Harry Kane

[MeatHunterrr]

This is how Begiristain and Soriano operated at Barca.

Sign top star at 27-29 years old for immediate success to great impact.

They signed Henry and then Villa. Both resulted in Champions League wins.

This is great strategy if the age profile of the squad is good, which in our case is.

 

[RayCTID]

Issue is backups don't want to be backups. You need to constantly recycle the crop to keep everyone happy.

Both Sterling and Jesus are more than useful players to have around

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

This is how Begiristain and Soriano operated at Barca.

Sign top star at 27-29 years old for immediate success to great impact.

They signed Henry and then Villa. Both resulted in Champions League wins.

This is great strategy if the age profile of the squad is good, which in our case is.

They also signed Ibrahimovic and would have probably won the champions league if they hadn't.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Doesn't stop us either scouting Kane's replacement for the next couple of seasons or having another go in signing Haaland next season

and 3-4 years is eternity in football.

Player staying 10 years at a club is not the standard. City fans constantly underestimate how hard that is, the club has done remarkable job on that front, but its not sustainable to keep expecting it.

 

[itisrising]

The large majority of our players got decent game time this season

It's not about the minutes per se, they know they're not first choice. Like Ake knows he's 4th choice, Sterling knows Foden is ahead of him, Jesus knows Pep prefers a false 9 in KDB. Minutes and feeling important are two different things.

It wouldn't surprise me if we have more changes than people realise. Perfectly conceivable that Laporte fancies being first choice at Real Madrid for instance.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

They signed Henry and then Villa.

By significantly more reasonable fees

 

[uncle fester]

Doesn't stop us either scouting Kane's replacement for the next couple of seasons or having another go in signing Haaland next season

Just the small matter of £100M in the meantime

 

[Deleted member 87819]

It wouldn't surprise me if we have more changes than people realise. Perfectly conceivable that Laporte fancies being first choice at Real Madrid for instance.

I have been saying this for awhile. People are underestimating the possibilities of departures. But we will need to replace them. We can’t have, for instance, only three ready CBs.

 

[RayCTID]

Just the small matter of £100M in the meantime

We might be able to knock them down but £100m is a reasonable fee considering

 

[itisrising]

I have been saying this for awhile. People are underestimating the possibilities of departures. But we will need to replace them. We can’t have, for instance, only three ready CBs.

Potentially but it's very difficult to sign top class players as backups.