Harry Kane

[kent brockman]

Would not surprise me if this plays out like the Berbatov saga. Manure were desperate for the player all summer, but only offered 20m. Finally caved in on deadline day, paying Levy’s asking price of ~32m. Feels like BM are desperate too, as they probably wont be first in line next summer if Kane ends up leaving as a free agent.

 

[felmani26]

Oh it's 100% exactly the same. He costs us in both buying and selling with his unwavering belief he gets the price he wants or forget it. Its both a blessing and a curse for the club.

A ‘blessing’ in inverted commas for sure.

 

[EastUpperDK82]

From SKY:

Bayern are ready to break their transfer record and pay a maximum £85.6m (€100m) for Kane, broken up into £77m (€90m) plus £8.6m (€10m) in add-ons.

Spurs want at least £100m (€116.8m).

Kane remains open to speaking formally to Bayern should a deal be agreed.

Tottenham will insist on a buyback clause should Kane return to the Premier League.

 

[thelak]

I’ll run with this analogy… let’s assume she’s moving house as her kids are due to start school.

Does she get the move completed early so her kids can settle and start their new school at the same time as everybody else and build friendships or does she barter for a couple of months and allow her kids to start the new school in November…

I reckon she sells up, rents a cheap apartment (with an option to buy) for a couple of years in a totally different area to the new school whilst she is bidding on properties at 20% below market value waiting for a forced seller

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

My daughter is trying to move house (absolutely true).

Should she have accepted the first offer she received for her flat even though it was less than she thought her flat was worth? Should she offer the full asking price for the house she’s seen and likes?

I suspect the advice many on here would give your daughter is to accept a well below market price for her current house, as it just annoying deadwood at this point. And pay above market price for the place she wants to buy, without any haggling at all.

 

[Wick3d]

It seems Bayern don't want to pay the asking price. Can we move on, then?

 

[mattstev2000]

From SKY:

Bayern are ready to break their transfer record and pay a maximum £85.6m (€100m) for Kane, broken up into £77m (€90m) plus £8.6m (€10m) in add-ons.

Spurs want at least £100m (€116.8m).

Kane remains open to speaking formally to Bayern should a deal be agreed.

Tottenham will insist on a buyback clause should Kane return to the Premier League.

If that's accurate then it doesn't feel like it's too far apart - hopefully they meet in the middle and it's done quickly.

 

[TheWook]

From SKY:

Bayern are ready to break their transfer record and pay a maximum £85.6m (€100m) for Kane, broken up into £77m (€90m) plus £8.6m (€10m) in add-ons.

Spurs want at least £100m (€116.8m).

Kane remains open to speaking formally to Bayern should a deal be agreed.

Tottenham will insist on a buyback clause should Kane return to the Premier League.

if that's as high as they will go, they aren't getting him.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

It seems Bayern don't want to pay the asking price. Can we move on, then?

No - because if they're prepared to pay 85, and we want 100...there's likely common ground on a player we (though it pains me to say it) want to sell.

We might not like it, but the prospect of him leaving for free and playing this season with one eye on where he'll go next is horrendous.

As professional as he is, his heart won't be in it, he'll be playing in a system that doesn't naturally suit him, and we we'll be heading for a disaster next close season.

 

[funkycoldmedina]

It seems Bayern don't want to pay the asking price. Can we move on, then?

They need to back Tuchel though as well. They went all in to install him as manager and with the prep work he's put in on Kane he clearly has him as integral to his vision. We may not hold all the cards in this negotiation but I'm sure they're under a lot of pressure their side to get this done.

 

[BENNO]

If that's accurate then it doesn't feel like it's too far apart - hopefully they meet in the middle and it's done quickly.

If we keep standing firm on our valuation and after every meeting they up their offer to meet us in the middle, we will eventually get there

 

[Ribble]

Would not surprise me if this plays out like the Berbatov saga. Manure were desperate for the player all summer, but only offered 20m. Finally caved in on deadline day, paying Levy’s asking price of ~32m. Feels like BM are desperate too, as they probably wont be first in line next summer if Kane ends up leaving as a free agent.

Feel like the difference is that Berbatov was willing to push to leave, whereas Kane seemingly doesn't want to do that.

Oh and of course Fergie was willing to practically kidnap him from Manchester Airport to makes sure he didn't go to Citeh.

