Harry Kane

[Led's Zeppelin]

Remember Sol Campbell and how he wanted to 'better himself'. How did you feel about that situation out of interest?

The Campbell situation was made much worse for two reasons…one was he‘d sworn he didn’t want to leave when his contract ran out, and promised supporters that he’d stay, and on the back of that Spurs turned turned down a huge bid fromMan Utd (and one from Inter too I believe)which Would have enabled them to rebuild…he then left for £0 at the first opportunity, and to arsenal of all the fucking clubs in the world!

…he basically fucked Spurs over in a very deliberate, calculated and damaging way.

there really is no comparison with Kane, who may well not go anyway.

 

[Timberwolf]

Strawman argument it may be. But you're prepared to see the human side of things as and when its suits you based on who the player joins? Its hypocrisy of the highest order.

Well obviously every situation is different.

You think I'm a hypocrite of the highest order for not thinking Kane is the same as Campbell.

I think you are an idiot of the highest order for thinking they are the same.

No-one with 2 brain cells would ever make a human argument for Campbell because he committed about the biggest act of footballing betrayal in the history of the sport. Kane's situation is so different it's untrue.

 

[Stoof]

Reports are that City say it’s nonsense that they’ve bid 160m. So all this is is Levy telling Kane (and Charlie) that he can leave if our target is met. I don’t think City will go that high.

Don't think it's Levy saying anything. It's CK trying his luck with a figure probably halfway between what we've said we might consider and what City have said they'll pay.

 

[sausage]

Reports are that City say it’s nonsense that they’ve bid 160m. So all this is is Levy telling Kane (and Charlie) that he can leave if our target is met. I don’t think City will go that high.

Either that or some substances were passed around, and Clemmie has hallucinated the whole thing




"Charly says always tell Clemmie before you go off somewhere"

 

[mil1lion]

The phonecall stuff is nonsense. There's no chance this is done over the phone. Kane will return and speak to Levy in person before any decisionis made.

 

[KingNick]

Imagine letting your idiot brother with no experience other than Harrys contract renewals which were hardly hard work, try to mastermind a British record transfer involving 100s of millions of pounds, where the selling club hold all the cards, by dropping snide messages to the media at various points. Like its a fucking Amazon purchase. Harry should get himself some proper representation before worrying about the easy route to trophies etc.

As far as I’m aware, he didn’t even do the renewals, HK was with USM for those (and they had employed CK as a condition of HK signing with In the first place). CK will have been in the background for the renewals but probably learning from the likes of Will Salthouse/Marlon Fleissman


Sometime over the last year or two, HK and CK both left USM for CK to go it alone, presumably believing that he had learned enough to do the job and keep all the commission himself and not share it with USM.

 

[sundanceyid10]

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 agree but Levy has to take some blame too, he has overseen some of the mess that’s led to this.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

I'm still not sure they actually will.

They've spent an absurd amount of money over the past 10 years, but they always seem to shy away from these types of huge one off deals Are they really going to spend almost 90 million OVER their transfer record on a 28 year old? I'm not sure I can see it.

I guess they might, but I think it's far from a given that City will actually spend that much money on a single player and I suspect they are hoping to pay closer to 120-130 which would be too low for us to sell.

I find myself sort of agreeing with that despite having written what I did! They would pay £100m. I think that's relatively clear based on what we heard (albeit unconfirmed) earlier in the window. So as an opening bid, they'll go higher.

Feasibly the killing ground is somewhere between £125m and £150m.

Upper end of that works. But the delta between top and bottom is (for instance) a pretty bloody handy £25m player.

I think a solution could be throwing in Jesus. His scoring record isn't amazing at club level, but he's a pretty good player, he's accustomed to the league, is quick, hard working, great touch and skill, and at 24 has his best years ahead. If you pay 90/100 + him, that's a deal I reckon.

Depends on your view of Jesus though

 

[Galahad]

Well obviously every situation is different.

You think I'm a hypocrite of the highest order for not thinking Kane is the same as Campbell.

I think you are an idiot of the highest order for thinking they are the same.

No-one with 2 brain cells would ever make a human argument for Campbell because he committed about the biggest act of footballing betrayal in the history of the sport. Kane's situation is so different it's untrue.

