Harry Kane

[bobmcfc]

In that case levy and spurs are most welcome to him.

We've walked away before.

 

[paulchapo]

Guess so but never nice seeing someone disregarded like that.
Hate people that take advantage of a ‘gentleman’s agreeement’ and never think twice

Me too but we have no proof that actually happened just paper talk which we know by the way they lie about is is usually bollocks.

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

If you were a City fan before 2008, you will understand that football clubs don't need to have any point beyond serving their local community and wider fan base.

The market is already inflated. Levy has every justification to believe that £100m is a silly bid.

Quite right. £100 million is a silly bid. He’s a depreciating asset in a post / present COVID world. £85 million tops.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

As delighted as I am with Grealish, if we can't afford to sign Kane and end up £50-£60m short I will be left scratching my head at this situation.

How long for? at least it will clear any dandruff ;-)

 

[RandomJ]

As delighted as I am with Grealish, if we can't afford to sign Kane and end up £50-£60m short I will be left scratching my head at this situation.

Even if we didn't sign Grealish we wouldn't pay what Levy is asking. It's not a case of oops we spent too much money and can't afford him now. It's a case of we have our valuation of what we think he is worth given his age etc. and we will not go over that.

 

[Wembley99]

How long for? at least it will clear any dandruff ;-)

Very true! :)

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Even if we didn't sign Grealish we wouldn't pay what Levy is asking. It's not a case of oops we spent too much money and can't afford him now. It's a case of we have our valuation of what we think he is worth given his age etc. and we will not go over that.

Exactly.

 

[Wembley99]

Even if we didn't sign Grealish we wouldn't pay what Levy is asking. It's not a case of oops we spent too much money and can't afford him now. It's a case of we have our valuation of what we think he is worth given his age etc. and we will not go over that.

I would argue that our need for a striker means going to £140-£150m would be worth it?
There seems little or no noise of anyone else as a back up so I can only hope we know this is defo going to happen.

 

[JimB]

Genuine question to you mate do you actually want to keep Kane or would you rather levy come to the table and gets a fee for around £120 mill?

If I was a spurs fan I would want Kane out you have had his best years and are in need of a squad refresh. It may be painful in the short term but i think it would benefit spurs long term.

My brother is a spurs fan and he just wants him gone now for instance. Interested to get your take.

For my part, I think it would be better all round for Kane to leave leave this summer.

But on two conditions. Firstly, that City pay something approaching Levy's asking price (whatever that might be - but at least £130m + £30m easily achievable add-ons, IMO). Secondly, that Spurs sign a top quality up and coming replacement such as Vlahovic.

 

[JimB]

But they all had to wait longer than they wanted and footballers do not like waiting.

Of course you'll still sign good players, not everybody is going to reject spurs because of it but if you're looking at a potential superstar, they are going to have numerous offers, a team like dortmund have a reputation of sticking to their word and allowing them to move on when they agree, spurs have a reputation of being like a cage, once you're in, there's no getting out easily, that's going to bite back at some point and if there's a choice to be made between two clubs with those reputations, it's probably not going to favour spurs.

The argument was that Dortmund is a great club for young players because they let them leave. They didn't let Sancho leave last year. They made him wait.

 

[mattcity5]

Whatever makes them happy I guess. Is sort of funny seeing them say "well City should pay up 160 million" as if that money is going back into their squad and not on fuel for Joe Lewis's yacht or towards stadium debts.

And this is exactly why all the "net spend" wankers are so wrong. They celebrate their clubs not spending, not being ambitious and not buying good players.

Each to their own I guess.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It’s placky in South Manchester n’all

It’s a hemp bag in Chorlton though.

 

[JimB]

Easy, nobhead. Remember you’re a guest here

Easy, fella. I didn't mean anything by it. I simply don't know how old Mazzarelli is or when he / she became a City fan. I didn't want to assume that he / she had experienced what it was like to be a City fan before 2008.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I'm not defending Levy indiscriminately. I just don't believe that he is naive enough to have specified a (low) figure at which he would sell. Not even verbally. Negotiation 101, you just don't do that.

It would be just as easy to argue that City are taking the piss out of City fans by making it quite clear that they are after Kane without making a bid that comes anywhere near his asking price. Why are you defending them?

Levy could have done a deal for say £120m months ago and then strengthened the squad before the season. If a player wants to go you don’t keep him. I don’t accept the press narrative about Levy that he’s smart. I saw enough on that All or Nothing TV series to see that he is an idiot.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Surprisingly open in that interview. Signs of a refreshed Pep are always good.

This seems completely dead, he's publicly admitted our interest and thrown everything on to levy not negotiating. It's a good tactic. He also said we can't afford him without selling which one poster correctly said the other day and got slaughtered for it

It’s because he’s not had to speak to Simon Stone for a few months.

Give it a couple of weeks and he’ll be back to his sarcastic best.

 

[Paul1970]

We all know bernie wants out and maybe eric ,your post is wumming

But unless ath Madrid want both it won’t be happening for Laporte as no one else in Spain can afford especially Real Madrid who will be looking at haaland next season. As for Kane we gave instigated Kane going awol as the only way he comes is if he put a transfer request in or plays hard ball which will allow us to move for him .

 

[bluemoon32]

 

[JimB]

I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. Apart from Walker most of those players were either denied a move or made to wait. For each player you mentioned there’s a Rose or Alderweireld who wasted what should have been their best years at Tottenham.

Do you truly believe if Spurs offered Bellingham the exact same terms and playing time as Dortmund he'd have joined Tottenham?

Spurs tried to sell Danny Rose but he refused to leave. He admitted as much. As to Alderweireld, he never asked to leave as far as I'm aware.

You're right that Bellingham would have joined Dortmund over Spurs or almost any other PL club, for that matter. He wouldn't have been thinking about his next move. After all, Dortmund blocked a move for Jadon Sancho. Bellingham would have chosen Dortmund because of their excellent reputation for giving youth players a genuine chance of first team action.

 

[Tokyo32]

His normal response is "He's a Tottenham player and I don't speak about other players that play for other clubs". I think there's a good chance of this getting done.

Yeah if we meet spurs asking price or they are willing to negotiate

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

No, no. You've got this all WRONG mate. Spurs are definitely in control. Their best player is on strike, their new manager hasn't spoken to him, the squad is in need of improvement in several areas, the season starts next weekend and they have no clarity on what their squad is going to look like - but Levy is IN CONTROL. Nothing to see here at all.

Don’t know if my memory is playing tricks on me, but I always remember blues being of the attitude that if a player doesn’t want to be at our club, it’s best for all parties that they move on. Yes, get the best deal you can but work within the art of the possible. We weren’t happy about SWP going but we didn’t want to keep an unhappy player.
The Spurs fans attitude of wanting to keep Kane against his will is strange to me. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect them to be happy, but equally I wouldn’t want an unhappy player. O.k. I get that Bernardo and Laporte are not “one of our own”. But if the rumours are true, both are unhappy and particularly in Silva’s case they are both popular with the fans. Compare and contrast our attitude towards them.
The Spurs fans thinking is so small time. In this current economic climate I’ll be amazed if they get £115 million for Kane. That said you can pay off some of the stadium debt, or go back to what Spurs were good at under Poch or in the 90’s and noughties where they used to buy young, hungry English players from other academies, lower leagues and develop through their own academy. That is when Spurs were at their most potent in the modern game. The prices of those players will have gone down in the same way the market price of Kane has.