HARRY KANE appeared to wave goodbye to Tottenham fans last night after their defeat to Aston Villa.
And he has told Gary Neville he wants to be on the level of Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.
Meanwhile, Chelsea are showing interest in Robert Lewandowski, with the 32-year-old poised to leave Bayern Munich this summer.
And Lionel Messi could also leave Barcelona this summer, with Manchester City favourites to sign the Nou Camp icon.
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KANE LEGACY
Jamie Redknapp claims Harry Kane may lose his legendary status at Tottenham if he joins London rivals Chelsea at the end of the season.
Redknapp told Sky Sports: “He’s a Tottenham legend – maybe not if he goes to Chelsea because that won’t go down well with the fans.
“But I can picture him in that Man City team, getting chance after chance after chance, winning trophies and working with one of the greatest managers ever to work in football.
“I think it would be a good move for him”
GETTY IMAGES NO QUIT
Arsenal great Dennis Bergkamp insists Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek will keep trying in his bid to buy the club as he is “not a quitter”.
Bergkamp and fellow Invincibles Thierry Henry as well as Patrick Vieira have backed Ek, who is trying to persuade the Kroenke family to sell.
The Premier League Hall of Famer told Voetbal International: “Daniel doesn’t see a takeover as buying a nice toy.
“We can’t force anyone to sell. I understand that, in addition to that offer, Daniel has now reached out twice to Josh Kroenke and his bankers.
“Whatever Kroenke’s intentions are, it would be good if we at least have a conversation with each other.
“Regardless, Daniel is not a quitter and neither are we. We are here to stay”
RED ALERT
Jamie Redknapp believes Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is set for his “biggest summer” as he has yet to find a replacement for ex-manager Jose Mourinho and also needs to figure out what to do with wantaway star Harry Kane.
Redknapp told Sky Sports: “This is the biggest summer of Daniel Levy’s tenure as the chairman.
“They have got no manager, their star player wants to leave – he has to get this right.
“He has some massive decisions to make”
NOT IN A HARRY
Tottenham star striker Harry Kane claims he is in no rush to make a decision on his career, although he hinted that anything can happen.
Kane told told Gary Neville’s YouTube show, The Overlap: “I never said I’d stay at Spurs for the rest of my career and I’ve never said I’d leave Spurs.
“People might say, ‘he’s desperate for trophies, he needs trophies’, but I feel like I’ve still got almost another career to play.
“I’ve got seven, eight years, kind of what I’ve already had in the Premier League. So I’m not rushing anything, I’m not desperate to do anything”
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL
Tottenham star striker Harry Kane reiterated his desire to play Champions League football during an interview with Gary Neville.
Kane has reportedly informed Spurs of his intention to leave the club at the end of the campaign as the north Londoners failed to qualify for Europe’s elite competition for the second year in a row.
The England international told Neville’s YouTube show, The Overlap: “I want to be playing in the biggest games. This season, I’m watching the Champions League and the English teams doing amazing, and they’re the games I want to be involved in.
“It’s a moment in my career where I have to reflect and see where I’m at. Ultimately it’s going to be down to me, how I feel and what’s going to be the best for me and my career”
HERMOSO VIRTUOSO
Jenni Hermoso was on fire for Barcelona when she bested three Atletico Bilbao players in a matter of seconds with some dazzling footwork.
The striker’s astonishing nutmeg of a trio of her rivals was among the highlights of the LaLiga Women’s champs’ trouncing of Bilbao.
Hermoso, 31, pulled off the stunning four-second feat in the first half of an 8-0 drubbing of their opponents at the Johan Cruyff Stadium.
CHEEKY NANDEZ
West Ham and Leeds are in the race to sign Cagliari defender Naithan Nandez.
Corriere dello Sport have revealed a plethora of clubs hunting down the Argentine, including Inter Milan, Napoli and Roma.
A strong end to the season for the Sardinian club has seen them beat the drop and a reasonable fee will be expected.
