Harry Kane

[Bustergonad]

Big differences between Silva/Kun and Haaland:
1. Raiola. You brush over this but this is essentially terminal. Silva and Kun never had agents like that.
2. Ego. Silva and Kun were both extremely humble considering their talent, Haaland is not.
3. Haaland is asking for half a mill p/w. That is, unless you are the best and most marketable player in the world, unsustainably expensive. Kane is on about half that. Silva and Aguero were on about £100k less than that combined.

I'm not saying Haaland would definitely leave after 2 years, but it's just as if not (far) more likely than Haaland staying around for 10 years+ which is what people seem to assume would happen if we signed him.

City are wise in the fact they don’t want to deal with Mino Raiola. After a season it will be constant stories in the press about how unhappy he is just like it is with Pogba. City don’t need that extra bad publicity

 

[Stoned Rose]

As I said before, in relative business terms, Levy is Arkwright when Khaldoon is Jeff Bezos

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[Bustergonad]

never said we werent...

it was more a discussion about how the club looks after its players well and how they want to tend to stick around even if there are other opportunities.

Maybe its you that needs to let it go?

Stop flirting you 2

 

[mccity]

Worth noting that with both this and the Grealish transfer it seems that it's Khaldoon that is leading the charge. Ok that'd be obvious to some, but for others it's worth pointing out.

 

[hgblue]

Stop flirting you 2

Haha, I like him but not in that way ;)

 

[Dobsy]

God, one of the most annoying things about this transfer is there'll be a sub cult of posters who spend the next 5 years making negative comparisons with Haaland and saying "we could have had him for the same money" when it's blindingly, overwhelmingly, 20-20 CLEAR AS DAY, OBVIOUS AS FUCK, that we can not get Haaland for the same price.

 

[LongsightM13]

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Danny?

 

[grim up north]

Probably. But if we end up spending 150M pounds... it feels to me that Levy has screwed with us - just like I thought he would.

And if we win the CL with Kane

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

Probably. But if we end up spending 150M pounds... it feels to me that Levy has screwed with us - just like I thought he would.

If City buy Kane whatever they pay will be considered good value by the club, that is Pep, Txiki and Khaldoon - not exactly the Holy Trinity but close. So don't expect too many congratulations for your prescience.

As for those still hoping for Haaland it is a case of selling spot to buy futures. We need a number 9 NOW and Haaland isn't going to be available for at least a year. That means many things but one is that KdB will be 31 by then. No-one is writing Kev off at that age though many seem prepared to write Kane off at that age, but we would have missed out on a year of the link up between KdB and Kane, which excites Kane and most of us. A real number 9 - and he is one of the best in the world - in our team next season is a truly mouth watering prospect and makes any delay unthinkable.

 

[Phil Mitchell Foden]

God, one of the most annoying things about this transfer is there'll be a sub cult of posters who spend the next 5 years making negative comparisons with Haaland and saying "we could have had him for the same money" when it's blindingly, overwhelmingly, 20-20 CLEAR AS DAY, OBVIOUS AS FUCK, that we can not get Haaland for the same price.

You're right, as it happens Haaland would be cheaper next summer.