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Ex-Spurs Player Harry Kane

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TrueSkyBlue said:
MCFC Supporter here in peace.

Stating the obvious: we are hoping for different outcomes in this transfer saga and our perspectives from our differing vantage points will cause us to see this series of events (and non-events) in very contrasting ways.

But I have my own theory of how this has played out (and still is) and wonder if you might grant that it is at least possible or even plausible at this point?

So in March, MCFC announce that their time with Aguero will be coming to an end when his contract wound down this summer. Many people had presumed that this would be the case, but it seemed a bizarre and risky thing to go trumpeting to the football world.
Then word gets out through Aguero, the Chairman and others that City would be replacing him in the summer. Surely a club as ruthlessly efficient in business and transfers wouldn't telegraph a weakness like that to clubs that they'd be seeking to purchase from?
Also, this would be the sort of very large value transfer that would have a lot of moving parts and loose ends to sew up. Doesn't seem the sort of thing to just get thrown together late in the window before the deadline.
Then amongst all of the speculation and chatter, City and Kane never squash the rumors.
Then City loan out Delap and sell Nmecha.
Think whatever you will of City, but they aren't complete fools who'd do that without thinking that they have a deal made.

I think that the deal was made. Pre-Aguero announcement. They knew that they had a player who'd be receptive. City always approach the player first. They knew what the number was going to be to purchase him too and they were okay with it. Kane knew too and the extended-holidays were always part of the plan as soon as the schedule was released. THFC won't be fining him. His sitting out was always going to happen and it allows all parties to not have an acrimonious day on the 15th.

Perhaps I'm wrong and your owner issues a flat rejection statement. Perhaps Kane apologizes, comes grovelling back kissing the badge all the way.

We'll know for sure soon.
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With no due respect… go fuck yourself you plastic manc cunt. Get off this forum you oil baron loving fuckface.
 
Tomo said:
At the moment maybe but down the years players have had long careers at clubs when they could have moved on. Verts could have gone to Barca in 2014 and didn’t, he was at the time IMO the worlds best technical defender and it’s understandable why Barca wanted him as he would have fit them like a glove.

The difference now is we have government funded clubs who can take anyone they want in theory with vast cash. It’s not real achievement and Kane winning the title at City is as a Twitter poster said like losing your virginity to a prostitute. Even at United his medals would have value, at City he might as well buy one on Amazon.
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Yeah but equally that makes it even more of a reason not to stay. We can’t compete & won’t be winning titles so it’s just the goals record he can achieve here really. Also maybe he likes playing football & wants to play with higher quality players than sissoko & winks. I can’t blame him for not wanting to stay at our toxic shambles of a club.
Also I wonder if verts is glad he stayed & won nothing. Instead of going to Barca & actually winning things & playing with messi.
 
Sir Archibald Crooks said:
It feels inevitable. Bridges have been burnt and it will damage us more if he stays, the disruption, potential dressing room unrest, questions at every press conference. I reckon a deal will be done at around £140m, or £100m and a player (hopefully Laporte or Silva)
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Laporte coming in might as an outside bet could be possible but I feel he would want to go elsewhere.. Silva no chance and way past his best.

It us really important for us to buy quality allied to hunger.

And we should not get City cast-offs in my opinion. Rarely ever works favourably.
 
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scott said:
Yeah but equally that makes it even more of a reason not to stay. We can’t compete & won’t be winning titles so it’s just the goals record he can achieve here really. Also maybe he likes playing football & wants to play with higher quality players than sissoko & winks. I can’t blame him for not wanting to stay at our toxic shambles of a club.
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No I can’t blame him for wanting to leave but there are ways you go about it. He could have sent out a letter explaining why he wants to move, then come back and trained and played. If City paid he goes and if not he stays and plays his best. Most fans could have accepted that.

To go on strike is disrespectful to the club and the fans. He is the England captain and the model, ‘’one of our own’’ and he does this. He could have left and kept most of his legacy now he is just another player like Bale, he will never be mentioned like Greaves or Hoddle and he could have been.
 
Don Corleone said:
The big question is, is Kane’s legacy now ruined if he moves ?
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Scanning these pages for the last three days and 90%+ of fan opinion is now against him. There's a lot of track to run but I would say yes - football is emotional, fans especially love their club and a refusal to play and train is seen as tantamount to treason.

Finally I think for the average person a 'professional' on 200k plus a week acting like a toddler and refusing to work leaves a sour taste. I pick up a reasonable wage but was getting stuck into some work at 9pm last night - not like for like obviously but it just strikes me, an ordinary guy who tries to work hard and do his best as pathetic behaviour from the cosseted super rich.
 
