Just on this, as I see it, if you are curious.
There hasn't really been any meaningful Haaland rumours, not for me. Nothing to die, as you put it. There was a bit of noise around the time we played them in the CL, which is predictable, and also coincided with our announcing Sergio leaving, so a bit of forcing 2 and 2 together by some in the media. And our ITKs at the time claimed it was a priority and in motion, if you take anything from that.
There has similarly been nothing substantial on Kane either. He gave an interview which Sky managed to segment and time really well, coupled with a supposed leak from his camp days later, and then some tenuous guessing. And then, fuck all for weeks. If anything died a death, it is the Kane links. Oh and our ITKs claimed it was a priority and in motion too. Tolmie maybe seems unsure at times, in the context of overall business, but generally the same positivity and confidence is there as was with Haaland at the time.
Now I could read the above that we were never in for Haaland. Or were but went off it on price, or he didn't show he wants to come, or didn't like his agent, etc. etc.
Or can read it that the media simply didn't have a clue, and still don't because we keep our cards close to our chest.
Pretty much all of the above can be read for Kane too, replacing agent with chairman, and maybe assuming he would want to come rather than 'turning us down' like Haaland supposedly. But nothing to suggest Haaland wouldn't want to come here either.
Hence my opinion, nothing we can know of is off or on the table. Time will tell how it unfolds, most likely after the Euros.
