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Bayern Munich preps €93 million offer to Tottenham Hotspur, but Harry Kane has not pushed for exit

McFlash

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As much as it would suck, I could see him going for €100M if it was offered.
I still don't think he'd want to go to Germany.
I also think Levy is on a bit of a sticky wicket now. If we continue to have the successful window that we appear to be having, only to sell Kane near the end of it, the fanbase will go mental.

Just when it looks like Levy might be biting the bullet and doing what we've been needing for years, if it turns out that he's only doing it because we're spending 'the Kane money' in advance, that's not really showing any ambition.

The only way for Levy to start getting the fans back behind him is for him to spend and keep Kane.
If he sells Kane, not only will it piss everyone off that he's done it, it'll also piss everyone off that he's scuppering the new manager at the start.

I may well be proved wrong but I think Levy is desperate to keep Kane and is probably confident enough in himself that he can convince him to stay.
We all know what Levy's like and if he gets a bee in his bonnet about something, he can be a stubborn bugger.
 

Thenewcat

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If we had sold him to City two season ago, two wonderful things would have happened:

1. We would have started our rebuild two seasons ago (in that period of time not only did we fail to win anything, we actually went backwards. Those were two wasted years for us).

2. City most likely wouldn't have landed Halland and they wouldn't be the unstoppable force they are now.

But sure, let's all keep clinging to Harry Kane. He hasn't managed to lead us to a single title in over seven years (in fact, the time we got the closest to a major trophy, it was with him out injured, and once he returned it did nothing but harm the team). Let's all face it, it's time to move on.
Agreed completely. Barely a day goes by when I don’t wish we had sold the best spurs player I’ve seen and given the proceeds to Nuno and Mendes. That would have given our rebuild some new momentum, maybe not in the direction you hoped however
 

SPURSLIFE

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If we had sold him to City two season ago, two wonderful things would have happened:

1. We would have started our rebuild two seasons ago (in that period of time not only did we fail to win anything, we actually went backwards. Those were two wasted years for us).

2. City most likely wouldn't have landed Halland and they wouldn't be the unstoppable force they are now.

But sure, let's all keep clinging to Harry Kane. He hasn't managed to lead us to a single title in over seven years (in fact, the time we got the closest to a major trophy, it was with him out injured, and once he returned it did nothing but harm the team). Let's all face it, it's time to move on.
I was going to answer you and say all the reasons you are wrong but then I thought your not worth it. You're not only an idiot but you must be a Gooner!.
 

ginola007

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I’m fairness to him he didn’t say sell last season he said 2 years ago for the purpose of rebuilding in the post Kane era which I guess he would say would’ve put us in a better position last season and therefore wouldn’t miss the Kane goals as they would be replaced with a more functioning team.

I mean he’s still wrong but that’s how I would steel man his position.
All the players we bought 2 years ago were not up to par. So if I were a betting man, I'd bet that the money we spent on the Kane money would be wasted, just like the Bale money.
 

ralvy

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It's okay if you guys are deeply emotinally attached to Harry, I totally understand it (part of me is as well), but you shouldn't let this cloud your mind or drive you to attack those of us who feel we should have parted ways with him already. An important part of good team management is knowing when to let go of your stars and, I hate to say this, bur Real Madrid did this brilliantly when it came to Christian Ronaldo, since he still was the second greatest player in the world when they sold him to Juventus. On the other hand, Barcelona decided to cling in to Messi until it was too late, and just look how that turned out for them.

Agreed completely. Barely a day goes by when I don’t wish we had sold the best spurs player I’ve seen and given the proceeds to Nuno and Mendes. That would have given our rebuild some new momentum, maybe not in the direction you hoped however

Sure, Nuno was yet another poor decision Daniel made, such as not selling Harry when the time was right. Thanks for pointing that out (y)
 

Frank Blank

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I still don't think he'd want to go to Germany.
I also think Levy is on a bit of a sticky wicket now. If we continue to have the successful window that we appear to be having, only to sell Kane near the end of it, the fanbase will go mental.

Just when it looks like Levy might be biting the bullet and doing what we've been needing for years, if it turns out that he's only doing it because we're spending 'the Kane money' in advance, that's not really showing any ambition.

The only way for Levy to start getting the fans back behind him is for him to spend and keep Kane.
If he sells Kane, not only will it piss everyone off that he's done it, it'll also piss everyone off that he's scuppering the new manager at the start.

I may well be proved wrong but I think Levy is desperate to keep Kane and is probably confident enough in himself that he can convince him to stay.
We all know what Levy's like and if he gets a bee in his bonnet about something, he can be a stubborn bugger.

The cynic in me says Kane will run down his contract, then go to the Chavs after Boehly figuratively (and literally) splashes out with a ball-busting package.
 

Thenewcat

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It's okay if you guys are deeply emotinally attached to Harry, I totally understand it (part of me is as well), but you shouldn't let this cloud your mind or drive you to attack those of us who feel we should have parted ways with him already. An important part of good team management is knowing when to let go of your stars and, I hate to say this, bur Real Madrid did this brilliantly when it came to Christian Ronaldo, since he still was the second greatest player in the world when they sold him to Juventus. On the other hand, Barcelona decided to cling in to Messi until it was too late, and just look how that turned out for them.



Sure, Nuno was yet another poor decision Daniel made, such as not selling Harry when the time was right. Thanks for pointing that out (y)
Real Madrid sold Ronaldo when he was 33 and Harry was just coming up to 28 when Nuno was appointed. Real Madrid won 4 Champions Leagues in those 5 years before they sold CR7, so this isn’t quite the winning argument you seem to believe it is
 
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