{"id":291690,"date":"2023-09-08T05:19:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291690"},"modified":"2023-09-08T05:19:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:19:08","slug":"harry-kane-shirt-was-snubbed-as-james-maddison-opens-up-on-sale-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/harry-kane-shirt-was-snubbed-as-james-maddison-opens-up-on-sale-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Kane shirt was snubbed as James Maddison opens up on sale demands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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James Maddison reveals the reason he did not want Harry Kane\u2019s iconic no. 10 Tottenham shirt. However, he also gave an unromantic insight into the somewhat unromantic reason that he ended up with it anyway – to boost club shop sales.<\/p>\n

The new White Hart Lane favourite insists the last thing in the world he wanted when he joined was to wear no. 10 – even though it\u2019s his favourite shirt number.<\/p>\n

Spurs fans in Australia were stunned when he was handed the no. 71 shirt instead for a pre-season friendly against West Ham in Perth but it was in line with the club\u2019s decision to give all new signings numbers in the 70s during their tour.<\/p>\n

Conspiracy theorists at the time were adamant that the temporary measure was only in place because the club were bound to sell Harry Kane before the start of the season proper.<\/p>\n

And sure enough, with days of the club\u2019s top scorer leaving for Bayern Munich, Maddison was announced as the new incumbent of the prized digits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want the number ten shirt to become free, to be honest, because that meant one thing,\u201d Maddison said. \u201cSo I was definitely not waiting for the number ten shirt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all got given pre-season numbers – me, Solomon Manor, the new signings, Destiny Udogie.<\/p>\n

Then, when the time comes – because there are ins and outs – it was changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe club has to sell shirts.\u201c<\/p>\n

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Maddison admits that once Kane had gone he did not exactly have to have his arm twisted to accept the new number – an arm which already has \u201c10\u201d inked deeply into it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want Harry to leave but when he did leave and the number ten shirt became free and the club asked me, then of course I wanted to wear it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s my favourite number.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got it tattooed on me, I loved that number growing up as a kid so I was never going to say no.\u201d<\/p>\n

More importantly, Kane\u2019s departure does not appear to have unduly affected the form of a team currently second in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI knew there was a chance Harry could leave but it wasn’t all doom and gloom,\u201d Maddison said. \u201cThere was such a good feel with the new manager coming in and new players, and I didn’t feel any hangover from the previous managers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were connotations around more negative, defensive football and I didn’t feel any hangover from that.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone was on a fresh slate and there was a really good energy and feel about the club. From the moment I went in until now it’s been really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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