Harry Kane has said he is focused on England's bid for Euro 2020 glory, has not negotiated his Tottenham future or followed the club's chaotic search for a new manager.
The 27-year-old told ESPN of his desire to leave the club this summer, citing sources as Manchester City are preparing a £100million offer with the player as another incentive for Spurs to step down their captain. may also be involved.
Spurs will certainly reject the offer, which was made by chairman Daniel Levy, reluctant to accept an offer from a player which is worth around £150m. The club is also in a strong negotiating position, as Kane has three years remaining on his £200,000-a-week contract.
Levy's more immediate priority is to end his long-running search for a manager who has discussed the vacancy with a raft of candidates since the sacking of Jose Mourinho on April 19.
Former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo is the favorite to take over and the identity of the new man could become a key factor in whether Kane can be persuaded to stay in north London.
However, when asked whether the transfer talk affected his performance for England, Kane said: "No, not at all, to be honest, I feel like that when I come with England. I focus entirely on England. My brother is my agent, but in the last few weeks I've really talked to my brother, 'Good luck, let's get the win, and take England all the way.'
"So it doesn't really bother me about extraneous noise. When I'm here I'm with the boys, I try to help the boys, be a leader on the team. Need to know, see that tickles some players and little boys help them, so I think I have enough on my plate to worry about anything outside England.
"That's where I'm at, and of course I feel like this is one of those where if you're not scoring as a striker, people look for every little angle as to why you score. And maybe that's the case in this tournament. Away, but like I said, as long as I'm focused, I have self-confidence, I'm not worried about anyone else."
Emphasizing whether he has followed Tottenham's managerial pursuit - which includes discussions with Antonio Conte, Paulo Fonseca and Gennaro Gattuso - Kane told reporters at St George's Park: "No, if I completely To be honest, I don't really read anything, no media, and that's all your business... but I honestly don't.
"The only thing I usually do is Instagram and I don't really see anything out there [about discovering Spurs]. There's just more pictures and stuff like that. It's just brutal honesty. I just keep to myself, I watch my series, I'm with the guys who play pool or table tennis. I just try to stay away from them.
"The most important thing is about us as a group and as an employee and as a nation and when you're in these tournament modes, it's sometimes easy to get caught up in amongst other things, but alas, who The experience I've had in the past few tournaments is just to focus on it and do what you can at the moment and don't leave any regrets."
Kane is yet to score at Euro 2020 and failed to register a shot on target in England's first two games as Croatia beat Croatia and drew with Scotland. There were signs of encouragement in their final Group D win against the Czech Republic, which set up a last-16 clash against Germany in front of 45,000 fans at Wembley on Tuesday and Kane believes he can take his form to another level. ready to carry on.
"People are quick to change their minds," he said. "It wasn't that long ago when I won the Golden Boot [as top scorer in the 2018 World Cup] and I was the best thing in the world, people were raving about you.
"That's why I've always said, as a footballer, you can't have too much or too little, you have to have more than neutral mode, confidence is a big deal. I've always believed in myself. I could Go 10, 15 games without scoring but give me a chance and I'll back myself to score it.
"I'm in a good place. On Tuesday night, physically, I'm in the best shape of the tournament so far, and that's what I wanted to go into, I thought maybe in Russia I set fire, too many goals I didn't do my best, then probably in the most important games, the quarters and semis.
"So coming into it, physically, I wanted to make sure I was peaking at the right time and obviously we won't know until Tuesday night if that's the case, but the way I feel, I guess that's how it goes."