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LexingtonSpurs

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And how do you know he is asking for 80k?
And, if he is negotiating, and asking for £80k, then his real price is somewhat lower...(unless he started much higher...)

At this point, all we can do is hope club and player get it sorted. Taking sides is counter-productive. Bentaleb has done nothing, as far as I know, to be disruptive. He has asked for a raise, club has countered, and they have not found common ground yet. Both sides have some leverage, and they are exerting those pressure points now.
 

St José Dominguez

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What's Kane on? Bentaleb shouldn't be offered a penny more. If Kane was happy signing it after the season he just had then Bentaleb should get his head out of his arse/tell his agent to fuck off and sign the contract.
 

TEESSIDE1

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What's Kane on? Bentaleb shouldn't be offered a penny more. If Kane was happy signing it after the season he just had then Bentaleb should get his head out of his arse/tell his agent to fuck off and sign the contract.

He needs a 'basic' plus a 'performance' based contract and to get a new agent.
 

Rethink

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if it was a simple question of ...

1) Pay him 80k per week .. or
2) lose him

Then the pay him what he wants ...the kid could genuinely develop into a superstar
 

arunspurs

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If you didn't read the itk why are you commenting on it in the ITK thread?

Hertyid ITK :

I have no idea what he's asking for but my guys says what we have offered is "miles away" from 80k and when I said "half that?" He replied "not far off".So should we assume 40-50k area? Paulinho was getting 55k a week last season

IMO - this isn't very clear on what was the actual asking wages & also what exactly we offered for him
 

TEESSIDE1

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if it was a simple question of ...

1) Pay him 80k per week .. or
2) lose him

Then the pay him what he wants ...the kid could genuinely develop into a superstar

No we don't as then every younger player will want a bumper pay rise, followed by our established players also wanting more money. The ITK's constantly reiterate the club are already flirting with their wage cap and paying Bentaleb and co way over the odds is never ever going to happen.
 

arunspurs

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What's Kane on? Bentaleb shouldn't be offered a penny more. If Kane was happy signing it after the season he just had then Bentaleb should get his head out of his arse/tell his agent to fuck off and sign the contract.


Kane has signed for 40k a week, going by news reports came in earlier in season.
Problem is for every Kane example, you also have examples of other overpaid midfielders we have had in recent years.

Question is not what Kane signed for. Question is what other clubs would be willing to pay Kane given he had a season only bettered by Robbie Fowler in PL era.

IMHO, we are underpaying Kane. But we can't expect every player of us to settle for what club is willing to pay. There is nothing wrong in negotiating what one believe is their worth.

If Nabil has done what Sterling has done, I get this sentiment & furor. He hasn't done anything close to that. So, lets give benefit of doubt to him
 

arunspurs

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No we don't as then every younger player will want a bumper pay rise, followed by our established players also wanting more money. The ITK's constantly reiterate the club are already flirting with their wage cap and paying Bentaleb and co way over the odds is never ever going to happen.

Every young player can demand. But, end of day , we will be willing to pay what they ask only if that player is seen as integral member of the playing XI. If the player is seen as not worthy, no way we will increase wages.
It comes down to how important Bentaleb is for the club & management.
 

raggy

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If we end up giving Nabil more than Kane that just sends out the complete wrong message tbh. If that happens we need to instantly offer Kane improved terms as well because it would be ridiculous to be paying Bentaleb more...

That then sets a precedent for all future upcoming youth players. So the more you go into it the bigger deal it is to meet Nabil's demands.
 

arunspurs

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If we end up giving Nabil more than Kane that just sends out the complete wrong message tbh. If that happens we need to instantly offer Kane improved terms as well because it would be ridiculous to be paying Bentaleb more...

That then sets a precedent for all future upcoming youth players. So the more you go into it the bigger deal it is to meet Nabil's demands.

Ofcourse Kane has to be paid more. Kane on 40k a week is ridiculous considering the 50m+ valuation we may have on him.
 

spacessships

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And with the last ten pages I think we have officially hit enough Bentaleb speculative contract talk for about 5 seasons! Please please please move it to Spurs Chat :sleep:
 

SpartanSpur

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No one thinks we do...every post is people saying this won't happen punctuated by people saying you are mad if you think this will happen. No one thinks it will happen

Don't spoil their fun, telling everyone they are being stupid and they know better must feel so good...
 

y1dk1d

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"Give him the 80k"

"No, don't, it doesn't look good and he's not earned it"

"But he could be really good"

"He can get his 80k a week when he is that good"

Gets boring after pages and pages of the same shit
 

Spurger King

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Don't spoil their fun, telling everyone they are being stupid and they know better must feel so good...

Except there were a couple of posts entertaining the idea that it was a possibility, but don't let the chain of events get in the way of an ironically 'holier than thou' post.
 

MyNameIsNicolaBerti

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It amazes me the capacity for people in this thread to keep typing irrelevant shite. Really, this thread should be dead a few hours after the latest ITK until the new stuff appears.
 
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