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ProfCalculus

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I'm not defending what Harry has done, its not defendable, and I'm not sure if I will be able to look at him the same way again. However, doesn't everybody deserve a second chance? If he came out with a complete and genuine apology (to his team mates, the club and the fans) and admits he acted like a melt and commits himself 100% to the club, if only for a year, then I could move forward and support him again

I agree but this is the problem. It wouldn’t be genuine. It would be scurrying around trying to inveigle himself back into the good feeling of fans because he’s not as desirable as he thought he was. In short, it would be, as it always is with him nowadays, all about him. i definitely didn’t see quite how abysmal he would become in his behaviour but last season and around the euros I sensed a change in him, like when an extremely thick person has some success and starts to buy into their hype. It started for me when he continually backed the worst manager I’ve seen in 40 years supporting our club (who genuinely interpreted the success of counter pressing to mean that giving the opponent the ball is the best attacking tactic), purely due to that oleaginous, Machiavellian sycophant having told him he will make him a superstar. ?

it would be like your wife pissing on all your rarest pogs and running off to the rich bloke next door in her underwear, then crawling back saying she’d realised she really likes you best, when he won’t answer the door.
 

dSSAbr

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Kane doesn't deserve a new contract. It was a stupid move on his part, he is/was a leader in the locker room and showed the worst way possible that he doesn't want to be with those guys. Sell or keep him with his current contract and fine him. No good gesture from me
 

spids

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Does art 17 apply though, as Kane is now 28?

Yes. Applicable to all players, and the only age relevant bit is in regards to the player's age when the contract was signed.
28+ and the player can buy out after two years of the contract.
<28 and they can only buyout after three years.

Any compensation due to the club would, per Article 17, be based primarily on the amount of the player's salary still outstanding. However, as said previously, the club could demand compensation for lost revenue and costs etc. and there has never been a test case for an elite player.
 

spids

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Shows Kane should be sold way more than 100m.

I have no way of knowing what this graph is trying to communicate without additional explanatory text.
 

wiggo24

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Shows Kane should be sold way more than 100m.

Also reinforces my belief that Aurier is leagues above Doherty and shouldn't be the one getting sold, but I digress.

Re Kane, Pep quotes obviously a complete disgrace. Managers should never talk about other club's players like that, and phrasing it like we're the ones being unwilling to negotiate rather than them being the ones refusing to pay market value is fucking pathetic. It's honestly astounding that City/the media seem to think we're holding Kane hostage or something on 250k a week.

Narrative is all over the shop - can't be against the Super league but desperate for City to sign Grealish/Kane/Messi etc
 

BosSpurs08

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I would think there could be a case for Laporte to come here - recently shifted to the Spanish National team, and could use regular football to stay fit, and in the national team squad.

I think he will be limited to just a handful of games behind Dias and Stones at City.

In terms of playing style, Laporte would complement Romero extremely well. Left footed, strong distribution (not quite Toby strong, but great at those raking passes Jan would often do). I would worry how motivated any City cast-offs would be, so we’d need to be sure his mentality would be up for it.

Bigger concerns would be the message it would send to he squad if we rewarded Kane by making this deal on City’s terms (I’d want £120m cash at least), and the opportunity cost it would represent (esp. if we feel strongly about our ability to land Kounde/Lacroix).
 

GMI

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Pep did say, in reference to players keen to leave City (inc Silva), that they are open to offers but "it depends on them and otherwise they continue to train and I decide if they play or don’t play.” :whistle:
 

ssamme

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I like how Pep has said we are not willing to negotiate in the press conference but pretty sure we did, they offered x million we said no and therefore ball is in their court to come back with a new offer which we may or may not say no to. So essentially it is really Many City who are not willing to negotiate.

Wonder if Charlie can get his head round that one :ROFLMAO:
 

TC18

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Laporte and Silva plus £60m i would take.

I have to disagree, City want these players gone with no buyers for them. We know they have another £100m in their back pocket, If they are that desperate for Kane I’d be starting off with both them players plus £120m, with a view to accepting £100m. I still think that is letting them off incredibly lightly.
 

KingNick

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Yes. Applicable to all players, and the only age relevant bit is in regards to the player's age when the contract was signed.
28+ and the player can buy out after two years of the contract.
<28 and they can only buyout after three years.

Any compensation due to the club would, per Article 17, be based primarily on the amount of the player's salary still outstanding. However, as said previously, the club could demand compensation for lost revenue and costs etc. and there has never been a test case for an elite player.

bizarre that you repeat this. As I explained, it is not “based primarily” on remaining salary. The primary consideration is “replacement cost”. And quite what you mean by “lost revenue” is anyone’s guess.
 

