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TOP STORY: Kane to stay at Spurs after Conte appointment
Tottenham’s appointment of manager Antonio Conte will be enough to persuade striker Harry Kane to stay at the club long-term, says The Sun.
Kane, 28, informed Spurs of his desire to leave in May and was linked with a move to Manchester City. However, no club offered the £150 million fee required by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and though Kane was angry because he believed a verbal agreement to allow him to leave had been broken, the England captain performed a U-turn and insisted he would be staying “this summer.”
The reading of that statement was very much that Kane would try and move on in 2022, despite his contract ending in 2024, but now he seems content to stay under Conte’s leadership.
Tottenham will reportedly be handed £150m to bring in some new players over the coming months and Kane is delighted that Conte was brought in following Nuno Espirito Santo‘s sacking. However, the true test of the striker’s loyalty will come in Spurs’ ability to challenge for the top four of the Premier League.
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13.03 GMT: Villarreal manager Unai Emery has released a statement saying he has decided to stay at the club after talking with president Fernando Roig on Tuesday night.
Former Arsenal boss Emery had been linked with the vacant Newcastle job.
“Through a lot of noise that there was yesterday in another country, inside the club there was transparency and loyalty with the Roig family and my squad. That is most important to me,” he wrote on social media.
“Villarreal is my home and I am committed 100%. Honestly,…
Source : espn
