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Sean Dyche almost signed Harry Kane for just £7m at Burnley - but saw transfer blocked
Burnley boss Sean Dyche has revealed he nearly signed a young Harry Kane for the Clarets but the club refused to meet Tottenham's asking price.Kane, who is considered one of the best strikers in the world today, is currently banging in the goals for Spurs, where he is a club legend - but things could have been a lot different had his move to Turf Moor gone through.Dyche revealed on Fozcast that his East Lancashire outfit were priced out of signing the England captain.READ MORE: Opera singer spotted going 'full-kit w*****' for Italy vs England national anthemSpeaking on Ben Foster’s YouTube show, Dyche said: “I phoned up about him and at the time, I think it was Tim Sherwood, immediately said £7m and we were in the market for like £3m.'“Unproven, exactly, and you're Burnley. I went to the board and they said 'we can't do that,” Dyche continued.“Now you might have even got, I don't know, five plus add-ons, but at the time we were looking at I think George Boyd [who would become] record signing at the time for like £3m, so we just couldn't do it.