Harry Kane

[CoopsieDeadpool]

The Times. Gary Jacob & Paul Hirst


Harry Kane wants £400k a week from Tottenham Hotspur after admitting defeat in bid to leave


Harry Kane has been in talks about an improved contract which he hopes could be worth up to £400,000 a week after admitting defeat in his attempt to leave his current club, Tottenham Hotspur, for Manchester City.

The England captain has come to realise that City were not willing to meet Tottenham’s asking price of £150 million but has been seeking a wage to reflect that valuation and one that would put him among the Premier League’s highest-paid players.

Kane is thought to have been given a pay rise when Tottenham refused to allow him to leave last summer, taking him towards £300,000 a week, with bonuses, in a contract that runs until 2024. Kevin De Bruyne, the Manchester City midfielder, who earns £385,000 aweek, and Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, on £375,000 a week, are the league’s best-paid players.


Tottenham would only be likely to hand Kane another rise if it were heavily linked with bonuses, including those relating to goals. The forward could also try to insert a release clause if he signed a new contract to enable an exit next summer.

“I will be staying at Tottenham this summer and will be 100 per cent focused on helping the team achieve success,” the 28-year-old wrote in a Twitter post in which he thanked fans for their support.

An initial bid of £100 million by City was rejected before the Premier League champions told Tottenham that they would be willing to pay £120 million plus add-ons, but Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, has been unwilling to negotiate.

The Times revealed last week that City would have to raise funds by selling Bernardo Silva or Aymeric Laporte if they wanted to raise their bid, but there has been no firm offer for either player at their £50 million asking prices. No City player wanted to move to Tottenham as a makeweight in a deal.
After it became apparent that City would not make an improved offer, Kane conceded that the transfer would not happen and told Nuno Espírito Santo, his Tottenham head coach, yesterday. Kane is expected to make his first start of the season as Spurs try to overturn a 1-0 deficit to Paços de Ferreira and reach the Europa Conference League group stage tonight.

Good grief. If that's true, he's one monumentally deluded ****.

(Not @L-man )

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Going to the match this weekend with my Dad, 77. Our first visit to the new stadium and we're gonna see Kane in a Spurs shirt again.
Fk yeah

Your dad's got a weird name.

 

[BehindEnemyLines]

Not wishing to insult, but City are little more than a middle tier (at best) provincial club that have won the lottery multiple times in recent years.
Their fans use to be likable, self depricating, realists that had endured decades of under achievement whilst their larger neighbours swept up with an obscene arrogance and huge amounts of money that propagated a disdain that the whole of football could get behind........City fans hated Utd, and we could largely relate to them.

Since winning the lottery City fans have turned into everything they previously despised - the same "money buys success" arrogance and hollow victories that they use to rally against is now the core of their support......and they are blinded to this and shrug it off as jealousy - go figure!

 

[ernest_lowrider]

Why would baldy want to give Kane a raise PLUS insert a release clause in his conract, meaning club loses both financially and in negotiation position?

 

[MindOverMatter]

I'm confused as to how this is exactly the same?

He's not indulged in the same sort of behaviour, his contract expires in a year and he's promised (for what that's worth) not to leave for nothing.

I'm struggling to find any real similarities other then he wants to leave.

Okay maybe ‘exact same’ is to the extreme but the fact that levy only wanted to let Kane go for his terms and price, money no player deals etc. Is where I see the similarities.

 

[BehindEnemyLines]

Why would baldy want to give Kane a raise PLUS insert a release clause in his conract, meaning club loses both financially and in negotiation position?

As long as its realistic, then I think a release clause would be good for everyone - the buying club will know how much they need to pay and we would go without all this transfer uncertainty all summer and get a decent fee.

 

[thePessimist]

Your dad's got a weird name.

 

[PLTuck]

Right, time to get behind him (and therefore the team) for the season. I don't like all the one of our own stuff now for him but each to their own.

Forgive, but don't forget.
FWIW my vote stays the same as it has since the poll appeared. Fuck him. I really hope this whole saga means he has less influence over the rest of the club, like free kick duties for example.

 

[Harrier]

That’s a really good article from Carra.

I’m probably completely deluded, but I hope Harry reads it and takes note.

 

[sausage]

Looks like this guy's competing with Matt for 'shite reporting of the year' too

Spurs chief Levy 'furious' with Kane as star hit with two-weeks fine

Harry Kane may have committed his future with the club, but that does not mean some of his actions were without consequences.

www.express.co.uk

It's using the "fine" story from 2 weeks ago, and attempting to make it new and relevant to the news he's staying - as if Levy is "furious" he's staying and has fined him, or some odd angle like that

 

[PLTuck]

That athletic article posted by @Blackcanary is an excellent read. Thanks man.

 

[sausage]

I'm confused as to how this is exactly the same?

He's not indulged in the same sort of behaviour, his contract expires in a year and he's promised (for what that's worth) not to leave for nothing.

I'm struggling to find any real similarities other then he wants to leave.

He has told the club he wants to leave.
Real have offered a rather large amount that is generous considering his contract situation.
PSG have said no.

