The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
He would've left on a free anyway and have likely agreed a contract elsewhere in Jan.
Kane clearly absolutely loves Spurs but it was the right thing for club and player. I thought he might have stayed in the Prem to get the scoring record but bar City no club is likely to win trophies (obviously another club will but there's very little guarantee).
Then you look at who he could even sign for given I highly doubt he'd consider a London rival. Which leaves United (dross mess), Liverpool (can't pay the wages), City (already stacked up front but I think Kane would still have benefitted them).
In the end Bayern was a good fit, personally I'd liked to have seen him go to Real as that's the peak and there's no arguments about La Liga being a poor league although it's dwarfed by the Prem nowadays in terms of money.
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
comment by Two Balls, One Saka (U19684)
posted 7 minutes ago
He would've left on a free anyway and have likely agreed a contract elsewhere in Jan.
Kane clearly absolutely loves Spurs but it was the right thing for club and player. I thought he might have stayed in the Prem to get the scoring record but bar City no club is likely to win trophies (obviously another club will but there's very little guarantee).
Then you look at who he could even sign for given I highly doubt he'd consider a London rival. Which leaves United (dross mess), Liverpool (can't pay the wages), City (already stacked up front but I think Kane would still have benefitted them).
In the end Bayern was a good fit, personally I'd liked to have seen him go to Real as that's the peak and there's no arguments about La Liga being a poor league although it's dwarfed by the Prem nowadays in terms of money.
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Bayern was a great choice, over a 3 year contract you are absolutely guaranteed trophies with them and will get a legit shot at CL glory as well. Only City offered that in Prem and they have Haaland.
Real are great but there is no guarantee of trophies with them either, even if they had Kane.
Will be good to watch Kane obliterate Lewandowski’s record in his first season - I always said Kane was better and now he will prove it.
Just need him and Bellingham fit and firing in all cylinders this summer, England have a legit chance at the Euros with only France at our level
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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We’re not schiiit, we’ve got an injury crisis like no other. 7 of our first 10 outfield players missing - hence why we went 10 games unbeaten and top of the league to 3 defeats on the bounce. Despite that we’re still only 4 points off top.
Spurs are 4 points off top in the Prem, Feyenoord 7 points off top in the Dutch league even with Ajax having a nightmare season - but worrying isn’t shoes made of wood?
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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Kane is banging them in in the weakest league - yeah that's a shocker
If we are shiiiiit and we've beaten you 2-0 what does that make United?
Is it ETH out or in - can't remember as you guys are flip flopping all the time?
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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Kane is banging them in in the weakest league - yeah that's a shocker
If we are shiiiiit and we've beaten you 2-0 what does that make United?
Is it ETH out or in - can't remember as you guys are flip flopping all the time?
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He isn’t a United fan, he is a Feyenoord fan - who are further away from the top than we are and got schooled at home again last night
I didn't want him sold at the time because I felt we would have a good season with him under Ange. Even if he had left for free, it was worth taking that risk to see how well we'd have done with him, to the point that we might have been successful enough to convince him to stay.
The decision has now during this injury crisis looked a bit of a blunder.
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
The vast majority of Spurs fans in my Tottenham bubble wish Kane well and are glad he went abroad.
I think what many non Spurs fans don't fully understand is that Ange has already given himself a free hit for the remainder of the season just by serving up the attacking football we are witnessing.
After the miserable Conte and Jose years its like somebody has lifted the gloom and brought joy back to our lives.
Let's be honest anybody who knows anything about European footie knows that even for a half decent striker scoring goals for Bayern in the Bundesliga is like shooting fish in a barrel. So for a world class player like Kane it's fill your boots time.
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 7 minutes ago
The vast majority of Spurs fans in my Tottenham bubble wish Kane well and are glad he went abroad.
I think what many non Spurs fans don't fully understand is that Ange has already given himself a free hit for the remainder of the season just by serving up the attacking football we are witnessing.
