Harry Kane is a key component of Antonio Conte’s Tottenham project, and the manager believes that Bayern Munich’s public courting of the striker is “a bit disrespectful.”
In recent weeks, reports of Bayern’s interest in Kane have surfaced in the German media. However, manager Julian Nagelsmann recently acknowledged that while the striker would score a lot of goals in the Bundesliga, his team probably lacks the financial resources to make a competitive offer to Spurs.
Conte admitted that he hadn’t heard Nagelsmann’s comments yet after Kane scored a brace in a 2-1 pre-season win over Rangers on Saturday, but couldn’t hide his annoyance at Bayern talking about his player in public.
“Honestly I didn’t hear this,” Conte began. “For sure I’m a coach who doesn’t talk about players from other teams. I don’t know why [this happened]. The situation at Tottenham is very clear. The plan is very clear with the club. Harry is a part of the project. He is a very important part of the project and yeah only rumours.
“At the same time I repeat I don’t like to speak about players from another club. If I want to do something I go to speak to the club, not through the media. I think maybe it’s a bit disrespectful for the other club. This is my way. This is my way to face the situation with other players.”
A six-year contract that Kane signed in 2018 still has two years left to run when he turns 29 the following week.
