Show caption Tottenham’s Harry Kane believes players can effectively decide their futures. ‘If a player wants to go then why would you stop him?’ he said. Photograph: Tottenham Hotspur FC/via Getty Images Harry Kane Harry Kane happy to stay at Tottenham – if they start winning trophies • Kane: ‘As long as the club keeps doing that then I’m happy here’

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Harry Kane has said he is happy to stay at Tottenham as long as the club starts to win trophies. The striker denied he was in talks over an extension to his contract, which is worth more than £100,000 a week and expires in 2022.

Doubts surrounding Kane’s future have resurfaced after Mauricio Pochettino admitted the England international could not be forced to stay if he wanted to leave his boyhood team.

After scoring twice in Tottenham’s 3-0 FA Cup win over AFC Wimbledon on Sunday, Kane was asked what the club needed to do to secure his long-term future. “I’ve always said, just keep progressing, keep getting better,” Kane said. “We want to start winning trophies so that’s the aim. As long as the club keeps doing that then I’m happy here.”

With Philippe Coutinho having joined Barcelona from Liverpool, Pochettino was asked whether Kane could prove a one-off by not leaving for one of the world’s top clubs. The manager said: “The player needs to choose to stay here, you cannot force the player to stay here.”

Kane was asked more generally about players now having the power to dictate their futures. “If a player wants to go then why would you stop him?” Kane said. “He’s not going to be at the club, he’s not going to want to play every game, he’s not going to put his heart on the line.”

Tottenham are reportedly preparing a deal for Kane worth £200,000 a week but he is not aware of any planned negotiations. “Not that I know of,” he said.