Harry Kane

salfordbluetrue said:
£ 40 million a year before wages and injuries to STAY top of the pile is not good business, not when we do not know where the market is going post Covid, maybe the Club can market the player i do not know?
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If it wins us 4 straight titles and a couple more trips to the Champions League Final it's excellent business. It probably opens up more avenues for revenue too.

I personally think it'll be around £100m.
 
Legal Alien said:
It's a load of money however he's a proven PL goalscorer which is what we need.

We all moan that we have no-one in the box to finish off the ton of chances we always create every match, so if we get him we will have one.

As for the youngster, i'm hoping Liam Delap will be ready to step in.
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Delap could be the real deal, but you never know how he’ll perform week in week out at the top level.
Didn’t Bradley Wright Phillips used to be top goal scorer in the EDS etc?
Never really transferred to the first team though.
Not that I’m comparing the two, just you never know.
 
Pablo1 said:
I always thought I'd grow old pottering about my allotment with several grandchildren helping me to tend my tomato plants but instead still go on mad drug and brass benders so..
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Lose the tomato plants for “herbs” and you’re golden ; )
 
I'm Blue said:
Delap could be the real deal, but you never know how he’ll perform week in week out at the top level.
Didn’t Bradley Wright Phillips used to be top goal scorer in the EDS etc?
Never really transferred to the first team though.
Not that I’m comparing the two, just you never know.
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Oh i agree, i'm hoping he'll make it.

Spending huge money scares the shit out of me because all signings are a gamble, even if we think Kane might be the real deal. But if it doesn't come off then we'll be getting ridiculed from everyone.
 
domalino said:
Who was the last kid who actually arrived on the scene like Haaland?

24 Champions League goals in 22 games. 94 goals in 100 games since leaving Norway/ turning 18.

We're talking about a player with almost as many CL knockout goals as Kane and Aguero combined. A player who at 20, has already done what Kane could not - fire his side to a major trophy.

If you can name another player who did that and didn't deliver on their potential you might have a point. And if you can point out the players that emerged to do that nearly every season I'll accept that point too.

He's 20. At this point in his career Kane was struggling to get off the bench in the Championship. He's already a 40 goal a season player, capable of delivering immediately and he's got years ahead of him to get better, he's got no horrendous injury record and he's a life long City fan who loves the club.

Edit - Also I have to say I'm sick to death of "ooh he won't adapt to the premier league" stuff. Just like Ruben Dias didn't? Bernardo Silva? Gundogan? David Silva? He's 6 foot 4 and threw Ruben Dias around like a rag doll which no one in the Premier League has done. He's absolutely rapid, so pace isn't an issue, and he's already delivered against some of the best sides in Europe, so I don't believe Norwich away is going to trouble him.

Seems like a lot of people trying to convince themselves Haaland isn't all that because we might not sign him.
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Seems like some people on here are so absolutely sure that Haaland’s going to be the best player in Europe for the next 10 years that they’ve remortgaged their houses and gambled, or in their minds “soundly invested”, every penny raised on bets that he’ll win the ballon d’or in 5 out of the next 10 seasons. . .
Or maybe nobody’s done that because despite their loudly announced, total and absolute certainty, they actually have some quite reasonable doubts themselves.
 
decmancity said:
What is their to give a shit about? Spending 120m is hardly going to set any records and the world thinks we burn money anyway.

I think its a good assumption that signing someone who regularly scores 20+ a season could help us in the future.

We didn't win everything with Aguero but hes gone now, so you just sign no one because we had a good run with Sergio when he was here? That is the mentality the rags and dippers have which is why they go nowhere.
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Just asking opinions.
It’s not about not signing anyone, it’s asking if he’s the right choice at the right price, cos the price surely has to play a part.
 
I'm Blue said:
No obviously, but we’ve bought the wrong players at the wrong prices before.
Doesn’t make the people running the club idiots, but some of their transfer buys aren’t perfect either.
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Which is why it’s generally considered that players who are already proven to be successful in the league in which you’re going to play them are less of a risk than players who only might adapt.
 
I'm Blue said:
Delap could be the real deal, but you never know how he’ll perform week in week out at the top level.
Didn’t Bradley Wright Phillips used to be top goal scorer in the EDS etc?
Never really transferred to the first team though.
Not that I’m comparing the two, just you never know.
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In the striker stakes,we have had so many false dawns,we are well over due the real deal.
 
decmancity said:
What do you want to do then? Lose Aguero and replace him with Danny Ings because he only wants 50k a week, we win the netspend trophy but finish 2nd and the forum is filled with posts of "Kane would have scored that".

