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Can Manchester swap options tempt Daniel Levy? Tottenham identify City's Gabriel Jesus and United's Anthony Martial as potential part-exchange options for Harry Kane exit... as Spurs started their star striker replacement plans several weeks ago

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.

This newspaper revealed in February that Spurs had placed an unofficial price tag of more than £150million on the England captain.

Tottenham staff have been preparing for Harry's Kane's exit from the club for some time now
Spurs owner Daniel Levy has been looking into potential replacements for several weeks

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.