Harry Kane

[Deleted member 77198]

1) I don’t blame Kane in all this, he clearly wanted City and even avoided training to agitate for a move

2) I don’t blame Levy in all this either, he’s got a player under contract and has set the transfer fee, which he’s entitled to do.

3) I also don’t blame city for not meeting the ludicrous figure that Levy wanted.

Where I do lay blame is at City’s absolute naivety that a deal for Kane will happen and for letting it drag on this long - leaving ourselves without a forward (less than 1 week before the window shuts) and in the process missing out on Messi and Lukaku who were easily achievable.

That’s if you think all the people involved in transfers at City don’t consider all these things.

Football goes on forever, it’s never about one season or one transfer window. Just like with Dias - who we got a year later than we needed a Kompany replacement - sometimes we get who we need at that very moment, other times we don’t, other times we eventually get them, other times we never do (we’ve played midfielders and right backs at left back for four years after playing four over 30s at full back for two years too long)… all the while still winning trophies.

City might well need a striker now, but it might be a year or two into the future before we get the one we really need.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

I was one of those "happy either way" types. Happy if we signed a top-drawer striker, happy if we avoided overpaying for an injury prone player who may well fall off a cliff physically in the next couple of years

Looking forward to a Rúben Dias-esque worldy Plan B

 

[Bluesiam]

Top class striker but we’ve dodged a bullet here -£125m + on Harry was never gonna be money well spent

As well as “lost a yard” and “injury ravaged “ we can add “lacks ambition” and “meek”to his bad points. He’s been bullied into doing something he doesn’t want to do. Any player of his stature in his situation who wants to leave and pushes it hard enough will be allowed to leave.

Wrong on the last line in my view Gundo. Not when your Chairman is Daniel Levy. And I actually thought he showed a lot of ambition in deciding to leave his boyhood club.

 

[mat]

I hope this is the end of it and we're not willing to pay more for a even bigger crock next season.

 

[wolviedinho]

This signing could of been the difference from City finishing 1st to erm finishing 1st ;)

It makes not 1 difference.

let’s see who we can get before the window closes. Regroup and try to find a long term Sergio replacement.

I honestly see no problem that the deal could not be done.

 

[Damocles]

Now all we're left with is hundreds of millions of pounds, one of the greatest squads in the history of football and the best manager in history.

Gutted lads.

 

[kanovic]

Kinda feel this was a whole messi transfer type of thing. I want to leave blah blah blah then no I’m staying

 

[Hesperus]

This transfer just never seemed plausible to me so I’m not surprised but I am confused as to why we pursued it.

Levy was never going to give in for less than the full £150 million in money and we were never likely to pay that much.

 

[manimanc]

Hope we have but I can’t see it as pep has been preparing everyone for no striker . Massive mistake to not sign a striker

Huge.
As big as massive floodlights.

 

[andyhinch]

Now all we're left with is hundreds of millions of pounds, one of the greatest squads in the history of football and the best manager in history.

Gutted lads.

I probably won’t sleep tonight now ;-)