Tottenham will ‘fall apart’ if they lose Harry Kane this summer, says former Spurs man Jermaine Jenas.
The north London side were rocked after the England captain indicated his desire to leave the club in pursuit of trophies, having so far failed to win any silverware in his club career.
Kane, who opened up on his Tottenham future during an interview with Gary Neville for Sky Bet’s The Overlap, has been the club’s leading scorer for the past six seasons and has 220 goals in 335 games.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Friday Football Social, Jenas insisted Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has to convince the striker it is worth his while staying or risk the club spiralling.
‘Levy has got to prove to Kane that what is coming in with regards to the manager, style of play and players over the next two seasons is going to be a team built to win something,’ Jenas said.
‘And when I say win something, I don’t think a League Cup cuts it with Harry Kane. We are not talking that any more, we are talking a team that can challenge for the title and a team that can be in the Champions League competing in the latter stages on a regular basis.
‘If he sells Harry Kane – the stock of the football club, the look of the football club, they’ve lost the England captain, they’ve got no manager, they’ve got disgruntled players – what happens then to Son Heung-Min and a core group of players that have been successful at the football club? The whole thing falls apart and who holds that together?
‘So Levy has got a lot of problems on his plate because on top of that he is trying to attract a manager, and to attract a top manager you want one of the best strikers in the world.’
Kane has been linked with Manchester City and spoke of his admiration for Kevin De Bruyne, who he named as his dream team-mate when speaking to Neville.
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