Harry Kane

[Ashley1974]

Agree, DCL could be a shrewd signing.

Imagine the Everton transfer forums if they follow up buying Andros and Gray with selling DCL. Ouch.

DCL raises another interesting question - what would he cost?

(I'm not advocating that we buy DCL, but a price comparison would be interesting)

 

[Tucker]

I'm curious why Abraham never gets mentioned, he seems to want to leave Chelsea and is a good striker.

He really isn’t. He’s average, couldn’t get in the team ahead of Giroud or Werner (who was massively struggling to score) there’s a reason Chelsea are happy to move him on and why their last two coaches haven’t had him as a starter.

 

[kent brockman]

I don't really care that he wants to leave. I don't really mind if he's open about it publicly, either. Don't think he owes the club any false expressions of loyalty.

But the GN interview conducted in the middle of a crucial period, and the subsequent mass briefing of every reporter in the country that was timed to cause as much havoc and shock as possible?

Horrific behaviour that taints his legacy. His brother might think he's a blonde machiaveli but he has a Cockney accent and his Charles Tyrwhitt polyester suit is at least two puberties too tight. Sit down, lad. Man thinks blabbing to a showbiz reporter is his Red Wedding moment.

I am disappointed that he (just like Eriksen did) publicly announced his desire to leave in the GN interview.

Good luck to Citeh though if they are trying to lowball Levy on the price for a player with threee years left…

 

[SpartanSpur]

DCL raises another interesting question - what would he cost?

(I'm not advocating that we buy DCL, but a price comparison would be interesting)

You are probably looking at around £60-70m to even get to the table. Everton aren't desperate for money and have wealthy backers so it'd likely be another Zaha scenario.

 

[wizgell]

We are talking about selling the best all round striker in the world and replacing him with someone like Tammy Abraham just to try and satisfy our fondness for Kane and wishing him all the best for the future?

That's like selling Berbatov and replacing him with Frazier Campbell x100

 

[KingNick]

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.

This is sports reporting. Not a matter of national interest.
Working in sport and media, I am very familiar with the way sports stories are viewed and accuracy is not a massive concern. No clubs or players ever complain to IPSO about lack of accuracy under the Editors Code so newspapers are never called to account which then results in journalists creating even more inaccurate content if they have nothing which is both accurate AND of interest.
On a daily basis journalists will message agents and ask if there is anything they want put out into the public domain. They don’t check the accuracy of why the agents might tell them, they are just happy to meet their deadlines and get some copy in.

 

[Timberwolf]

Agree, DCL could be a shrewd signing.

Imagine the Everton transfer forums if they follow up buying Andros and Gray with selling DCL. Ouch.

I think DCL would just be too pricey. Everton would probably want at least 60-80 million for him if not more. I think we'd be wise to look overseas for a replacement as proven strikers in the premier league are just so horribly overpriced. Ings would be a good cheap stop gap as he's a brilliant player these days, but he's also 29 and injury prone so isn't exactly a reliable option.

The kid Vlahovic at Fiorentina looks like he has huge potential would probably cost about half as much as DCL.

 

[Amo]

I am disappointed that he (just like Eriksen did) publicly announced his desire to leave in the GN interview.

Good luck to Citeh though if they are trying to lowball Levy on the price for a player with threee years left.

Unfair on Eriksen, imo. it wasn't really a political manoeuvre or an attempt at manipulating the press. He's just frank/honest and answered a question honestly. Same things he'd tell the club in private. Wasn't out of character or an attempt to undermine the club. He was almost out of contract, anyway and would have seen it out without kicking things up if the club told him to. He was sold because the club didn't want to lose him for free, not because Eriksen forced their hand via bombshell press ambushes.

The Kane one was not the same at all. As I said in my last post, if he'd just "done an Eriksen" I wouldn't really mind even if it would sting a bit.

 

[Ashley1974]

We are talking about selling the best all round striker in the world and replacing him with someone like Tammy Abraham just to try and satisfy our fondness for Kane and wishing him all the best for the future?

