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- Spurs have no short term debt that isn’t easily covered by revenues. - Kane will not have been promised a move unconditionally. The buying club has to do its part. - Spurs has been and remains a good club for players to progress their careers. This summer alone, they have already signed the...

Indeed. It was very deliberate. It was the lowest possible figure that wouldn’t have seemed absurd for a player of his quality and importance. But let’s flip this around for a second. Do you truly believe that Daniel Levy - Daniel fucking Levy - would ever knowingly weaken his position so...

Yes, that’s all fair. But what you’re describing are the legitimate reasons why Kane wants to leave. That’s not the same thing as legitimate reasons why Spurs should let him leave for a price chosen by him and the club that he wishes to join. And while there’s no getting away from the fact...

The only duty that any party to a contract has is to fulfil their side of it. If Spurs had made the promises that you claim they will have made, then they would now be in breach of contract if they refused to sell. So there would be no need for any talk about a gentleman's agreement.

I watched the interview. It was as clear as day that the £100m figure was just Kane putting down a marker. "I mean, he might want to sell me! 'He might be thinking, 'If I could get £100 million for you, then why not?' Do you know what I mean? I'm not going to be worth that for the next two or...

That’s the gamble you take when you sign a lucrative, long term contract. You get the pay rise that you wanted but, in return, you commit to stay at the club.

Players will make their choices on the basis of pay; the manager; potential for success; style of play; location of club; and many other reasons besides. The possibility that, 3-4 years down the line, your new club might drive a hard bargain with your next club won’t figure prominently among them.

In that interview with Gary Neville, Kane suggested that the asking price might, by way of example, be £100m. That was just him optimistically trying to set the agenda. If Levy had actually said that the agreed asking price was £100m, then Harry would have had no qualms about saying exactly...

Your point is a tad self defeating, mate, given the success that those players went on to enjoy! ;-)

Given that Kane is one of the top two or three strikers in the world; given the premium always paid for elite goal scorers; given that he has a phenomenal goal scoring record at international as well as club level; given that he is England captain; given that he was PL top goal scorer and...

Fucked up the Olympic stadium deal? Please explain. By the way, Spurs don’t lose many players at all. And those that do leave only leave for the richest, most successful clubs. Umm……..not sure you read my post properly. Where did I claim that Spurs currently are rivalling City? You’re...

Yes, I know! But at the time that Kane signed his six year contract, Spurs very much were regularly in the mix for major silverware.

There is no evidence that Levy has failed to honour this so called gentleman’s agreement, if it even exists. I can well imagine Levy agreeing to sell Kane in the event that Spurs were to fall far out of contention for major silverware. But it is a cast iron certainty that any sale would have...

Definite interest. I'm not sure that there are any advanced talks yet, though. Paratici very much concentrating on sorting out the defence first.

He holds some of the cards. As do City. But so do Spurs, primarily in the form of 3 years remaining on his contract. Kane is desperate to leave now. City really want to pull out all the stops for Guardiola. They could wait. But I don't think they're of a mind to. So I'd say that the balance...

Yes, Swiss Ramble is a great source. Certainly, the debt will limit spending power going forward. But, even after interest and repayment, the new stadium will still leave Spurs some £50-60m better off per annum than were we still in the old stadium. Anyway, I don’t want to spam this thread...

Ings, as you say, wouldn’t be a bad shout for a PL ready, short term option. Long term, I think Spurs have Vlahovic in mind. He won’t give us everything that Kane gives us, though.

There is only interest payable on the £637m stadium debt and the recent £250m debt raised to pay off the Bank of England CCFF Covid loan. The former is at an average interest rate of 2.66%, which works out at just under £17m per annum. The latter is at an average interest rate of 2.8%, which...

Yep, I’ve come round to that way of thinking too. So long as Spurs get c. £150m. Until recently, though, I would have had no confidence in Spurs spending that money well. But the new Director of Football (or whatever his title is), Fabio Paratici, seems to be going for the right players in the...

It’s actually nearer to £25m per annum. And that isn’t much at all in the context of increased revenues of more than £100m per annum as a consequence of the new stadium. Spurs’ problem isn’t financial - at least, no more so than any other club during / post pandemic. The problem has been awful...