Staff at Tottenham have been planning for the likely departure of Harry Kane for weeks.
Sportsmail can reveal that while chairman Daniel Levy has been prepared to dig his heels in, there has been an acceptance throughout the club for some time that Kane will leave this summer.
Sportsmail revealed in February that Spurs had placed an unofficial price tag of more than £150million on the England captain.
At that time, Tottenham made discreet enquiries about the terms required by Borussia Dortmund forward Erling Haaland, only to be put off by demands of £350,000 a week.