Harry Kane may prevent Tottenham from signing a top centre-back target

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Tottenham Hotspur are keen on signing an England international in January, but Harry Kane may now stop the North London club from being able to complete a deal.

Spurs Web has relayed several reports over recent weeks suggesting that Tottenham want to add a top-class defender to their squad in January.

Over recent days, some sources have claimed that Tottenham have moved to the front of the queue to land Marc Guehi following the Crystal Palace man’s failed move to Liverpool on transfer deadline day in the summer.

However, it has been made clear that the North Londoners will not have a free run at Guehi, with the likes of Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Real Madrid and Barcelona also circling over the England international.

Harry Kane may prevent Tottenham from landing Marc Guehi

Journalist Graeme Bailey has now revealed that Spurs might have one more club to contend with in the race for the Palace captain: Bayern Munich.

In fact, he revealed that it is Spurs legend Kane who has recommended the signing of Guehi to the Allianz Arena hierarchy.

Bailey told TBR Football: “We are told that [Michael] Olise and [Harry] Kane have recommended Guehi to club officials – but they are already well aware of Guehi’s situation.

“They took the chance to see Guehi in action against Alexander Isak at the weekend, and will have no doubt departed Selhurst Park, impressed with what they saw.

“Guehi, as I have previously said, is emerging as one of the most wanted potential Bosman free transfers in history – in terms of how many top clubs want him and are looking at landing him. It really is every major club in Europe.”

Do Spurs have a realistic chance of signing Guehi?

It was widely reported that Guehi had rejected Tottenham’s advances during the summer transfer window.

It is difficult to believe that the centre-back’s mind would have changed in just a matter of weeks, particularly given that he is wanted by many of the biggest clubs in Europe.

At the very least, Tottenham need to be in touching distance of the top of the Premier League table and in the knockout stage of the Champions League when January rolls around to have a chance of convincing the 25-year-old to come to N17.