Postecoglou explains why he’s ‘not losing sleep’ over Harry Kane’s Tottenham future
Bayern are understood to have lodged a second bid for Kane, price within the area of £70million plus add-ons, after having a gap provide rebuffed by Spurs.
Postecoglou revealed no-one at Tottenham had informed him there was “a decision to be made” over the England captain’s future however the state of affairs threatens to dominate the Australian’s first few months on the membership.
According to reviews in Germany, Kane, who has entered the ultimate 12 months of a six-year contract, is eager to affix Bayern having already agreed private phrases and held nose to nose talks with their head coach, Thomas Tuchel.
Postecoglou insisted he isn’t shedding sleep over Bayern’s aggressive pursuit of his new star participant however admitted he would have a state of affairs to cope with if the dressing room turned unsettled.
“If I say it’s annoying me, it could be deceptive – it doesn’t register,” he said. “I always believe that you’re much better trying to understand what a situation is through your own eyes.
“In my head right now, Harry’s on holiday, he’s on a sunbed and playing with his family and having a great time. That’s the picture I’ve got.
“Now, if other things are going on I’m not going to think about it and the reason I don’t is because he’ll be here in two days’ time [Wednesday] and everything I need to know will be sitting right in front of me.
“So in the meantime, I’m not going to lose time or sleep on conjecture because then you’re jumping at shadows – how much of it is true, how much of it is not true?
“Nothing’s landed on my desk at this moment from anybody at the club to say there’s a decision to be made there. Not even close to that, so because of that I’m looking forward to having Harry here on Wednesday.”
Kane’s future dominated Tottenham’s summer of 2021 under a new head coach in Nuno Espirito Santo, with the England captain refusing to return to pre-season training as scheduled and subsequently missing the opening game of the season.
Asked if he was concerned the situation could drag on for the entire summer, Postecoglou said: “Irrespective of my desires, I’m sure you guys [the media] will make sure it does!
“Again, it’s something I have no control over. What I will deal with is, as I have in the past, what I see day to day. Is it affecting the group? Is it affecting Harry? That’s the only time it will maybe register. It won’t affect me.
Ange Postecoglou faced the media for the first time as Spurs boss on Monday
/ PA“I doubt somebody like Harry would let it affect him in any sort of way because this football club means too much to him and he wouldn’t let it infiltrate the dressing room. I guess it’s how we react as a football club that’s going to be important and that will get tested, for sure.”
Kane was head and shoulders above every one of his teammates last season as Spurs slumped to an eighth-place finish, and Postecoglou says his focus is on building a team to “reflect the individual excellence” of the club’s record goalscorer.
“There’s no doubt that, and I think Harry would say it himself, he wants his team to be successful,” continued the former Celtic boss.
“He’s been very, very successful individually for a long time, pretty much from when he first started at this football club. He would be the first to say that we need a strong team and that’s where my focus is.
“To build a team will reflect the same sort of individual excellence that he’s had in the team context. I’m certainly big on team ethos and making sure we need a strong unit if we are going to be successful and I’m sure that Harry would be the first to voice that needs to be the case.”
There’s going to be loads of doubters which is when your perception and resolve will get doubled.
Postecoglou has by no means beforehand managed in one among Europe’s prime 5 leagues and his appointment on a four-year deal raised some eyebrows, regardless of success in Australia, Japan and Scotland.
He says he’s motivated by proving his doubters improper and desires to realize one thing at Spurs that many would think about ”unsurmountable”.
“It’s the bit I love best,” he said, when asked if he was motivated by being an underdog. “Whenever I reflect on any job I’ve had, it’s not the success that I look back on, it’s the build that I look back on because I know it’s not always going to be smooth, there’s going to be plenty of doubters which is when your belief and resolve gets doubled.
“Not just for me personally, but the whole club, the whole group and I love working through that, getting out the other side and that’s the biggest attraction for me in this position. Aside from being in a massive football club and the premier competition in the world, was the opportunity to do something that people will see in many respects unsurmountable. I love that.”