The optimistic case for life after Harry Kane

[Monkey boy]

I agree with the broad sentiment here, and would be a little excited by what the ‘new’ spurs style of play would be. There’s certainly no chance we can just directly replace him. However my only concern is peoples expectation that Richy is our new starting no.9. Since he’s joined I’ve been really disappointed by him…apart from winding up the opposition his quality has been lacking. Even in the World Cup I thought he was ‘ok’, and a couple of nice goals hid a fairly average performance overall. Maybe I’m missing something but I currently am of the mindset that I’m fine with Kane going but Richy is only one part of the solution…we would have to invest in a top level striker in my opinion, as well as holding on to Deki and Richy.

My thoughts exactly, having Richarlison to replace Kane is a really really depressing thought. Not quite the same levels as Levy's Frazier Campbell special but certainly equally as worrying.

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Only way you are replacing Kane is getting someone like Toney or osimhen then replacing his creativity with someone like Maddison perhaps.

 

[curlacious]

Moving Richarlison centrally and investing in a new, energetic LWF to transition from Son seems a wise move.

What fee could we realistically command for a 30-year-old Kane with a year left on his contract? £50-60m?

 

[GutBucket]

As others have said, moving Richarlison centrally and investing in a new, energetic LWF to transition from Son seems a wise move.

What fee could we realistically command for a 30-year-old Kane with a year left on his contract? £50-60m?

With Chelsea and Newcastle (with CL money) inflating the market I hope more than that.

 

[Norgie]

I have wondered whether there was some sort of 'gentleman's agreement' (god Levy loves those) with Kane about this summer and him leaving. Which is why we went all out for Richarlison last summer with him taking on Kane's mantle. I may be off the mark but it makes sense to me. Richarlison is Brazils main striker and he should be playing there in my eyes and not as a wing forward. I can't see he was sold on the idea of being a part time replacement for Kane.

 

[curlacious]

With Chelsea and Newcastle (with CL money) inflating the market I hope more than that.

I'd be surprised if we got more than £60m. I could actually see him going to Newcastle.

 

[felmani26]

This looks nice but we’d need a RB (this Emerson dream is just that, a dream, he’d wouldn’t be good enough there either) LB and to replace a load of CB’s who are suited to a back 3 (Dier, Lenglet, Davies, Sanchez, Tanganga). The only one that could play a back 4 is Romero and you’d need someone quick next to him to sweep in behind when he pushes out. Udogie is young and could maybe be converted to LB but he’s the only one other than Romero that has any promise in a 4 back formation unfortunately. That front 6 would be quality but we’d need 2 signings for it and 3 for the back line plus a new goalkeeper. In our current formation next season we’ll need to have a GK, RWB and 2 CB’s.. it’s 4 signings for a good starting 11 as opposed to potentially 6 and with the way we run as a club it’s obvious which option is the more realistic

Yes, this was more concentrating on Kane's departure and further up the pitch but you're right in regards to defence.

Back 3 or back 4, the defence/keeper positions need major surgery.

 

[THOWIG]

I’d take him and Kvara as a Son replacement but neither is ever going to happen with Levy in charge. He’s probably the best young striker in Europe along with Haaland and will cost well over 100 mil. Napoli are doing incredibly well at the moment and really are in much better shape to that. He has a contract until 2025 with an extra year option I believe. And they have already been talking to him about an extension + pay rise. If Oshimen were to leave he will never be coming here unless QSI buy the whole club and start throwing crazy contracts about. When he leaves it will be to an elite club which we are not.

We could have had both for under 50 mil at one point .

 

[Archibald-CPH]

We'll miss him at first but we'll be fine.

Look, it's going to happen at some stage and we do have to plan for life after him. The thing I'm afraid off most is we won't invest the money well, as usual.

More than happy to build around Richy IF we spend well (BIG IF)

Do this club plan at all

 

[JimmyG2]

Good to see us all getting our heads
in the right place
for the end of season meltdown.

The team is dead
Long live the team.

 

[Rob]

Knowing Levy he'll have a massive shock at how much strikers are now and buy Danny Wellbeck

You've misspelt Dane Scarlett and by "buy" you mean pay a pittance in wages for.

 

[-Afri-Coy-]

Kane is just a shit Scarlett anyways

 

[T-Bone]

think we will be fine when he leaves but god it is going to be horrilble seeing him play for another Prem team.

