OrigamiNinja
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It all seems a bit silly to have this drag on for weeks with this end result. City clearly thought that Spurs/Levy would crumble the nearer we got to deadline day and it looks like we got it terribly wrong. For all the name-calling on here, the press were right all along, when they stated a figure and said that Kane would be going nowhere if we didn't pay it. Now we will not only have to deal with not getting our man, but also the loss of the PR war which will no doubt follow.
Some will be happy with the outcome, others not so much. For me the biggest annoyance/frustration is what appears to be a continued pattern of not getting these long-drawn out deals over the line and therefore the complete waste of time. Thank god Grealish had a release clause, otherwise I think it is fair to say that would have been another couple of months down the pan.
We need a striker and I'm sorry but the Kane or nobody attitude really shouldn't apply here. Its one thing having this thought-process when we are chasing a player in a position we are already stacked in...getting Grealish or not getting him was a fair example of this. We cant have this attitude when we actually now don't have a striker of any note at the club. Yeah Torres and Sterling can fill in. We can go with a false 9. We can tell Gabby that he will have to do a stint up top. These are bloody terrible options for a club of our stature.
How can the champions not have a recognised forward of any note at the club? It is a ridiculous situation to be in and one completely of our own making. How long have we known we would have to replace Aguero? Where was our contingency planning?
The Kane situation is clearly a money issue i.e. we cant bloody afford him - I don't believe for one minute that we are making a stand over £25m or whatever that figure is. Maybe, just maybe a bit of forward planning would mean we would avoid spunking £40m on the likes of Ake and then we would have the required funds available for players who would actually make a positive difference to the squad.
Some will be happy with the outcome, others not so much. For me the biggest annoyance/frustration is what appears to be a continued pattern of not getting these long-drawn out deals over the line and therefore the complete waste of time. Thank god Grealish had a release clause, otherwise I think it is fair to say that would have been another couple of months down the pan.
We need a striker and I'm sorry but the Kane or nobody attitude really shouldn't apply here. Its one thing having this thought-process when we are chasing a player in a position we are already stacked in...getting Grealish or not getting him was a fair example of this. We cant have this attitude when we actually now don't have a striker of any note at the club. Yeah Torres and Sterling can fill in. We can go with a false 9. We can tell Gabby that he will have to do a stint up top. These are bloody terrible options for a club of our stature.
How can the champions not have a recognised forward of any note at the club? It is a ridiculous situation to be in and one completely of our own making. How long have we known we would have to replace Aguero? Where was our contingency planning?
The Kane situation is clearly a money issue i.e. we cant bloody afford him - I don't believe for one minute that we are making a stand over £25m or whatever that figure is. Maybe, just maybe a bit of forward planning would mean we would avoid spunking £40m on the likes of Ake and then we would have the required funds available for players who would actually make a positive difference to the squad.