Harry Kane

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Does that not seem a plausible path?

No.

 

[chas vs dave]

Aren't his wages already at least 200k?

I think he meant upping his current salary by 200k more.

Not that it matters, when kane could refuse to sign and just pocket the 50m for himself.

 

[robotsonic]

It’s also a rather silly thing to make-up out of nothing - since it would be rather easy to deny. Lies don’t tend to be that specific.

I'm not sure that these twats care about whether something is true a great deal. Where will they print the denial from Daniel Levy? The back page of their Twitter feed? Football media acts with absolute impunity (like most media to be fair). It's already traveled around the world and nobody will see, care or remember what's true.

 

[delawarespur]

Can’t believe Bayern fans online have made me hate the idea of him going there almost as much as somewhere in the PL. Bunch of weirdos

 

[HarryKane]

No idea what point you’re trying to make here and how it relates to my earlier post.

You said "Why would the club issue a briefing that portrays the club ownership in a bad light?" yes? Well if you remember a couple of months ago they issued a briefing that portrayed themselves in a bad light, which I linked from multiple club mouthpieces. So discounting this because of that logic obviously doesn't work since they've already done it, so keep an open mind about it. I don't know if it's true but given how the club have already acted this summer it could be true

 

[eight6suited]

I think he meant upping his current salary by 200k more.

Not that it matters, when kane could refuse to sign and just pocket the 50m for himself.

Not only did I mean it, but I said it.

And market economics dictates that the more demand there is for the object, the higher the price. If five teams compete for Harry next season and HE gets to pick the destination, the he still gets the $50M.

This season he’s going to get sold to BM for $400K per week for five years. Because Spurs choose who can bid for him

OR, given my suggestion, he could make $400k per week here for one season and have 5 teams bidding for him next season.

I negotiate these size contracts for a living. This is a win/win for everyone unless Harry just doesn’t want to be at Spurs or Harry only wants to be at BM. Or unless there is an aspect of this that I simply don’t understand about the contracting of players.

Rather than being dismissive, I’m curious about what I’m missing. If I’m wrong, educate me. This is at least as interesting of a discussion as many in this thread.

 

[Trent Crimm]

I doubt the club would be leaking this if they hadn’t already agreed a fee for him with someone. This little fairy tale is basically the club trying to stop Levy from getting the blame for selling our star player.

Bingo.

 

[Johnny J]

I find myself relatively sanguine about the prospect of Kane leaving. To quote my favourite author, everything in life is just for a while.

If he does go, I will wish him well* and hope we invest sensibly to make the team as a whole stronger.




*as long as it's abroad

 

[chas vs dave]

Not only did I mean it, but I said it.

And market economics dictates that the more demand there is for the object, the higher the price. If five teams compete for Harry next season and HE gets to pick the destination, the he still gets the $50M.

This season he’s going to get sold to BM for $400K per week for five years. Because Spurs choose who can bid for him

OR, given my suggestion, he could make $400k per week here for one season and have 5 teams bidding for him next season.

I negotiate these size contracts for a living. This is a win/win for everyone unless Harry just doesn’t want to be at Spurs or Harry only wants to be at BM. Or unless there is an aspect of this that I simply don’t understand about the contracting of players.

Rather than being dismissive, I’m curious about what I’m missing. If I’m wrong, educate me. This is at least as interesting of a discussion as many in this thread.

Apologies, I wasn't correcting you. I was clarifying it for the poster.

Your point was clear to me.

 

[PaulM]

Jesus lads, this is just a story in a few papers. They are ten a penny and may well be bullshit. Maybe they aren’t but the amount of supposition about motives and individuals here is a bit of an eye opener.

Whatever will be, will be. One thing’s for sure, if Harry is going Harry, Joe Lewis, Levy and Charlie Kane won’t be ringing me for my opinion. The first three because they don’t give a fuck what me or any fan thinks, the latter because I doubt that cabbage can work a phone.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Can’t believe Bayern fans online have made me hate the idea of him going there almost as much as somewhere in the PL. Bunch of weirdos

Here is why I won't mind if he goes to Bayern - out of sight, out of mind.

I keep a cursory eye on Bundesliga, but I won't be following him or Bayern, and may not even really notice him there unless Bayern make a deep run in CL.

If he stays in PL - it will be all Kane, all the time - it will be in my face for the rest of Kane's career

 

[jolsnogross]

Kane holds all the cards here. Joe Lewis might want a fee for him, but Kane is under no obligation to agree personal terms with anyone. In that sense, Lewis's insistence on us making money from his transfer helps any potential domestic buyer. Kane is not agnostic on where he ends up next. He probably has it already lined up to a certain degree. So he can go next year as a free agent, or Spurs can get a fee for him now and accelerate his move by a season to Kane's preferred destination. Facilitating the move a season early is possibly about the only thing Spurs can incentivise Kane with.

Like others, I doubt Munich appeals to him that much. Madrid might have more luck but we await the Mbappe situation unfolding there. I suspect he's Manchester bound.

 

[RuskyM]

Alright, fine. Hurry up.

 

[rossdapep]

I'm not just talking about this season though, I'm talking about every season stretching back for a good few years.

And I'm not a great fan of the whole net spend stuff because none of us know how transfers are structured, or for how long.

The example I tend to reach for is Forest buying about 30 players last year, or Arsenal spending every year for the last umpteen, or Villa spending left right and centre.

I'm not one for the whole accounting/net spend stuff because I don't really understand it but what I do understand is that most other clubs find the money to spend when and where they need it.
We don't but yet we've got one of the highest revenues in world football.

Can we really not afford to speculate to accumulate? Especially when it's European football and the possible future of Kane at risk?!

 

[rossdapep]

Lets see if there is a response from the club into the media along the lines of "Levy will tell Kane he is staying".

If it stays quiet then there is a good chance it has come from their end.

 

[Chimbo!]

Think this intervention by Joe Lewis is wrong and frankly stupid. Why the fuck is u-turning 3 weeks before the start of the season? He’s known about this situation for a long time. We like a bunch of mugs.

 

[FloridaSpur]

More proof, and referring to a few of the other posts above, ENIC’s tenure will only ever be about maximising the value of THFC, Not about filling the trophy cabinet.
We should just accept we are a very well run business, not a football club looking for daring for glory.

If kane doesn't want to sign a new contract and stay then it would make complete sense to sell him.

I can't see any sense in any club turning down eighty odd million for a thirty year old (end of the month) player. Bloody obvious the cliub are making a finnacial decision.

Anyone with an ounce of common sense would do the same.

 

[FloridaSpur]

Think this intervention by Joe Lewis is wrong and frankly stupid. Why the fuck is u-turning 3 weeks before the start of the season? He’s known about this situation for a long time. We like a bunch of mugs.

Paper talk bollocks.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Think this intervention by Joe Lewis is wrong and frankly stupid. Why the fuck is u-turning 3 weeks before the start of the season? He’s known about this situation for a long time. We like a bunch of mugs.

Let be honest - if this is coming out now - its something that Joe and Levy will have discussed months ago - not while Levy is on the tour meeting with sponsors.

I am sure the strategy all along has been to assess the likelihood of Kane signing an extension - now or even next summer. Once a determination has been made that Kane is unlikely to sign an extension - then the club would sell - at an appropriate price point.


If this is a leak from the club - it becomes part of the narrative: "We did not want to sell, but were forced to protect the value of the club."

 

[The Long Suffering One]

Don't know why, but there's this nagging feeling inside me that he will end up at United.