THE ENZ JUSTIFY THE MEANS
Enzo Perez produced a man of the match display between the sticks as Covid-ravaged River Plate somehow managed to beat Santa Fe 2-1 last night… despite being a MIDFIELDER.
Amid a coronavirus outbreak at the club that ruled 20 players out of contention for the match, Argentine giants River were forced to improvise for their important Copa Libertadores clash.
With all four registered goalkeepers unavailable, 21-year-old Leonardo Diaz was handed his debut for the club at the weekend but was not on the Copa list.
So up stepped Argentina midfielder Perez. Nursing a hamstring injury, the 35-year-old wouldn’t have been able to run around much outfield anyway, so was logically thrown in goal.
And what followed was an extraordinary performance as River dug deep to keep their Copa dreams alive.
He said: “With all the adrenaline I had I got a little lost and I always used the penalty spot as a reference. To speak about the match has no sense because of what we have lived in this time and what we suffered with Covid-19.”
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Atletico Madrid have reportedly attempted an audacious player exchange with Barcelona.
According to Sport, Joao Felix was offered in a swap deal for Antoine Griezmann.
The players both cost upwards of £100million when the Frenchman swapped the Rojiblancos for Blaugrana in 2019, with Felix heading to Madrid from Benfica as his replacement.
But Barcelona are said to be disinterested in the deal.
FOOTY FIX
Want some Thursday evening footy on the tele?
The best of the entertainment can be found at Prenton Park as Tranmere host Morecambe for first leg of their League Two play-off semi-final.
That game is live on Sky Sports.
In Scotland, Dundee take on Kilmarnock in the first leg of their Premiership play-off tie, also on Sky Sports.
RAUL RETURN
Raul Jimenez has received the all-clear to return next season – but he will have to wear a protective headguard for the rest of career after fracturing his skull.
The 30-year-old Mexican suffered the horrific blow and a brain injury after a sickening collision during the win at Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in November.
Wolves club doctor Matt Perry said in a statement on the club’s official website: “Further match-based rehabilitation will start in July and will be tightly controlled initially.
“This respects the fact that although his recovery appears to be total there is a big step from training to competition.
“We hope and expect that Raul will be able to play a full part in Wolves’ 2021/22 season.
“His skull fracture has now healed well; he will wear a protective headguard to cover the area of the injury for the remainder of his career, but it is adjudged strong enough for him to return to play with this protection.”
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Frank Lampard admits he ‘loved’ Roman Abramovich’s words about him after he was axed by Chelsea in January.
After the difficult decision, the Russian billionaire publicly hailed Lampard for his efforts in an open statement that the latter admits he ‘loved’ and he insisted he holds no grudges.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: “I loved that. I could never sit here and say I have anything but appreciation for what he did for my career.
“I was disappointed because I felt we could change things. I saw games coming up as opportunities to get points.
“Your pride takes a hit. There is no doubt about it. That’s human. But with reflection, I would have been absolutely naive to think it would be any different for myself than it had been for managers in the past.
“History says Chelsea make changes and sometimes they have real success off the back of it.”
EXCLUSIVE
Manchester City dominate our Premier League team of the season based purely on objective data, writes Simon Rice.
There is also room in the XI for Tottenham striker Harry Kane, Manchester United talisman Bruno Fernandes and Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish.
With the 2020-21 season on the verge of conclusion, SunSport teamed up with Carteret Analytics to determine the true best XI.
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NUMBER SEVEN
David Beckham has become the seventh legend inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.
The Class of 92 hero won six league crowns in nine seasons inside the Manchester United first-team, hitting 65 goals in over 250 appearances.
MO FEAR
Liverpool have been warned Mohamed Salah could leave the club this year by former Anfield star Dejan Lovren.
The duo developed a friendship during their time as team-mates and still enjoy a strong relationship.
In an interview with Sky Sports, Lovren claimed it is possible his pal could decide to join one of LaLiga’s big boys.
Lovren said: “I cannot talk in his name about what his plans are but I think he’s similar to me.
“If he’s focused he’s focused there and he showed that with the goalscoring. You never know what can happen in football.”
