Harry Kane

BusterPhillips said:
Seriously hope city's involvement in this is to drum up interest from manu whilst we get harlaand.
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Let me guess, Kane is injury prone, selfish and doesn’t turn up in the big games?

I really hope we are pretending to be interested as well so the team who finished 2nd (also our biggest rivals) sign the leagues best striker who won the golden boot and finished the season as the leading assist maker.

They might not realise he is any good unless we pretend we are interested. good thinking.

im sorry to be a sarcastic twat but this kind of thinking completely baffles me.
 
OrigamiNinja said:
I don't think that is the case. Sterling has had an awful season, but in normal circumstances most would just write it off as a bad season based on what he has done previously for the club. The problem is his contract situation. Many on here, are not comfortable with him being offered a bumper new deal given his form.

Its similar to the Aguero situation, we are all incredibly thankful for the great years he had given us, but most were aligned with the club that you cant be giving someone £200k+ pw based on sentiment, while they sit in the stands injured.

Same with Sterling. He has had some fantastic years here but giving him approx £300k pw for the next 4/5 years on the premise that he will return to form, is a huge leap of faith given what we are seeing on the pitch. His main backers on here seem convinced its just a blip and next season he will be back on it. What if he isn't? What if he stinks the place out again and his new contract means we cant move for Haaland, or someone else next summer? Everyone ok with the possible scenario?

I think a new contract is a massive risk, others will say not giving him a new deal is just as big a risk. Ultimately the club will do what they think is right and by all accounts that is giving him the new deal. It doesn't mean we all have to agree with it and it doesn't mean there is some kind of agenda against Sterling, just as there wasn't against Sergio.
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I think you're wide of the mark comparing Aguero to Sterling with regards to being offered a new contract. Aguero will be 33 at the start of next season and has had a career plagued by injuries. Sterling is 26 and has stayed relatively clear of injuries. He's actually only had a bad 6 months, up until January his stats weren't too dissimilar to previous years. When you add to that he's one of the most marketable players in the squad then the money side of things doesn't stack up.
 
DMA's said:
Let me guess, Kane is injury prone, selfish and doesn’t turn up in the big games?

I really hope we are pretending to be interested as well so the team who finished 2nd (also our biggest rivals) sign the leagues best striker who won the golden boot and finished the season as the leading assist maker.

They might not realise he is any good unless we pretend we are interested. good thinking.

im sorry to be a sarcastic twat but this kind of thinking completely baffles me.
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you get the feeling some people have internalized the inter-club banter between fans and actually believe players like kane, salah, fernandes are shit because they play for our rivals lol
 
Kane is best for the position, he’s a Pep player creative, defends and scores. He also wants to get even better that’s a scary thought. theres only two maybe better strikers in the world ,one is Lewandowski the other is Maybe, Haaland. No one else is better than Kane. The club want the best replacement he’s the best replacement.
 
Sleeping_Easy said:
I think you're wide of the mark comparing Aguero to Sterling with regards to being offered a new contract. Aguero will be 33 at the start of next season and has had a career plagued by injuries. Sterling is 26 and has stayed relatively clear of injuries. He's actually only had a bad 6 months, up until January his stats weren't too dissimilar to previous years. When you add to that he's one of the most marketable players in the squad then the money side of things doesn't stack up.
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Aguero wasn't offered a new deal because we couldn't get him out on the pitch.

IMO Sterling shouldn't be offered a new deal because he isn't currently good enough to be on the pitch.

You're correct that the money side of things doesn't stack up. I doubt they would stack up for many clubs, never mind one that announced a £126m financial loss for the year. We could be looking at a potential outlay of £75m on a new contract over the next 4 or 5 years. I don't care how marketable he is, we do not get that money back. The decision should be made purely on what he brings to us on the field, that is the only way the numbers can possibly stack up. At the moment the equilibrium between performance v salary must be as messed up as any player in football.

I think we can all agree, that the days of the cost of players and their wages at City not mattering, are long gone. If we are paying someone £10-15m per annum, I would like to think we can be relatively confident about what they might bring to the table season on season. We have no idea which Sterling turns up next year. Given we have to balance the books, I would rather this money was given to Kane or Haaland if tough decisions have to be made.
 
DMA's said:
Let me guess, Kane is injury prone, selfish and doesn’t turn up in the big games?

I really hope we are pretending to be interested as well so the team who finished 2nd (also our biggest rivals) sign the leagues best striker who won the golden boot and finished the season as the leading assist maker.

They might not realise he is any good unless we pretend we are interested. good thinking.

im sorry to be a sarcastic twat but this kind of thinking completely baffles me.
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Brilliant
 
Tricky_Trev said:
If he goes to the rags, they will win trophies. Which ones, I don’t know. But they would win some.
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Yeah but he's not gone to win the trophies, he's going for the money, they might win trophies as a result.

We're better placed to win trophies, why would he choose them genuinely over us?

Money.
 
I think Kane's done all he can to make it clear he wants to sign for City. His comments to Neville about the champs league final and name dropping KDB were as deliberate as it comes. But the deal has to be agreed between the two clubs and Levy is known for being a nightmare on these things, so if he doesn't come it doesn't necessarily mean we weren't in for him.

I understand people have a preference between Haaland and Kane, but signing either strengthens us from this season. Which is a pretty frightening prospect for the rest of the league!

If he ends up at the rags it's a statement of intent from them, but it'll probably mean they can't strengthen in other areas and another forward is probably the least of their worries. All very well and good having Kane and Fernandes but their other attacking players seem to be inconsistent and when its Fred, Mctominay and whoever is playing CB next to Maguire that week behind them I still think they're a way off the level of Liverpool and certainly us. Not to mention the abundance of mediocrity that makes up the rest of their squad.
 
Bellamy's Caddy said:
I think Kane's done all he can to make it clear he wants to sign for City. His comments to Neville about the champs league final and name dropping KDB were as deliberate as it comes. But the deal has to be agreed between the two clubs and Levy is known for being a nightmare on these things, so if he doesn't come it doesn't necessarily mean we weren't in for him.

I understand people have a preference between Haaland and Kane, but signing either strengthens us from this season. Which is a pretty frightening prospect for the rest of the league!

If he ends up at the rags it's a statement of intent from them, but it'll probably mean they can't strengthen in other areas and another forward is probably the least of their worries. All very well and good having Kane and Fernandes but their other attacking players seem to be inconsistent and when its Fred, Mctominay and whoever is playing CB next to Maguire that week behind them I still think they're a way off the level of Liverpool and certainly us. Not to mention the abundance of mediocrity that makes up the rest of their squad.
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If we get Kane or Haaland we won’t need to worry about who they sign.

The issue comes if we fuck about over the cost or agent fees and one ends up at the shithole and we get bloody Ings or nobody at all. Even worse if they got Sancho too.

We need to strengthen from a position of strength, not try to save a few million like a small club allowing rags or scousers or Chelsea to catch us. Now is the absolute ideal time to really screw those three fucking vile clubs and dominate for years.
 
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