Maybe it’s the international break or maybe it’s just Tottenham Hotspur fans latching onto spurious speculation and huffing the hopium, but there’s been a fair amount of background chatter about Harry Kane coming home this summer. How much of this is plausible and how much is just rank speculation isn’t particularly clear, and now Kane himself has opened up about it and his answers don’t clarify anything at all!
In quotes reported by Goal.com, Kane responded to the rumors of him returning to Tottenham
this summer and said… well, basically nothing. Which, honestly, is par for the course when it comes to Harry Kane speaking on transfer speculation.
“I’m not sure (if I’ll go back), I’m very happy here in Munich. It’s not something I’m thinking about. It’ll always be “we” (with Spurs) because I spent my whole life there. I’m a fan of them and will always watch them and see how they’re getting on. They will always be a part of my life for sure but as for now, I’m loving it here.
“It was great to see (them win a trophy this year). I’ve got a lot of friends there with the players and staff.
“We know how long we waited and how close we’d come in the past so it was big for everyone – the fans, the club and all involved to have that feeling and get that one over the line. That’s always important and hopefully they can push on and win more.”
A couple of things — he used the word “we!” That feels slightly important, considering how when he was trying to facilitate a move away from Spurs he went on Hot Ones and steadfastly refused to say the words “Tottenham Hotspur,” instead using the phrase “the team I’m on now.” He says nice things about Spurs, and he usually avoids doing that! That feels significant!
That said, the “I’m not thinking about it, I’m happy where I am” is probably the first thing professional footballers learn to say in Media Literacy class. It’s the kind of phrase designed in a lab to neither dismiss nor fully shut down any speculation, to address the issue without actually addressing it at all. And I will say that Harry Kane is exquisitely media trained — you almost have to be when you’re a superstar at his level. It takes a superb amount of training and personal discipline to say nothing at all while saying so many words.
So is Harry Kane coming back to Spurs this summer? Dude, I have no idea. Ask him. Oh, someone did? Well, what did he say? Nothing? Cool. Guess we get to talk about this for the next eight months then.