No one appears to be arguing that he's going to be out of contract in 10 months time, and that PSG are arrogant, and that Mbappe should be release from his prison. It seems to be a shrug-of-the-shoulders thing. Technically it also sounds like there's a "gentlemen's agreement" in there, too!

 

[Blackcanary]

That athletic article posted by @Blackcanary is an excellent read. Thanks man.

That's 'woman'.

(But you're welcome!).

 

[PLTuck]

That's 'woman'.

(But you're welcome!).

Sorry! Thanks woman

 

[glacierSpurs]

It would be unbelievable if Kane got his pay raised. What kind of message will that send to the rest of the players. Ridiculous. And just when I have thought he has grown up from this saga and becoming smarter..

 

[PLTuck]

It would be unbelievable if Kane got his pay raised. What kind of message will that send to the rest of the players. Ridiculous. And just when I have thought he has grown up from this saga and becoming smarter..

You'd think he has the sense to realise Levy has already reasserted his authority over the situation. I really can't see him now saying yeah fine harry lets double your salary AND put a release clause in.

No chance.

 

[Spurs Lodge Kittens]

The Carragher piece:

When Spurs bid farewell to White Hart Lane a few years ago, they invited their greatest legends to join the final nostalgia trip.
One player was notoriously absent. So deep were the wounds when Sol Campbell, a former captain and product of Tottenham’s youth system, left to join Arsenal in 2001, it was as if his name had been stricken from the club records. It was a reminder that our legacy as players goes beyond medals.

I’m not sure if Harry Kane has given that any consideration over the last two months, or it occurred to him having brought this summer’s transfer saga to an end by declaring he is staying at Spurs.

It can be argued a Spurs player pushing for a move to Manchester City in 2021 is incomparable to moving to Arsenal at any time. But as someone who like Kane understands the pressures, responsibilities and rewards of being a homegrown player, I guarantee that while he considers winning the Premier League to be the most important ambition right now, he will have a different perspective later in his life.
If Kane commits the rest of his career to Tottenham, by the end of it he will be their greatest ever player ahead of Glenn Hoddle, their greatest ever goalscorer ahead of Jimmy Greaves, and the Premier League’s most prolific striker ahead of Alan Shearer, all this having been achieved as the local boy who became a legend.

People will tell him this is not as important as winning a league title with Manchester City. I disagree.

You can’t measure such extraordinary individual feats for Spurs against spending a couple of seasons in Manchester trying to satisfy a thirst for the Premier League trophy. Unlike those players who are not so connected to the club and their community, short-term gain would have come with a longer-term sacrifice.

As footballers at the peak of our powers, stuck in our bubbles season after season, we naturally want it all. We crave the hero worship of our hometown, but want this alongside winning the biggest prizes. Only a rare few can have that level of adulation at their neighbourhood clubs, allied with the ultimate success.

I am not talking about everyone who has ever won a Champions League or Premier League winners’ medal, but those who win everything as local gods, symbols of the clubs and area they represented; players of the stature of Ryan Giggs at Manchester United or John Terry at Chelsea, to name two.

Others rightly assume such legendary status at their boyhood club despite never winning the trophies they most craved. At the moment, Kane comes into that category, which is why him staying put is worthy of celebration for Spurs fans. Yes, a fee of £100 million is massive for a 28-year-old striker, but certain players are worth more than a transfer fee. They are emblems of their club, representatives of their fans' dreams.

When Spurs fans sing "he is one of our own" about Kane they are taking pride in an academy graduate who they believe understands them. As when Wayne Rooney left Everton as a teenager, when such players go or threaten to leave, it hurts more because they are demoralising those fans who know their club is not at the level it needs to be, but embrace the world-class, homegrown talent who gives them hope.
Spurs’ fans have been wrestling with their emotions over the last few months, initially refusing to believe their hero would agitate for a move, and then demonstrating the first hint of anger as the reality gripped and they chanted "are you watching Harry Kane" when Spurs defeated Manchester City on the opening weekend of this season.

The fans’ response felt like a critical moment. Kane would have imagined leaving north London with a handshake and understanding given his service to the club, Spurs consoled by how much they received for him. Sensing the mood turn against him will have deeply hurt and worried him.

He knew there was no way of leaving on good terms, and no way of guaranteeing an invitation to any post-career reunions. That is not going to have changed by next January, or next summer, so I would strongly recommend against Kane going down the route of prolonging this saga into future transfer windows.

Having accepted staying at Spurs for now, Kane would be wise to make peace with the idea of doing so for good, and embracing one of football's eternal truths: “Your name is more important than any trophy.”

 

[Blackcanary]

It would be unbelievable if Kane got his pay raised. What kind of message will that send to the rest of the players. Ridiculous. And just when I have thought he has grown up from this saga and becoming smarter..

This piece from the Standard suggests that - thankfully - we're not really keen to give him that pay rise: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-harry-kane-new-contract-b952435.html

 

[PLTuck]

Quick, someone forward the Athletic piece and Carraghers pearls of wisdom (who'd have thought it!) to CK66!

 

[Tiberius Gracchus]

Tried to get involved in the kane thread at blue moon, but my membership application was rejected. Think it's because I chose "Sports Washer" as my username