Tottenham striker Harry Kane may have been pictured in the club’s brand new kit on Friday morning, but it does not necessarily guarantee that he will be at White Hart Lane next season.
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The England international, who has scored 30 goals in all competitions this season, has been linked with a £45million move (via Mirror Online) to Manchester United in the summer as Louis van Gaal looks to add more fire-power to his squad.
Spurs appeared to quash those rumours by releasing images via their official Twitter account of the 21-year-old in their new kit, but they have been down this road before.
Take a look at four examples of players who have given their respective club supporters false hope by modelling their club’s new kit before departing in the same summer:
4) Patrick Vieira – 2005/06
When Vieira scored the winning penalty against Manchester United in the 2005 FA Cup final and then was seen in Arsenal’s home-kit for their last season at Highbury, few could have imagined that he would have departed for Serie A outfit Juventus in the following summer.
3) Alex Song – 2012/13
The Cameroon international was an important player for the Gunners in the 2011/12 season and that form attracted the interest of Barcelona in the following summer and despite modelling in the Gunners new away kit, he was sold to the Catalan giants just before the season kicked off in 2012.
2) Luis Suarez – 2014/15
After angling for a move to Arsenal in the summer of 2013, Suarez scored 31 league goals in the following season as Liverpool came agonisingly close to claiming a first league title in over two decades.
While Kop fans were given encouragement that he would stay at least one more season after seeing him model the brand new home kit, they were ultimately left disappointed as he departed for Barcelona last summer.
1) Gareth Bale -2013/14
The former Tottenham star was sensational in the 2012-13 season as he almost carried the club to a Champions League place, but left the following the summer to join La Liga giants Real Madrid despite donning the new Spurs kit for promotional purposes throughout pre-season.