doesn't help the cause of wanting to keep your star player because it's got a big decision to me career-wise |
| 1:14.2 | I've been near myself where you're thinking oh you know is my team good enough to get me the medals |
| 1:18.5 | am i going to get out of my career what I want to get so with us for this one the athletics |
| 1:26.9 | Adam crafting along with our Tottenham and England correspondent, Jack Pitt, Brooke. |
| 1:31.6 | If you were a Tottenham fan, would you even listen to this? |
| 1:34.8 | No, and I would send tweets to all of us involved, say, you're trying to sell Harry Kane again. |
| 1:42.4 | You're trying to sell Harry Kane again. |
| 1:44.6 | It's all the media ever do, a reaction that I'm now used to, and which I have a little bit of sympathy for, |
| 1:49.0 | because it doesn't really happen. I can't think of another example of this happening to other club, |
| 1:54.7 | like another club where everyone tries to speculate their best player away from the club. |
| 2:00.8 | I think that's a very fair point, Adam, because a bit later on, although you're |
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