Thats not what I meant ... Unless they plan on getting a wealthy investor, Tottenham can't dream of competing with City/United/Chelsea/Pool with or without Kane.
However they can be like Leicester who in the last 6 years have won the league and FA cup while selling one major player every year: Kante, Drinkwater, Mahrez, Maguire and Chilwell. In a few years, with a better manager and deeper squad who is to say they can't become a CL regular (not a title challenger) which lets face it is the best one can become without a wealthy investor.
In the last 6 years:
United have won 1 FA cup and 1 Europa.
Chelsea have won 1 League, 1 FA cup, 1 CL
Liverpool have won 1 League, 1 CL
Leicester have won 1 League, 1 FA Cup
Leicester's performance is really not that far from these clubs in terms of trophies.
Ah, fair enough.
But you're not 100% accurate: Leicester won the PL with Mahrez and Kante and Drinkwater. Since then they have not been back in the CL. Kudos to them for winning an FA Cup, but they've failed to register a top 4 spot, talk less of challenge for the league, in every season since that magical season. So apart from more money in the bank, Leicester haven't really been able to capitalize on the loss of talent to bigger sides.
Tottenham, stupid bantz aside, have not been able to cross the threshold, but they've been more consistent in terms of being classified as one of the best teams in the league. And that's because of the likes of Kane (and Son and others). The idea of being able to flip Kane for a set of players that will leave Spurs better off in the short and long term sounds nice and FMesque, until you refer to what happened when they sold Bale to Madrid, and the subsequent influx of players (bar Eriksen) all flopped.
You say they have no hope of competing with 4 teams in the league, yet say they can aim to be CL regulars. England has 4 CL spots (less once I seize power). Who is Spurs overtaking in that lot, without the likes of players like Kane? With Kane, there's always a small chance. Without Kane, that probability sinks.
And I'm glad you've highlighted the fact that breaking into serious contention for trophies is impossible without a wealthy investor. Which is why I'm rooting for FFP's ultimate demise, bar a set of strict transfer/wage caps that limit the impact of money in the game for all clubs, both oil and so called "traditional big" clubs. feck the latter, in particular.