Harry Kane

[Aay_Jay_Dee]

Can't see him ever returning after he goes. We'd have to be something special by then because he'd still be on mega wages.

We can pay good wages and he loves us right? Right??

 

[djhotspur]

How have we held him back, as someone pointed out to me, where was he in the finals he played in, he certainly didn't do a 'Ronaldo' and drag the team to victory.

Was he fit in any finals?

 

[Cochise]

Being angry at Kane for leaving on a free is the same as being angry at your mrs for leaving after you spent years on the sofa, in your underwear playing video games.

 

[Moorechild]

Have long thought that Kane would be BM's ideal Lewa and Muller replacement rolled into one. Its a bit of a weak league though....bit meh. However, having lived in both London and spent lots of time in Munich, if you are going to move somewhere in Europe, Munich shits all over London as a lifestyle choice for raising kids.

I'm not a gazillionnaire with the, ahem... 'class/tastes' of a 29 year old footballer though, so probably have a different experience to go by.

I'll be gutted, but nowhere near as gutted as if he stayed in the prem.

 

[Cinemattis]

There are graveyards all around the globe stuffed with “irreplaceable” people.

Tottenham Hotspur FC was founded in 1882, we have existed for more than 140 years. And for 130 years we’ve been able to get by without Harry Kane. Of all the trophies the club has won, Harry Kane has contributed to exactly zero.

We’ve had generational players like Greaves, Hoddle, Gascoigne, Bale - and many, many other superb players. They all left or retired. The club survived.

Harry Kane is undoubtedly one of the best players in the history of our club. He will go down as a club legend. And: He will leave us. This summer, next or in ten years. To believe THFC will cease to exist the day he leaves is a bit silly.

 

[Dr Know]

No hint of tapping up there then.

If (big if) Kane invited him over, is that still considered tapping? I think that’s one of the hardest things to prove IMO.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

My husband (chelsea supporter) talked about him going there and I honestly felt sick. Does anyone think he would? I'm not sure how loyal he actually is as it's not clear as he is very professional.

Absolutely no chance he'll do that.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

If Kane does go I wonder what we do with Richy. Really he should be our next CF in that eventuality otherwise why did we spend 60/70 mil on him, or whatever the final figure was. For me personally I have doubts about him taking that spot but being realistic if we go and spend another 60+ mil on a striker what’s the point in keeping him.

 

[SlotBadger]

With Maddison's confidence, hopefully he's had a word in Harry's ear about how brilliantly they could link up, etc.

Hugely clutching at straws right now

 

[Teegart]

We can’t let this drag on. Levy needs to make a decision if we’re going to sell him this summer. If he isn’t adverse to it, he needs to say to Bayern “the fee is Xm, and you have until the day before we leave for the tour to offer that amount, or we will cut off any communication”.

 

[yido_number1]

If Kane does go I wonder what we do with Richy. Really he should be our next CF in that eventuality otherwise why did we spend 60/70 mil on him, or whatever the final figure was. For me personally I have doubts about him taking that spot but being realistic if we go and spend another 60+ mil on a striker what’s the point in keeping him.

Someone said they wouldn't be surprised if we cashed in from his world cup form. I wouldn't be against selling and replacing with someone more consistent.

 

[dontcallme]

We can’t let this drag on. Levy needs to make a decision if we’re going to sell him this summer. If he isn’t adverse to it, he needs to say to Bayern “the fee is Xm, and you have until the day before we leave for the tour to offer that amount, or we will cut off any communication”.

I thought we didn't want Levy making these decisions.

 

[KingNick]

He goes to Bayern then he has a serious chance of the German treble and a real chance of winning the CL. He may believe it's worth giving that two years and see from there and who could blame him.
Replacing him is going to be very difficult if he does go, be it this yr or next yr.

This idea that he would have the liberty to decide to go to Munich for two years and then just come back to England if he fancied it is such a strange fan creation, when we would be looking at Munich paying 80+ million for him.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

If Kane does go I wonder what we do with Richy. Really he should be our next CF in that eventuality otherwise why did we spend 60/70 mil on him, or whatever the final figure was. For me personally I have doubts about him taking that spot but being realistic if we go and spend another 60+ mil on a striker what’s the point in keeping him.

Totally agree mate but I think we should sign a young but high quality back-up to Richy as Richy is injury prone and hasn't done it in a Spurs shirt yet but I do think he actually suits Ange's style of football really really well as that high energy pressing n.o9 like he is for Brazil. With a run of game and confidence in a system that suits him he could fly but its a risk so 100% we need to sign an alternative just in case Richy doesn't live up to it and/or gets injured, or another top quality wide man and Sonny goes up top if needed as he'd also be ideal as that pressing n.o9 for Ange.

 

[KingNick]

Oh come off it let's be real, we're lucky he's hung around this shit show the last few years. He doesn't owe us anything.

Of course not. But that doesn’t mean you have to wish him well if he leaves on a free to another top 6 English club. Wouldn’t be as bad a former centre half of ours but it would be as bad as when Teddy left and he hits dogs abuse for years when he returned to play against us - until he re-signed for us

 

[robotsonic]

This idea that he would have the liberty to decide to go to Munich for two years and then just come back to England if he fancied it is such a strange fan creation, when we would be looking at Munich paying 80+ million for him.

For sure they're not paying that money for him and giving him a 2-3 year deal. It'll be 5 years and he'll need to be prepared to see it out if needs be, which is one of the main reasons I can't see him there. That's the best years of the end of his career spent winning a couple of trophies that nobody that Harry Kane cares about, cares about.

 

[King of the Lane]

The other big Q would be who on earth do we sign to replace him?

Richy up top as a pressing n.o9 under Ange like he is for Brazil and with the goals being spread around the team a lot more could be exciting but with his injury record and lack of form for us so far we'd 100% need to sign another top striker option, ideally of good quality but also aged around 22-25 to set us up long-term.

Kyogo from Celtic is class and I do think he could do a job for us in our squad in the PL but he is 28 I think and just signed a new 4 year deal so that is not an option and really we probably need someone of better quality than him coming in.

If Toney wasn't banned he'd be an interesting option but perhaps not suited as a pressing type forward, Watkins at Villa would be but doubt they'll sell and not 100% sure either of them are quite good enough so we'd probably then be looking abroad at options.

There are only 3 people I would target:

Vlahovic
Toney
Ferguson

Nobody will have the same output as Kane so I would also look into signing a goal scoring RWF - someone like Diaby from Leverkusen.

 

[Teegart]

I thought we didn't want Levy making these decisions.

Levy, Munn, Ange, whoever. Point being it can’t turn into a saga that is a distraction to the managers first pre season. Put a line under it one way or the other before the tour.

 

[Albertbarich]

The German media are just as bad as their British counterparts I see.

Either bid a serious amount of shut up.

 

[KingNick]

My husband (chelsea supporter) talked about him going there and I honestly felt sick. Does anyone think he would? I'm not sure how loyal he actually is as it's not clear as he is very professional.

Most likely depends how they progress over the next year. As it does with any of the clubs people assume he would leave us to go to on a free. Nothing to say Chelsea will make a dramatic recovery from this season. And Ten Haag might struggle to do much more than he has already. So Kane’s “options” for 24/25 might not look all that attractive this time next year from a football perspective - albeit the financial package would be.