You say one and a half months in and only one out and blaming levy yet Postecoglu said he wanted to look at all our players and assess them himself before any decisions are made plus we've just got back from the preseason tour which is where he proposed to look them over so I question your logic.
He will have done that by now.
Yes he would have and so now the club can get on with the job of moving players out.
I completely respect this line of thought, but I have zero time for what appears to be a feeling among our fans that Levy holding out for a price he feels Kane is worth so that means we cannot buy a couple of centre backs.
Agree with your sentiments but the last sentence is where I’m feeling less bullish. I sort of agree that Bayern need to pay if they want him, but they also have a strong chance of picking him up for free in 12-months. So our negotiating position is far from optimal. It’s (IMO) in our best interests to get a deal done now, so that infers some sort of compromise is logical - on paper at least.
I was thinking the very same thing mate. I wouldn’t be surprised if a deal is very close, or a figure has actually been agreed. Wouldn’t be the first time the media has been used to spin a story.
Can't winner this post hard enough.I wasn't aware that we tried to learns lessons from how Arsenal approached their stadium rebuild in the years leading up to the investment. However, I believe the amount that we amassed in the years leading up to starting our stadium project was almost as much as Arsenal spent on their stadium in total, so it's really not a like for like comparison.
The unexpected increases to our stadium costs (Brexit impact on value of the pound + the H&S issue that delayed opening and incurred additional construction costs) wiped out the cash reserves that we amassed in the lead up.
What our owners intended as a down payment on the stadium costs ended up being swallowed up by unexpected cost increases / inflation.
Furthermore, if you're going to compare sporting performance during the few seasons leading up to stadium works commencing, you should also compare sporting performance at the time the stadium projects were being planned.
Arsenal was competing for major trophies before they starting planning a new stadium and continued to do so while they progressed their stadium plans. We were a mid-table side when Levy started talking about a new stadium and still a mid-table side when he started progressing plans.
Arsenal performed well during construction and during the lead up to their stadium investment (domestic doubles etc.), but this was broadly in line with their prior sporting performance, during an era when the PL was a two-horse race (with Arsenal being one of those two horses). We improved on our highest ever PL finish four times during our equivalent period, and progressed from a mid-table side that had never qualified for European football through virtue of our PL position to regular European qualification, managing a 2nd place finish + CL final + domestic cup final + multiple cup SFs (i.e. uncharacteristically strong sporting performances compared to our recent history), during an era when the PL was a four-horse race (with us punching above our weight to break up that group that four-horse race on multiple occasions).
Even if our more prudent lead up to the stadium opening hadn't been negated by Brexit and a global pandemic:
We improved our sporting performances during the construction of our stadium, then declined slightly but have continued to surpass our sporting performances prior to the stadium project being planned.
Arsenal sustained their sporting performances during the construction of their stadium, then declined to their worst sporting performances since the early '80s / late '70s.
I can't see it making too much difference to the price. An official transfer request might put a small dent in it but it certainly won't make DL just accept what's on the table. That's simply not how he's wired. He sets a price in his head, be it buying or selling and he's incredibly difficult to shake off it.
Agree, i mentioned last week that i'd seen something about the German clubs (i.e Wolfsburg and Leverkusen) *knowing* Bayern were signing Kane, so they were unwilling to negotiate their high demands for their CB's because they knew we'd have plenty of money. No idea if it's true, but it's at least pretty plausible imo.
Clubs do that to all English teams anyway. Regardless of Kane, everyone knows EPL clubs are comparatively rich, and hold out for more cash than they would likely do locally. Only got to look at the deals out of Portugal that last couple of years - Enzo Fernandez, Nunez etc, to see English clubs pay that tax, too.
Yeah, actually facts being used to stand up an argument, a rarity !
Not really as we support Spurs, not Bayern? Fuck 'em, pay up bitches
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Is it rreally. When you come to selling your house you will haggle to get as much as possible. When you buy your new house you will haggle to pay as little as possible. That economics. However you have to be careful in case someone else comes in and buys your new house whilst you were haggling.
None of us know the actual price that Bayern have offered. However, figures are starting to appear saying £65m. They are time wasting and so called bullies. Are you happy to sell him for that? If you had an asset worth £100+m to Bayern would you just sell? All the quality attacking targets we are after will cost more than that.