After the miserable Conte and Jose years its like somebody has lifted the gloom and brought joy back to our lives.
Let's be honest anybody who knows anything about European footie knows that even for a half decent striker scoring goals for Bayern in the Bundesliga is like shooting fish in a barrel. So for a world class player like Kane it's fill your boots time.
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Ange isn’t the problem that’s for sure, but the injury mean it is still a bit gloomy.
I would actually say the mistake was letting Davinson Sanchez go as he could at least play in this highline and we only got £9m for him - now weee talking about £40m on a player unproven in the league.
Kane - if he stays fit will score 50+ at Bayern, miles ahead of any player that league has seen for a while
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 7 minutes ago
The vast majority of Spurs fans in my Tottenham bubble wish Kane well and are glad he went abroad.
I think what many non Spurs fans don't fully understand is that Ange has already given himself a free hit for the remainder of the season just by serving up the attacking football we are witnessing.
After the miserable Conte and Jose years its like somebody has lifted the gloom and brought joy back to our lives.
Let's be honest anybody who knows anything about European footie knows that even for a half decent striker scoring goals for Bayern in the Bundesliga is like shooting fish in a barrel. So for a world class player like Kane it's fill your boots time.
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Ange isn’t the problem that’s for sure, but the injury mean it is still a bit gloomy.
I would actually say the mistake was letting Davinson Sanchez go as he could at least play in this highline and we only got £9m for him - now weee talking about £40m on a player unproven in the league.
Kane - if he stays fit will score 50+ at Bayern, miles ahead of any player that league has seen for a while
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I was only thinking the other day that I wish we'd got rid of Dier rather than Sanchez.
They are both pretty iffy but at least Sanchez has pace.
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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It was more to do with wages for Maddison - The reason we got him over Newcastle is that they couldn’t pay him £175k a week and stay within FFP, so we blew them out of the water - probably knowing that Kanes £300k a week was about to fall off the bill.
Kane was keen on Man United and I think he would have gone there in the end. Haaland picks up an injury that sees him out for a while and City would have been al over Kane on a free. We did the right thing by not taking a chance - Sol Campbell anybody?
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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Kane is banging them in in the weakest league - yeah that's a shocker
If we are shiiiiit and we've beaten you 2-0 what does that make United?
Is it ETH out or in - can't remember as you guys are flip flopping all the time?
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He isn’t a United fan, he is a Feyenoord fan - who are further away from the top than we are and got schooled at home again last night
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Cloggity has a sense of humour at least
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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It was more to do with wages for Maddison - The reason we got him over Newcastle is that they couldn’t pay him £175k a week and stay within FFP, so we blew them out of the water - probably knowing that Kanes £300k a week was about to fall off the bill.
Kane was keen on Man United and I think he would have gone there in the end. Haaland picks up an injury that sees him out for a while and City would have been al over Kane on a free. We did the right thing by not taking a chance - Sol Campbell anybody?
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I don't even think Levy had plans to sell Kane by the time we got Maddison in. He looked like he was going to stay and Kane alluded to it by saying he'd stay if he was here by the time the season started. So I do think we could have feasibly bought the players we did and kept Kane, with the exception of maybe Johnson who was signed after.
Kane wants to play in the big competitions and for the big prizes. I don't think he'd be swayed by a big team winning smaller trophies and that League Cup was United's first in 5 years. They haven't been involved in a title race for even longer. Kane at Spurs under Ange with these new players would have had as much chance as United, or more of winning the title. I suppose City could have been a possibility if something happened with Haaland but City you can just about live with Kane going to them.
The Sol Campbell comparison would rely on the team he goes to being one of the best in the league and that definitely isn't United. Arsenal were comfortably second best team in the league when Campbell left. Besides Kane isn't as much of a caant.
Good numbers but he had good numbers in a schit team so this is nothing out of the ordinary.
Top striker in the best team in the country in a league that hardly bother with defending.
