Harry Kane

[Tucker]

has crackers gone crackers? Or could this be true?

Smells like bullshit to me.

 

[Johnny J]

Smells like bullshit to me.

It's been quite something to see the football media swing wildly back and forth over the last few days. Surely a vast amount of it was bullshit for clicks.

 

[haslemereyid]

In my own little football world it’s going to take me time to get over this - Harry was the best in my 45 years of supporting Spurs - yes I know the other candidates - the board should hold their heads in shame over this - in any other industry their incompetence would have led to a sacking but hey ho it’s football so the gravy train goes on for them and the expense and the pain goes on for the supporters………

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

I'm having a son I October.

I guess I could call him Son?

You could always call him Rodney, after Dave.

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

Still think he will be back in PL rather soon, giving him two years tops.

I hope Levy negotiated a clause to give Spurs first dibs when HK leaves Bayern.

 

[degoose]

Good luck to Kane, he's been a legend, is a legend will always be, but after the 2021 thing with city and Neville I expected him to leave. I don't want to be harsh to people on here, but i am shocked that many thought he would stay forever. I guess that was more of a dreamers world and point of view. By the way I have supported spurs since a kid, I'm 41 now so not a newbie and i've seen a lot of matches. These times happen though and will always happen whether it is Lineker, Gazza, Sheringham, Bale or Kane. Players will always leave and everybody has to move on and no, Levy did not cause this to happen even in the 90's. It is business and sometimes players have to move on and the club has to get money in.This was the most logical deal possible and for me as i said to my fellow spurs mates on sunday at the last Kane game, i would rather Kane is sold abroad for a lot of money than go for free next season and join another premier league team.

Good luck Harry, you'll destroy the bundesliga and i look forward to using your very overpowered Ultimate team card next season

 

[JW72]

We haven’t even spared a thought for the commentators either. They used to fill 60% of our live matches talking about how Kane needs to leave. What are they going to talk about now he’s gone? Probably how we are rubbish without him

Cue a season of: “That was just the kind of chance Kane would have taken…” I’m willing to bet that we miss the first penalty we are given too!

 

[jay2040]

Just got so used to him turning up for a decade. Carried us through so many games.
Equally excited to see what the future holds. Had not thought thatch of Ange before though seeing yhe last few games and the way he handled him self in press conference I think he will add a new dimension to the team.

COYS!

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Been watching and loving this site for over 15 years, but never felt the need to post. But with today’s events, and the associated negativity, I felt the need to find a half full glass. I’ve supported this amazing club since 1978 when my dad took me to WHL for my first game to see us beat Bristol Rovers 9 nil in the old 2nd division. Despite the extraordinary start, I have been a true Spurs fan and have suffered and enjoyed everything since in equal measures. As others have said, we’ll survive Harry’s exit, like we have survived departures in the past, but I also think there may be some positives too. I am sure I’ll be proved wrong with this, and this message will haunt me at various points during the season, but here goes anyway:


- barring some kind of bizarre development, at least Harry will now not end up at another Premier League club in 2024. For me that would have been too painful, and too much of a risk to keep him for another year and hope he extends

- whatever people might think about Levy, I think he did what he thinks is right here. £100M+ for a 30 year old with one year left is crazy money, and money we need, particularly if a big chunk is up front. History tells us that we’ll be disappointed with the transfer activity in the next few weeks, but at least we have a chip on the table and some buying power

- perhaps stretching credibility a little, but I do wonder if Kane would have been completely suited to our new style. The 4 goals against Shaktar might make that comment a nonsense, but in Richy and Sonny, we do have players who can fit the style more obviously. Plus surely we’ll bring in someone else who also fits the bill

- Harry’s exit must also now give Ange a bit of a free hit and take some pressure off him, as expectations can never have been lower for next season. If the idiot Merson is anything to go by, we’ll be predicted to be mid table, and anything better than that will be progress. People already have huge sympathy for him, and he might get more time from the hatchet mobs at Fleet Street, particularly if he continues the brilliant press conferences

- the last time we truly got excited about our team was when the likes of Harry, Dele, Eriksen and Son were relatively unknown and there were no true ‘stars’ in our team. We have that young exciting team again, with no egos and no dinosaur manager holding back the enthusiasm

- we have no European football to distract us, and a rested squad, so we have time for the players to adapt to the boss’s plans. It’s a tough start to the campaign, but that may help us too, as the pressure may be off a little

- I just have a feeling this could be the making of Sonny, particularly if he’s made captain. He has often stepped up in the past when Harry was injured, and looked even more confident. This could be his chance to be our main man and return to the heights of the season before last

So, blind optimism at its best, but that’s always been my approach to Spurs. I’d rather be optimistic and disappointed than be pessimistic and proved right! COYS

Absolutely love this post mate good on ya!

