Tottenham: Did Harry Kane say his final goodbyes to the Spurs fans?

It appeared as if Harry Kane said his final goodbyes to Tottenham fans following their 1-2 loss to Aston Villa at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The striker walked a lap around the pitch applauding the returning Spurs supporters, who did not enjoy their time back in the stadium.

It was one to forget for all in North London and what went on during the 90 minutes of football, probably epitomised their entire Premier League campaign perfectly.

The game started with Tottenham on the front foot when they took the lead through Steven Bergwijn.

Not long after another Spurs player found the back of the net – sadly, this was in his own net. Fullback Sergio Reguilón with a marvellous volley beat his own goalie, Hugo Lloris, to even out the scoreline.

Just before it read 40 minutes on the clock, Villa applied what would be regarded as the final blow, the go-ahead goal where Ollie Watkins took advantage of a Reguilón error – the left-back really had a torrid time.

The game saw a quiet second half play out with no goals scored by either side. Kane, himself had nothing in the locker to try and save a point or more.

Tottenham now at threat of finishing lower than seventh place

After the poor result against the Villains, the North London side moved down one place from sixth to seventh and are now on 59 points.

The is a big worry as they could still end lower than seventh before the Premier League campaign concludes.

Below them, Everton and neighbouring rivals Arsenal, who sit in eighth and ninth place respectively, could overtake Spurs in the standings.

The Toffees brag the same number of points as the Spurs but a better goal difference gives the London side the upper hand.

Their closest rivals Arsenal are only one point off them – so it is all to play for on the final day with Everton taking a trip to the Etihad to play Manchester City and the Gunners entertaining Brighton.

Adding to the possibility of them dropping down in the table standings, Spurs play Leicester City at the King Power.

The Foxes are involved in a three-way tango with Chelsea and Liverpool for a spot in next year’s Champions League competition. They are one of the toughest opponents to play on closing day.

Nothing to keep Harry Kane interested in staying

Despite suffering from defeat yet again, it has been a normal and productive campaign for Harry Kane – both he and Mohamed Salah are joint first and leads the race for the Premier League Golden Boot.

Added to his prolific number of 22 goals for the season, Kane leads the Premier League in assists as well, with 13 assists provided in a turbulent run.

All English Premier League

That means, of the club’s 64 goals for the PL term, the striker has been involved in 35 of them. That’s a goal involved of 54.69% for the Englishman.

To produce these numbers almost every season and to still not have a major trophy in the cabinet, is a cause for concern and reason enough for one of the best number 9’s in Europe to leave the North London club.

Following the termination of ex-boss Jose Mourinho, nothing has really developed strongly enough about a replacement of the same quality or, better quality than Jose for the season ahead and beyond – this cannot be encouraging for Kane.

This, coupled with the fact nothing has improved drastically under the stewardship of Ryan Mason, gives little to convince him a stay would be in his best interest.

After Wednesday night’s lap of honour while applauding the fans, even though they lost, the question is what will Harry Kane be sold for in the summer.