Harry Kane

[Teddy Klinsmann]

Can you imagine the scenes if HK signed a new contract on his birthday.

 

[Tucker]

Dun dun duuuuuh

 

[spursfan77]

Reports are the meeting is with Bayern today, likely bit of back and forth over weekend so reckon by Monday we'll have a much better idea how its going to pan out.
I had forgotten how shit it is to be the smaller club in one of these transfer sagas, it's shit

Nah, I think they’ll string it out at least another week. We’ve got reports, to varying levels of bullshit, of PSG and Man Utd to go through again yet before anything happens.

 

[kursaal]

I wonder what Levy and Dreesen are having for breakfast right now

No idea but I know who won't be paying for the breakfast.

 

[TheWallYid]

No amount of money will replace what we have with Kane unless city sell us Haaland. I hope levy doesn’t get blinded by the money we don’t need it. He needs to spend £80m max on two good versatile CB’s he had the money before all this talk. I fear he will accept the bid and only spend on transfers up to what we get for Kane completely fooling half the fan base.

 

[robotsonic]

Maybe the plane wasn't big enough for the sackful of cash they'll be needing to bring.

 

[Timberwolf]

Maybe Levy told them how much money they could save by flying Ryanair.

 

[cjbyid]

Bayern wanted levy to pay for breakfast this time = deal off.

 

[olliec]

If he does go it will be such a shame not to see him play with Maddison in the Pl.

 

[spursfan77]

Or…the meeting was bollocks?

 

[Andertons_Right_Boot]

I'm sure it won't mean much but nice to read none the less

 

[thelak]

Smashing post.

The rationalization now is that we'll create more chances than we have been recently, so the poorer finishers we have post-Kane will just recreate him in the aggregate by not being as good but just having many more attempts.

There's lots of assumption in that, and I'll be interested in how patient fans are with Ange. But even using that premise, it's so shitty that we'll relinquish a world class finisher when the footy might become more attacking.

Well done Levy, you bellend, hiring dinosaur managers to play cynical shitball while an awesome spurs-grown finisher is in our ranks.

The rationalisation going on by many is just a way to deal with the grief

 

[mil1lion]

Would be funny if he wasn't sold after all this. Only if we still get a quality centre back mind. I'd be happy enough if we sold Hojbjerg and got Tapsoba rather than sell Kane and get a few signings. Not least because I've been getting in a mess trying to figure our non homegrown limit. Its all well and good saying sell our homegrown forward and sign Muami, Tapsoba and VdV for example but that's 3 non homegrown. Also the chances of all signings doing well are not that high. Similar to selling Bale and only a couple really worthwhile signings came out of it.

 

[y1dk1d]

Let's be real. He's not going to just take 90m, do an evil Blofeld laugh and give the fans the middle finger.

We'll spend a ton of money if we sell Kane. The question is how much and on what positions/players.

We need 2 good CBs (at least one top level like Tapsoba) and a quality forward. That's what he needs to get. Anything less and he's being a bellend. Anything more and he gets Tellytubby points.

I agree but then that’s the point isn’t it? It needs to be 2 quality CBs. And that’s the point, we’re always 1-2 short of where we need to be

 

[13VanDerBale13]

I'm sure it won't mean much but nice to read none the less

Let’s just hope we can focus on incomings now, wouldn’t count on it tho …

 

[Scot-Spur]

I mean in the replies someone says about flying from another airport and he insinuates that’s the case.

 

[Thenewcat]

Because it’s a scientific fact that physical performance begins to deteriorate from 30. The “type of player” thing is completely irrelevant to that as every player is different. There is just no way of knowing what might happen to his physical condition over a 5 year period.

this is why clubs are normally reluctant to give big contracts to players over 30. And could explain the lack of interest in paying for HK from any other club right now except PSG who obviously work on a different model thanks to Qatari money.

To say that something is “likely” is just ridiculous.

Honestly this debate is what is ridiculous. To suggest you can’t differentiate between players based on their fitness record, lifestyle and style of play is just absurd. Nothing is certain at any age, but Kane has exactly the kind of profile clubs would look for. And people do pay high fees for elite strikers over 30. Ronaldo went for £100m at 33, Lewandowski went for £50m aged 34. Based on that £100m for Kane at 30 is a bargain

 

[Timbo Tottenham]

I mean in the replies someone says about flying from another airport and he insinuates that’s the case.

That's not what I want to believe, so I will ignore this.

 

[chas vs dave]

Honestly this debate is what is ridiculous. To suggest you can’t differentiate between players based on their fitness record, lifestyle and style of play is just absurd. Nothing is certain at any age, but Kane has exactly the kind of profile clubs would look for. And people do pay high fees for elite strikers over 30. Ronaldo went for £100m at 33, Lewandowski went for £50m aged 34. Based on that £100m for Kane at 30 is a bargain

Benzemas best football was played between the ages of 30 -34.

An opposite end was rooney and Owen, who were washed up in their early 30's

Its different for different players.

 

[spursyido1]

Birthday Years Ending in 9 Prompt Big Life Decisions, Study Shows

Running your first marathon? Having an affair? There's a good chance you're a 9-ender.

abcnews.go.com

Maybe now he's actually turned 30 he's chilled out and decided not to make a big life change?