Harry Kane

[Cavehillspur]

To be fair, would that be worth the shit storm of social media trolls that is guarantueed today?
I think that is fine if he congratulated them in private.

This.

Agree he would have got absolute dogs abuse either way and has probably been advised to stay off social media platforms for the foreseeable until this is over one way or another.

 

[stormfly]

That article is hilarious. Man City have offered 125m, it’s a record, Spurs should take it blah blah. It’s no where near enough! Also that ‘gentleman’s agreement’ just makes me think it would be the reason why he hardly touched the ball in the final or gave the Neville interview whilst we were still chasing the top 4. That would be the worst agreement in history. This just looks like desperation to me and I think Harry needs to get his head around the fact that he’s going to be a Spurs player for at least another season.

 

[Fredo]

that is the single most nerdiest statement ive read .........

jokes

To be honest mate I quit playing in 18/19?

 

[mattspur1]

Oh yes. We’re walking on gilded splinters with this one. Worse case scenario is Levy keeps moving the goalposts until it’s too late for Paratici to buy from his A list, we end up with second choice players and no Harry Kane, but a huge wad of cash warming Levy’s unmentionables.

It’s entirely possible, given past form, and painfully ironic, that even after distancing himself from transfer deals, Levy still fucks up this window. We absolutely have to stick to a deadline so Paratici knows what is and isn’t possible going into the last week of the window

Kane will not be going anywhere until we have replacements through the door. If we were to sell Kane and then try to fish for a replacement, the selling club hike the price up 20/30 million. Levy has learn't his lesson on this one I'm sure.

 

[idontgetit]

If there was a gentleman's agreement that he could go, it certainly wasn't for a fucking discount price. It was always going to be for a crazy transfer fee so the club could build and replace him.

Secondly, regarding professionalism. That fucking interview with Neville was not professional. Unsettling the side before the end of the season was not professional. Creating a massive distraction before preseason and disrespecting the new coach is not professional. If he wasn't meant to be back for training at the start of that week he could have easily killed that story instantly, instead it went on for a week and it did so because we know he's not entirely being truthful.

 

[punky]

The striker believes he should be allowed to join Manchester City, wants to leave on good terms with his relationship with the fans being extremely important to him and has reiterated all of this in subsequent meetings with Levy. Kane feels that the board has failed to match his ambition and should negotiate.

The Kanes are completely deluded aren't they?

 

[Trix]

Seeing as Charlie doesn’t understand how a transfer works, could this be one of the situations where Mendes gets involved with a transfer without being the players agent? Give Charlie a helping hand

They have already approached another agency for help. They wouldn't get involved because of how things had already been screwed up. and they didn't want their name anywhere near it.

 

[wrd]

They have already approached another agency for help. They wouldn't get involved because of how things had already been screwed up. and they didn't want their name anywhere near it.

Fucking hell what a mess

 

[Fredo]

Put in a transfer request Harry, let’s see if you’re that desperate to go you’re willing to give up your loyalty bonus.

I'd honestly have more respect for him if he actually did, instead of this palaver.

 

[0-Tibsy-0]

''Sure Harry - if you fail to play well in the final and we don't win I'll let you go for the first bid that lands on the fax machine. Sounds like a fair deal for everyone involved''

 

[Duskwen]

They have already approached another agency for help. They wouldn't get involved because of how things had already been screwed up. and they didn't want their name anywhere near it.

Hahahaha wow
Charlie has really screwed up big time

 

[Amo]

Just throwing this out there…

In Kane’s own mind, if he’d have have tried a bit harder and not been shit in the league cup final, helping us to win it, it’d mean he’d have to stay…

Now that there are so many questions about his so-called professionalism, it does make you wonder if his heart was really in the final.

Strong-arming the coaching staff into starting him for those finals already did that. But so many times people would get neg rated into oblivion for suggesting it at the time.

 

[funkycoldmedina]

I've been having this discussion a lot offline as well. I don't think Kane being disruptive should or will alter our stance in any way, for two reasons.

