{"id":1211691,"date":"2021-07-07T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T09:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1211691"},"modified":"2021-07-07T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T09:17:21","slug":"harry-kane-union-berlin-tottenham-nearly-joined","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/harry-kane-union-berlin-tottenham-nearly-joined\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;He would&#8217;ve built our attack&#8221; \u2014 The German club Harry Kane nearly joined in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Harry Kane came agonisingly close to joining Union Berlin &#8212; then in 2. 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