Harry Kane would never leave Bayern Munich to sign for Arsenal.
That’s the view of former teammate Aaron Lennon who has first-hand knowledge of Kane’s affection for the north London club.
The England captain is once again showing his worth for Bayern having netted a staggering 29 goals in as many games this season.
His latest goal was the winner in the 2-1 Champions League play-off round victory at Celtic on Wednesday.
Details of Kane’s apparent release fee clause were made available this week with the figure now set at £67million – a fee that could have been activated in the January transfer window.
The news coincides with a potential season-ending injury to Arsenal’s Kai Havertz while Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka are also out injured.
The triple blow could prove fatal for Arsenal and their outside chance of pipping Liverpool to this season’s Premier League title.
Arsenal’s hopes of bolstering their attack ahead of next season’s assault on the title may prove frustrating with a lack of top-class strikers on the market.
One striker that could be available is Kane, however his affiliation with Spurs could prove to be a stumbling block for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta.
Kane is Tottenham’s all-time leading goalscorer with 280 goals in 435 games and despite Darren Bent insisting he would like to see Kane at Arsenal, Lennon says there is little chance of it materialising.
“I’m not buying that, not a chance in the world Harry Kane goes to Arsenal,” Lennon told talkSPORT.
“I think he goes to a better club (when he leaves Bayern) or he finishes his career back at Spurs. There’s no chance he goes to Arsenal, can you imagine what that would do? (to the Tottenham fans)”
There is no love lost between Kane and Arsenal. The striker has netted 15 times against his former foes including a penalty at the Emirates in last season’s Champions League quarter-final victory.
If Kane made the controversial decision to move to Arsenal, comparisons would initially be drawn to Sol Campbell’s infamous free transfer from Spurs to Arsenal in 2001.
Even 24 years on from his move across north London, Campbell is still ridiculed by Tottenham fans who were quick to label him with the nickname ‘Judas’.
Lennon saw first hand what it was like to witness Campbell’s return to Tottenham as an Arsenal player, something he describes as hatred.
“I remember playing in a couple of games when Sol came back, they were a couple of my early derbies.” Lennon added.
“I remember being in the warm up and thinking what are these boos that are going on? Big Sol came jogging out and I was like ‘wow’.
“He’s hated like you wouldn’t believe.”
For now, any notion of Kane leaving is merely hypothetical particularly as he remains Bayern’s primary source of goals.
Kane has also expressed his happiness at life in the Bundesliga with his well-documented trophy drought set to finally end.
“What I can say is that I’m very happy at FC Bayern. No comment on the clause,” he told Sky Germany.
Following Wednesday’s win at Celtic, he added: “I think whenever you win a game like this you can always be pleased because it’s not an easy place to come.
“There were plenty of areas in the game where we could have done better and need to improve on for next week.
“Overall we scored at the right times; just before and after half-time. Obviously it’s a shame to concede a goal but it put us under pressure towards the end so we had to stay strong.
“We did that well and we’re happy to take the lead back to our home (Allianz Arena) next week.”