 

[C1w8]

Assuming it’s Charlie they’ve got the idea that 85m euros gets this done I can’t believe they’d be so naive to actually believe him.

To think of comparable situations in recent years Hazard went for £90m in the last year of his contract and that was 4 years ago. I’d expect them to be arrogant and expect to bully to get their way but to be this oblivious is shocking.

The Hazard transfer serves as the most comparable example of when this has happened, but is also why a buying club with any sense would not want to replicate it.

Personally i think we'll get to a deal that is 100mil euros with add ons so it reads well as a "100mil deal", it will be a middle ground for them being quite desperate to buy and us seemingly not so keen on letting this rumble on another year.

 

[Zeb]

I really hope we reach a deal and if it’s north of £90 with add ons just accept and move forward. Letting Kane go into next season with less than 12 months on his deal is just pointless for all parties. Unless Ange wins the bloody league Kane ain’t signing a new deal, so why on earth the club want to drag this story on for another 12 months is beyond me. Kane has been the best forward in my lifetime, but he wasn’t the reason I started supporting Spurs and him leaving changes nothing to my support for the club. I also can’t accept that they spent 3/4 hours with Levy without reaching some sort of agreement in principle, so I suspect the media stuff on a difference in valuation is the classic “ducks in a row” tactic, so I predict we get movement on CB’s before we confirm/hear anything concrete on Kane. Levy just get this done and we can actually focus on getting behind a manager who wants to give the fans some joy in watching our team play for the first time in years!

Agree.
I think a deal was reached, info was put out that it wasn't, so it buys time to get new signings lined up or in first.
Or it was agreed, but Bayern want to wait until Mane cash comes in before pulling trigger.

 

[BENNO]

No - because if they're prepared to pay 85, and we want 100...there's likely common ground on a player we (though it pains me to say it) want to sell.

We might not like it, but the prospect of him leaving for free and playing this season with one eye on where he'll go next is horrendous.

As professional as he is, his heart won't be in it, he'll be playing in a system that doesn't naturally suit him, and we we'll be heading for a disaster next close season.

Agree, i want it done now as his head is clearly away from Spurs now, and although i do think he'd play to his usual excellent level if he stayed, he isn't a perfect fit for the team and we're losing him in 12 months anyway so rip the plaster off now, suck it up and get on with the season.

 

[ajspurs]

Be prepared to be underwhelmed by whoever we bring in to replace him. Toby & Jan, Dembele, Wanyama, Eriksen, Lamela, Walker, Rose. We haven’t replaced any of them with players of equal or superior ability. Obviously there is nobody to replace Kane equally but you get the gist.

Yeah, I certainly don't expect an out and out replacement (I don't think anyone does) but I always thought that if we lost Kane, at the very least we'd bring in someone very exciting for not only the fans but for the current players at the club to see walking through the doors too. I agree with the forementioned names and the cases surrounding them but Kane is or should be different really. Unfortunately like you allude to it will probably be a similar outcome which would be crazy.

 

[TheWook]

Agree, i want it done now as his head is clearly away from Spurs now, and although i do think he'd play to his usual excellent level if he stayed, he isn't a perfect fit for the team and we're losing him in 12 months anyway so rip the plaster off now, suck it up and get on with the season.

not sure there has been any evidence of this, or have I missed it?

 

[BENNO]

not sure there has been any evidence of this, or have I missed it?

What would you call being in constant negotiations with Bayern Munich ? To me that pretty much says he's at the very least seriously considering leaving doesn't it ?????

 

[Styopa]

No - because if they're prepared to pay 85, and we want 100...there's likely common ground on a player we (though it pains me to say it) want to sell.

We might not like it, but the prospect of him leaving for free and playing this season with one eye on where he'll go next is horrendous.

As professional as he is, his heart won't be in it, he'll be playing in a system that doesn't naturally suit him, and we we'll be heading for a disaster next close season.

Very much this. We will be storing up so many problems.

One that isn't discussed very often is that we probably won't buy another forward if Kane stays. And Kane will probably start most matches, so Richarlison will probably spend most matches on the bench. Likely it will be even more challenging for Richarlison to step up after two seasons playing off the bench than it is to expect him to step up this season. And Levy will be even more reluctant to spend big money on any kind of Kane replacement if we let Kane walk on a free, especially given Richarlison is already here (with a much lower market value than we bought him at).

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

This saga is so boring, can't wait for it to end either way.