Gary Lineker urges Harry Kane to QUIT Tottenham for Bayern as ex-Spurs ace makes grim prediction for old club
GARY LINEKER has urged Harry Kane to quit Tottenham and sign for Bayern Munich.
The 30-year-old England captain is a target for the German champions, who have made a new offer of £86million plus add ons.
Lineker, who scored 80 goals in 138 games for Spurs, told SunSport: “I think Harry will leave Tottenham – and he should do. I think he wants to go and that they will make it happen.
“The time is right for him, and the right club has come in for him. Munich is a lovely city and Bayern are one of the great clubs in world football.
“Alan Shearer is willing to drive Harry to the airport because he wants to keep his Premier League goalscoring record intact.
“But Harry is already the all-time record scorer for England and Tottenham.
“The game is about winning team honours rather than individual records and that is what Harry needs.
“I don’t see Spurs finishing even close to the top four next season.
“And if Harry doesn’t win trophies with Bayern then he really must be a jinx.”
Kane is second to Shearer in the all-time Premier League scoring charts – with 213 goals to the Geordie’s 260.
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But Match of the Day host Lineker, who moved from Everton to Barcelona after winning the World Cup Golden Boot in 1986, believes Kane will never regret moving to a major club on the continent.
Lineker said: “It was a great experience for me, one I never regretted.
“And Munich is a great city where everyone speaks English, although my one piece of advice for Harry would be to learn the language because that will earn him greater respect.
“Harry’s family will be happy and settled there – and with next summer’s Euros in Germany, it could even help England if Harry is playing his club football there.”
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is believed to be holding out for a fee of at least £100m but Lineker claims it makes sense for the club to sell now rather than risk losing the striker on a free next summer.
Lineker, part of Tottenham’s last FA Cup-winning team in 1991, said: “In no way can you argue that it would be good for Spurs to lose Harry, even in the long-term.
“It’s not just his goalscoring, but his assists, his all-round game and his leadership qualities.
“But when he is entering the last season of his contract, then for me it makes sense for Spurs to take £80m or £100m now rather than risk losing him for nothing.
“Spurs have a new manager in Ange Postecoglou, who did a great job at Celtic, but they are rebuilding and this job is going to be a major test for him.”
Gary Lineker was speaking at the launch of his new podcast ‘The Rest Is Football’ with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards.
The first episode is released on Monday.
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