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Jamie Redknapp reveals what Harry Kane told him about Tottenham target Mathys Tel

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Former Tottenham striker Harry Kane is one of Mathys Tel’s current teammates (Picture: Getty)

Jamie Redknapp has revealed Harry Kane’s assessment of his Bayern Munich teammate Mathys Tel as Tottenham close in on a move for the young forward.

Tel put a host of top European clubs on red alert when he told Bayern that he would like to leave the club before the end of the January transfer window.

The Frenchman has started just four games in all competitions this season and has found regular minutes hard to come by in Vincent Kompany’s side, in part due to the goalscoring exploits of former Spurs captain Kane.

However, his former side may now be the beneficiary of Tel’s desire to move, with reports suggesting that the north London club have agreed a €60 million (£50.2m) deal to sign the 19-year-old.

The versatile forward has also attracted interest from Manchester and Chelsea but has not made a final decision on which club he will join.

However, if Tel does choose to join Spurs then Kane believes his former club will have picked up a great talent, according to Redknapp.

‘He’s a very talented player, that’s for sure,’ Redknapp said when asked about Tel on Sky Sports News.

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Tel is set to leave Bayern by the end of the January window (Picture: Getty)
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Harry Kane’s goalscoring exploits have kept Tel out of the team (Picture: Getty)

’19 years of age and Tottenham have obviously signed a lot of good young playuers in the las few years. That seems to be the profile of what they are trying to get.

‘I messaged Harry Kane earlier on and he was very complimentary about him.

‘First of all, he said he was a great guy; wants to work, good trainer, a good finisher and has a lot of potential.’

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Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp (Picture: Getty)

Redknapp, however, did raise a concern about the sizeable fee that Tottenham have agreed to pay for Tel and questioned whether the Frenchman will get the regular minutes he craves in Ange Postecoglou’s side.

‘It’s a lot of money, 50 million, for a 19 year old,’ he added. ‘You can’t think of too many others players at that age that have cost much more.

‘He can play across the line… but there’s still Son (Heung-Min), there’s still (Dejan) Kulusevski and (Dominic) Solanke when he is fit.

‘So there’s probably not a guarantee that he’ll come in as a regular starter but trying to get in front of Harry Kane at Bayern Munich is not easy as we know.’

Tel, however, will likely provide some immediate respite and cover for Spurs’ squad which remains ravaged by injury.

James Maddison was the latest key player to be ruled out due to injury, meaning Tottenham are without eight senior first-team players due to various knocks.

There was some positive news, though, with centre-back Micky van de Ven able to make his return having played just once since late October due to two separate hamstring injuries.

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