Great news for Tottenham as they retain matching rights clause for Harry Kane

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Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of being able to lure Harry Kane back home in the future are still alive thanks to a clause in his Bayern Munich contract.After months of speculation, the 33-year-old finally put pen to paper on a deal with Bayern on Thursday morning, thus bringing to an end the speculation over his future.According to some sources, Kane is now the highest-paid player in Europe after committing himself to the Allianz Arena until 2029.The pay rise is certainly well deserved for the Ballon d’Or winner, but it comes as a blow for Spurs, who were keeping themselves informed of Kane’s situation all through the summer window.However, Tottenham fans may still have some hope that their academy graduate would finish his career back in North London.Photo by SpursWebTottenham have retained their right-to-match clause for Harry KaneWhen Spurs sold their record scorer to Bayern back in 2023, the Lilywhites inserted a right-to-match clause for Kane, which would allow the Premier League club to match any future accepted bid for the striker.However, over recent weeks, Fabrizio Romano and others have been reporting that Bayern were working to remove Spurs’ matching rights for the 33-year-old during their contract negotiations.The Telegraph have now offered some good news to Tottenham by revealing that the Bundesliga giants have not been successful in their attempts to get the clause removed.Despite Kane signing a new deal, Spurs have retained their first-option matching rights on the England captain.While the report says that the Ballon d’Or winner’s complete focus is on winning the Champions League with Bayern, Tottenham’s hopes of bringing him back home one day have still not been eliminated.It is made clear that there is no fixed fee in Spurs’ first-option matching rights. Should a rival club agree a fee for him with Bayern, the Lilywhites will then have the option to decide if they are willing to match the bid.Kane wants to keep open the option of Spurs returnKane has played down talk of returning to the Premier League in the future, insisting that the itch to come back to England is not as great as it was a few years ago.He said back in August: “When I first left (Spurs in 2023), for sure it was something that I thought I’d definitely be coming back. That itch isn’t there as much anymore. I’m extremely happy here in Munich. It’s opened my eyes to a totally different world of football outside of England.“It’s made me appreciate European football even more. With the team we have here, with the manager. My family are really settled here. It’s just about being in the best place possible. I never say never, but, for now, I’m concentrating on Bayern Munich, and we’ll see what the future holds.”However, the fact that his entourage has persuaded Bayern to keep Tottenham’s matching rights clause is significant. That suggests that Kane still wants to keep open the option of coming back to Spurs and breaking Alan Shearer’s Premier League goals record.READ MORE: Tottenham duo James Maddison and Mathys Tel up for Goal of the Month awardThe post Great news for Tottenham as they retain matching rights clause for Harry Kane appeared first on Spurs Web.