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club... (U18109)
posted 6 hours, 17 minutes ago
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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We’re not schiiit, we’ve got an injury crisis like no other. 7 of our first 10 outfield players missing - hence why we went 10 games unbeaten and top of the league to 3 defeats on the bounce. Despite that we’re still only 4 points off top.
Spurs are 4 points off top in the Prem, Feyenoord 7 points off top in the Dutch league even with Ajax having a nightmare season - but worrying isn’t shoes made of wood?
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try 14 players out...that's an injury crisis
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club... (U18109)
posted 4 hours, 52 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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It was more to do with wages for Maddison - The reason we got him over Newcastle is that they couldn’t pay him £175k a week and stay within FFP, so we blew them out of the water - probably knowing that Kanes £300k a week was about to fall off the bill.
Kane was keen on Man United and I think he would have gone there in the end. Haaland picks up an injury that sees him out for a while and City would have been al over Kane on a free. We did the right thing by not taking a chance - Sol Campbell anybody?
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All speculation!
They bought Tonali for £55m, £15m more than we got Madders for and are paying him £140k a week so we hardly blew them out of the water. They just couldn't afford both but we sign Maddison before they got Tonali so it seems he wanted to come to Spurs!
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posted 4 hours, 38 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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It was more to do with wages for Maddison - The reason we got him over Newcastle is that they couldn’t pay him £175k a week and stay within FFP, so we blew them out of the water - probably knowing that Kanes £300k a week was about to fall off the bill.
Kane was keen on Man United and I think he would have gone there in the end. Haaland picks up an injury that sees him out for a while and City would have been al over Kane on a free. We did the right thing by not taking a chance - Sol Campbell anybody?
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I don't even think Levy had plans to sell Kane by the time we got Maddison in. He looked like he was going to stay and Kane alluded to it by saying he'd stay if he was here by the time the season started. So I do think we could have feasibly bought the players we did and kept Kane, with the exception of maybe Johnson who was signed after.
Kane wants to play in the big competitions and for the big prizes. I don't think he'd be swayed by a big team winning smaller trophies and that League Cup was United's first in 5 years. They haven't been involved in a title race for even longer. Kane at Spurs under Ange with these new players would have had as much chance as United, or more of winning the title. I suppose City could have been a possibility if something happened with Haaland but City you can just about live with Kane going to them.
The Sol Campbell comparison would rely on the team he goes to being one of the best in the league and that definitely isn't United. Arsenal were comfortably second best team in the league when Campbell left. Besides Kane isn't as much of a caant.
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Agree with this.
Kane wasnt back from holiday by the time we bought Maddison (29 June).
At that time I don't think we were expecting to sell Kane although the club were probably preparing for the possibility he may want to go. That would not extend to speculatively spending £40m on Madders.
On reflection, i am glad we have gone for a clean start. No one expected us to really challenge for anything, even with Kane. The av. age is now 24 and we're building the team to hopefully start delivering next season and the seasons after. That wouldnt really involve Kane IMO, especially in this physically demanding style.
Evidence of this is watching Son. See how hard he works, how often and rapidly he closes down players, chases the ball, even in the 90+ minutes. This is not how Kane works
We're moving on and while we all love Kane, we can succeed without him. In most peoples opinion, this was never a season to be challenging for anything. Not sure scoring has been our issue overall, albeit rather wasteful vs Villa!
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posted 6 hours, 17 minutes ago
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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We’re not schiiit, we’ve got an injury crisis like no other. 7 of our first 10 outfield players missing - hence why we went 10 games unbeaten and top of the league to 3 defeats on the bounce. Despite that we’re still only 4 points off top.
Spurs are 4 points off top in the Prem, Feyenoord 7 points off top in the Dutch league even with Ajax having a nightmare season - but worrying isn’t shoes made of wood?
