Revealed: How best man Harry Kane told guests at brother's wedding he was 'set to join Man City for record £160m deal earning £400,000-a-week'... and could join new teammates living in upmarket Cheshire villages
Harry Kane confirmed he was leaving Spurs for Manchester City in a British record £160million deal earning him £400,000-a-week while best man at his brother's wedding last weekend, it emerged today.
The England captain, 27, led his team to the Euro 2020 final this month with his four goals in the tournament said to have added £20million to his price tag with one source declaring: 'His value has never been higher.'
A 'delighted' Harry is reported to have confirmed his move to family and friends while best man at the wedding of his older brother Charlie, who is also his agent, and got married last Sunday.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy called his star player on Friday - two days before the wedding - to tell Mr Kane that the move he has pushed for all summer is on, with Man City expected to pay £160million to the North London club and £104million over five years to the striker, according to The Sun.
A source said: 'Harry is delighted. He never wanted to leave on bad terms. His value has never been higher'. The deal would be the third highest in world history - with the record being Neymar's £198million transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain.
Harry will now be planning to move to the north-west with his personal trainer wife Kate, and their three children Ivy, four, Vivienne Jane, two, and Louis, six months, leaving behind their £17million rented mansion.
The family have just returned from a holiday in the Caribbean, with Harry renting a private jet to the Bahamas with his best friends from Spurs, Eric Dier and Ryan Mason. But he won't be joined by teammate Heung-Min Son, who has signed a new four-year contract with Spurs.
He is expected to rent or buy in Cheshire's 'Golden Triangle' includes Wilmslow, Knutsford, Alderley Edge and Prestbury, where Manchester City and Manchester United players live in most of the area's mansions. Raheem Sterling, Kyle Walker and John Stones would be his neighbours.
The star footballer is very close to his family, and may also be looking for properties for his brother and his new wife Hannah, and also his parents Pat and Kim Kane, with the going rate for a large home around £15,000 to £20,000-a-month to rent or up to £10million to buy.
Harry Kane revealed he was leaving Spurs for Manchester City in a world-record £160million deal earning him £400,000-a-week while best man at his brother Charlie's wedding last weekend. Charlie, pictured with his new wife Hannah, his parents and his footballer sibling with his wife Kate is also Harry's agent, who will have been crucial to securing the deal with Pep Guardiola's team
Charlie married his sweetheart Hannah two days after his brother was given permission to leave Spurs
Harry with his wife, brother and parents Kim and Pat, who have kept their son's feet on the ground
Harry Kane will be moving up to the north-west with his wife Kate and their children (pictured together)
Harry will be looking to move to the Golden Triangle in Cheshire - and may be looking for a mansion for himself, as well as one for his parents and his brother and his new wife
Harry's neighbours will include fellow England and Man City stars Raheem Sterling, Kyle Walker, John Stones and Phil Foden with rumours that Pep Guardiola wants to buy Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish for £100million.
Once the deal is cone the Kanes will be leaving behind the seven-bedroom £17million London mansion they rent for £15,000 a week.
Harry and Kate's home comes complete with a state-of-the-art gym, perfect for the sportsman and his fitness instructor wife, with walls covered in Harry's framed shirts.
He also has his own man-cave, sharing an Instagram snap of himself and Ivy watching Peppa Pig, with the legendary player playing computer game, Fortnite on a second screen at the same time.
On the wall, Harry has hung a giant poster of Heath Ledger as The Joker in Dark Knight, with the words: 'Why so serious?' placed on the front.
A peak inside during a tv appearance last year showed the dining table was covered with a variety of consoles and a pile of photographs of the Harry and Kate while on holiday, when he proposed three years ago.
Kane informed Spurs of his desire to leave north London earlier this summer in search of trophies, with Pep Guardiola's Premier League champions his preferred destination.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy stated last month that 'what other clubs want is not always possible to achieve' when speaking to Tottenham's official website on the topic of players who might be the subject of bids in the transfer market.
