Harry Kane had only had 2 seasons in the PL at the point that we wanted to sign Mane and we rewarded Kane with a new contract on higher wages than Mane asked for anyway so Mane wouldn't have been on more money than Kane.
We also gave Hugo Lloris a new contract in 2016 that had higher pay than Mane was asking for.
Interestingly enough when we passed up the opportunity to sign Mane that summer (we were his preferred destination at that time) he actually then went and had conversations with Man Utd and had a deal agreed there ready to sign before Liverpool came in late and got him.
What are your sources for all of this? I googled 'Tottenham Mane wages' and there were two articles from the Sun and Daily Mail saying we didn't match his wage demands (with no quotes), vs three articles with a quote from Mane's agent saying that Mane's decision wasn't based on wages:
"Sadio had five offers in the summer and financially all of them were good," Bezemer said.
"We wanted the right team, with the right coach at the right moment to arrive at the next level. That is the reason Sadio went to Anfield."
Feels like we can all choose to believe whatever we want to?!