You can always make your point in arguement without being offensive, mate

 

[Timberwolf]

You can always make your point in arguement without being offensive, mate

Yeah sorry that was a bit of a ****y post, but it just rubbed me up the wrong way being called a hypocrite because I didn't think Kane was the same as Campbell.

Let's move back on topic.

 

[CantSmileWithoutYou]

I find myself sort of agreeing with that despite having written what I did! They would pay £100m. I think that's relatively clear based on what we heard (albeit unconfirmed) earlier in the window. So as an opening bid, they'll go higher.

Feasibly the killing ground is somewhere between £125m and £150m.

Upper end of that works. But the delta between top and bottom is (for instance) a pretty bloody handy £25m player.

I think a solution could be throwing in Jesus. His scoring record isn't amazing at club level, but he's a pretty good player, he's accustomed to the league, is quick, hard working, great touch and skill, and at 24 has his best years ahead. If you pay 90/100 + him, that's a deal I reckon.

Depends on your view of Jesus though

Hallelujah!

 

[Moonie]

valenciayid: Charlie is defo sticking his nose in…

Funny cos I love sticking my nose in Charlie

 

[Tim Spur Would]

He wants his slice of the pie. He's nothing without Harry

He has a dream job getting to represent the best striker in the world with no qualifications. I too would like a percentage of a 160M fee seeing as I could plan the rest of my life around that money and this summer is the last opportunity for a massive deal.

I love Spurs but if they were standing between me and a 20M payday I’d make some desperate and pathetic attempts to get my way.

Charlie’s rightly being called a prick but I can’t blame him really.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Funny cos I love sticking my nose in Charlie

The old Scarface technique eh? Old school....

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

Don't think it's Levy saying anything. It's CK trying his luck with a figure probably halfway between what we've said we might consider and what City have said they'll pay.

Probably right. I don’t see city hitting that halfway figure either. Do you think Kane will be more ok about it if city don’t put in a serious offer?

 

[Aphex]

The Kane's need to be reallly careful.

It is quite clear that City have no intention of paying our asking price. They bid around 100 million a month ago which was rejected, at a stretch they will probably go up to 120 million I'd imagine.

Whereas Spurs are looking for somewhere close to 200 million. I think even the figure of 160 million is too low, but is more likely to see us start to negotiate.

So basically, there is a really high chance Kane is here next season, and they don't want to start burning bridges with the club. By next summer City will be in for Haaland, and with the Spanish clubs broke, they may fancy themselves as having a clear run at him apart from the likes of Chelsea and maybe United etc

That's why I think the Kane's are so desperate to make it happen this summer but City just have no intention of paying what we want.

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Don't think it's Levy saying anything. It's CK trying his luck with a figure probably halfway between what we've said we might consider and what City have said they'll pay.

Wouldn't surprise me but funny to consider.

City: he is worth £100m.
Spurs: he is worth £200m.
CK: £160m should about do it.

 

[Timberwolf]

I find myself sort of agreeing with that despite having written what I did! They would pay £100m. I think that's relatively clear based on what we heard (albeit unconfirmed) earlier in the window. So as an opening bid, they'll go higher.

Feasibly the killing ground is somewhere between £125m and £150m.

Upper end of that works. But the delta between top and bottom is (for instance) a pretty bloody handy £25m player.

I think a solution could be throwing in Jesus. His scoring record isn't amazing at club level, but he's a pretty good player, he's accustomed to the league, is quick, hard working, great touch and skill, and at 24 has his best years ahead. If you pay 90/100 + him, that's a deal I reckon.

Depends on your view of Jesus though

In terms of the pricing I can see what you're getting at - I could just about imagine Levy settling for about 140-145 but probably not any less than that.

Personally I'm not a fan of Jesus at all though. Struggling to score consistently playing as a no.9 playing in that City side is a big red flag for me and he didn't impress me at all when I watched him last season. I just wouldn't feel confident that he would deliver the goods for us.

Would far prefer we got the extra money rather than including him as part of the deal.

 

[kursaal]

The phonecall stuff is nonsense. There's no chance this is done over the phone. Kane will return and speak to Levy in person before any decisionis made.

And no way would Levy have phoned Harry. He would have wanted Harry to reverse the charges.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

Wouldn't surprise me but funny to consider.

City: he is worth £100m.
Spurs: he is worth £200m.
CK: £160m should about do it.

Must be making the mistake of thinking Levy taking a back seat in transfer negotiations means his valuations no longer matter.