Market the player to do what? we don't need Kane to sell shirts, we need him to put 30 a season in and help win a quad.
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I do not know the answer and clearly the media has Haaland and Kane as the front runners, but i would not be surprised if Pep did not buy a striker and ran with Jesus and Torres up front?
 
Legal Alien said:
Oh i agree, i'm hoping he'll make it.

Spending huge money scares the shit out of me because all signings are a gamble, even if we think Kane might be the real deal. But if it doesn't come off then we'll be getting ridiculed from everyone.
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we will be a very strong squad next season if we get 2 strikers and a left back. but delap must not be pushed into first team football like united have done with a couple of there younger players. city must get 2 strikers and world class ones and maybe sterling and jesus will move on ? sterling could be the key to kane signing and maybe a deal with a swap plus money or if arsenal pay about £70million then the money will be used

i love nothing more than a young youth player giving a chance and liam delap and cole palmer are the next 2 that stand out and will be added to the first team squad and city and pep do like to protect them

kane haaland KDB foden silva mahrez i would be happy with that forward line with our defence and midfield
boy we would be hard to beat and start the moaners off again over the road
 
Inter Me Nan said:
If the owners who run the club (who've done alright bar the super league mess) think Kane is worth paying the money being quoted why should anybody question them?
It's not up to us.
I also believe this team has missed a big striker like Aguero (whilst still winning pots) and if we get Kane he'll get mad numbers with the way we play.
Just my know nowt opinion though.
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Fair enough.
I’m not sure on the “mad numbers” though.
I personally don’t see that much difference between Sergio and Kane.
He’ll score plenty, just not sure he’ll get more than he already does.
 
I've gradually come to believe more and more that there was a fair bit behind this and it maybe Was more advanced behind the scenes.

Watching that interview in full, I'm back to thinking, there really isn't That much to it and we as a public are reading way more into it than is really there. Partly because of how and when snippets have been presented and in what context, by Sky.

It was a fairly generic interview, woth some things said that do resonate, but are also generic enough to track back on.

And that is really all that seems to be to it. For now.
 
eastlandsblue said:
Kane is better than Haarland. And at 28 he's still got a good 4 years at the top. By which time, either Delap has proven himself. Or we end up going for a prime Haarland who could also end his career at City. I get Kanes injury issues. But being at City will see him rested more.
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Kane is at his peak right now, this season. That means there is only one direction he'd be travelling and that's down.

Haarland on the other hand is on a par with Kane and does have 7+ years to get even better.

If it's between the two, its a no-brainer... Haarland.

As soon as Kane signed that 6yr deal was the day when he shot himself in the foot, if he wanted to pimp himself out to a club with realistic chances of silverware at the top level it was then.

I dont think he's going anywhere...
 
oakiecokie said:
Did you see the thread from the beginning of this season when some idiots from this very forum claimed that Dias wasn`t good enough for us and a fucking liability waiting to happen.
I wish the same people would now eat a fucking big piece of humble pie.
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I understand that not everyone is going to rate every player that we sign, and I wouldn’t go back through threads and criticise anyone for expressing an opinion, I’m sure I’ve posted my fair share of bollocks over the years. I must admit though that I’m struggling to get my head around why the poll at the top of this thread isn’t well over 90%. We need a replacement for Sergio and Kane is as close to a sure fire signing you can possibly get.
 
I think Haaland and Kane are both incredible players who would rain goals in this Manchester City team, and I'm buzzing that we have the clout and financial power to be able to sign either of them. If we end up with either of the two, the world is gonna be borderline depressed at the prospect of having to play us. Don't argue over the details, just enjoy what times we're living in. Doesn't get much better than this.
 
Courtneyneild said:
Betting suspended on sky regarding Kane’s next club. Probably because of his comments regarding KDB
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theyve clarified that, are not offering odds because the interview theybdid may be seen as pushing people to bet a certain way.
 
I'm Blue said:
Fair enough.
I’m not sure on the “mad numbers” though.
I personally don’t see that much difference between Sergio and Kane.
He’ll score plenty, just not sure he’ll get more than he already does.
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Have you seen how many chances we spunk up the wall?
I think he'd be getting 35/40 goals a season.
 
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