It’s more for man.u to discipline him than England really isn’t it as it’s a club matter not a country one.
Disagree. For all his faults, Southgate has worked hard to change the mentality of England camps to be fully focused on what’s best for the England team. He’s cracked the old club cliques that plagued England squads in the 00s. Players shouldn’t be using England camps to further their club ambitions, it’s unprofessional, and hugely disrespectful to their entire reason for being there.
Good fair points mate can’t argue with that to be honest
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Can you ‘walk away’ from something that’s not even remotely close to completion? This is like filing for divorce halfway through the appetisers on a first date. The Daily Mail wrote yesterday that ‘the club have ended their interest in Kane for now’ so it might be a little late for an ultimatum.
Sorry Neil, but it doesn’t really matter what you or indeed Manchester United think of that asking price. As somebody wise once wrote: ‘A transfer fee merely captures a moment when the circumstances of two clubs collide.’ This summer – with Spurs needing one more season from Kane to settle nerves, to provide quality and to attract quality – Kane is worth £100m to Tottenham. If he is not worth that to Manchester United, then that is their issue. No ‘strongly worded statement’ will change that.
Man Utd demand 'strongly worded statement' from Harry Kane as panic hits on June 22
The transfer window has been open a whole week and Man Utd have not made a signing yet! What can Harry Kane do now?
The transfer window has been open a whole week and Man Utd have not made a signing yet! What can Harry Kane do now?
What Man Utd need is a statement signing
This back page from The Sun made Mediawatch smile, because it reminded us of that wonderful time in the summer of 2021 when The Sun’s showbiz reporter declared that Harry Kane was absolutely definitely joining Manchester City for £160m because his brother chose his own wedding day to play his (very poor) hand. Such days. Such fun. The Mediawatch from that sorry episode remains a personal favourite
Mediawatch would rather cynically suggest that Kane has tried very hard to ‘make it happen’ in the past and basically ended up looking like a complete dick. Not quite as much as his brother but still. A dick.
Now this latest piece is written by Manchester United reporter Neil Custis so clearly he is starting from the position that it is Kane or Tottenham’s fault that this transfer is very unlikely to happen and absolutely nothing to do with Manchester United knowing the asking price and refusing to meet it.
That’s their prerogative but the idea that Kane can somehow ‘make this happen’ is absurd. Is he supposed to ask Daniel Levy real nice to drop his asking price by £20m?
FRUSTRATED Manchester United have told Harry Kane: If you want the move, make it happen.
FRUSTRATED Manchester United might be better off telling Daniel Levy that they will pay £100m. Or just giving up on the whole shebang to go and overpay for a different striker target.
Can you ‘walk away’ from something that’s not even remotely close to completion? This is like filing for divorce halfway through the appetisers on a first date. The Daily Mail wrote yesterday that ‘the club have ended their interest in Kane for now’ so it might be a little late for an ultimatum.
But in a final attempt to move things on, they want Tottenham’s all-time top goalscorer to come out with a transfer request or strongly worded statement about his desire to leave for Old Trafford.
Because if there is one thing that will move notable hard-arse Levy into selling his most valuable asset for less than his worth (to Spurs, not to Manchester United) it is a ‘strongly worded statement’. Perhaps he could use a swear.
Sorry Neil, but it doesn’t really matter what you or indeed Manchester United think of that asking price. As somebody wise once wrote: ‘A transfer fee merely captures a moment when the circumstances of two clubs collide.’ This summer – with Spurs needing one more season from Kane to settle nerves, to provide quality and to attract quality – Kane is worth £100m to Tottenham. If he is not worth that to Manchester United, then that is their issue. No ‘strongly worded statement’ will change that.
Their cross-town rivals Manchester City found themselves in a similar situation two years ago when they were willing to offer £100m for Kane with Spurs after £150m.
City also wanted Kane to push for the move but it was felt he did not go far enough to engineer one.
So much to unpick here. Kane and his brother literally used your newspaper to declare a move was ‘inevitable’ by suggesting that Levy had ‘caved’ and would accept £160m. The only question was whether Manchester City or Tottenham was more surprised by this naked attempt to engineer a move. Odd how he might not be ready to try again.
United are already looking at alternatives and have begun tentative negotiations for the potential £52m capture of Atalanta’s Rasmus Hojlund.
Just wait until Custis finds out that Atalanta want £86m for Hojlund. Maybe the Dane needs to try a strongly worded statement.
Or Teamtalk
Don't scare me like that dude!