 

[neogenisis]

I've spent all day trying to get a read on how I feel about Harry going, watching this has put it in context.

I was lucky enough to have been there for some of those moments: and for that I will always be grateful.

Beyond that, I sincerely hope at his Bayern unveiling he slips on the stage, falls and breaks his leg (in the nicest possible way)

Im 100% sure you typed out the broken leg part, then internally you said *Is that too much?...................yeah its too much, I know ill add in (in the nicest possible way).
Honestly I spat out my Pepsi.

 

[robotsonic]

I hope Levy negotiated a clause to give Spurs first dibs when HK leaves Bayern.

Such a clause seems redundant as any buyback worth a thing to Bayern would just be to have to accept our offer at the same value of another club and be able to talk to the player. He'd actually have to want to come back, and at a price that someone else is willing to pay. We'd have been better off with a sell-on as it has better value to us anyway, even at not even a massive percentage as it would mean you can also use it against a transfer back anyway, or get a payday.

But having said all of that, I don't want him back if he's gone. For me it's different to a player you bought in leaving after 2-5 years and you buying them back later on. Those players, and 99.9% of players, are just players for hire, plying their trade where they see fit for money, opportunity, trophies, whatever it is. I welcomed Bale back when he was a bit cooked. I'd have welcome Modric back (probably even now as he is exceptional). Klinsmann, Sheringham and Keane less so, as they all left and left us up shit creek in doing so. And when a club trained player that's been at the club leaves after 20 years...that's an even different type of decision to me, rightly or wrongly.

He had the chance to be the one club man. He had the chance to extend all of the records. He traded off of his long standing with our club and profited from that, and now he's had enough and we're not enough anymore. And that's fine. But I don't want to ever need him back or want to feel like we need him back. That he had it all at his feet at our club to become Mr. Tottenham for all time, and decided to go...that decision carries with it a weight that I don't think I'd want to try and wrestle with later on.

 

[neogenisis]

Don't call him Dave after Davidson Sanchez

Clearly he should be called Trigger.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Still makes me laugh how many Spurs fans didn't think he'd make it when he first broke through. Swear I see some similar folk now saying we haven't got a hope now he's leaving. Time for someone else to step up.

 

[Trent Crimm]

It'll be like going back to school after the summer holidays only to find out that your best mate and his family had moved to some other part of the world....

You never forget him but you'll make other friends.

What was your friends name ?

 

[sidford]

Just realised I've seen spurs play 11 times with Kane and never seen him score. Fuck me that's not a good thing, the odds on that have to be up there with Stalteri scoring a last minute winner in a derby.
This shit hurts doesn't it? Like proper hurts more than bale, modric, ginola, 1995 Jürgen etc?! It really gets you in the feels

 

[fuzzylogic]

Good luck and all the best Harry. You'll be missed at our club, one of our own

 

[THFCSPURS19]

How Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham Hotspur can replace Harry Kane

When Ange Postecoglou was interviewed by Tottenham Hotspur in May, he knew he would most probably have to plan to be without Harry Kane if appointed head coach

www.thetimes.co.uk

Tottenham need to trim down a bloated squad and recoup some of the £155 million net spend this summer, without the fee for Kane

 

[fortworthspur]

100 million for a player with one year left on his contract? what did City max out at last summer, 110? thank you Bayern.

 

[Essexyid07]

And there we have it, Kane money spent.

So why play him in pre season games? Why not play Maddison with richy/Sonny up top

 

[barry]

So why play him in pre season games? Why not play Maddison with richy/Sonny up top

He might of stayed