LONDON — For so long, Tottenham could not seem to envision a future without Harry Kane, just as no other team could ever truly plan for his arrival. He was too crucial, too prolific, too loyal. His exit in search of any kind of silverware — something Spurs could never deliver — had been speculated for years but always seemed surreal, like some kind of horrid fever dream. That tomorrow, it seemed, would never quite come.
Until, earlier this month, when it did.
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Kane made a £120 million ($152m) move to Bayern Munich last Saturday, finally ending his storied 19-year association with Tottenham that saw him emerge from the club’s youth ranks and become the best English scorer in a generation. And so, that future without their record scorer has arrived: first, in a 2-2 draw away to Brentford to kick off their