Firstly I'm with @Trix take that being seen to bend in anyway would create a blueprint to rival clubs colluding with our players to get them on the cheap.

So foolishly on their part, City and Kane's public antics have only made it even more imperative that Spurs are seen to get the full valuation, and not a penny less.

Had they been more forthcoming with a proper bid earlier in the window, there may have been more room for negotiation in private. They've not helped themselves.

Secondly, it's easy to get caught up in all the noise and drama of the transfer window. But when it's shut that's it. All this noise will go away for a while, and everyone will have to get on with playing football. Whatever the outcome, I can't wait.

It does make you wonder how much City are used to negotiating deals. Generally they've gone top end for all their players, as £50/60m is peanuts and haggling over £5m or structure isn't really worth it to them. They also pay the biggest salaries, so again they have the attention of all parties.
This is the first time I can think of them not offering market rate and trying to haggle.

 

[Trix]

They have already approached another agency for help. They wouldn't get involved because of how things had already been screwed up. and they didn't want their name anywhere near it.

This was a couple of weeks back

 

[SpursMadDave]

The problem with them keep bringing up the gentleman's agreement stuff, is that that it makes them seem like complete amateurs. Is he really saying that if we had finished 15th but beat Man City in the League cup, that would have been enough to keep him happy? If he just came out with his point of view, "I don't think I can win anything with Spurs, here is my transfer request" fans whilst not happy would be more understanding.

His biggest mistake was entrusting his future to his idiot of a brother and relying on a gentleman's agreement which means fuck all to anyone when you have 3 years left on your contract.

He should be made to travel to Portugal, train with the squad in full view of the press and sit on a bench like the 'professional' he claims to be. I'm absolutely bored of this now. I only hope now that if sold we absolutely rinse every penny out of Man City.

Agreed, if he honestly thought there was a 'gentleman's agreement' then what is the point of his contract?
Levy could say there was a gentleman's agreement that if we didn't win anything last season then Harry agreed to take a 50% paycut...

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

They have already approached another agency for help. They wouldn't get involved because of how things had already been screwed up. and they didn't want their name anywhere near it.

That’s saying something, given the type of money people can make from this

 

[Amo]

I’m not gonna hate on Kane. I don’t like the way he’s gone about this, but some of the vitriol towards one of our own players is way OTT. The comparisons to Judas are laughable - it’s not even close.

Well it's vaguely close.

 

[Blackcanary]

They have already approached another agency for help. They wouldn't get involved because of how things had already been screwed up. and they didn't want their name anywhere near it.

I'm not even angry anymore, because it's just so funny how stupid Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum are. What a shitshow.

 

[kmk]

How much would the club save on loyalty bonus payments if Harry Kane submits a transfer request?

 

[spurs mental]

If the ****s don't get their way and H doesn't move to Sh**ty, then he needs to issue a grovelling apology and change his agent, not the cr*p he came out with the other day.

Even if he does I think we should try and find a way to show our displeasure over his actions.

Not by booing him, as I disagree with this as a principle.

I was going to suggest not celebrating his goals anymore, although this would be unfair on the team as they will have all played a part in that. Also ridiculously difficult to stop an entire fan base from celebrating when we score.

Maybe we could do this by falling silent everytime the stadium announcer says his name. i.e. when they do the team sheet, cheer everyone else and then blank his name. Same after he scores, not for the actual goal but when the announcer calls out his name the fans go silent.

Until we believe he has at least partially got the message or actually proves that he is committed to the cause again.

What do you guys reckon?

I support Spurs, not Harry Kane.

In the past I've defended him against every bit of abuse he's received from fans of other teams.

I've called him every name under the sun this summer, hoped he'd get a kicking from Hojbjerg and Dier in his first training session back.

If he stays and plays well and scores goals and is committed then that's all that needs to be done. I won't be protecting him any longer though. I'll cheer his goals because it's good for Spurs. But I won't be cheering him. Not singing his name won't make any difference to him. I'm done with loyalty to him because he's done with loyalty to us and our club.

In short, fuck Harry Kane and his personal goals. This is my club, my one and only club.