As @BillyShears had pointed earlier, there is no way we would have this much confidence in this, having no backups, *still* willing to wait, if we didn't know we could get a deal done.
As @BillyShears had pointed earlier, there is no way we would have this much confidence in this, having no backups, *still* willing to wait, if we didn't know we could get a deal done.
Had a convo with a red who was going on about us spending money. Pointed out that they were buying £30m defenders 20+ years ago.But they're not deluded here. What they're basically saying is, wasn't it lovely during the cartel days when nobody could break into our lovely little closed club? They thought it was just going to go on for ever and ever, amen. See, there was a time, and it was a good one but it'll never come again, when a club like Ipswich, with a minimal budget, could win the league. Or Forest. But when the dippers got a stranglehold for twenty years, and then the rags for another twenty, among other things because they were earning a cartload of money from such things as sponsorship deals, television (with the coming of satellite) and worldwide merchandising, they thought, this is great, we've got everyone by the balls. Then Chelsea came in and upset the applecart, and then the sheik, and that busted things wide open. Or it would have done, were it not for FFP, which ensured that nobody else could get over the drawbridge and into the fortress!
The original members of the cartel hate us, and those outside the cartel hate us. Personally, I can live with it, no bother.
Often teams in this situation have an agreement that he wouldnt playI predict he will sign the day after the Spurs first game.
There in not a chance Levy will want him playing that game, even if we did stump up 160m.
But they're not deluded here. What they're basically saying is, wasn't it lovely during the cartel days when nobody could break into our lovely little closed club? They thought it was just going to go on for ever and ever, amen. See, there was a time, and it was a good one but it'll never come again, when a club like Ipswich, with a minimal budget, could win the league. Or Forest. But when the dippers got a stranglehold for twenty years, and then the rags for another twenty, among other things because they were earning a cartload of money from such things as sponsorship deals, television (with the coming of satellite) and worldwide merchandising, they thought, this is great, we've got everyone by the balls. Then Chelsea came in and upset the applecart, and then the sheik, and that busted things wide open. Or it would have done, were it not for FFP, which ensured that nobody else could get over the drawbridge and into the fortress!
The original members of the cartel hate us, and those outside the cartel hate us. Personally, I can live with it, no bother.
I reckon it could already be way lower than 150m given City's level of confidence, surely they think it's a matter of time Levy comes to the table, we pay about 100-120m for him based off the gentlemen's agreement and Kane doesn't have to cause more fuss than he already has. The narratives will probably start getting clearer once Spurs are able to find a striker on marketI'm willing to bet City knew that Kane would strike. I'm also willing to bet that City have always been prepared to pay the asking price, but are just trying to drive it down.
TBH, seeing that Lukaku will go for 130 million euros, I think Kane at 150 is probably about right.
Roman and Chelsea are going nowhere, they will be fighting us all the way.It would be better still if there was no FFP, because we could really blow everyone away for good then. Chelsea are an irritant that I wish we could leave behind.
Given how calm we've been and denied the fact that we would never pay 160m for a player, it could well be that it is just a waiting game till Spurs game is done, and the value set/agreed is much much lowerI predict he will sign the day after the Spurs first game.
There in not a chance Levy will want him playing that game, even if we did stump up 160m.