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try 14 players out...that's an injury crisis
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Not when your squad is about 35 deep
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comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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We’re not schiiit, we’ve got an injury crisis like no other. 7 of our first 10 outfield players missing - hence why we went 10 games unbeaten and top of the league to 3 defeats on the bounce. Despite that we’re still only 4 points off top.
Spurs are 4 points off top in the Prem, Feyenoord 7 points off top in the Dutch league even with Ajax having a nightmare season - but worrying isn’t shoes made of wood?
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try 14 players out...that's an injury crisis
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Not when your squad is about 35 deep
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Newcastle?
So you expected to play a full season with your starting XI?
They should have let Kane go for free as a free agent next season but Levy is so money oriented.
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posted on 29/11/23
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
posted on 29/11/23
He would've left on a free anyway and have likely agreed a contract elsewhere in Jan.
Kane clearly absolutely loves Spurs but it was the right thing for club and player. I thought he might have stayed in the Prem to get the scoring record but bar City no club is likely to win trophies (obviously another club will but there's very little guarantee).
Then you look at who he could even sign for given I highly doubt he'd consider a London rival. Which leaves United (dross mess), Liverpool (can't pay the wages), City (already stacked up front but I think Kane would still have benefitted them).
In the end Bayern was a good fit, personally I'd liked to have seen him go to Real as that's the peak and there's no arguments about La Liga being a poor league although it's dwarfed by the Prem nowadays in terms of money.
posted on 29/11/23
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Two Balls, One Saka (U19684)
posted 7 minutes ago
He would've left on a free anyway and have likely agreed a contract elsewhere in Jan.
Kane clearly absolutely loves Spurs but it was the right thing for club and player. I thought he might have stayed in the Prem to get the scoring record but bar City no club is likely to win trophies (obviously another club will but there's very little guarantee).
Then you look at who he could even sign for given I highly doubt he'd consider a London rival. Which leaves United (dross mess), Liverpool (can't pay the wages), City (already stacked up front but I think Kane would still have benefitted them).
In the end Bayern was a good fit, personally I'd liked to have seen him go to Real as that's the peak and there's no arguments about La Liga being a poor league although it's dwarfed by the Prem nowadays in terms of money.
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Bayern was a great choice, over a 3 year contract you are absolutely guaranteed trophies with them and will get a legit shot at CL glory as well. Only City offered that in Prem and they have Haaland.
Real are great but there is no guarantee of trophies with them either, even if they had Kane.
Will be good to watch Kane obliterate Lewandowski’s record in his first season - I always said Kane was better and now he will prove it.
Just need him and Bellingham fit and firing in all cylinders this summer, England have a legit chance at the Euros with only France at our level
posted on 29/11/23
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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We’re not schiiit, we’ve got an injury crisis like no other. 7 of our first 10 outfield players missing - hence why we went 10 games unbeaten and top of the league to 3 defeats on the bounce. Despite that we’re still only 4 points off top.
Spurs are 4 points off top in the Prem, Feyenoord 7 points off top in the Dutch league even with Ajax having a nightmare season - but worrying isn’t shoes made of wood?
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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Kane is banging them in in the weakest league - yeah that's a shocker
If we are shiiiiit and we've beaten you 2-0 what does that make United?
Is it ETH out or in - can't remember as you guys are flip flopping all the time?
posted on 29/11/23
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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Kane is banging them in in the weakest league - yeah that's a shocker
If we are shiiiiit and we've beaten you 2-0 what does that make United?
Is it ETH out or in - can't remember as you guys are flip flopping all the time?
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He isn’t a United fan, he is a Feyenoord fan - who are further away from the top than we are and got schooled at home again last night
posted on 29/11/23
I didn't want him sold at the time because I felt we would have a good season with him under Ange. Even if he had left for free, it was worth taking that risk to see how well we'd have done with him, to the point that we might have been successful enough to convince him to stay.
The decision has now during this injury crisis looked a bit of a blunder.
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
posted on 29/11/23
The vast majority of Spurs fans in my Tottenham bubble wish Kane well and are glad he went abroad.
