Harry Kane has signed a new contract at Tottenham that is set to make him the best-paid player in the club’s history.

Kane has agreed terms on a deal that runs until the summer of 2022 and could eventually be worth more than £100,000 a week – the first time Tottenham would have paid a player that sum outright.

Emmanuel Adebayor earned that amount when he joined Spurs permanently in the summer of 2012 although part of his salary was effectively subsidised by Manchester City.

Standard Sport understands Kane’s basic wage will fall within Tottenham’s wage current structure and will be similar to the £80,000 a week paid to goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

Yet it is thought that this deal has been constructed to take Kane into the same bracket as Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge – as long as he meets certain targets. Vardy collects about £120,000 a week at Leicester while Sturridge is paid about £140,000 a week by Liverpool.

Tottenham finally agreed terms with Kane’s representatives this week after talks were interrupted last month. At the time, Kane was uncertain whether he would be given a contract to reflect his status as the best English forward of the last two seasons.

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It is a huge relief to manager Mauricio Pochettino and chairman Daniel Levy that the season will not be clouded by a Kane contract stand-off.

Although his previous deal had a further three-and-a-half years to run, with the option for another year, Kane could have caused considerable uncertainty by refusing to sign again.

Tottenham would never have considered selling Kane, 23, in the short or medium-term but virtually every elite club in England and abroad was following the situation with interest.

After scoring twice in the 3-2 win over West Ham – Tottenham’s sole victory in their last 10 matches – Kane sought to calm the waters.

He said: “There are not many better feelings than being at White Hart Lane and scoring in a London derby. So yes, I am happy at the club and want to be here for a long, long time – and I am sure I will be.”

Kane has been Tottenham’s most successful home-grown player since their former captain Ledley King, who had to retire in 2012 due to a chronic knee problem.

Kane scored his first goals for Spurs in the 2013/14 season and now has 68 in 128 appearances. He has struck four times in as many matches since returning from a seven-week absence due to an ankle injury.

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