Harry Kane

Stoof said:

Unpopular opinion: I really like Ian Wright.

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Yep. Really like him. Hated him as a player though. But as a man and a pundit, he is a good bloke.

muel said:

The thing is. If we end up losing; Kane, Toby and Bale v last season

To have a stronger overall team we need to replace a ton of goals & assists as well as concede a lot less.

With that in mind we would still need; another top class CB, Striker, RWF, RB and potentially a CM in less than 2 weeks!

Now I love the narrative that Paratici could have things lined up but early in the window we heard through his contacts every time he farted. Now we're hearing next to nothing. With that amount of players we would be hearing something by now.

Even the most optimistic and positive fan must be having a few bum twinges at this point.

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Hercules (I think) did say that silence is good news in regards to Paratici. But yes as spurs fans we have all been burned before. Gonna take a while for us to fully commit to a positive outlook on transfers and life!

Scarlet57 said:

A short clip (1 min 47), but worth a watch.

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No idea why this appeared in the thread but this clip always makes me cry

Giovanni said:

I agree completely. Not only that but also with the way in which we setup we are heavily reliant on the front 3 creating things for themselves. The cm 3 doesnt exactly boast creativity or posses pin point forward passing and pogba esq balls over the top for somebody to latch onto, this is a big concern for me when we come up against the teams outside the top 8.

I do however feel tanguy will be back and that nuno has him set aside for some real genuine conditioning program and the stsmina required and transformation take time. That would be a big plus.

Right now another cm (passer like pjanic, or the lyon fella) and anybody with the remote capability of bagging 15 prem goals is a must for me even if they are not an out and out no9. The rest can be sorted in the next windows. These 2 things are a minimum i personally feel

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My only concern is LB Sergio Reguilón (who I really like) ) struggles with position and picking players up. Against City he struggled against Mahrez.. MF it will come together with games. The key for success for me is the FBs get that right and rest falls in place.

It is weird that it is just Delaney reporting the £150m bid. Usually when that happens there’s 20 journos coming out saying the same thing. I guess some might peep up tonight ahead of the papers coming out tomorrow backing it?

muel said:

Charlie Kane sounds like the laziest cocaine dealer name from a low budget Nicolas Cage film I've ever heard

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“Kaning Charlie”

spursfan77 said:

It is weird that it is just Delaney reporting the £150m bid. Usually when that happens there’s 20 journos coming out saying the same thing. I guess some might peep up tonight ahead of the papers coming out tomorrow backing it?

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The article said they were prepared to go to £150m, not that they had bid.

Paul Hirst and Gary Jacob have just published a piece in The Times saying they need to sell before they buy Kane.

Anyone here able to post the full article?

SpartanSpur said:

Paul Hirst and Gary Jacob have just published a piece in The Times saying they need to sell before they buy Kane.

Anyone here able to post the full article?

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Harry Kane trained alone as the Tottenham Hotspur striker’s increasingly protracted Manchester City transfer saga took yet another twist.
The 28-year-old, who has not been seen in public this season, posted a photo of himself on social media at the club’s Hotspur Way headquarters while his team-mates travelled to Portugal for a Europa Conference League play-off. “Another session in the bank,” the England captain captioned the image, which showed only him in training.
While Kane tried to change the negative narrative surrounding his attempts to force a move, The Times learnt that if City want to sign Kane they will have to sell one of their players. Sources from within the club’s hierarchy admitted that: “If no one leaves the club, it is going to be difficult to complete any big signing.”




City, though, remain confident of recruiting Kane, but fear that the player may start to think that a transfer is not possible because of the tough stance adopted by Daniel Levy, the Spurs chairman.
Senior sources at City confirmed that Levy was refusing to enter into any kind of negotiation, which has frustrated Kane. The Spurs academy graduate believes that he and Levy came to a gentlemen’s agreement last summer whereby he would be allowed to leave if the team did not win a trophy or qualify for the Champions League. They finished seventh in the table and lost the Carabao Cup final to City.

Tottenham said this summer that an offer of £160 million would be required to sign Kane. City value Kane at about £120 million but could throw more add-ons into the deal in an attempt to persuade Spurs to sell.
The tweet posted by Kane was the first public comment he has made since releasing a statement a fortnight ago in which he claimed that the five-day delay in him returning to Tottenham’s pre-season training was planned. In it, he described himself as “hurt” after fans questioned his professionalism.
A number of supporters responded by asking why it had taken almost a week for either player or club to make a public statement despite widespread media reports that Kane was on strike in an attempt to leave the club.
Kane’s desire to leave Spurs after ten years was known before the end of last season, with the majority of fans supporting his choice, despite him having three years left on a six-year contract, because of the club’s decline over the past two seasons. It is the manner in which he has seemingly tried to force a move that has upset the club’s supporters.



