Tottenham ‘legally’ had to have ‘a word’ with pundit over his comments – Jordan claims

After Tim Sherwood went on the record to claim Tottenham Hotspur were once prepared to sell Harry Kane for £600,000, Simon Jordan has said that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is not happy with the claims.

Sherwood was Tottenham manager for six months back in 2013, after being promoted from his role as assistant manager.

Despite leaving the club almost a decade ago, the former player turned pundit has plenty to say about Spurs still, and he isn’t afraid to be a little controversial with his comments.

When he was in charge of Tottenham, Sherwood gave first-team opportunities to Harry Kane ahead of Roberto Soldado. Obviously, that worked out for the best, as Kane has gone on to become a club legend now.

In a recent appearance on Up Front with Simon Jordan, Tim Sherwood claimed Daniel Levy was not happy with his decision to drop Soldado and said the club wanted to sell Kane for just £600,000. Those comments have now been brought into question.

Levy refutes Sherwood’s claim about Harry Kane

Speaking to talkSPORT, Jordan has revealed how Levy feels about Sherwood’s comments and suggests the former Spurs boss may not have been entirely accurate when recounting his version of events.

Jordan said: “Do I think Tim Sherwood was being disingenuous? I think he was being misrepresentative.

“I think he was shrouding the observations that he made, in a characterisation that suited him. But disingenuity? I don’t know.

“He made observations about his [own] contract status, which with Tottenham, we have very different information on, in terms of the interview. Seemingly,

“Tottenham think he had a contractual status that was akin to what I was saying (an 18-month deal, not 12).”

And on Kane, Jordan added: “The argument about the transfer fee, it’s a matter of fact. Tottenham didn’t get offered £150 million (from Manchester City), so there is no point in Tim spouting that nonsense.

“The observations about Harry Kane being prepared to be sold somewhere else for £600k, well, Daniel Levy refutes that. I think legally they had a word with Tim about it.

“There’s an element of, like a lot of times in football, people saying things they think they can get away with, and then subsequently finding out they possibly can’t.”

Spurs Web Opinion

It’s often best to take anything Tim Sherwood says with a very big pinch of salt, and this situation just proves that.