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fortworthspur

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probably get slaughtered for this but I think Kanes golden years have been and gone. See the posts above about limited movement, pace, jumping ability. We as a club must take full responsibility for that as we’ve flogged him into the ground.

don’t get me wrong he’s still a fantastic player and one I want to keep to the end of his playing days but personally I think peak Kane has been and gone.
maybe, but you put him in a top team and he'd flourish.
 

John48

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Harry's proven that if you give him chances he will score. The problem is we aren't creating chances & those we do very few drop to him.
 

SpringHeeledJim

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Kane has not been anything close to as good as some of these people making comments like "he needs to give the club an ultimatum" are making out to be. I think he has been a distinctly average Premier League striker for over a season now, one with severely limited physicality (pace looks gone, can't jump for 50/50s anymore it seems) and poor holdup play but with elite finishing ability and a penchant for being in the right position in the box.
He is still far above any average premier league striker even if he is not quite the player he was.
 

Cochise

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Would anyone else consider selling him if an offer of £100m came in? I feel like we may need to make a tough decision and allowing Kane to leave for the right amount might be good in the long term.
 

ajspurs

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Really wouldn't blame him for leaving now and good luck to him if he does. It would be painful if we were 1 or 2 pieces from completing the puzzle but we look so far away now that a loss like that doesn't have the same impact.

Truth is the club almost doesn't deserve such a player. He's a 'big team player' playing in a team that wants to be big but doesn't act big.
 

Tottenhamboy85

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Would anyone else consider selling him if an offer of £100m came in? I feel like we may need to make a tough decision and allowing Kane to leave for the right amount might be good in the long term.
I wouldn’t consider it myself but I wouldn’t blame Kane for considering it himself.
 

Dillspur

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Would anyone else consider selling him if an offer of £100m came in? I feel like we may need to make a tough decision and allowing Kane to leave for the right amount might be good in the long term.

He is worth more than that, even in this current climate. If we got an offer closer to 150m I think i would accept it, but only if we have a proper DOF in charge to spend it. I do not trust Levy
 

Timbo Tottenham

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Would anyone else consider selling him if an offer of £100m came in? I feel like we may need to make a tough decision and allowing Kane to leave for the right amount might be good in the long term.
I would sell him for £100m. The club and you lot might be a bit annoyed with me, but I don’t care as I'd be rich.
 

The General

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He’s not the striker he was as he’s lost a bit of explosive power and mobility due to the injuries. Whether that will come back with time I don’t know. I suspect it might as he always looked cumbersome when he first broke through. I remember thinking Robbie Keane (completely different player of course) looked dreadful in his first few games back after injury, but always came good.

My biggest worry with Kane is he seems to have lost his enthusiasm to play for Spurs which was so important to the team as it was infectious. He used to lead by example. Now he seems almost withdrawn.

However, even a slightly subdued Harry Kane is one of the best strikers in the world and he is clever enough and dedicated enough to adapt his game should the injuries mean he never quite returns to the Harry of a few years back. For that reason i’d keep him for one more season. Just tell him to enjoy his football and if he can’t rekindle his enthusiasm and passion for Spurs we let him go next summer for mega money.

This season has been a disaster for Spurs, but events have conspired against us. Huge number of injuries, new players just not performing, a hugely depressing but necessary manager change and Coronavirus. We start next season on 0 points like everyone else and I think it could be very different. But unquestionably we’ve got a better chance of competing with a happy fit Harry.
 

danielneeds

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I’m slowly coming round to the scenario that Kane will demand a transfer next window and it might be the only way we can save ourselves to sell him.

As much as it would pain me to let him go I think there is a definite question mark over his physical capabilities going forward. He’ll always score goals, but maybe in a team like we are gonna be for while where we don’t dominate possession or the opposition, we might need someone explosive up top to let us break out.

There’s a doubt who could afford him with COVID, whether anyone abroad wants him still at a top-end price, whether both Manchester clubs might sniff around. If we could get £140m-160m then we could reinvest in the defence, DM, and a striker like Victor Osimhen for £70m we could come out of it with a better team.

It sucks that it may come to that, but I think we should prepare ourselves.
 

Mr Pink

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I’m slowly coming round to the scenario that Kane will demand a transfer next window and it might be the only way we can save ourselves to sell him.

As much as it would pain me to let him go I think there is a definite question mark over his physical capabilities going forward. He’ll always score goals, but maybe in a team like we are gonna be for while where we don’t dominate possession or the opposition, we might need someone explosive up top to let us break out.