The growing disquiet of the fans was evident on Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when, during the 1-0 victory over City, which Kane was not involved in, they loudly chanted: “Are you watching, Harry Kane?”
His absence for that game and for the Europa Conference League first leg play-off against Paços de Ferreira has been explained as a need to return to fitness after England reached the European Championships final. Supporters pointed out that seven of the 11 England players that started the final against Italy featured for their clubs over the weekend.


Kane is reported to be hopeful of being fit for the game with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday and Nuno Espírito Santo, the Spurs head coach who had breakfast with Kane, said that he was looking forward to seeing his star striker in action.
“He is better,” he said. “His fitness is getting better and better each day. He will work today and he will work tomorrow and he will join the group on Friday. Saturday we will make the decision of who is going to be involved in the Wolves game. Harry is our player. He is one of the best players in the world and we are very lucky to have him. He grew up as a Spurs player. He is a Tottenham Hotspur player.
“What we must be sure of is that when we decide to put a player on the pitch we have to consider all the aspects — the fitness, the mental aspect — and we are here to support all the players and Harry, of course, has all our support.”
To be able to raise their offer, City will have to offload one of their first-team players, with Bernardo Silva and Aymeric Laporte among the leading candidates to leave before the transfer window closes on August 31. City have already spent a large portion of their budget by buying Jack Grealish for £100 million, although the club say that purchase was part-funded by sales totalling £60 million over the past year.
After Pep Guardiola admitted two weeks ago that the future of Silva was uncertain, the 27-year-old Portugal forward did not feature in the league opener despite having trained with the first team for several weeks.
It is understood that Silva has had a gentlemen’s agreement with City since last summer, when they said he could leave the following year if an acceptable offer was tabled. Silva wants to move to Spain to be closer to his family. Arsenal had expressed an interest in signing Silva but he does not want to move to another Premier League club.
Barcelona had suggested a swap deal including one of their fringe players but City were not interested. They want cash for Silva but Barcelona are incapable of paying any transfer fees as they are £1.15 billion in debt. Atletico Madrid are also interested in signing Silva.
Laporte, meanwhile, is attracting the interest of Juventus. The 27-year-old centre back lost his starting place last season because of the excellent form of John Stones and Rúben Dias. It will be difficult, though, for Laporte to find a club who are willing to match the terms of his contract, which is worth about £160,000 per week.



https://www.thetimes.co.uk/topic/premier-league

Nothing new

JeremyPaxton said:

My 5 year old asked for a Spurs shirt with “Kane 10” on the back for his birthday. I explained Kane might be wanting to leave Spurs to try new things.

His answer?
“OK Dad, can I have a Spurs shirt with just a 10 on the back and no name, I’m sure Spurs will have someone else scoring goals with that number”. if only everyone else in this thread were half as reasonable as him….

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As long as we don't get another Darren Bent

If we're relying on City sales to fund their Kane bid and then find replacements ourselves the chain just gets too complicated in the time remaining.

Too many links in the chain that can go wrong.

We can’t hang around waiting for City. Need to have the balls to give them a deadline ( and one that ends very soon) and stick to it.

You know what I find interesting - despite half the squad staying in London, and presumably still doing fitness work today - Harry is still training alone.

(And sending pictures out of him training alone, and not with any of the squad.)

I'm seriously considering writing to the FA should this go through and questioning how can it be right that its England captain be employed by a state that has such little disregard for human rights.

In fact I'd like all spurs fans to do it. Their should be consequences for him chasing the blood money like he is

quackers said:

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It is understood that Silva has had a gentlemen’s agreement with City since last summer, when they said he could leave the following year if an acceptable offer was tabled.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/topic/premier-league

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Is Charlie Kane his agent?

Fredo said:

Nothing new

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You respond to the smallest bit of news regarding a possible move with stuff like 'well, thats done, it confirms it'. Yet when a proper journo puts out a piece clearly stating conditions holding it back (and it clearly is being delayed, hes not a city player yet), apparently its nothing new. If the deadlines are true, time is ticking.

JeremyPaxton said:

My 5 year old asked for a Spurs shirt with “Kane 10” on the back for his birthday. I explained Kane might be wanting to leave Spurs to try new things.

His answer?
“OK Dad, can I have a Spurs shirt with just a 10 on the back and no name, I’m sure Spurs will have someone else scoring goals with that number”. if only everyone else in this thread were half as reasonable as him….

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Buy me a birthday gift, and I'll be more reasonable...

Doesn't sound to me like they have any suitors for those players. Atleti are spending big money on a striker and Juventus barely had the cash to sign Locatelli.

I hope they pay us £160m and it ends up being the final straw with FFP.

It is understood that Silva has had a gentlemen’s agreement with City since last summer, when they said he could leave the following year if an acceptable offer was tabled.

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