Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp believes Spurs chairman Daniel Levy had no option other than to hand lead striker Harry Kane a bumper new contract, after it was confirmed the England star has signed a deal that will keep him at the club until 2022.
Levy has been reluctant to sanction the kind of wage demands many of Tottenham's Premier League rivals can offer, which has seen a host of star names leave the club in recent years.
Yet Redknapp -- who has knowledge of the set-up at Tottenham as his father Harry worked under Levy's watch during his time as Spurs manager -- suggested the club could not risk losing homegrown hero Kane, and the confirmation that he has signed a new contract is evidence the club is ready to join English football's big hitters.