That's like selling Berbatov and replacing him with Frazier Campbell x100

I'm not advocating Abraham has THE replacement for Kane. I'm saying, if he's available for £40m I think that is a good fee for a 23 yo and HG player. I would definitely have him is the back up striker.

 

[BasingstokeYid]

I am disappointed that he (just like Eriksen did) publicly announced his desire to leave in the GN interview.

Good luck to Citeh though if they are trying to lowball Levy on the price for a player with threee years left…

He didn't, he said nothing about wanting to leave in that interview

 

[Lifelong]

thank you.

So you would think that if Kane was serious on leaving, he would hand one in, or least intimate to Levy that he will hand one in (and waive whatever fee he would have got), because if it's all about winning trophies, missing out on a few £m would be irrelevant.

Harry has never struck me as that type of person or that he’s in it solely for the money. I do think however he’s getting to the stage in his career where winning stuff matters. But it’s not like he hasn’t had the opportunity with us and England…and fallen at the last hurdle. For me, and i am totally biased of course, winning with us would be far more of an achievement than taking the easy option just so you had something to show the grandkids…I think we’ve got 1 season left with him to do that.

 

[Ashley1974]

You are probably looking at around £60-70m to even get to the table. Everton aren't desperate for money and have wealthy backers so it'd likely be another Zaha scenario.

I think DCL would just be too pricey. Everton would probably want at least 60-80 million for him if not more. I think we'd be wise to look overseas for a replacement as proven strikers in the premier league are just so horribly overpriced. Ings would be a good cheap stop gap as he's a brilliant player these days, but he's also 29 and injury prone so isn't exactly a reliable option.

The kid Vlahovic at Fiorentina looks like he has huge potential would probably cost about half as much as DCL.

yeah I was thinking he would cost around £80m to prise him away from Everton. Again this makes the £100m valuation placed on Kane by Sky and Talksport simply incredulous.

 

[mickeybaz]

Anyone have access?

Harry Kane increasingly confident Tottenham Hotspur are willing to sell him this summer
Club maintain they have no intention of letting striker leave

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Gary Jacob
Friday July 23 2021, 11.00am, The Times
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
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Manchester City have been unwilling so far to meet Tottenham’s valuation for Kane
MIKE EGERTON/POOL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...are-willing-to-sell-him-this-summer-p92vkjg3n
Harry Kane believes that Tottenham Hotspur are willing to sell him this summer in what he considers is a shift in the club’s position.
The England captain is valued in the region of £150 million by the Spurs chairman Daniel Levy. Kane told the club in May that he wanted to leave before the start of next season and Manchester City are his preferred destination. The 27-year-old is desperate to win the trophies that have eluded him in north London. City want to sign a new striker to replace Sergio Agüero, whose contract was not renewed at the end of last season.
Tottenham say their position is unchanged and have no intention of selling their star forward but Kane, who turns 28 next Wednesday, believes that the club have changed their mind in recent weeks as they try to raise funds to rebuild the squad. One player definitely remaining at the club is Son Heung-min, who has today signed a new four-year contract.


Nuno Espírito Santo was unveiled as Tottenham’s new head coach last month and said he was told that he could count on Kane being at the club this season, but stopped short of saying that he had been promised the striker would stay. Nuno also said that he has not yet spoken to Kane, who is on holiday following his participation in the European Championship and is due to return to pre-season training on August 2.
Tottenham are in a strong position because Kane has three years left on his contract, worth about £200,000 a week, which is not thought to include any clauses that could smooth his departure. Kane, who won the Premier League golden boot and was the leading assister, is understood to be City’s No 1 target for a new striker.

