Harry Kane

Dobsy said:
Also on the gentleman's agreement note, I would remind you of this:

Modric accuses Levy of broken promises and 'threats'

Luka Modric has reiterated his desire to leave Tottenham for Chelsea, and has expressed his frustration with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy for preventing him from doing so. Modric told a Croatian newspaper that Levy had broken a "gentlemen's agreement" to allow him to leave this summer.
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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And Kane never learned from that when signing his six year contract!
 
Blu1 said:
I hope we are not just getting obsessed with having Kane at any price & because no other options are on the table now. The fee is getting a bit silly. If Kane fails for us or gets injured often we are screwed for 2 seasons at least.

this is messi / haaland / mbape type fee. I just don’t put Kane in that category
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Im sure none of the board get auction fever, have faith
 
kaz7 said:
Neither do i put him in that group, would prefer younger and here for longer but pep wants him , nobody knows the fee yet
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Agree. I feel the club want pep to win champs league within 2 years. If we win it with Kane then all is well. If we don’t then pep leaves us with an expensive player in Kane who will be past his best in 2 years in my opinion.

part of me wants to use what we have till a young world class players is available ie haaland or mbape but I’m not sure we have what we need right now either.
 
PrezIke said:
Problem is Kane not an house.

He is a human being, with feelings, ambitions, and a direct relationship with Levy.

We know Kane cares more about what others/the media/Spurs fans think of him than quite a few other star athletes today (which I actually don't blame them for today as this saga shows why loyalty from players to clubs/fans can be completely thrown in the bin in a flash)

Levy may be the owner of Spurs, and Kane's services for 3 more seasons but he also doesn't own Kane forever as would one who owns a home.

Kane's shelf life at his quality, is limited and therefore time sensitive. That favours Levy, yes, but before I list his advantages, we should also mention that the limited shelf-life of property, such as a bottle of wine, or tickets to the CL final are inanimate objects whom do not have interpersonal relationships with their owners.

We also know footballers (and other working human beings) have shown a history of fighting owners to have more of a say in their life and bad contracts have been offered and signed by many times (widely documented in the entertainment industry) that are designed to take advantage of less educated and less cut-throat personalities.

Kane stayed hoping things would work out with Spurs, signing that contract with the "gentleman's agreement," passing on chances to leave, gave it one more go last season, and now wants out, but only apparently Levy gets to have all the say. See the issue here?

We know Levy is able to use the short time left in the transfer window, combined with a massive favouring of supply-demand towards his position, as he knows City are desperate to sign a striker this season, a limited number of players at his level, and how well Kane fits into City in what he offers as a player.

Yet, again, should that Kane's limited shelf-life AND that he is a human, not a house, seems as if it should matter. Is he not entitled to have feelings about whether £150-160m is truly a fair fee given what other players are going for of his quality or even better?

Yes, City have money and FFP is gone for now to allow such spending - but even with that is Kane even close to £50-60m better than Lukaku and when Halland will go for possibly £60m next summer?

If it would up being 155-160M Euros (£130-136M) would that truly be "unacceptable" to Spurs fans?

Is it possible, despite the valid points that show the cards Levy has, that he may be in the slightest bit exploiting Kane's good will and "kinder" personality to ensure he appears to "win" mostly to maintain his reputation (ego), and that Kane believes this and feels it is self-serving, but is unable to express concerns publicly because he cares about the club and fans?

How far should a player/employee have to go to bend over backwards to please their employer and fans who turn their back on a player like Kane in a flash as we can see from this Spurs forum vote:

Opinion on Kane now?​

  • Forgive and forget?​

    Votes: 242 27.6%

  • Fuck him​

    Votes: 635 72.4%

If Kane were a less loyal, and good character player, would Levy be digging in quite as much? I ask this because I can see Levy thinking, "Even if Harry doesn't go, he won't cause too much turmoil in the locker room compared to others because I know how much he loves the club, the fans, and how much of a model professional he is."

Btw, I can see this possibility as part of the reason why Kane had to arrive late to training. HeHAD to show something to Levy, even if he knew it would/could backfire in other ways, because perhaps he doesn't trust Levy given the fee he is asking for him.

All of this points to why Kane is not a house and why such comparisons (I argued similar with a Villa supporter who made the same argument regarding Grealish:

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You're putting may to much emphasis on the house. It was chosen to reply to a stupid example. If we must compare him to an asset I would us a coffee machine. Now we could sell the coffee machine to a cafe in the next down and bank the cheque or we could reject their offer. If we reject it we still own a coffee machine that will generate revenue for years to come and then be worthless. He's an asset that delivers on the pitch and has the potential to bring in 200m in CL revenue in 4 years as opposed to at best, regular EL football without him.

In relation to his value Lukaku is the perfect example to compare against. Lukaku went from Inter for £97m in a firesale, what is he worth in normal circumstances? Get that figure, add at least 25% to it and then another 10% England captain tax. £150m is fair market value, provably a little cheap if anything. Kane himself wanted to be bracketed with Messi and Ronaldo, neither of them would consider themselves worth less than £100m so why would he think otherwise? He's worth it, City can afford it (only another 6% of revenue) so what's the problem? No one is being shafted, just 3 parties looking to do what's best for them.

As for Levy, he's good at this type of thing, ie selling world class players. He's shit at everything else, his greed cost us millions with Eriksen, Vertogen and Rose. There would be a direct correlation between Spurs fans that like Levy and those that now hate Kane and the number would be very small. When the dust settles on all this Kane will remain a legend and welcome back any time. You can ignore the look at me types on twitter, they represent no one.
 
If they're indeed looking for a left footed CB, it seems logical to try and include Ake in potential deal..
 
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