Harry Kane

[salfordbluetrue]

I do not think mr Levy is going to be very happy with Southgate, he just knocked 50% of his asking price by playing 1 striker against 5 defenders, great for us as we saw just how Pep would play him, albeit with better players passing to him.

 

[decmancity]

I understand what you are saying but why wouldn’t he want to sign for City. Everything is in place for him unlike other clubs with a revolving door of managers.

Why does anyone do anything?

Everyone would sign for City if it was just as easy as you say.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

For the money we would have to shell out you'd expect to be getting Peak Kane as age isn't on his side. It looks very much like he is past his physical peak and that isn't coming back.

 

[glyntowen]

kane always reminds me of Dzeko, when he is bad he is really really bad
Edin used to have games (or even halves) where his touch would just disappear, you could drop a pool table on him and it would bounce off 15ft

hard to judge some of the players last night as the team mentality and setup was just wrong, I haven't bothered to watch England for a while and last night was no shock, pretty much the dire performance I was expecting. It isn't really a surprise when you appoint the dullest most passionless failed Boro manager available for the job. Soon as Grealish stood up I knew Foden would be the one to get hooked. Someone slagging Sterling off for not playing to James, after watching his previous 10 shit crosses he probably thought it wasn't worth it

I actually think Kane would be good for us, we have the players and the mentality to get the best of him

I'm unsure about Haaland, I like the fact he is a proper target man, still not 100% convinced about him but wouldn't like him to go somewhere like Chelsea. All the baggage around him it also a concern, very much see him leaving on a free if we do sign him but we could win alot of things while he is with us

 

[Sir peace frog]

Haaland

edited,

HAA no fucking R LAND, you're welcome :)

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

edited,

HAA no fucking R LAND, you're welcome :)

the amount of idiots can’t spell his name and stick a random R in there astounds me.

And don’t get me started on the “Stirling” brigade.

 

[blue ranger]

Fair enough, how would he cope trying to close down defenders in our team ?

Tbh I’m not going to try and defend Harry Kane. His own track record does that. Personally I think closing down isn’t always about pace, it’s about being clever and knowing when to press. Pretty sure Poch also played a pressing game. Let’s see.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He's clearly not fit.

Be fair to the lad.

If we judged Sergio solely on his international form, we’d never have signed him!

 

[dobingsdobber]

Same applies to all our England players, imagine Sterling , Foden, Walker and Stones training with Kalvin Philips, Trippier, Rice, Mings etc after training with the players at the Etihad, thanks some drop off in talent.

Agreed. Also,Kane looks like a player with an imminent transfer on his mind.

 

[melrose40yarder]

kane always reminds me of Dzeko, when he is bad he is really really bad
Edin used to have games (or even halves) where his touch would just disappear, you could drop a pool table on him and it would bounce off 15ft

hard to judge some of the players last night as the team mentality and setup was just wrong, I haven't bothered to watch England for a while and last night was no shock, pretty much the dire performance I was expecting. It isn't really a surprise when you appoint the dullest most passionless failed Boro manager available for the job. Soon as Grealish stood up I knew Foden would be the one to get hooked. Someone slagging Sterling off for not playing to James, after watching his previous 10 shit crosses he probably thought it wasn't worth it

I actually think Kane would be good for us, we have the players and the mentality to get the best of him

I'm unsure about Haaland, I like the fact he is a proper target man, still not 100% convinced about him but wouldn't like him to go somewhere like Chelsea. All the baggage around him it also a concern, very much see him leaving on a free if we do sign him but we could win alot of things while he is with us

Drop a pool table and it would bounce 15 ft one of the funniest things i have read.

 

[southamptonblue]

I agree he could be brilliant for us for a season or two and if that brings us two league titles and the CL then it’s hard to argue against the logic of buying him in the short term but long term it’s not so clever.

Signing Harry precludes us from signing Haaland and so one of our big rivals gets a young hungry equally prolific striker with a huge resale value should Barca or Madrid come calling in 4 or 5 years time. Haaland to Chelsea or Utd or Lpool transforms them into genuine rivals. Haaland to City sees us win the league 3 or 4 times on the bounce.

