Harry Kane

[Hoowl]

I'd much rather Vlahovic personally.

I feel like it would be Son or Richarlison playing on the shoulder and the money would be used to strengthen elsewhere to make sure we have players who fit the system.

 

[Styopa]

Nope.

It makes Levy not only look weak, but in fact makes him a weak functionary. This is not a good look for a man who basically likes to runs an entire business with absolute authority and pay himself accordingly. And who owns a chunk of it, albeit not the majority.

If there’s any truth in the rumour, there will be ramifications in the running of the club that go beyond the sale of Harry Kane.

Yeah, I don't see why Man U being interested would justify Levy selling to Bayern for a discounted fee. He doesn't have to accept Man U's offer. It would make him look very weak to claim he had no choice but to sell to Bayern now Man U are in the mix.

But I don't think telling Kane to either sign a contract or leave would make Levy look weak. On the contrary, it could make Levy appear strong because he's taking a hardline- you commit or get out, we won't let you run down your contract.

 

[THOWIG]

Will take 2 or 3 additions to replace him. Another winger is a must if he’s gone. Toney and Olise would have been ideal if not banned and injured!

 

[Japhet]

A big part of the gamble with Kane is whether he'd help get us into CL next year (with an extra team qualifying). In a transitional season, with a new manager and new playing style, I think that's probably a bit too much of a long shot. The other long shot is that Kane becomes enamoured with Ange and his playing style and chooses to sign another deal. I'm increasingly of the opinion that neither of those are gambles worth taking.

 

[yido_number1]

I feel like it would be Son or Richarlison playing on the shoulder and the money would be used to strengthen elsewhere to make sure we have players who fit the system.

This just wouldn't be acceptable. Losing one of the best strikers in world football and not directly replacing would be pitchfork territory

 

[C1w8]

Why is being sold this summer "exactly" what Kane wants? For all we know, he's 50/50 on it. It's not like it's now or never for him- he will likely have better offers at the end of the season than he does now.

To me, it's plausible the club are putting pressure on him to sign a new contract or leave. Because, unlike Kane, for the club, it really is now or never.

Probably Kane has told the club he is not signing a new contract, and someone has got wind of that. It doesn't have to be the orchestrated leak some are making it out to be.

I doubt it's "exactly" what Kane wants but it's probably more attractive proposition than staying at spurs winding down his contract for 12 months without the security of a long term deal , in a rebuiild season without CL football/much chance of a trophy and the constant churn of stories related to a potential move.

For me it almost doesnt matter where it's come from, i'm more concerned that these write ups keep happening, and will keep happening, genuine or fabricated. As annoying as the press have been this was always going to happen (and will continue to do so if he stays the season without a new deal) and we need to end it before the season starts either by selling kane or his signing a new deal, the latter i doubt is actually in play.

We had it with Conte and it's 100x worse with Kane given his profile and this doesnt help us progress as a team under Ange.

 

[Gb160]

Why is being sold this summer "exactly" what Kane wants? For all we know, he's 50/50 on it. It's not like it's now or never for him- he will probably have better offers at the end of the season than he does now.

He has one of Europes biggest clubs sniffing around him (who he has already met with the manager) ? Doesn't sound like he's thinking of 12 months down the line to me.

 

[BENNO]

If you were undecided about whether it'd be good to sell him now or not, this is a good piece imo

 

[hughy]

This just wouldn't be acceptable. Losing one of the best strikers in world football and not directly replacing would be pitchfork territory

There are only 2 or 3 realistic options who could replace him and do a decent job, and if for whatever reason none of them were available to us (either selling clubs didn't want to sell, or player didn't want to come), replacing him this Summer might not be an option.

I'd rather go in to the season with our current attack minus Kane and have our defence and midfield issues 100% sorted than end up spunking £80m on a striker who might not be the real deal just to appease the fans.

 

[Guntz]

Vlahovic is just a worse version of Kane.

If we sell Kane, I want us to build a fluid, high pressing attack like Liverpool under Klopp.

 

[Led's Zeppelin]

Yeah, I don't see why Man U being interested would justify Levy selling to Bayern for a discounted fee. He doesn't have to accept Man U's offer. It would make him look very weak to claim he had no choice but to sell to Bayern now Man U are in the mix.

But I don't think telling Kane to either sign a contract or leave would make Levy look weak. On the contrary, it could make Levy appear strong because he's taking a hardline- you commit or get out, we won't let you run down your contract.

Agreed.

