Hi All,
Just a quick article to throw my two pence in, assuming Kane now decides to leave.
Firstly, and most importantly, best of luck to him - always been a model pro for us, a fantastic player, both striker and creator, not a bad word to say about him. I hope he gathers up some leagues, cups and why not a CL too?
Onto my main point - he is 30 now. Yes, I know that players are playing later and later into their thirties nowadays, and I admit that Kane has never really relied on pace - he could easily be just as good as he is now even in 3-4 years.
However, all that said, this time was going to come at some point in the near to mid future. If we're honest, had Kane signed a 4 year deal instead of a 6 year deal, he would have been off (probably to Man City) in the summer of 2021 - it's clear from the Neville interview that's what he wanted at the time. The trade off from us getting 2 more brilliant years from him is the current situation - one where keeping him for one more year comes at the cost of both constant speculation which would no doubt hinder our season, and, even worse, the prospect of him joining a PL rival on a free.
Judging the actual situation that exists as objectively as I think I can, my instinct tells me that we are doing the right thing. Obviously, people will say that it could have been done earlier, which is correct, but that ship has now sailed.
Now, it's all about bringing in players to suit Ange and the way he wants us playing. We do that, then it will reinforce this being a good decision.
It was going to happen sometime soon!
posted on 10/8/23
comment by junction8 (U1074)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Chronic (U3423)
posted 29 minutes ago
It became the correct decision to sell as soon as Kane made it clear he wouldn’t sign any new deal. Maintaining control of the move is almost more important than the money for me.
The issue is more that there hasn’t been a proper succession plan, and there isn’t much faith that can be had in the club adequately replacing him.
I still want Ivan Toney. 60m. Richarlison until January and then they fight it out for the spot
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That's the madness.....club should have said this (insert figure) is what it'll take....don't come until you come with that figure.
Not all this back and fourth....now all we've done is left us without out star player and little chance of getting someone in.
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Maybe we did do that?
Who's to say we didn't say to Bayern in June, £100 Million or no deal - they then try their luck with £70 Mill, £80 Mill, £90 Mill etc, and of course this all gets reported as everything does nowadays, and now finally they've met the price we set?
posted on 10/8/23
I hope whatever contract Bayern have offered, levy has at least matched
posted on 10/8/23
comment by Chronic (U3423)
posted 43 minutes ago
It became the correct decision to sell as soon as Kane made it clear he wouldn’t sign any new deal. Maintaining control of the move is almost more important than the money for me.
The issue is more that there hasn’t been a proper succession plan, and there isn’t much faith that can be had in the club adequately replacing him.
I still want Ivan Toney. 60m. Richarlison until January and then they fight it out for the spot
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Not convinced on Toney, regardless of the ban.
28 next March, already reached his peak. Great player for a Brentford, but isn't going to take us to the next level IMO. We should be looking for a either striker around the 23-25 year old age bracket, or a younger one like Wahi.
posted on 10/8/23
TBF Spurs have had Kane for 10 Years at his peak, Got 213 goals out of him & are gonna make a 100mln quid profit. It doesn't really get much better than that. As good as he currently is, he is gonna start to decline into his mid 30s. If he won't commit LT then now is as good a time as any to sell.
If you take sentimentality and the fact that we as a club have wasted the last 3 years of his Spurs career (wrong managers, bad signings etc) out of the equation, then this is 100% the right move
posted on 10/8/23
comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 2 minutes ago
TBF Spurs have had Kane for 10 Years at his peak, Got 213 goals out of him & are gonna make a 100mln quid profit. It doesn't really get much better than that. As good as he currently is, he is gonna start to decline into his mid 30s. If he won't commit LT then now is as good a time as any to sell.
If you take sentimentality and the fact that we as a club have wasted the last 3 years of his Spurs career (wrong managers, bad signings etc) out of the equation, then this is 100% the right move
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100%
posted on 10/8/23
I'd put every penny of the sale in front of Brighton for Evan Ferguson but something tells me they want even consider a sale south of 100m.
posted on 10/8/23
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 2 minutes ago
I'd put every penny of the sale in front of Brighton for Evan Ferguson but something tells me they want even consider a sale south of 100m.
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Top player. Destined for the great things imo
posted on 10/8/23
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 2 minutes ago
I'd put every penny of the sale in front of Brighton for Evan Ferguson but something tells me they want even consider a sale south of 100m.
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Absolutely - looks the real deal. Hoping we go for transfers like this and return to the sort of policy we had around 2014/15.
posted on 10/8/23
Kane now 4/7 to stay at spurs
posted on 10/8/23
comment by BelfastSpur (U15068)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Kane now 4/7 to stay at spurs
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bookies are as much taken aback as Levy