Spurs chairman Daniel Levy 'laughed himself to death' during Harry Kane transfer negotiations with Bayern Munich, claims Steffen Freund

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy "laughed himself to death" during talks with Bayern Munich over Harry Kane's transfer, according to Steffen Freund.

Spurs sold Kane to Bayern
Protracted negotiations took place
Freund offers insight into talks

WHAT HAPPENED? The former Spurs and Borussia Dortmund midfielder insists that Levy was tickled by the public declaration of Bayern's honorary president Uli Hoeness about Kane, as he said that he felt that Bayern would be able to extricate him from the north London club. Bayern eventually paid €100m (£85m/$108m) for a player who had one year left on his contract, having seen three previous bids rejected, and Freund has suggested that Levy was the winner of the saga.

WHAT THEY SAID: "The interview by Uli Hoeness, Levy laughed himself to death. That didn't bother him very much. I'm sure in the end he got the prize he wanted and Bayern had to give in," Freund told ran.de.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: German icon Lothar Matthaus has claimed that Bayern were "blackmailed" into paying such a fee for Kane, who has already opened his account for the club with a goal against Werder Bremen in his Bundesliga debut.

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