Harry Kane

We are not involved in a personal battle with Levy. Our aim is not to show him up as the original and definitive bald fraud, nor is it to rub his nose in "it" and "show him who's boss". We are trying to buy the captain of England, the best striker in the country, one of the best in the world, THE player Pep wants and a player who has shown we are the only club he wants to play for. It's hardly surprising Spurs want top dollar for such a player and that would be the case even if Mr Softy were handling the negotiations at their end. Our negotiators are very experienced and fortunately very patient and do not let personalities cloud the real issues so I am quit prepared to accept that negotiations continue and that they continue confidentially. It may be that all has been agreed and we are waiting for Spurs to finalise their own deal(s) or a price for Kane has been agreed but details about up front cash and addons are to be finalised. What is certain is that we will never tell Levy to "do one" though we may end negotiations if we can't get a deal we're happy with. Then we may stick with what we've got because Pep may think Jesus is better than any alternative OR we may have a rerun of the Dias transfer where we sign a player we haven't even considered. But I trust our club and feel Kane will soon be a City player. At the moment there's no need for panic.
Really well said

I can understand the 'feeling of fans' leading to macho statements - I feel that way myself - but that is just irrelevant to the approach of the club's representatives. They will have pre-agreed negotiating parameters and be supported by contact routes with the likes of Khaldoon to present options/counter proposals that emerge to get steers.

The likes of Ashley - perhaps even Levy - might get involved in unprofessional approaches and behaviours - our representatives (thankfully) will not.
 
Whilst I totally agree with those who are suggesting we should not be "getting Kane at all costs" and should not allow ourselves to be shafted, I think the vitriol against Spurs and Levy is perhaps unwarranted. At the end of the day, Kane is under a long term contract and Levy is well within his rights to name any price he likes. And we are in our rights to say, er no thanks, forget it.
 
Utter bollocks you paid £100m for Grealish and you don’t think 1 of the 3 best strikers in the world is worth more? Frankly it’s a pathetic offer if true.
Pathetic?? Grealish has resell value. He is 25 and doesn't have dodgy ankles unlike kane. With kane we won't have a resell value.
150M-160M on haaland or mbappe is worth it. Not kane
 
Lol. How's he going to receive news from him that it's done if he doesn't even know who he is?

I saw that fella at an away fixture once, tried to strike up a bit of a conversation, was during the title run in. Came across a bit of a rude bell. But maybe he just couldn't be arsed with a randomer recognising him and trying to get an inside view.

Odds on when he got home he told his Mrs some rude bell had been mithering him at the match.
 
Pathetic?? Grealish has resell value. He is 25 and doesn't have dodgy ankles unlike kane. With kane we won't have a resell value.
150M-160M on haaland or mbappe is worth it. Not kane
Good job we buy players and give a fuck about resell value then isn't it.
 
With the saga now at the point where levy wants £150+ and city rightfully don't want to spend that amount on a 28 year old kane. Why not just scrap kane and go and buy Dusan Vlahovic and Nuno Mendes.
Target man with lots more pace than kane and a left back we have needed for 5 years plus.

fucking hell. this 1000000000x over!!!
 
With the saga now at the point where levy wants £150+ and city rightfully don't want to spend that amount on a 28 year old kane. Why not just scrap kane and go and buy Dusan Vlahovic and Nuno Mendes.
Target man with lots more pace than kane and a left back we have needed for 5 years plus.
I've just rang my mate Khal Al and he replied -"what the fuck does Neil McCrab know about soccer, he was a shit player"!

Joking apart, i can't disagree with any of what your saying pal: )
 
Utter bollocks you paid £100m for Grealish and you don’t think 1 of the 3 best strikers in the world is worth more? Frankly it’s a pathetic offer if true.
Depends on whether you think Grealish is overpriced or not. He also had s release clause so we had no choice.
The value of anything is determined by what someone us willing to pay. If a loaf of bread is priced at 10 quid then its overpriced to me...maybe not fir others ( exaggerated to make a point)
 
Maybe if clubs paid a truer valuation for young talents, say, just for example, Jack Harrison, we’d be able to go that bit further. ;-)
You were the club that set the price for an option to buy last year. It’s not our fault Harrison’s performances exceeded that price.
 
Walker, Gundogan, Bernardo, Bravo, Rodri, Mahrez….take your pick as all ready made ‘top players’
I think pretty much all of Hughes' signings and some of Mancini's were of that calibre too (Bellamy, Bridge, Given, Lescott, Toure, Nasri)
 
Whatever... makes no difference.

Levy is a known ****. End of. Any negotiation with him is going to be iffy as to success and if successful will cost a shit-ton.

I get that we like Kane - but there should have been a plan B, plan C and plan D to pressure Levy. And given how things have predictably gone - plan C - Messi predictably leaves Barca because Barca cannot come anywhere near to meeting his wage demands - plan C should have been triggered.
Maybe plan B or C or whatever aren't better than the plan B we seem happy with of going with what we have.
 
For the sake of the extra £20m or so we seem reluctant to increase our offer by I think we’ll regret it if we don’t. I don’t think we’ll win anything this season if we don’t sign Kane given how our rivals have strengthened since last season. We’d easily make that much back with another title, and probably the whole fee with a CL win.

The CL Final, Community Shield and performance against Spurs didn’t show any evidence that our finishing is good enough as we are.
I’d rather take the chance on us not winning anything for a season than pay £150m for Kane.
After all this if we end up paying the asking price, not only would it be stupid but it would also fuck up some future negotiations cos all selling clubs would stick to their guns regarding their asking price thinking we’ll pay it.
Not saying we’d pay it but it would make some deals much harder.
Add to that I think he’s overpriced at £120m
 

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