Sean Dyche has revealed he might have signed Harry Kane at Burnley for simply £7million in 2014.
The England captain had quite a lot of loans earlier than lastly breaking via in north London, however he might have left the membership completely if Dyche had his method.
An academy product at Spurs, Kane had loans at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester along with his first crew future trying doubtful throughout his early profession.
Nonetheless, within the 2014/15 season he lastly took off, scoring 31 targets in 51 video games in all competitions.
That would have been very totally different although, with Burnley making a name to White Hart Lane forward of that marketing campaign.
Speaking on Ben Foster’s podcast, Dyche stated: “I phoned up about him and on the time, I believe it was Tim Sherwood, instantly stated £7m and we had been out there for like £3m.
“[He was] unproven, and also you’re Burnley. I went to the board they usually stated ‘we are able to’t try this.’
“Now you might need even received, I don’t know, 5 plus add-ons however on the time we had been I believe George Boyd [who would become Burnley’s] document signing on the time for like £3m, so we simply couldn’t do it.”
Attacking midfielder Boyd went on to score 12 goals in 123 games for the Clarets, earning two caps along the way for Scotland before retiring in 2021.
Despite a respectable career, it’s nothing compared to Kane, who’s currently on track to become Spurs and England’s all-time top scorer.
Burnley and Boyd had been additionally relegated from the Premier League of their first season collectively, making the choice to not push the boat out for Kane look much more regrettable.
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