Harry Kane

[Japhet]

I’ve heard many say Shearer didn’t win anything in his career. It seems to have been forgotten by many.

The first financially doped club. Didn't really imagine where it would end up.

 

[Steffen]

Funny thing is people mention the record with Shearer more than his title with Blackburn

Easy to see what he values highest himself:

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

“I’ve always said as long as the club is moving in the right direction and showing the right ambition, I want to be part of the journey.”

- Harry Kane in 2019.


I don't think Kane's career objectives are limited to individual achievements. If I had to guess, I would suggest that he does not want to be seen as one of England's greatest strikers - I think he wants to be known as one of Europe's (or the World's) greatest strikers.

A year outside of any European competitions at this stage of his career - when he is still in his prime - is going to hurt.

He very clearly wanted to leave two summers ago, and I think it would be hard for him to say the club have matched his ambitions to be in this spot, two-years later, ready to embark on yet another new project.

 

[yido_number1]

“I’ve always said as long as the club is moving in the right direction and showing the right ambition, I want to be part of the journey.”

- Harry Kane in 2019.


I don't think Kane's career objectives are limited to individual achievements. If I had to guess, I would suggest that he does not want to be seen as one of England's greatest strikers - I think he wants to be known as one of Europe's (or the World's) greatest strikers.

A year outside of any European competitions at this stage of his career - when he is still in his prime - is going to hurt.

He very clearly wanted to leave two summers ago, and I think it would be hard for him to say the club have matched his ambitions to be in this spot, two-years later, ready to embark on yet another new project.

I think the odds are In favour of him leaving but we can dream he stays and falls in love with Ange.

I guess utd most likely as you'd think arse and chavs arent on his list. UTD call easily be crap again this year and we could go back above them. That would be an interesting decision for him at that point. Equally we could be terrible this year and he'd definitely go.

Personally just hope he stays and if not hits Madrid or Bayern.

 

[Dele's flip flops]

Surely he has to leave according to every pundit and ex pro ! I worry for their mental health if he stays .
Hope Harry is thinking about them when he is making his decision!!!

 

[Albertbarich]

Great line I read about going to Bayern.

"Winning the Bundesliga with Bayern is like losing your virginity to a prostitute"

If he is going there for trophies i think he will struggle to get the respect for it back here unless they win the Champions league. Let's be honest they will probably win the league with or without him.

 

[Guntz]

Still think he's gone regardless of what happens next season.

He will have the chance to make generational wealth as a free agent and be able to join any of the super clubs in world football.

 

[Japhet]

I think the odds are In favour of him leaving but we can dream he stays and falls in love with Ange.

I guess utd most likely as you'd think arse and chavs arent on his list. UTD call easily be crap again this year and we could go back above them. That would be an interesting decision for him at that point. Equally we could be terrible this year and he'd definitely go.

Personally just hope he stays and if not hits Madrid or Bayern.

Utd were all over the place for years until they got a manager fit for the job. Once they got going with Ten Hag they started to look good again. No reason why we can't do the same imo. Nuno, Mourinho and Conte were all dreadful fits for us.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Great line I read about going to Bayern.

"Winning the Bundesliga with Bayern is like losing your virginity to a prostitute"

If he is going there for trophies i think he will struggle to get the respect for it back here unless they win the Champions league. Let's be honest they will probably win the league with or without him.

Lets face it, Kane does not get much respect here - no matter what he does.

Golden Boot AND Playmaker of Year - not player of the year
3x Golden Boot winner - never player of the year
30 goals for an 8th place team - not player of the year
2nd all-time leading scorer in the league - never player of the year

 

[Albertbarich]

Lets face it, Kane does not get much respect here - no matter what he does.

Golden Boot AND Playmaker of Year - not player of the year
3x Golden Boot winner - never player of the year
30 goals for an 8th place team - not player of the year
2nd all-time leading scorer in the league - never player of the year

Yep it's shameful the lack of respect he gets

 

[number7]

In the name of all that's good in the world, how can this excellent post be off topic @number7 ?

Fat fingers, my apologies

 

[yido_number1]

Utd were all over the place for years until they got a manager fit for the job. Once they got going with Ten Hag they started to look good again. No reason why we can't do the same imo. Nuno, Mourinho and Conte were all dreadful fits for us.

I couldn't agree more. I'm quite optimistic about this year. I don't think Ten Haag is actually as good as it's looked. I think he got the most he will ever get from Radford and I expect them to regress.

We've just got to hope for a couple of cb's and we could easily finish above them.

 

[biscuit]

The thing that often gets overlooked in the media - and, actually, by some posters on this site - is just how topsy-turvy the PL is, beyond Man City. Look at the 21/22 season. Final standings were:

City 93
Pool 92
Chels 74
Spurs 71
Arse 69

Who in their right mind - and certainly which pundits - predicted that Arsenal would almost win the league? And yet...