 

[mil1lion]

Next season will be Poch in charge and something like

Richarlison
Son----Bentancur----Kulusevski
Bissouma----Hojbjerg

We probably get another pacey attacker in for Son if anything.
I do wonder about Scarlett and where he will fit in future, I imagine as an inside forward in the Son position. I also wonder if Parrott would make it with us and if he leads the line as a rotation option. However I do think Richarlison is the long term replacement for Kane and more creativity will come from the attacking 3. The centre forward will be more out and out rather than Kane as a hybrid. We may get a creative 10 but if we went 433 or 4231 in future I can see Bentancur pushing forward more. I kind of think we will use Kulusevski as the creative replacement and Richarlison the finisher. We would need Richarlison to find that scoring for from Brazil though or a Son/alternative to be top scorer like last season.

 

[kent brockman]

Opposition fans are always surprised when I tell them I don’t think Kane leaving will hinder us. Richarlison will give us enough goal threat and on top of that he’s more physical than Kane and will put far more pressure on a back line off the ball, Kane achieves the square root of fuck all when he presses because he’s so slow. Sometimes it feels like he’s not even trying. That first man to press is so important because it’s the trigger for others behind to press the options the player on the ball has too, therefore putting even more pressure on them because they know they’ll need to make a spot on pass or they’ll put their teammate in trouble. It’s definitely something we are missing with Kane and Son, as good as they are. Getting a young LW that can press with Richy and Kulu would be excellent

I agree that our inability to press from the front is an issue, as it (like you say) enables oppo to build up from the back with ease. In an ideal world, I would still keep Kane (although gut feeling tells me he will leave) and replace Sonny - as I believe that we could probably live with one forward not pressing, but not with two. Not saying that we should get rid of Sonny, but that he should no longer be an automatic starter.

 

[Yiddo100]

A 433, Richarlison central, kulu RW and world class LW.

Bentancur behind with bissouma and probably need another CM

It’s obviously not ideal but with the right manager I don’t think it’s as gloomy as some make out (although that might just be me being optimistic)

 

[C1w8]

I agree that our inability to press from the front is an issue, as it (like you say) enables oppo to build up from the back with ease. In an ideal world, I would still keep Kane (although gut feeling tells me he will leave) and replace Sonny - as I believe that we could probably live with one forward not pressing, but not with two. Not saying that we should get rid of Sonny, but that he should no longer be an automatic starter.

It's a massive issue. Whatever changes come to manager or Kane (these being the two pivotal changes that are very much realistic), or both, i look forward to having a team that's able to press when needed again! For all that Kane brings to the table we've fallen to pretty much zero press, no matter who we play, Son not helping in this regard either but i'm not sure he leaves.

Still going to be sh1t to see him play for another team if it's in the prem especially but it gives us a chance to evolve.

 

[Timberwolf]

My thoughts exactly, having Richarlison to replace Kane is a really really depressing thought. Not quite the same levels as Levy's Frazier Campbell special but certainly equally as worrying.

Richarlison is Brazil's no.9 and scored the goal of the tournament at the world cup.

He'll never match Kane for goals or talent, but it's miles away from a Frazier Campbell situation who was basically a child with next to no experience at the top level.

I do however agree that we'll need to sign another top 9 on top of Rich, ideally someone better with their back to goal: a Toney/Watkins type forward (although not them necessarily). Richarlison is good off the left so as Son winds down he can also play wide alongside the new no.9 and cover up top when required.

If we sell Kane and go into next season with Richarlison and Son as our 2 striking options then yeah, I'll be depressed too.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Relying on Richarlison to replace Kane would be a huge risk imo.

He's never scored more than 13 league goals in a season and hasn't looked particularly convincing for us, particularly technically.

I'm fine with him being a good squad option capable of playing up top or wider but if he becomes our main PL striker I'm very worried. Appreciate some will point to him being Brazil's number 1 but I've not see him show that kind of form in the PL. I also don't see him as a long term starter in Son's position. He lacks the pace and dribbling/link up ability to play in that position for me.

If Kane goes for say £80-100m, we need to spend that money on a quality forward and then we need to spend money on a quality player to be a long term successor to Son too.

 

[JCRD]

Id spend the whole lot (Kane fee) on someone like Osimhen although replacing Kane, as I mentioned in the Kane thread, will need two or three players i.e. creatively in midfield and a scorer. I think Osimhen could be the scorer but maybe someone like Maddison creatively.

i guess it all depends on who the manager is - Conte or a new one and how they play.