Romario

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Following this whole debacle does it clearly indicate that the introduction of a contractual "release clause" should perhaps be considered as mandatory for all player contracts irrespective of the actual terms negotiated by individual clubs/players ?. That way any prospective buyer would know exactly how to activate such a provision and avoid the sort of unwanted pantomime antics we are now witnessing ??
 

Hoopspur

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You have to remember, when it comes to forums like blue moon. A lot of those members will be very young. They will have only been watching football for 10-20 years tops. Likely starting off supporting City when they first started winning things. City only have two types of fans, young ones who just wanted to follow the team that won the most and bought all the players. Then the longer term fans who remember where they were before all the oil money arrived.

They’re the definition of a plastic club. No history, no memories before Agueros goal, and all of their main players and manager are basically just mercenaries who would have never have dreamt of playing for them until someone waved a few hundred thousand pounds a week under their noses. There’s no one in the past who would have “one day dreamed to play for City”. Only people born more recently may ‘dream’ of it, because they become aware that if they get a three year contract then at some point they will write their name on most of the winners medals because these awards just default to the club who purchased them.

Occasionally we get lucky, and sometimes football wins. Wigan beating them for the FA Cup, Leicester winning the premier league. However at some point it will always revert back to them because they just put money in until they win. To be honest I’m not entirely sure how you even feel right celebrating winning when you play for, or support them. It’s like entering a soapbox derby with the Ferrari your rich uncle bought you.

Empty soulless stadium, with empty soulless coridoors to house plastic, flakey, fake fans who celebrate their mercenary players who actually have no true feeling for the club or area, and a classless, arrogant manager who has never won anything that wasn’t bought for him.

Unfortunately though, This is football now.

Shit club, shit fans, no history. As plastic as it gets. No where without money.
Impassioned and articulate piece, but to say they have no absolute history is not correct. They have had a smattering of success over the years. Maybe not quite so much as us up until the money led turnaround but some success none the less. More recently a plastic club for sure but they have many fans that remember their previous times - both bad but also some good.
 

GMI

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Who is in charge of the Kane situation - Fab or DL?
Charlie, and he’s doing a marvellous job :)

But seriously I’m sure Daniel mentioned that dealing with the Harry situation was one of the first things in Fabio’s ‘in tray’ went he started. I think he said it in his video interview during the managerial search.
 

spids

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bizarre that you repeat this. As I explained, it is not “based primarily” on remaining salary. The primary consideration is “replacement cost”. And quite what you mean by “lost revenue” is anyone’s guess.

Not sure why you seem to think you are the authority on this when you are effectively saying exactly the same thing as I am. I can quote from a legal analysis of Article 17 of FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and civil responsibility of Players if it helps.

... in Webster case CAS deemed appropriate to apply only the criteria of remaining salary under the contract, causing long discussions in the world of international sports law about the future of football transfer system.

As I have said, the primary / principal starting point for compensation is the players salary, as that is a transparent formula. The club can then counter with a claim for compensation for lost revenue, replacement costs, sporting prize money losses, lost sponsorship etc.

As I repeatedly have said, this is incredibly complex and has not been tested with an elite player. I am not suggesting for one minute that Kane could leave for 3 x annual salary (if that is what you are getting at). I am simply saying that player salary is the primary starting point for compensation from Kane's perspective. Levy would then counter requesting compensation all sorts of lost revenue, replacement costs, sporting losses etc. and as I said before it could take years and could cost Kane tens if not hundred of millions.

Amount of the compensation determined under criteria of Article 17 Article 17.1 does not contain uniform “formula” to evaluate Player’s responsibility for premature termination of the contract in every single case. Compensation is based on the circumstances in every particular case, which could have different weight and impact on the final amount; the so called “caseby-case” basis. Nobody knows beforehand what criteria would be determining in each particular case (which also depends on whether party proved damages or not), and therefore the amount of compensation is uncertain.


And this from Article 17 itself:

17 Consequences of terminating a contract without just cause
The following provisions apply if a contract is terminated without just cause:
1.
In all cases, the party in breach shall pay compensation. Subject to the provisions of article 20 and Annexe 4 in relation to training compensation, and unless otherwise provided for in the contract, compensation for the breach shall be calculated with due consideration for the law of the country concerned, the specificity of sport, and any other objective criteria. These criteria shall include, in particular, the remuneration and other benefits due to the player under the existing contract and/or the new contract, the time remaining on the existing contract up to a maximum of five years, the fees and expenses paid or incurred by the former club (amortised over the term of the contract) and whether the contractual breach falls within a protected period.
 
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Aphex

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Fabio 100%

Nah, with Kane it is Levy calling the shots. This was confirmed by an ITK recently. That said no doubt Paratici is providing his opinion and expertise.

Paratici controls everything but with Kane, it's the exception.
 
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