Harry Kane

[C1w8]

Yes ok, can you say the same hand on heart if we did it every year, good luck with that

That i would consider us a well run club if we did what they do specifically? No because the context of our club is different with the profile and revenue we have. But if we were good at succession planning generally, which they do incredibly well, then i would say yes.

Brighton are a well run club, just a smaller club.

We're a bigger club thats been terribly run in recent years when it comes to our team/manager.

 

[jakuba]

Well how much would you be mad about cos it's nowhere near that.

That is gutting if it’s the case. Had been very much under the impression we’d not buckled - raises the question of what we were actually deeming an “acceptable” offer it’s way less than £120m

 

[dagraham]

Quite annoying that Toney is banned until Jan as he would have been an obvious target imo.

 

[Led's Zeppelin]

Nope. Kane has to be year left on his contract, making the fee lower.

Unless players have short contracts or release clauses, £100m just doesn’t go that far nowadays.

The fact that what you say is true is the greatest indictment of what football has become.

 

[Trix]

I've heard it all before. SCBC were a fabulously run football club, as were Swansea before them and no doubt loads of others as well.

Brighton have had a good couple of seasons, but let's see how they do over the next couple of seasons first. They have gambled well with signings over the last few years and made obscene amounts of money, it'll be interesting to see if they can use that to genuinely elevate themselves.

You are ignoring the fact that their owners changed along with key personnel in the top positions.

 

[kd2000]

2 £50m+ and then Orban (£25m), I'd say. For me Eze and Tapsoba/Silva.

That's how an ambitious club would deal with this loss. The fact we are one of the only clubs with 100s of £m of FFP headroom is a sad indictment of the lack of ambition in our ownership.

No £80m+ players out there likely to join us.

Where is this £125million+??
I'm not mystic Meg but I'm pretty sure we won't spend over £125million in the next 3 weeks

 

[Huddlebone]

Orban and Tapsoba/Silva makes this alot more palatable.

I fear we'll be going opportunistic which flies in the face of the data driven approach we were lead to believe.

So we buy 2 top CBs and place Romero and VDV on the bench ?

 

[Chris Flynn]

Dear Mr Levy
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'Dear therealGlenn

Dont threaten me with a good time

COYS

Daniel Levy'

 

[Stamford]

Sad sad day, my Dad was Spurs and so I am. Took me to my first game in
1987 defeat to Watford at Vicarage Road. He suddenly passed away in late 2013 and I’ve slowly counted down the number of players still in the team that he watched/knew. It was lovely when Bale returned as one actually came back and the last real superstar we watched in the flesh together.

This summer, with Hugo and Harry leaving, means the side no longer has any players left in it that my Dad saw himself. Sorry to add further blues to a sad day but Levy really has let all the supporters down so badly on the football side it’s disgusting. Levy Out, Enic Out.

I found this really moving. Really shit day for us all

 

[pablo73]

Everyone is talking about who we will spend the Kane money on but in Levy's eyes we've already spent it.

Around £110 million for 5 signings so far, around the same in (at best) for Kane and Winks.

 

[dvdhopeful]

I'd rather Tapsoba/Silva and Vlahovic (or similar) than 3-4 youth/potentials.

 

[mr ashley]

So we buy 2 top CBs and place Romero and VDV on the bench ?

Think you lve misinterpreted
Signing either Tapsoba or silva would allow us to start with Romero and one of vdv (who is raw) or Tapsoba/silva

wed still have one of dier/Sanchez on the bench too btw

 

[Frank Blank]

Blimey, imagine if Kane failed his medical?
Charlie certainly wouldn't be a happy bunny.

 

[Guntz]

Everyone is talking about who we will spend the Kane money on but in Levy's eyes we've already spent it.

Around £110 million for 5 signings so far, around the same in (at best) for Kane and Winks.

Nah, we will definitely spend more.

Check out our net spend here https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tot...148/plus/?saison_id=2023&pos=&detailpos=&w_s=

 

[barry]

I've heard it all before. SCBC were a fabulously run football club, as were Swansea before them and no doubt loads of others as well.

Brighton have had a good couple of seasons, but let's see how they do over the next couple of seasons first. They have gambled well with signings over the last few years and made obscene amounts of money, it'll be interesting to see if they can use that to genuinely elevate themselves.

They can't because their revenue is miniscule compared to ours but we might. We don't have to sell to improve. Take Southampton for example. If they could have kept Mane, Shaw, Lallana, Toby etc and built on that, who knows where they'd be

 

[talkshowhost86]

Everyone is talking about who we will spend the Kane money on but in Levy's eyes we've already spent it.

Around £110 million for 5 signings so far, around the same in (at best) for Kane and Winks.

We'll see what the next few weeks bring but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Levy has only been spending Kane money.