I was however referring to the story that he'd be acting on the instructions of Joe Lewis rather than his own initiative. And given that his plan appeared to be to keep HK beyond the end of the window and use the extra time to negotiate a new deal (regardless of how unrealistic anyone else may view its prospects), would be a major volte-face not brought about by anything other than "orders from above".

This is why I say that if those reports are correct, and he's being forced by edict to go against his own preference, judgement and risk-assessment, it will have wider repercussions.

 

[Styopa]

I doubt it's "exactly" what Kane wants but it's probably more attractive proposition than staying at spurs winding down his contract for 12 months without the security of a long term deal , in a rebuiild season without CL football/much chance of a trophy and the constant churn of stories related to a potential move.

He has one of Europes biggest clubs sniffing around him (who he has already met with the manager) ? Doesn't sound like he's thinking of 12 months down the line to me.

I honestly think it's a win-win situation for Kane now. He probably doesn't have the appetite for another rebuild season at Spurs, and I agree with all the points both of you have made above. However, he must also be aware that the rewards at the end of the season are potentially even greater if he stays at Spurs. A greater choice of clubs, a greater signing-on fee, an opportunity to stay in the Premier League and England. If leaving now is Kane's plan A and moving on a free is his fallback plan, it's one hell of a fallback plan to have.

 

[Real_madyidd]

Kane only counts as one player on the pitch, we can't suddenly play another few.

 

[yido_number1]

There are only 2 or 3 realistic options who could replace him and do a decent job, and if for whatever reason none of them were available to us (either selling clubs didn't want to sell, or player didn't want to come), replacing him this Summer might not be an option.

I'd rather go in to the season with our current attack minus Kane and have our defence and midfield issues 100% sorted than end up spunking £80m on a striker who might not be the real deal just to appease the fans.

We've known for about 3 years he will be moving on. We should have spent the whole time scouting strikers that would be capable of filling his role or a similar role.

We need to get out of this small club mentality of it's hard to sign players. We'll have between 80-100m to spend and are one of the ost high profile teams in the biggest league in the world. We need to act like it if we want to progress. It doesn't have to be a fully fledged star it can be a cleverly scouted younger or lesser known player but we need to be signing another striker.

 

[Metalhead]

These tabloids are doing exactly what they have set out to do by printing stories like this; turning Spurs fans mindsets towards their greatest ever player into one where they want him gone.

It’s absolutely crazy IMO.


Levy and co cannot be trusted with money, we have seen that before. I do not want HK to leave, no matter how much money we are offered. He is irreplaceable on and off the pitch and we most certainly will not be able to attract a top European striker this season. FWIW, I don’t rate Richarlison at all in this role.

I don't want him gone but being objective - he's in the last year of his contract - he's expressed a desire to leave before and he's going to want to win trophies.

 

[Dakes]

Yeah, I can't see Lewis sending out a communication ending with "Joe, COYS". Only way anything comes from his end regarding Kane is if his daughter is following the situation and got in his ear.

 

[Gb160]

We've known for about 3 years he will be moving on. We should have spent the whole time scouting strikers that would be capable of filling his role or a similar role.

That's not how Levy works though, he's reactionary. We'll likely end up with the best deal that's available when it happens, none of that future planning nonsense.

 

[King of the Lane]

Vlahovic is just a worse version of Kane.

If we sell Kane, I want us to build a fluid, high pressing attack like Liverpool under Klopp.

The guy that is perfect for that is Kolo Muani but we will be priced out of a move for him.

Im not sure how many good goal scoring wingers there are available at the moment to make a fluid attack. Diaby was one but has gone to Villa.

 

[degoose]

I still don’t get why Kane would want to go to Bayern when so near to premier league goal scoring record?

Unless he reckons he’ll go there a couple of years than an English club would be in for him?

I think for me at least Bayern would be a good one to go for, he's bound to win some trophies, he's in the champions league with a very good squad, he'd get paid plenty and he would not piss off the spurs fans compared to if he moved to a premier league team. Now i will say that Bayern fans/journos have not covered themselves in glory so far but out of so many teams if Kane went to Bayern i would far prefer that. It's a tough one for him though as this will be the last big contract most likely.

 

[freeeki]

I beg we stop considering Ivan Toney as a replacement for Kane ffs.

He's banned until January, at which point he will be nearly 28 and have been out of the game for nearly a year.

Sure he'll be able to do a job at that point still, but if we're getting £100m for Kane, we have to go all-in for someone like Vlahovic, Muani, Ferguson imo.

Or Mbappe. Lmao.