10 times footballers went AWOL – starring paintballing, weddings and dead grandmas

Harry Kane
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The transfer saga involving Harry Kane leaving Tottenham Hotspur, in truth, began last season. But throughout the England captain's "will he, won't he" tussle between Manchester and north London, he's not made a big deal of going.

Until now, perhaps. We still don't know the exact reason that Kane didn't make Tottenham training this morning but with his name linked with Manchester City every few days, you can be sure of fans putting two and two together on this one to suggest their own reasons for his disappearance.

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Jon Spurling

Jon Spurling is a history and politics teacher in his day job, but has written articles and interviewed footballers for numerous publications at home and abroad over the last 25 years. He is a long-time contributor to FourFourTwo and has authored seven books, including the best-selling Highbury: The Story of Arsenal in N5, and Get It On: How The '70s Rocked Football was published in March 2022.