 

[RuskyM]

I want whoever Ange wants. Blank check.

 

[thehipster]

Sky running with the story that "Tottenham insist Kane has permission to fly to Munich for Medical"

Now tell me in what other deal, what other situation does a club need to insist they're not making thing's difficult and that they're allowing thing's to happen. If our fanbase is ever going to wake up and see how the narratives are spin, see the way thing's are being twisted, it is now or never.

the club wants the story to be that they did everything they could to keep Kane but he turned his back on us, they had no other choice. It is an absolute fact, non disputable that they did have another choice.

Having made the decision that they simply have to cash in rather than let him go for free, the club now wants you to believe that Kane's behaviour has been disruptive. Yes, Ange's start to managing at Spurs has been disrupted by this story but the club wants you to believe that it is Kane that is making thing's difficult but this is demonstrably false. The fact of the matter is, the club could have chosen to communicate early with Kane, communicate early with Bayern and had this sorted and agreed in June. Before Kane even got a whiff of the new direction, met the new manager, the club could have sold him early to avoid disruption, the club wanted the best deal and chose the value of the deal over the value of thing's being sorted early. None of that was within Kane's control, what was in Kane's control was turning up to training and pre-season, he absolutely smashed pre-season, he did everything within his control.

Kane set a deadline to stay, Kane got his head turned by Ange and the likes of Maddison and was ready to stay. In doing this he revealed that the club want to cash in rather than risk losing an asset for free. Some of you have been convinced that he simply must sign a new deal in order to not have this hanging over the club. This is nothing more than shallow logic from a narrative spun that doesn't hold any water. Fact of the matter is, Kane says if not sold by this point, he'd rather stay for the season. There are transfer windows meaning your team is locked for the two halves of the season and Kane gave his word that he will stay. Therefore it only hangs over the club in your minds, not in reality. Ange can handle a few media questions and if people stopped paying attention, it would go away. We've spent 8 years hearing every season how Kane might leave, the idea that whether he stays or goes will disrupt us is pure fiction. Kane if he didn't sign a deal would have to play out of his skin to either prove his loyalty to us OR impress whichever team he hopes to join. Signing a new contract would leave him comfortable and not needing to.

The club then wants you to believe that Kane doesn't care about the club, only himself. He's given us everything, the worlds best striker suffered through Nuno, Jose, Conte. He told us the truth, if the club is heading in the right direction he would stay. His actions are consistent with his words, can you say the same of those running the club? No you cannot, they've demonstrably gone back on their word and have been inconsistent as evidenced by the going back to attacking football manifesto and hiring Paratici and Nuno, it is clear evidence that one has been consistent and one hasn't.

Be very clear of which contingent have been using the club and have been taking advantage of your loyalty for their own gain. Even if they've convinced themselves they're doing it for the club and yes I'm sure people will point to times where their actions have benefitted us but sometimes actions are mutually beneficial.

If you think the actions and the way they have been transpired have all been for the good of the club then simply put, the onus is on me to accept that people will never see it the way I do because if we can't see now that we're being taken for fools, I don't think we ever will but I simply cannot stand that our loyalty, our love for the club is going to used and narratives twisted so people are convinced that losing the player that sacrificed his short career for us is what's best in this moment.

Personally if Kane was smart, he'd leave because it's clear the club under it's current structure will not change but selfishly every fibre in my body hopes he calls the bluff and endures the misguided barbs of our fanbase, in doing so he might make the powers that be let the veil slip. As I've said it's not nefarious or evil, it's simply that their interests are not aligned with the fans but they want us to believe it.

Wow.
Alternatively you could not get consumed by all that and simply look forward to the season starting on Sunday.
This squad could pleasantly surprise you.
You can only control the controllables. Let go of the rest and find some peace.

 

[Dazzazzad]

I'd rather Tapsoba/Silva and Vlahovic (or similar) than 3-4 youth/potentials.

Given our record with big signings (richy, Ndombele, Dav etc.) I'd rather take more, smarter swings. Find undervalued players like kulu and bents or up and coming players who could become world class like Udogie and Sarr.

Not to say I wouldn't be excited if we spunked it all on Vlahovic.

 

[Pochie]

A few weeks ago it seemed like many (most?) Was allright selling him and rebuild. The main issue is the season literally starts today and we'll lose our best player. Any potential replacements will also take time to bed in.

Levy basically derailing the start of our season to maximise short term profit.

If this all happened a month ago there would be a lot less back backlash.

I agree it’s not ideal but they’re all professionals and will work out. I also don’t think the lateness is all on Levy. Bayern low-balled from the off and Levy has got a good deal considering Kane’s in his last year. Plus the window hasn’t closed yet and who knows who we’ll bring in…