There’s a doubt who could afford him with COVID, whether anyone abroad wants him still at a top-end price, whether both Manchester clubs might sniff around. If we could get £140m-160m then we could reinvest in the defence, DM, and a striker like Victor Osimhen for £70m we could come out of it with a better team.

It sucks that it may come to that, but I think we should prepare ourselves.

I think City will come in for him. Aguero is gradually beginning to fade, still a great player, but I think Pep could see KDB and Sterling supplying Kane the sort of quality that could set serious records.

I really don't want us to lose him but i think its practically inevitable.

He's in his peak, now or never sort of thing, and we're miles off.
 

danielneeds

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I think City will come in for him. Aguero is gradually beginning to fade, still a great player, but I think Pep could see KDB and Sterling supplying Kane the sort of quality that could set serious records.

I really don't want us to lose him but i think its practically inevitable.

He's in his peak, now or never sort of thing, and we're miles off.
Is he at his peak? I’m not so sure. He’ll still be a dominant PL player, at City he’d score bucket loads and break Shearer’s record, but I don’t see the dynamic player of 2017 returning.
 

Mr Pink

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Is he at his peak? I’m not so sure. He’ll still be a dominant PL, at City he’d score bucket loads and break Shearer’s record, but I don’t see the dynamic player of 2017 returning.

Meant age wise, but I agree that's he's not condition wise.

It will be very interesting to see how he goes in the last 6 games.
 

WiganSpur

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I’m slowly coming round to the scenario that Kane will demand a transfer next window and it might be the only way we can save ourselves to sell him.

As much as it would pain me to let him go I think there is a definite question mark over his physical capabilities going forward. He’ll always score goals, but maybe in a team like we are gonna be for while where we don’t dominate possession or the opposition, we might need someone explosive up top to let us break out.

There’s a doubt who could afford him with COVID, whether anyone abroad wants him still at a top-end price, whether both Manchester clubs might sniff around. If we could get £140m-160m then we could reinvest in the defence, DM, and a striker like Victor Osimhen for £70m we could come out of it with a better team.

It sucks that it may come to that, but I think we should prepare ourselves.
I sort of agree, if we're fundamentally not a functioning team yet and probably won't be for at least another year or so, there's almost no point to having Kane around in a way.

We've got to get back to being a difficult to beat, aggressive, balanced side with a solid work rate first and foremost.
 

danielneeds

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I sort of agree, if we're fundamentally not a functioning team yet and probably won't be for at least another year or so, there's almost no point to having Kane around in a way.

We've got to get back to being a difficult to beat, aggressive, balanced side with a solid work rate first and foremost.
The risk being, that if you take him out of our side and buy badly, then we could drop like a stone into West Ham levels of trouble.

There’s also the psychological affect it could have on the club and wether losing such a talisman would rip the already damaged heart out so to speak.

In some ways, I wish Kane would just go for broke and threaten Levy with leaving unless he sees major changes and quality brought in. With, Levy’s ego it probably wouldnt work, but it would be interesting.
 

dagraham

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Let’s face it, we’ve wasted a once in a generation player coming through the ranks. Fucking criminal really and something that always nagged in the back of my mind when we were good, but still not winning anything. Seems it could finally coming to fruition.

The length remaining on his contract may keep him at the club a bit longer, but there are still some clubs with very deep pockets and I just can’t see him sticking around. Maybe one more year.
 

WiganSpur

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The risk being, that if you take him out of our side and buy badly, then we could drop like a stone into West Ham levels of trouble.

There’s also the psychological affect it could have on the club and wether losing such a talisman would rip the already damaged heart out so to speak.

In some ways, I wish Kane would just go for broke and threaten Levy with leaving unless he sees major changes and quality brought in. With, Levy’s ego it probably wouldnt work, but it would be interesting.
I think we've got to risk it somewhat now. Whether that's maybe over stretching financially or considering offers for Kane. I don't think a quiet understated window without structural change is going to do a great deal to fix things.

The ideal scenario would be to shift all of who we actively want rid of and then get a couple of decent offers for squad players like Lucas, Lamela, even Dele etc.

For incomings then we should place our trust in a DOF with the money generated. But I just don't see a fire sale and letting go of transfer control as a realistic scenario with Levy.
 

punkisback

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I think City will come in for him. Aguero is gradually beginning to fade, still a great player, but I think Pep could see KDB and Sterling supplying Kane the sort of quality that could set serious records.

I really don't want us to lose him but i think its practically inevitable.

He's in his peak, now or never sort of thing, and we're miles off.
Agree him and Sterling have great chemistry and respect between each other. Always vote each other for the player of the season. Can see sterling pushing it with pep. And who wouldn’t want to coach him. Some FB in exchange and £100m would be good.
 
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