BELO RUMBLE
Jose Mourinho could land his first Roma signing in the shape of Andrea Belotti.
CalcioMercato detail the Torino striker’s desire to leave after Euro 2020, with one year left on his contract.
Roma are said to fancy their chances with a £25million bid, which may involve a part-exchange of players.
CONTE’S COMMANDS
Antonio Conte will set out his demands for the summer in a meeting with Inter Milan club president Steven Zhang today.
Romelu Lukaku, Nico Barella and Lautaro Martinez are the players he will describe as indispensable, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
That could spark a bidding war for Achraf Hakimi, who has interested Chelsea and Arsenal in recent months, amid the club’s financial woe.
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Roman Abramovich has reportedly told Chelsea not to make the same ‘mistake’ as Arsenal and Tottenham.
The Blues owner is said by the Telegraph to be worried by the prospect of his side celebrating merely qualifying for the Champions League, as they do in North London.
And Abramovich is hoping to turn Thomas Tuchel’s third-placed team into a title-winning force next season.
LEV-ERAGE
Harry Kane is preparing to have an ‘open and honest’ conversation with Daniel Levy over his future.
The striker has admitted he thinks the club’s chairman could be tempted to cash in when they finally have their discussion.
He told Sky Sports’ Gary Neville: “He’s been great with me, always rewarded me with contracts, he’s been fair.
“I’m not sure how the conversation will go to be honest.
“He might want to sell me. He might think, ‘If I can get £100million for you then, why not?’ I might not be worth that in the next two or three years.
“I hope we have a good enough relationship, I’ve been there 16 years of my life so I hope we can have a good honest conversation and see where we’re at.”
KANE ON SPURS EXIT
Harry Kane has opened up on his desire to leave Tottenham.
In a chat with Gary Neville for SkyBet, the striker insisted that the potential transfer would ensure he has ‘no regrets’ in football.
He stated: “I don’t want to have come to the end of my career and have any regrets. So, I want to be the best that I can be.
“I’ve said before, I’d never say that I’d stay at Spurs for the rest of my career. I’d never said that I would leave Spurs.
“I still feel like I’ve still got almost another career to play. I’ve got another seven or eight years.
“I’m not rushing anything. I’m not desperate to do anything. I feel like for sure I’ve got so much more to give. I feel like I can be even better than what I’ve been.”
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Georginio Wijnaldum could miss out on his move to Barcelona if Ronald Koeman is sacked.
The Dutch coach is the driving force behind the move for the Liverpool midfielder, who is out of contract in June.
Football Insider report on the deal being in jeopardy as no contract has been signed and, as you can see below, Koeman could be leaving.
FLICK BOX EXERCISE
Hansi Flick could make a shock move to Barcelona after leaving Bayern Munich.
The German coach had been tipped to take over his national team when Joachim Low departs this summer.
But the Camp Nou could become an option with RAC1 detailing talks between Flick’s camp and club president Joan Laporta.
Ronald Koeman’s position is under threat after a failed LaLiga title bid and long-linked alternative Xavi Hernandez is not thought to be available.
RED LETTER DAY
Liverpool have released their home kit for the 2021-22 season.
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BREAKING
Sol Bamba has completed his recovery from cancer.
The Cardiff defender was told of his non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis on Christmas Eve.
But after undergoing chemotherapy, Bamba returned to training with the Bluebirds and made an appearance on the field from the bench in Cardiff’s final game of the Championship season.
Now he has received the news his treatment has been entirely successful.
He said: “I’m now cancer free. It is of course an incredibly heartwarming news for my family and I – we are over the moon right now. I really want to thank everyone that has been supporting me.
“Above all, I want to thank the family at the NHS who took such good care of me. I will always be grateful. Thank you to all my family, my friends, of course the club and everyone in the football industry that has helped me face this challenge.”
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Chelsea have made contact over a deal for Robert Lewandowski, it has been claimed.
The Bayern Munich striker has matched the Bundesliga record with 40 goals for the season.
And Sky Sports Germany report on an enquiry which could set off a mega summer deal, with it described as possible that he leaves Bavaria.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
