Harry Kane

[mattcity5]

Whatever makes them happy I guess. Is sort of funny seeing them say "well City should pay up 160 million" as if that money is going back into their squad and not on fuel for Joe Lewis's yacht or towards stadium debts.

And this is exactly why all the "net spend" wankers are so wrong. They celebrate their clubs not spending, not being ambitious and not buying good players.

Each to their own I guess.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It’s placky in South Manchester n’all

It’s a hemp bag in Chorlton though.

 

[JimB]

Easy, nobhead. Remember you’re a guest here

Easy, fella. I didn't mean anything by it. I simply don't know how old Mazzarelli is or when he / she became a City fan. I didn't want to assume that he / she had experienced what it was like to be a City fan before 2008.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I'm not defending Levy indiscriminately. I just don't believe that he is naive enough to have specified a (low) figure at which he would sell. Not even verbally. Negotiation 101, you just don't do that.

It would be just as easy to argue that City are taking the piss out of City fans by making it quite clear that they are after Kane without making a bid that comes anywhere near his asking price. Why are you defending them?

Levy could have done a deal for say £120m months ago and then strengthened the squad before the season. If a player wants to go you don’t keep him. I don’t accept the press narrative about Levy that he’s smart. I saw enough on that All or Nothing TV series to see that he is an idiot.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Surprisingly open in that interview. Signs of a refreshed Pep are always good.

This seems completely dead, he's publicly admitted our interest and thrown everything on to levy not negotiating. It's a good tactic. He also said we can't afford him without selling which one poster correctly said the other day and got slaughtered for it

It’s because he’s not had to speak to Simon Stone for a few months.

Give it a couple of weeks and he’ll be back to his sarcastic best.

 

[Paul1970]

We all know bernie wants out and maybe eric ,your post is wumming

But unless ath Madrid want both it won’t be happening for Laporte as no one else in Spain can afford especially Real Madrid who will be looking at haaland next season. As for Kane we gave instigated Kane going awol as the only way he comes is if he put a transfer request in or plays hard ball which will allow us to move for him .

 

[bluemoon32]

 

[JimB]

I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. Apart from Walker most of those players were either denied a move or made to wait. For each player you mentioned there’s a Rose or Alderweireld who wasted what should have been their best years at Tottenham.

Do you truly believe if Spurs offered Bellingham the exact same terms and playing time as Dortmund he'd have joined Tottenham?

Spurs tried to sell Danny Rose but he refused to leave. He admitted as much. As to Alderweireld, he never asked to leave as far as I'm aware.

You're right that Bellingham would have joined Dortmund over Spurs or almost any other PL club, for that matter. He wouldn't have been thinking about his next move. After all, Dortmund blocked a move for Jadon Sancho. Bellingham would have chosen Dortmund because of their excellent reputation for giving youth players a genuine chance of first team action.

 

[Tokyo32]

His normal response is "He's a Tottenham player and I don't speak about other players that play for other clubs". I think there's a good chance of this getting done.

Yeah if we meet spurs asking price or they are willing to negotiate

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

No, no. You've got this all WRONG mate. Spurs are definitely in control. Their best player is on strike, their new manager hasn't spoken to him, the squad is in need of improvement in several areas, the season starts next weekend and they have no clarity on what their squad is going to look like - but Levy is IN CONTROL. Nothing to see here at all.

Don’t know if my memory is playing tricks on me, but I always remember blues being of the attitude that if a player doesn’t want to be at our club, it’s best for all parties that they move on. Yes, get the best deal you can but work within the art of the possible. We weren’t happy about SWP going but we didn’t want to keep an unhappy player.
The Spurs fans attitude of wanting to keep Kane against his will is strange to me. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect them to be happy, but equally I wouldn’t want an unhappy player. O.k. I get that Bernardo and Laporte are not “one of our own”. But if the rumours are true, both are unhappy and particularly in Silva’s case they are both popular with the fans. Compare and contrast our attitude towards them.
The Spurs fans thinking is so small time. In this current economic climate I’ll be amazed if they get £115 million for Kane. That said you can pay off some of the stadium debt, or go back to what Spurs were good at under Poch or in the 90’s and noughties where they used to buy young, hungry English players from other academies, lower leagues and develop through their own academy. That is when Spurs were at their most potent in the modern game. The prices of those players will have gone down in the same way the market price of Kane has.