Harry Kane

Snuzzy said:

Why?

This will be far from the first time I've continued to like, admire and wish a Spurs player well after he's left our club.

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actively wanting him to win trophies away from the club you support is different to admiring the player after he leaves.

I've got lots of contradicting feelings about the whole transfer.

Pochettino, Spurs and Kane all deserved to have a trophy or 2 for the way they performed over 2 or 3 seasons. Right now we look a long way off.

So I can't really begrudge Kane's desire to move to City. Part of me would be happy to see him lift a trophy (provided it wasn't at the direct expense of Spurs)
Equally I'd love to see him get kicked off the park (battle of the bridge style)and full fan treatment when he pitches up at Spurs in a city kit.

I do feel like maybe he has gotten himself into a similar situation to Zaha at palace. Big contract, that very few teams can afford. The temptation for mega clubs to buy Mbappe or Haaland for similar money must be big.

And I'm of the opinion that £160 is not quite enough. Top 5 striker in world football at his peak. Thats world record fee territory, the teams that want him aren't going to be troubled by the price.

Was much more upset at the taught of losing Bale in his pomp. If we can £160M for him I would let him go, any real love i had for him went after his interview with Neville and leaks to the press. Great player without question but feel really let down by him over this, whether he stays or goes this will taint him in my eyes. I do agree with some who say he has been let down by Levy but at the end of the day Levy has been running the club that gave Kane the chance to win the league, the CL, FA cups semi's and LC finals so its not for lack of oppurtunity that Kane doesn't have any trophies, the guys in the boardroom don't take to the pitch on match days.

So Kane and the players have let us and themselves down just as much as Levy has. Just to be clear I dislike Levy as strongly as anyone and would love him and Enic out of our club and I am in no way trying to downplay the fact he let the team down when the chance was there to kick on and become a real force.

If he really wants to go and City really want him then they need to hemorrhage the fee we want or fuck off.

No hostility, this is business and he is our asset with 3 years left on the deal. Make them bleed.

HildoSpur said:

I'd be utterly devastated if he left - he is simply irreplaceable.

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Flood me with optimistic ratings, because I know this is dreamworld... but, wouldn't it magnificent if we sold Kane to City for circa £200M and with that cash bought Haaland. The meltdown from City fans would be priceless!

Back on topic of your post, I would also be devastated. However it's wrong to try and replace like-for-like. Bale was irreplaceable but the team improved without him. We need to rebuild and strengthen in multiple positions, and if Kane left we might be able to improve as a team/squad without him.

The fact that Kane scored the most goals AND got the most assists last season, yet we still ended up 7th rings massive alarm bells that the team is too dependent on one player. We need to improve elsewhere on the pitch and allow the other players to flourish and contribute more. Look at City last season, without an out-and-out striker (considering Aguero was barely used) and all their players chipped in together.

Probably the best price we'll ever get for Kane whilst maximising his time here.

Part of me wonders how long we'll have of peak Kane with his ankles and he's 30 next summer but then look at walker, well into his 30s and the pace is still there.

The process of accepting him leaving is beginning, I do worry about the quality of strikers out there, clearly hard to replicate Kane.

HarryTed14 said:

Yeah, tabloids especially the Sun have never printed things that are wrong! (Just ask Liverpool fans)

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If the sun printed a front page article saying the sky is blue, then I'd have to go and check for myself.

Wig said:

Flood me with optimistic ratings, because I know this is dreamworld... but, wouldn't it magnificent if we sold Kane to City for circa £200M and with that cash bought Haaland. The meltdown from City fans would be priceless!

Back on topic of your post, I would also be devastated. However it's wrong to try and replace like-for-like. Bale was irreplaceable but the team improved without him. We need to rebuild and strengthen in multiple positions, and if Kane left we might be able to improve as a team/squad without him.

The fact that Kane scored the most goals AND got the most assists last season, yet we still ended up 7th rings massive alarm bells that the team is too dependent on one player. We need to improve elsewhere on the pitch and allow the other players to flourish and contribute more. Look at City last season, without an out-and-out striker (considering Aguero was barely used) and all their players chipped in together.

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I think this was mainly due to Jose's approach - he likes to rely on a few star players to do something while the rest of the team is passive and just defends.

T-Bone said:

Was much more upset at the taught of losing Bale in his pomp. If we can £160M for him I would let him go

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Same, mainly because I don't think we ever saw the very best of Bale at Spurs whereas I think we have seen the best of Kane.

I don't feel any ill will towards either though tbf, not any more. Bale won 4 CLs and scored some incredibly important goals for Real Madrid to do so. Kane has given us some amazing seasons but it wasn't quite enough to get us to the summit of the league or a cup. Close of course, but no cigar. He clearly wants to beat Shearer's record and moving to Man City will get him that most likely.


Also thinking from an International perspective having Kane and Sterling together (possibly Grealish too?) for 1 1/2 seasons before the WC would probably be a big boon to England.

-Afri-Coy- said:

If he really wants to go and City really want him then they need to hemorrhage the fee we want or fuck off.

No hostility, this is business and he is our asset with 3 years left on the deal. Make them bleed.

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I dread to see you in a hostile mood!
*takes mental note: “be nice to Afri-Coy”

Ribble said:

Same, mainly because I don't think we ever saw the very best of Bale at Spurs whereas I think we have seen the best of Kane.