I think what many non Spurs fans don't fully understand is that Ange has already given himself a free hit for the remainder of the season just by serving up the attacking football we are witnessing.
After the miserable Conte and Jose years its like somebody has lifted the gloom and brought joy back to our lives.
Let's be honest anybody who knows anything about European footie knows that even for a half decent striker scoring goals for Bayern in the Bundesliga is like shooting fish in a barrel. So for a world class player like Kane it's fill your boots time.
posted on 29/11/23
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 7 minutes ago
The vast majority of Spurs fans in my Tottenham bubble wish Kane well and are glad he went abroad.
I think what many non Spurs fans don't fully understand is that Ange has already given himself a free hit for the remainder of the season just by serving up the attacking football we are witnessing.
After the miserable Conte and Jose years its like somebody has lifted the gloom and brought joy back to our lives.
Let's be honest anybody who knows anything about European footie knows that even for a half decent striker scoring goals for Bayern in the Bundesliga is like shooting fish in a barrel. So for a world class player like Kane it's fill your boots time.
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Ange isn’t the problem that’s for sure, but the injury mean it is still a bit gloomy.
I would actually say the mistake was letting Davinson Sanchez go as he could at least play in this highline and we only got £9m for him - now weee talking about £40m on a player unproven in the league.
Kane - if he stays fit will score 50+ at Bayern, miles ahead of any player that league has seen for a while
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 7 minutes ago
The vast majority of Spurs fans in my Tottenham bubble wish Kane well and are glad he went abroad.
I think what many non Spurs fans don't fully understand is that Ange has already given himself a free hit for the remainder of the season just by serving up the attacking football we are witnessing.
After the miserable Conte and Jose years its like somebody has lifted the gloom and brought joy back to our lives.
Let's be honest anybody who knows anything about European footie knows that even for a half decent striker scoring goals for Bayern in the Bundesliga is like shooting fish in a barrel. So for a world class player like Kane it's fill your boots time.
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Ange isn’t the problem that’s for sure, but the injury mean it is still a bit gloomy.
I would actually say the mistake was letting Davinson Sanchez go as he could at least play in this highline and we only got £9m for him - now weee talking about £40m on a player unproven in the league.
Kane - if he stays fit will score 50+ at Bayern, miles ahead of any player that league has seen for a while
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I was only thinking the other day that I wish we'd got rid of Dier rather than Sanchez.
They are both pretty iffy but at least Sanchez has pace.
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
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comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
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comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 14 minutes ago
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posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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It was more to do with wages for Maddison - The reason we got him over Newcastle is that they couldn’t pay him £175k a week and stay within FFP, so we blew them out of the water - probably knowing that Kanes £300k a week was about to fall off the bill.
Kane was keen on Man United and I think he would have gone there in the end. Haaland picks up an injury that sees him out for a while and City would have been al over Kane on a free. We did the right thing by not taking a chance - Sol Campbell anybody?
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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Kane is banging them in in the weakest league - yeah that's a shocker
If we are shiiiiit and we've beaten you 2-0 what does that make United?
Is it ETH out or in - can't remember as you guys are flip flopping all the time?
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He isn’t a United fan, he is a Feyenoord fan - who are further away from the top than we are and got schooled at home again last night
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Cloggity has a sense of humour at least
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
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comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
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The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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It was more to do with wages for Maddison - The reason we got him over Newcastle is that they couldn’t pay him £175k a week and stay within FFP, so we blew them out of the water - probably knowing that Kanes £300k a week was about to fall off the bill.
Kane was keen on Man United and I think he would have gone there in the end. Haaland picks up an injury that sees him out for a while and City would have been al over Kane on a free. We did the right thing by not taking a chance - Sol Campbell anybody?
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I don't even think Levy had plans to sell Kane by the time we got Maddison in. He looked like he was going to stay and Kane alluded to it by saying he'd stay if he was here by the time the season started. So I do think we could have feasibly bought the players we did and kept Kane, with the exception of maybe Johnson who was signed after.
