Harry Kane

[richards30]

Maybe, but gentlemen's agreements are worthless unless drawn up in black and white.

I would imagine it was logged somewhere to be honest mate.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Maybe, but gentlemen's agreements are worthless unless drawn up in black and white.

Try telling that to Barcelona.

 

[Keeper!]

I would imagine it was logged somewhere to be honest mate.

I hope so for Kane's sake, because I can imagine Levy and Lewis are no gentlemen.

Just look at the fiasco with Messi's "gentleman's" agreement!

 

[Keeper!]

Try telling that to Barcelona.

Lionel you mean!

 

[Keeper!]

I would imagine it was logged somewhere to be honest mate.

The expression money talks, bullshit walks.

In my experience of business and life the above is so true.

 

[samuelyeboah]

You don't know anything about him, so calling him naive is bonkers.

we'll see I suppose. but if he doesn't get a move at the end, he will have been extremely naive to believe levy's bullshit "gentlemen agreements"

 

[Lavinda Past]

Id rather we jept both jesus and bernardo
Flog mendy and ake two we dont really need.

Ake is quality. He's not had a chance at City yet due to injury. Deserves at least another season with a decent run of games before people start to judge him.
Mendy's injury has almost certainly finished him at top level. Shame really, but it could happen to anyone.
Jesus has been a passenger for at least two years. Nowhere near good enough to be a first choice player at top level in PL. He's made for Spanish or Italian football at clubs like Valencia or Inter imo.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Ake is quality. He's not had a chance at City yet due to injury. Deserves at least another season with a decent run of games before people start to judge him.
Mendy's injury has almost certainly finished him at top level. Shame really, but it could happen to anyone.
Jesus has been a passenger for at least two years. Nowhere near good enough to be a first choice player at top level in PL. He's made for Spanish or Italian football at clubs like Valencia or Inter imo.

I couldn't agree with you more on every single point you've made Lavinda.
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As for the potential to sign Kane - I'm lukewarm at best.

Kane's destiny is controlled by Levy - a notoriously difficult individual to bargain with.

As much as we want Kane - and Kane wants us - reality is, that Levy is in the mix - and thus, the entire prospect of us signing Kane on reasonable terms is, at best, speculative - if not outright unwarranted.

Meanwhile - Haaland - potentially the world's best footballer is possibly on offer.

Why aren't we all in for Haaland with Kane as one of many possible alternatives - as opposed to us seeming to be all in for Kane? I'd much, much, much rather end up with Haaland than Kane.

Yes I get that Kane wants to play for us above all other clubs - but this shouldn't compel us to seek Kane at the cost of possibly signing the next word's best player - at striker - at an age so young that he's got a decade plus of greatness ahead of him.

 

[sir baconface]

I see this point all the time but, with respect, debt isn’t the inherently bad thing that you seem to think that it is.

Depends on the context.

It’s a bad thing when it puts in peril, or even brings down, a club.

It’s a giggle when the rags are being bled of tens of millions every season.

 

[Marvin]

I see this point all the time but, with respect, debt isn’t the inherently bad thing that you seem to think that it is.

But I’m aware that most posters on here couldn’t give a monkey’s about Spurs’ finances (other than hoping that we go bust, I guess!) so I’ll save such chat for the Spurs thread in General Discussion.

City Football Group has been using the debt markets too. Raised $650m recently for infrastructure spend across 'City' football clubs.