I don't feel any ill will towards either though tbf, not any more. Bale won 4 CLs and scored some incredibly important goals for Real Madrid to do so. Kane has given us some amazing seasons but it wasn't quite enough to get us to the summit of the league or a cup. Close of course, but no cigar. He clearly wants to beat Shearer's record and moving to Man City will get him that most likely.


Also thinking from an International perspective having Kane and Sterling together (possibly Grealish too?) for 1 1/2 seasons before the WC would probably be a big boon to England.

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I don’t give a stuff about what's good for England. Only Spurs.

L-man said:

It says it all about Charlie Kane that it was his own wedding day and he invited a journalist along to leak a transfer story. Leech

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I should imagine the slimy wannabe ‘agent’ is sweating on his 10% not appearing this summer!

archiewasking said:

I don’t give a stuff about what's good for England. Only Spurs.

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Me either tbh, although I do imagine it plays into Kane's thinking a bit, just thinking out loud really.

Bluto Blutarsky said:

For anyone who thinks the Sun story is bollocks - a simple denial from Charlie would have happened by now. The silence from the Kane camp is more telling than the circle-the-wagons message from Spurs.

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I should imagine he’d be busy fanning the flames rather than trying to extinguish anything!

I will be very concerned if Kane misses the season opener. And let's hope none of the City "make weights" fancy moving south and we get the full £200m. I could live with that; especially if we go out and splash it all on Haaland and his wages.

I can't help but be angry at all of this.

In Football players come and go and we accept that. It's happened before but when you see an academy player rise all the way to the position of talisman, national captain, club icon and it ends in what looks like a move to a club like City it's a completely different ball game.

I just don't get it. As fans you dream of playing for your club, captaining your club, leading your club to glory but also as fans surely you'd struggle to switch that off when it comes to decisions on your career.

So why is it, that at the first sign that things aren't quite playing out as we had hoped at Spurs, the first proper downward trajectory in his time at the club, he wants out to move to a club that pick up trophies purely from financial muscle.

His whole family apparently love Spurs too and yet we have his brother, flapping about like a fish out of water, trying to force a move through with petty links to shitty papers, all for a quick buck.

I try to put myself in his shoes and forget the money, what would mean more to me? Seeing my family celebrating me scoring goals for the club we all love, maybe lifting a trophy as skipper for that club or seeing them celebrating me winning something that only matters to me?

They can tell me this is about ambition all they want, it isn't. There is literally no gratification in winning a trophy with a club like City, it's all about the money, the clout and buying little brother a new expensive crappy suit and securing yet more free tickets to the Super Bowl for him to slap all over his social media.

We've gone from having a quiet unassuming lad from Chingford to a bloke who wins the Golden Boot and the first thing he does? Whip off his custom made Nike boots to make sure they are in the photo with the trophy.

Sonny has just signed a new deal, a lad who is a genuine icon across an entire continent, a national team captain, playing in the PL in front of adoring fans, earning good money. Truly living his dream at a club he has grown to love. He talks about the club showing him respect, wanting to be a part of the future, despite the fact that he could up sticks and go anywhere he wanted in the hunt of empty trophies.

Sonny is the sort of player I want at my club, if Harry wants out then his legacy at Spurs will be tarnished for me.

I can’t bothered to read back…but why are people talking like Kane is off to City for 160m when every reliable journalist as rubbished the story?

Daytripper said:

...Maybe if he’d shown up in the last two finals we’ve been in he’d have got the trophies ‘he deserves’.

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I thought I was the only one who held this view.

It's a misnomer to talk about a player needing to move to a club to win things, when they have had opportunities (including one of, if not the, biggest) and didn't take them.

KingNick said:

You’re not too familiar with British tabloids it seems. Three things they definitely don’t care about: truth, credibility, and reputation.
Only things they care about: content, sales figures and clicks

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It just amazes me how people have sweeping conclusions like this that make out as if it’s simple: the tabloids make things up. They have done in the past, I’m sure. They’ve exaggerated truths, bent truths, made mistakes, and received bad information. But most of the time what they report is accurate. Ultimately, stories are brought in by reporters who are forging careers. You do that by getting scoops. It’s only a scoop if it’s right.

At the highest level, they think about sales and clicks. But those decisions affect what stories are elevated, where resources are focused and what stories to chase. The biggest scandal affecting the tabloids was the hacking scandal, which also uncovered bribery allegations. These were unethical and illegal tactics designed to get real stories. If they made stuff up all the time, why would they break the law to get real stories?

Bottom line: you should believe the Kane story.

Chimbo! said:

It just amazes me how people have sweeping conclusions like this that make out as if it’s simple: the tabloids make things up. They have done in the past, I’m sure. They’ve exaggerated truths, bent truths, made mistakes, and received bad information. But most of the time what they report is accurate. Ultimately, stories are brought in by reporters who are forging careers. You do that by getting scoops. It’s only a scoop if it’s right.

At the highest level, they think about sales and clicks. But those decisions affect what stories are elevated, where resources are focused and what stories to chase. The biggest scandal affecting the tabloids was the hacking scandal, which also uncovered bribery allegations. These were unethical and illegal tactics designed to get real stories. If they made stuff up all the time, why would they break the law to get real stories?

Bottom line: you should believe the Kane story.

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Newspapers exist to make money, not tell the truth.