Kane wants to play in the big competitions and for the big prizes. I don't think he'd be swayed by a big team winning smaller trophies and that League Cup was United's first in 5 years. They haven't been involved in a title race for even longer. Kane at Spurs under Ange with these new players would have had as much chance as United, or more of winning the title. I suppose City could have been a possibility if something happened with Haaland but City you can just about live with Kane going to them.
The Sol Campbell comparison would rely on the team he goes to being one of the best in the league and that definitely isn't United. Arsenal were comfortably second best team in the league when Campbell left. Besides Kane isn't as much of a caant.
posted on 29/11/23
Good numbers but he had good numbers in a schit team so this is nothing out of the ordinary.
Top striker in the best team in the country in a league that hardly bother with defending.
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club... (U18109)
posted 6 hours, 17 minutes ago
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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We’re not schiiit, we’ve got an injury crisis like no other. 7 of our first 10 outfield players missing - hence why we went 10 games unbeaten and top of the league to 3 defeats on the bounce. Despite that we’re still only 4 points off top.
Spurs are 4 points off top in the Prem, Feyenoord 7 points off top in the Dutch league even with Ajax having a nightmare season - but worrying isn’t shoes made of wood?
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try 14 players out...that's an injury crisis
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club... (U18109)
posted 4 hours, 52 minutes ago
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posted 15 minutes ago
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posted 14 minutes ago
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posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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It was more to do with wages for Maddison - The reason we got him over Newcastle is that they couldn’t pay him £175k a week and stay within FFP, so we blew them out of the water - probably knowing that Kanes £300k a week was about to fall off the bill.
Kane was keen on Man United and I think he would have gone there in the end. Haaland picks up an injury that sees him out for a while and City would have been al over Kane on a free. We did the right thing by not taking a chance - Sol Campbell anybody?
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All speculation!
They bought Tonali for £55m, £15m more than we got Madders for and are paying him £140k a week so we hardly blew them out of the water. They just couldn't afford both but we sign Maddison before they got Tonali so it seems he wanted to come to Spurs!
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 4 hours, 38 minutes ago
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The real issue with keeping hold of him for one more year is that he would have then likely gone to a Prem club rather than Bayern.
We were always going to miss him, but atleast at Bayern we’re not having to watch him score every week, he is out of sight and out of mind. Hopefully he wins the lot in the next 3 years and comes back
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What Prem club would he have gone to though? Man City was already probably out of the question. Man United aren't guaranteeing enough to keep him satisfied. Once he showed he was interested in going to Bayern, it kind of confirms that he'd have been up for going outside of the PL to any of those big clubs and you can bet the likes of Madrid, Bayern etc. would be interested in getting him for free the following summer. He's even said he wanted to try a different league for why he came to Bayern.
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He is still living in a hotel in Germany and his wife and kids are still back here - I think that would have tipped him into staying here if he had the choice. United would have thrown a lot of cash at him and half the media would have been convincing him that United you’d win trophies with Kane at the club - they did win the League cup last year and looked good with ETH before this season.
I think we took the sensible option. I don’t agree that it now looks a blunder - chances are that if Kane had stayed we wouldn’t have stumped up the wages for Maddison and we may not have spent as much as we did this summer - I certainly do not think Johnson would have came.
Our problems circle back to the negligent decision not to reinforce further at CB. We went into the season with 3 CB’s - 1 that can’t get in the team even with the other 2 missing, 1 a known hot head with a questionable injury record and 1 completely unproven in the Prem - pure negligence
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I disagree about stumping up the money for Maddison. We looked set to spend on those players AND keep Kane. It was only when Bayern upped their offer did Levy give in and Kane was sold.
