Harry Kane

Brightwell Bros. said:
To be honest, I think agents know that United are the most gullible football club on the planet, without a discernable scouting or recruitment plan, and if there is even a whiff on interest from us they can get them on the phone and add a couple of £10ms to the transfer fee and a £100ks to their own paycheck.

I've always said you can't really judge the players that end up there based on the performances for United, because they don't have the management or coaching or facilities to judge them compared to what they'd look like if they played for us. I imagine, for instance, Fred would look like a completely different player if he'd worked alongside Fernandino in a team with a proper pressing system in front of him. And I dread to think what Rodri, who for me has been one of our players of the season so far, would like if you lumped in him that United team.
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Your key word there is " discernable" that is , " able to be wise "and certainly United have not been wise. Wisdom is a deeper level of knowledge. Discernment or wisdom is very lacking in their whole approach to scouting and transfers as you say. With City it does seem to come more naturally as there are hardly any duds with our signings . But it's also ingrained from Pep at the top down to every single member of staff . The quest is always on to improve, get better , grow, etc etc and that feeds onto the pitch. We hear it from Pep every second or third week at press conferences. Theres an air of humility too . That's wise. When you win you enjoy and boast a bit but then you're straight back to the banal and " we have to get better " mentality . Grounded. No egos .
We will be in for someone come January. Poor Harry may not be in our plans. It's very sad to see him so down in himself. I don't think it's a slight adjustment to his game that he needs as David James says . It's a mental thing . He seems quite broken in himself. Needs to chat openly to someone. When he does he will improve. The Spurs chairman won a battle but the war for Harry's mind he lost.
 
levets said:
I fully expect City to go back in for Kane at around £80m, especially if Raheem is moving on.
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You know I thought that back in the summer before the saga ended, but now I'm a bit more on the fence.

I just can't see Tottenham dropping the asking price in a substantial way. I think much like PSG with Mbappé they'd rather risk losing him at the end of his deal than ever sell him for fair value.

If somehow I'm wrong and they willingly play along, then yeah I could definitely see City pouncing.
 
levets said:
I fully expect City to go back in for Kane at around £80m, especially if Raheem is moving on.
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We might indeed fancy it.

Won't get him though, no way. They'll know that, in which case, what would be the point in trying.

It would need to be the same 120-130m offer we were supposedly prepared to go to in the summer. Which isn't worth it (wasn't last summer either) but now there are more comparable options.
 
urban genie said:
Let's hope not, that ship has sailed for me and I would rather we looked elsewhere.
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I suspect lots of us who initially wanted him (at the right price) now feel the same. His current struggles may turn out to be a dip but he’s acquired the smell of dead meat over the last few months.

Newcastle is not unrealistic, nor would it necessarily be a bad move for either club or player.
 
sir baconface said:
I suspect lots of us who initially wanted him (at the right price) now feel the same. His current struggles may turn out to be a dip but he’s acquired the smell of dead meat over the last few months.

Newcastle is not unrealistic, nor would it necessarily be a bad move for either club or player.
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Dependent on who they bring in newcastle having a jan pop at kane, sterling, ward prowse and henderson would be a sensible idea for them instead of trying to be too flash
 
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Coatigan said:
We might indeed fancy it.

Won't get him though, no way. They'll know that, in which case, what would be the point in trying.

It would need to be the same 120-130m offer we were supposedly prepared to go to in the summer. Which isn't worth it (wasn't last summer either) but now there are more comparable options.
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I don’t think we’ll go anywhere near that figure again.
 
skiddypants said:
Damaged goods now, we should be nowhere near the guy.
We walked and this should be laid as a warning to other clubs.
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There is that tbf. The club followed through on its stance with koulibaly, garcia, and now kane. I think the tone that sets is just as important long term.
 
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sir baconface said:
I suspect lots of us who initially wanted him (at the right price) now feel the same. His current struggles may turn out to be a dip but he’s acquired the smell of dead meat over the last few months.

Newcastle is not unrealistic, nor would it necessarily be a bad move for either club or player.
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Kane never wanted to leave for money he wanted to win something. At his age he doesn't have that time to do it at Newcastle.
 
Coatigan said:
If the none of clubs capable of winning things now come in for him, do you not think he'd rather win nothing for a lot more money?
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No, it's only my opinion but I think he has already demonstrated that he values the adoration of the Spuds fans too much to walk just for money. He knows he would go from club legend to poriah.
 
Coatigan said:
If the none of clubs capable of winning things now come in for him, do you not think he'd rather win nothing for a lot more money?
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I'm pretty sure that the guy has more money than he'll ever reasonably need at this stage. His driving force must be trophies now. I'd rather we didn't go back in for him now, after the saga in the summer.
 
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