City 89
Arse 84
United 75
Newc 71
Pool 67

I firmly believe that with a fully recovered Sonny, Maddison doing what he does, a motivated Bissouma, a settled-in Porro, Solomon, plus (hopefully) Tapsoba and another CB we can seriously challenge for the top four again, all the while playing the kind of football we crave. The narrative from some of these ex-pro know-alls is 'Chelsea will come back stronger', that 'Liverpool will always respond', and yet with Spurs it's always 'well, they're going back to what they do, aren't they?'

Why does any of that have to be true? It's based on nothing, bar guesswork and prejudice. If we do significantly better this season, and he keeps banging the goals in, then I don't think it's beyond the realms of possibility ATALL that Harry Kane signs a new contract. And I, for one, hope he stays as long as he wants, smashing Shearer's bloody record out of sight and winning a few things into the bargain. Isn't this what we're about? We used to be a club with a motto we believed in. Let's get that attitude back!

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

The thing that often gets overlooked in the media - and, actually, by some posters on this site - is just how topsy-turvy the PL is, beyond Man City. Look at the 21/22 season. Final standings were:

City 93
Pool 92
Chels 74
Spurs 71
Arse 69

Who in their right mind - and certainly which pundits - predicted that Arsenal would almost win the league? And yet...

City 89
Arse 84
United 75
Newc 71
Pool 67

I firmly believe that with a fully recovered Sonny, Maddison doing what he does, a motivated Bissouma, a settled-in Porro, Solomon, plus (hopefully) Tapsoba and another CB we can seriously challenge for the top four again, all the while playing the kind of football we crave. The narrative from some of these ex-pro know-alls is 'Chelsea will come back stronger', that 'Liverpool will always respond', and yet with Spurs it's always 'well, they're going back to what they do, aren't they?'

Why does any of that have to be true? It's based on nothing, bar guesswork and prejudice. If we do significantly better this season, and he keeps banging the goals in, then I don't think it's beyond the realms of possibility ATALL that Harry Kane signs a new contract. And I, for one, hope he stays as long as he wants, smashing Shearer's bloody record out of sight and winning a few things into the bargain. Isn't this what we're about? We used to be a club with a motto we believed in. Let's get that attitude back!

Fish says hi from pre-season last year

But you're right the league is very unpredictable aside from City the last 5-6 years.

That being said I think us being out of Europe entirely and needing some time to rebuild and adapt to big Ange's style of football I think Kane will be looking to leave this summer if he can if not then 100% on a free next summer.

I do however regardless of the Kane situ think that we can make our way back up towards the top of the league and most teams go up and down a bit in cycles, City under Pep are a bit of an exception to that.

 

[SpursSince1980]

It’s a weird one. I’d love to know what he really thinks, prioritizes, and values. We speculate based on what we see, what he says, and occasionally someone may have some small inside knowledge.

Like, is he actively seeking to leave this summer?

Based on prior behavior, you can only guess that he doesn’t rule it out, but he won’t pressure for a move. He is smart and respectful when it comes to our club in particular. We are a part of his family. He knows any offer must be commensurate with the gap he leaves behind.

Unless Bayern or Madrid throw 90m or more our way, it’s not going to be a decision he needs to consider.

I think last season was our ‘darkest before the dawn’ post Poch era season. I hope we are now heading back up. But it’s just the start of the journey. Question for Harry will have to be if he believes in the direction and it will be fulfilling

 

[Japhet]

It’s a weird one. I’d love to know what he really thinks, prioritizes, and values. We speculate based on what we see, what he says, and occasionally someone may have some small inside knowledge.

Like, is he actively seeking to leave this summer?

Based on prior behavior, you can only guess that he doesn’t rule it out, but he won’t pressure for a move. He is smart and respectful when it comes to our club in particular. We are a part of his family. He knows any offer must be commensurate with the gap he leaves behind.

Unless Bayern or Madrid throw 90m or more our way, it’s not going to be a decision he needs to consider.

I think last season was our ‘darkest before the dawn’ post Poch era season. I hope we are now heading back up. But it’s just the start of the journey. Question for Harry will have to be if he believes in the direction and it will be fulfilling

As I said earlier in the thread, it's interesting that all the media are so excited about the prospect of him going to Utd.. They've only just started a recovery process after years of being all over the place. Ten Hag has only been in the job for a few months and it's like everything is fixed. I doubt they'll think we're all sorted with a similar upturn under Postecoglou. Just more media bias I guess.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

 

[King of the Lane]

How good is he as a source?

They would still have to reach £100mill if they expect us to sell imo.

 

[jakuba]

I know this is just Bayern turning their media machine into overdrive. But there is a part of me that is getting a feeling that perhaps the moves we’re making right now and apparently that it could be VDV and Tapsoba is spending Kane sale money ahead of time, like we did with Bale.

Hopefully we’re just showing ambition having realised a rebuild was needed. But feel like we’ve seen this film before….

 

[LukaKranjcar]

I'd not begrudge Harry a move to Bayern, money needs to be right but feels to me like the most amicable solution.