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Harry Kane came close to joining former Serie A club Livorno from Tottenham Hotspur at the end of the 2012-13 campaign.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n As per reports from La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/em>, Kane was on Gli Amaranto’s\u00a0<\/i>radar after he spent time on loan at EFL Championship clubs Leicester and Norwich.<\/p>\n The current Serie D side had earned promotion to Italy’s Premier division that summer and were looking for players to help improve their offensive play.<\/p>\n Kane was strongly targeted and a transfer fee of \u20ac500,000 ($567,000) was mentioned. Although there were also whispers a loan deal with an obligation to buy afterwards was more likely.<\/p>\n The current Bayern star and England captain would go on to become a huge success at Spurs. Kane holds numerous records in north London and has several accolades to his name.<\/p>\n His breakthrough for the Lilywhites came in the 2014-15 campaign. However, things could have been very different had the forward moved to Italy when he was still 20.<\/p>\n Armando Picchi, who was the sporting director at Livorno in 2013, said a deal for Harry Kane came close to completing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe sensed something at the time, he had excellent numbers<\/em>,\u201d Picchi said in a recent interview.<\/p>\n \u201cKane was proposed by an agent. He had scored a couple of goals for Leicester in the Championship, the English Serie B<\/em>.<\/p>\n “There was contact, President Spinelli gave it the okay, and we tried to set up the deal for a loan with an option to buy, I don\u2019t remember the figure<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLivorno had just achieved promotion to Serie A, (Davide) Nicola was in the dugout. We were looking for a young striker to revolve around Paulinho. We liked Kane immediately, but the negotiations faded away<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Kane is expected to be back in action on Wednesday as Bayern face Inter in the UCL. The Nerazzuri lead the quarter-final first leg 2-1.<\/p>\n The post Harry Kane Almost Joined Former Serie A Side When He Was 20-Years-Old appeared first on FootItalia.com.<\/p>\nHarry Kane Came Close To Signing For Former Serie A Side In 2013<\/h2>\n