Danny Murphy has no worries about Tottenham this season if Harry Kane leaves.
He believes the striker’s exit will actually buy new manager Ange Postecoglou more time and take the pressure off his job, and says the Australian could even find a ‘diamond in the rough’ to help replace the No.10.
“I think Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou will have a plan,” Murphy told talkSPORT.
“I think he would have had an honest conversation with Kane or his representatives and Daniel Levy about the possibility that, if Bayern do reach a certain level, what are they going to do?
“I’d be amazed if they hadn’t done that, because that would be really bad planning.
“I think in some ways it takes the pressure off him [the manager] because if they don’t hit the ground running and they don’t have a great start, people will just elude to the fact, well, they’ve lost the best striker. They’ve lost Kane.
“Tottenham will have to give him some time to work his magic on this new squad and bring somebody in. I think it kind of takes the pressure off him and gives him even more of a free hit than he had previously.
“So I don’t worry for Tottenham and the manager moving forward. He was going to have to make a plan next summer without Harry probably anyway, it’s just brought forward that decision.
“Do you bring someone in, do you give Richarlison a run at it? Do you place Son central or do you go out and find someone?
“And Postecoglou, to be fair to him, he knows the world market doesn’t he, he’s good at finding gems, finding diamonds in the rough.”
