ST Totteringham opens one eye and wonders. Is the archangel of north London’s anaesthetic about to wear off at last?

Possibly, but the prospect of Arsenal finishing above Spurs again seems to be generating extra reasons for panic up the road and once again we are onto that never-ending story of how long the current Spurs manager of the day will stay in their job – and whether Harry Kane will finish his career there.

You could probably go to sleep for five, maybe ten years and when you wake up find the exact same discussions will still be going on.

How Kane found himself locked up in such a lengthy contract suggests he doesn’t have the best advisers around him, so let me step into the role and tell him: Harry, sign a new contract at Spurs, I want you to stay…

This may seem like the most foolhardy suggestion of them all in our enduring game of one-upmanship with Tottenham. Kane has ruined so many weekends on his way to being our rivals’ joint record goalscorer. Yes, there’s been a lot of penalties, but his contribution to that football club has been unrivalled.

He’ll never eclipse Thierry Henry because Henry had a better goals to games ratio but the lad has done well.

The reason I want him to stay and ruin more of my weekends is simple though. I can’t honestly write about how Manchester City and Chelsea distorted the national game – as soon will Newcastle – with obscene financial power each week, while hoping a player nurtured so well by Tottenham should dump his true love for dubious riches elsewhere.

Of course his head was turned by City a couple of summers ago and he must feel some envy as Erling Haaland enjoys what might have been. But Kane, for now, remains a poster boy for academy produce and loyalty.

There is no chance at all that his talent will be rewarded with the trophies it has merited. Spurs would have to win at least three league titles before he retires to give him the medals he might have won if he had discovered the escape hatches found by Kyle Walker, Gareth Bale and so on.

By staying with the club, however, he shows us a pure connection with the fans and that a glimpse of what we’ve lost still flickers somewhere in a game flattened by ugly money.

He should stay. Break the all-time Premier League record – he’s certainly a better player than Alan Shearer – and get his statue outside the stadium.

Showing grandchildren medals is overrated.