Harry Kane

[dobingsdobber]

I think either would score goals in our set up, possibility of signing one of them

Anyone's form would suffer playing for the Arse.Both good players,either could score goals for us.

 

[CityBluez]

But then there's the obvious fact that he's not quite City standard (yet). Signing a player because they don't care what others think isn't reasonable either as a standalone.

Genuinely curious. Who in your opinion is city standard other than Kane and haaland.

 

[Maly]

Initially read this as fat bird and wondered what the hell we’d offered him…

A Manchester tart?

 

[coley_ctid]

 

[Maly]

For me it's a reason to sign him. A man who cares that little about what others think, won't let pressure get to him.

So you want to sign Calvert Lewin because of his dress sense? ;)

 

[mccity]

Genuinely curious. Who in your opinion is city standard other than Kane and haaland.

Of the players that were available this summer, or playing at a club weak enough that we could force the issue:

Lukaku. That's it. He and the other two mentioned. All the others good enough wouldn't have been available to us. Admittedly I don't know every striker in Europe, but of the ones I've seen enough of to really rate those three stand way above the rest. If you count them as strikers then obviously Messi and Mbappé would be included too.



Calvert Lewin might be a very good player one day. I actually like him. But right now he's not top of Europe quality. And we're not in the market for potential this summer.

 

[eyalluvitt]

There are better arguments against Calvert Lewin than pointing out his dress sense. It's just lazy reasoning.

yes, we don't want another tight as a ducks arse Yorkshireman in the dressing room welching on his weekly subs

 

[TheBlueCat]

For me it's a reason to sign him. A man who cares that little about what others think, won't let pressure get to him.

Is also bobbins

 

[itisrising]

Next summer is too far away. We'll have to deal with the implications of what could happen over season if we fail to sign a 9 this window. And they're not minor implications, if last game was any indication.

I agree with you. The issue is we have no alternatives, it's Kane or bust and Kane has 3 years left on his deal and the window shuts in 2 weeks. The cards are simply not stacked in our favour. As much as I'd love a striker now, we decided to not pursue either Messi or Lukaku, this is the risk you run by only prioritising one striker who plays for a club not particularly willing to sell to a rival.

If the price of Kane is 150m+, I'd honestly want City to wait a year and make the smart choice not the desperate one.

 

[Bluefen]

Genuinely curious. Who in your opinion is city standard other than Kane and haaland.

You could put a cheeky £65M bid in for Son and have £85M to spend on a half useful left back….

seriously though keletchi, lacazette, aubamayang or even Dzeko would do a job for a year

which strikes me odd that ings wasn’t a short term alternative