Firstly we haven't lost a good player to Spain before, and if Haaland wanted to, he could run down his contract and go for nothing anyway?
Haaland doesn't guarantee any titles, let alone 3 or 4 on the bounce.....maybe Madrid thought the same with Jovic or Chelsea with Werner after they topped the scoring chart in Germany ;)

 

[domalino]

There have been 7 transfers over €100m in history.

Mbappe
Neymar
Hazard
Coutinho
Joao Felix
Dembele
Griezmann

2 of those have been complete failures. 2 have been massively disappointing. 1 hasn't paid off and will need to step up massively in order to and the 2 PSG players have been excellent but still didn't get them the CL they wanted.

I feel very nervous about the club spending all that money on a player who is looking really sluggish and/or injured.

It felt quite risky based on his injury history already but now if he plays like this the whole tournament it seems like it would be mad.

 

[Mad 4 It]

There have been 7 transfers over €100m in history.

Mbappe
Neymar
Hazard
Coutinho
Joao Felix
Dembele
Griezmann

2 of those have been complete failures. 2 have been massively disappointing. 1 hasn't paid off and will need to step up massively in order to and the 2 PSG players have been excellent but still didn't get them the CL they wanted.

I feel very nervous about the club spending all that money on a player who is looking really sluggish and/or injured.

It felt quite risky based on his injury history already but now if he plays like this the whole tournament it seems like it would be mad.

Yes totally agree, not worth the gamble for me

 

[domalino]

Yes totally agree, not worth the gamble for me

Haaland is a gamble as well, but I feel like he

1) is in great form so he's carrying all that confidence to help him hit the ground running.

2) He is so young that he has more time to come good. If for whatever reason he took 18 months to get used to Pep and the team before he hit his absolute best, or he got a big injury he would be 22. If Kane took time to get going he would be pushing 30.

 

[David Silva]

Anyone ever seen Kane play well in a big game?

 

[citymad]

Don’t think he ever had pace. That’s not his game.

He's no Haaland thats for sure.

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

Harry Kane is a proven Premier League goal scorer and will score bag loads for us. However, many of those goals will come against teams outside of the top six. For me, in the current depressed market due to Coronavirus with his ability, age and injury record taken into consideration, he’s worth about £80-£85 million. The remaining £15-£65 million is based on English player tax, press hype and a stubborn inability of everyone outside of the club to understand we don’t pay silly amounts for players. Twelve years on and everybody thinks our club is immune from the effects of Coronavirus and we are going to be a meal ticket for Spurs or Villa whilst selling off our own players at less than market value.

As domalino pointed out, only 7 times has a club paid over £100 million for a player. I’ll be amazed if Manchester City or anybody else do so this summer. The clubs that have paid those sums are in a mess on the whole.

 

[bluenova]

There have been 7 transfers over €100m in history.

Mbappe
Neymar
Hazard
Coutinho
Joao Felix
Dembele
Griezmann

2 of those have been complete failures. 2 have been massively disappointing. 1 hasn't paid off and will need to step up massively in order to and the 2 PSG players have been excellent but still didn't get them the CL they wanted.

I feel very nervous about the club spending all that money on a player who is looking really sluggish and/or injured.

It felt quite risky based on his injury history already but now if he plays like this the whole tournament it seems like it would be mad.

Clearly, if you want quality, you need to be paying around the €200m mark ;)

 

[Phil Mitchell Foden]

I agree he could be brilliant for us for a season or two and if that brings us two league titles and the CL then it’s hard to argue against the logic of buying him in the short term but long term it’s not so clever.

Signing Harry precludes us from signing Haaland and so one of our big rivals gets a young hungry equally prolific striker with a huge resale value should Barca or Madrid come calling in 4 or 5 years time. Haaland to Chelsea or Utd or Lpool transforms them into genuine rivals. Haaland to City sees us win the league 3 or 4 times on the bounce.

This is precisely the worst thing about this transfer for me. Haaland is a future balon dor winner, and we'd be leaving a free run at him for a direct rival, in favour of someone who could be the next Alexis Sanchez.

Makes me feel ill. If Haaland moves elsewhere, fair enough. Lukaku or Kane are decent stand ins, but Haaland has to be priority. We've lost our marbles if he isn't.

 

[I'm Blue]

Anyone ever seen Kane play well in a big game?

I’ve asked if Kane is a big game player before and unsurprisingly it usually gets ignored.
For the fee it’s a question worth asking.
If Harry Kane is the answer, we’re asking the wrong question.