Harry and Kate will be leaving their current £17m abode complete with a state-of-the-art gym, perfect for the sportsman and his fitness instructor partner, with walls covered in Harry's framed famous number 18 football strips
Harry Kane is reportedly set to join Manchester City in a £160m transfer from Tottenham, with Daniel Levy said to have squeezed an extra £20m out of Man City after his Euro 2020 performance
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Time together: The footballer, worth £160m also has his own man-cave, - he shared a picture of himself and Ivy watching Peppa Pig, with the legendary player playing computer game, Fortnite on a second screen
Their current workout studio comes complete with a bike, ceiling to floor mirrors and a host of other equipment
Alderley Edge: For £12,500-a-month this property in Cheshire could be Harry's
Wilmslow: This 10,000sq ft property is currently on the market for £22,000 per month, comfortably in Harry's price range
Prestbury: Harry would be able to rent this Prestbury mansion for £15,000-a-week
But The Sun claim Levy has agreed to let Kane join a Premier League rival following a U-turn he announced last week, with the England captain reportedly set to earn £400,000 per week at the Etihad Stadium.
The same outlet claims Levy rang Kane and and his elder brother and agent Charlie, 32, to tell them on Friday that he had changed his mind about only letting him leave for a club in Europe.
The report adds the length of Kane's deal at City has yet to be decided but that it will either run for four or five seasons.
Reports last month suggested Spurs had rejected a £100m bid from City for Kane and boss Nuno Espirito Santo revealed last week he was confident Kane would be committed to the cause.
New Spurs director of football Fabio Paratici was also keen to rebuild a team around Kane but the latest reports suggest he will be making a move up north to play under Pep Guardiola.
Kane's desire to leave followed another trophy-less campaign with Spurs, who were beaten 1-0 by City in April's Carabao Cup final at Wembley thanks to Aymeric Laporte's header.
The 27-year-old appeared to put that disappointment behind him by netting four goals at Euro 2020 to help England to the final of the tournament before more heartbreak arrived in the form of a penalty shootout defeat by Italy, again at Wembley.
A move to City this summer would see him link up with Three Lions team-mates Kyle Walker - also a former Spurs colleague - John Stones, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling, with whom he combined so well with at the Euros.
The move would see Kane link up with England team-mate Raheem Sterling at the Etihad. Raheem is likely to be one of his new neighbours
Kane could be joined by fellow England team-mate and Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish, pictured with Man United star Luke Shaw in Mykanos
The Sun however claim City and Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus could be a replacement for Kane at the north London outfit.
The reported £160m fee for Kane would see City smash the English record transfer fee, which is currently the £89m city rivals Manchester United paid Juventus for Paul Pogba in 2016.
The transfer would also be a Tottenham record, with the reported figure for Kane way above the £86m they recouped for Gareth Bale when the Wales star joined Real Madrid in 2013.
City have been desperate for a striker after seeing Sergio Aguero join Barcelona on a free transfer earlier in the transfer window.
The top-flight champions had also been linked with Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland, with Chelsea also in hot pursuit of the Norway striker.
Forward Lukas Nmecha - who joined Wolfsburg in a permanent deal this summer - hinted at a mega-money signing at City after revealing earlier this week that he left because the Manchester outfit are 'getting another top striker'.
'I still had one year of contract,' Nmecha told Kicker after sealing an £11m move to Wolfsburg.
'They're getting another top striker, I don't think my chances would have been very good there.'
Kane won PFA Young Player of the Year in 2014-15 and has also claimed three Premier League Golden Boots, the latest of which came in 2020-21.
The 27-year-old has also been named in the Premier League Team of the Year an unrivalled five times, as well as winning Tottenham's player of the year award twice.
Kane may not be the only England international joining City this summer, with Sportsmail revealing last month the champions are confident an offer of £100m will be sufficient to secure the signing of Jack Grealish despite Aston Villa's move to offer their captain a new contract.