I mean I can understand why he was sold but I still feel we should have risked keeping him, cause the idea of him going to another PL club felt kind of minimal, and losing out on £100m, so what? We've wasted that on full backs in the past few years. It might not be sensible but to have one of the best strikers in the world play in this Ange team for a season or potentially longer, I think I'd pay £100m. Also, the way United have struggled this season, I doubt he'd have gone there with the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern showing an interest and being able to guarantee trophies and good CL runs.
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It was more to do with wages for Maddison - The reason we got him over Newcastle is that they couldn’t pay him £175k a week and stay within FFP, so we blew them out of the water - probably knowing that Kanes £300k a week was about to fall off the bill.
Kane was keen on Man United and I think he would have gone there in the end. Haaland picks up an injury that sees him out for a while and City would have been al over Kane on a free. We did the right thing by not taking a chance - Sol Campbell anybody?
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I don't even think Levy had plans to sell Kane by the time we got Maddison in. He looked like he was going to stay and Kane alluded to it by saying he'd stay if he was here by the time the season started. So I do think we could have feasibly bought the players we did and kept Kane, with the exception of maybe Johnson who was signed after.
Kane wants to play in the big competitions and for the big prizes. I don't think he'd be swayed by a big team winning smaller trophies and that League Cup was United's first in 5 years. They haven't been involved in a title race for even longer. Kane at Spurs under Ange with these new players would have had as much chance as United, or more of winning the title. I suppose City could have been a possibility if something happened with Haaland but City you can just about live with Kane going to them.
The Sol Campbell comparison would rely on the team he goes to being one of the best in the league and that definitely isn't United. Arsenal were comfortably second best team in the league when Campbell left. Besides Kane isn't as much of a caant.
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Agree with this.
Kane wasnt back from holiday by the time we bought Maddison (29 June).
At that time I don't think we were expecting to sell Kane although the club were probably preparing for the possibility he may want to go. That would not extend to speculatively spending £40m on Madders.
On reflection, i am glad we have gone for a clean start. No one expected us to really challenge for anything, even with Kane. The av. age is now 24 and we're building the team to hopefully start delivering next season and the seasons after. That wouldnt really involve Kane IMO, especially in this physically demanding style.
Evidence of this is watching Son. See how hard he works, how often and rapidly he closes down players, chases the ball, even in the 90+ minutes. This is not how Kane works
We're moving on and while we all love Kane, we can succeed without him. In most peoples opinion, this was never a season to be challenging for anything. Not sure scoring has been our issue overall, albeit rather wasteful vs Villa!
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
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comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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We’re not schiiit, we’ve got an injury crisis like no other. 7 of our first 10 outfield players missing - hence why we went 10 games unbeaten and top of the league to 3 defeats on the bounce. Despite that we’re still only 4 points off top.
Spurs are 4 points off top in the Prem, Feyenoord 7 points off top in the Dutch league even with Ajax having a nightmare season - but worrying isn’t shoes made of wood?
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try 14 players out...that's an injury crisis
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Not when your squad is about 35 deep
posted on 29/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club... (U18109)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club... (U18109)
posted 6 hours, 17 minutes ago
comment by Cloggy (U1250)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by He who Dares, waits for Trophies (U15748)
posted 11 minutes ago
Such a troll, OP
After years of urging Spurs to "let go" with Kane and "allow him to trade outside of PL, now the trolls are asking should we have left Kane go
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He can have second thoughts, no, considering you are still shiiiit and Kane is banging them in?
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We’re not schiiit, we’ve got an injury crisis like no other. 7 of our first 10 outfield players missing - hence why we went 10 games unbeaten and top of the league to 3 defeats on the bounce. Despite that we’re still only 4 points off top.
Spurs are 4 points off top in the Prem, Feyenoord 7 points off top in the Dutch league even with Ajax having a nightmare season - but worrying isn’t shoes made of wood?
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try 14 players out...that's an injury crisis
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Not when your squad is about 35 deep
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Newcastle?
So you expected to play a full season with your starting XI?
posted on 29/11/23
They should have let Kane go for free as a free agent next season but Levy is so money oriented.
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