They have so far refused to meet the valuation for Kane but told Tottenham they will offer £100 million and would be prepared to include some City players in a proposed deal. The highest fee paid for a player by an English club is £89 million, which Manchester United paid to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus in 2016.
City turned their attention to Kane after calculating that signing Erling Haaland would cost more than £500 million, factoring in his transfer fee, agent fees and wages for a five-year deal. Borussia Dortmund have valued him at more than £150 million and the German club are reluctant to sell until next summer.
In what was taken as a reference to Kane and Haaland, Pep Guardiola said this month that City would not be held to ransom on price despite Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres being his only senior forwards.
“At the prices we are not going to buy any strikers, it is impossible, we cannot afford it. It is impossible,” Guardiola said. “I don’t know what is going to happen. Maybe we are going to buy but maybe we are not going to buy a striker for next season. Today there is more of a chance we aren’t going to buy a striker for next season.”

Son’s new contract is thought to have been agreed several weeks ago but the announcement today will have been welcomed by supporters fearful he could follow Kane in wanting to leave. Son and Kane combined to score 14 league goals last season, breaking a record set by the Blackburn Rovers duo Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton in the 1994-95 campaign. Both players were named in the PFA Team of the Season for 2020-21.
“It’s like home, especially with the fans, the players, the staff,” Son said. “There was no decision. It was easy. I’m so happy to be here and will be so glad to see the fans again soon.”
Tottenham are working to revamp the squad this summer with at least eight players — Joe Hart, Érik Lamela, Serge Aurier, Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sánchez, Eric Dier, Harry Winks, Cameron Carter-Vickers and potentially Jack Clarke — available for transfer. The club are close to completing the signing of Pierluigi Gollini, the Atalanta goalkeeper, on a two-year loan deal and are in talks to sign his club team-mate Cristian Romero, the Argentina defender, and the Spain and Seville winger Bryan Gil in a deal that would see Lamela join the Spanish club.

 

[Amo]

He didn't, he said nothing about wanting to leave in that interview

Connotation and denotation are distinct and can both be present in a message expressing two different things.

 

[Timberwolf]

He really isn’t. He’s average, couldn’t get in the team ahead of Giroud or Werner (who was massively struggling to score) there’s a reason Chelsea are happy to move him on and why their last two coaches haven’t had him as a starter.

I don't think we should sign Abraham, but 15 goals in 34 appearances the season before last in that young Lampard Chelsea team is pretty decent.

I disagree that he's average/shit. He's quite a good player - definitely upper mid-table quality - and has a decent all round game. He's just a bit inconsistent and more of a Villa/West Ham/Arsenal level player than a team like us with aspirations for CL football.

 

[Maxtremist]

I am disappointed that he (just like Eriksen did) publicly announced his desire to leave in the GN interview.

Good luck to Citeh though if they are trying to lowball Levy on the price for a player with threee years left…

But... he didn't?
Like I know we all 'know' Harry wants to leave, but Harry Kane has never publicly stated that he wants to leave Tottenham. We can read into what he's saying and all assume it... but he never has actually said he wants to leave.

 

[Beni]

Charlie Kane Amateur Hour.

Can someone elaborate how this all started and how Charlie was involved?

 

[Maxtremist]

Harry has never struck me as that type of person or that he’s in it solely for the money. I do think however he’s getting to the stage in his career where winning stuff matters. But it’s not like he hasn’t had the opportunity with us and England…and fallen at the last hurdle. For me, and i am totally biased of course, winning with us would be far more of an achievement than taking the easy option just so you had something to show the grandkids…I think we’ve got 1 season left with him to do that.

I think a lot of us agree that winning something with us would mean more than winning with City.

But if the options are winning something or winning nothing, then you pick something, right? And I guess that's what we feel Harry's thinking is.

 

[kent brockman]

Unfair on Eriksen, imo. it wasn't really a political manoeuvre or an attempt at manipulating the press. He's just frank/honest and answered a question honestly. Same things he'd tell the club in private. Wasn't out of character or an attempt to undermine the club. He was almost out of contract, anyway and would have seen it out without kicking things up if the club told him to.

The Kane one was not the same at all.

I am sure Kane says that in private too…

You can call it what you want, but you lower the price when you publicly announce that you want to leave. Eriksen knew that, and Kane does too. Whether that is right or wrong, we clearly have different opinions.

 

[JamieSpursCommunityUser]

He’s one to disown, he’s one to disown!
Charlie Kane.
He’s one to disown!