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Tottenham boss Postecoglou bristles over Kane exit claims: Unfair!

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has rubbished suggestions about Harry Kane's move to Bayern Munich.

The England striker swapped Spurs for the German giants in the off-season, but is yet to win a trophy.

Bayern are out of the German Cup, while Bayer Leverkusen have won the Bundesliga.

"No, I don't think that's fair," said the Australian when asked if Kane's move was a failure if he doesn't win a trophy this term.

"I'm not going to speak for Harry, for God's sake.

"But I don't think that's the only reason he left. I think he was pretty clear that he wanted a different experience and I think there's nothing wrong with that.

"That's been my whole career. He was at one club for a very long time. He was at a point where he either makes a decision to stay and become a one-club man, which is fair enough, or he can experience something different as a footballer, maybe as a person.

“I don't know. These are questions for him.

“But I don't get this notion that he just moved just to win things.

“I don't think if he had stayed here he didn't think he was going to win things.

“I just think he wanted a different experience and he's getting that.

“I'm sure at the end of his career, if that was his reasoning behind it, he'll find that it does. It gives you a real broad experience about what football is about, what life is about. I don't think that's fair on him.

“Ultimately all these decisions you make about your personal career… I know every decision I've made in my career, it's very hard for other people sometimes to understand because they're not living my life. They're not with my family or with the people around me to know why you come to these decisions.

“They're very rarely around too many simplistic things. Most of the time there's a whole range of factors that you put into it."

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