H4SPURS said:
I think Levy is a shrewd negotiator. When it comes to a business man like Levy negotiating a contract with a Harry Kane or his brother, I would imagine 10 times out of 10, the agreement/contract comes out in the favor of Levy.

as far as showing up for training, I’ve shared my thoughts that maybe just maybe he feels that he has to do this to force Levy’s hands. I’m sure he would prefer not to do this as he knows what this this would do to his reputation and his position with us fans. I sincerely think he felt that he had no choice with how Levy is holding his ground.
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And?
It makes no difference if he’s sulking or not. He gets paid a fuckton to turn up and train. End of. Just because he’s been outwitted in a negotiation (which he willingly signed), doesn’t mean he can do what he wants.

There are no ‘free passes’ here - he has taken the wrong action and should be chastised for it - as I would or any other person who did the same in their employment. As Nuno has said, once this problem is dealt with, we can get onto the next bit - the selling or not selling.

I cannot see how anyone is defending his actions. I might have sympathy, but he has made the wrong choice. There may be other extenuating circumstances yet to be revealed (mental health, family issues etc) but it’s not looking that way, is it?
 
Tomo said:
No I can’t blame him for wanting to leave but there are ways you go about it. He could have sent out a letter explaining why he wants to move, then come back and trained and played. If City paid he goes and if not he stays and plays his best. Most fans could have accepted that.

To go on strike is disrespectful to the club and the fans. He is the England captain and the model, ‘’one of our own’’ and he does this. He could have left and kept most of his legacy now he is just another player like Bale, he will never be mentioned like Greaves or Hoddle and he could have been.
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This is spot on for me. Kane's actions are designed to drive the price down. He'll have been told that City aren't going to meet the higher price. That is a terrible thing for him to do. I had a lot of sympathy for him wanting to leave, I'd have held him in great regard despite leaving. But the way he is doing it is wrong, really wrong.
 
Notabadsquad said:
Laporte coming in might as an outside bet be possible but I feel he would want to go elsewhere.. Silva no chance and way past his best.

It us really important for us to buy quality allied to hunger.

And we should not get City cast-offs in my opinion. Rarely ever works favourably.
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I dont want cast offs, rather the cash but Laporte is a very good left footed centre back and Silva a creative midfielder, which we lack. He is 26, hardly over the hill. I'd take those 2 because they are good players in positions we need to fill. Really don't want the likes of Jesus etc.
 
Barmby said:
This is spot on for me. Kane's actions are designed to drive the price down. He'll have been told that City aren't going to meet the higher price. That is a terrible thing for him to do. I had a lot of sympathy for him wanting to leave, I'd have held him in great regard despite leaving. But the way he is doing it is wrong, really wrong.
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He was going to leave amicably - until Levy did a U turn to paint himself the victim as usual.
 
Barmby said:
This is spot on for me. Kane's actions are designed to drive the price down. He'll have been told that City aren't going to meet the higher price. That is a terrible thing for him to do. I had a lot of sympathy for him wanting to leave, I'd have held him in great regard despite leaving. But the way he is doing it is wrong, really wrong.
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Basically fuck the club out of buying players to cover the hole he leaves. Thing is I can see supporters of other clubs also shocked by his behaviour, he is no longer the role model captain, he has thrown his rep in the bin.
 
H4SPURS said:
He probably feels that he had to do this or he isn’t moving on from Levy.

if he is moving on, what difference does it make if he turned up for training with the squad unless he is for sure not leaving.
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He’s acting unprofessionally. That’s what matters. It disrespects the club that have built his career and made him a multi-millionaire. It disrespects the fans who pay the highest ticket prices to go and chant his name as ‘one of our own’.

What difference does it make? FFS. It’s rude to millions of people - to the kids who wear the Kane shirts; to the Spurs academy players who see him as the ultimate professional; to everyone who’s defended him against criticism about the ‘swear of my daughter’s life’ nonsense; to Eriksen who still turned up; to Dembele and King who ruined their bodies playing for us; to Poch…to Nuno…

You genuinely don’t get it, do you?
 
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Barmby said:
This is spot on for me. Kane's actions are designed to drive the price down. He'll have been told that City aren't going to meet the higher price. That is a terrible thing for him to do. I had a lot of sympathy for him wanting to leave, I'd have held him in great regard despite leaving. But the way he is doing it is wrong, really wrong.
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Same here - for a pro of his level it must be hugely frustrating not to have won anything. I was kind of sympathetic to this, but the way he is going about it (trying to drive the price down) is totally wrong. Also going to moneybags Man City to pick up a more or less guaranteed trophy (one of the easiest title wins ever last season) isn't really a great achievement, it would have meant much more if he stuck away a goal or two in his various finals with us and won a trophy that way.
 
Barmby said:
This is spot on for me. Kane's actions are designed to drive the price down. He'll have been told that City aren't going to meet the higher price. That is a terrible thing for him to do. I had a lot of sympathy for him wanting to leave, I'd have held him in great regard despite leaving. But the way he is doing it is wrong, really wrong.
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Exactly.This isnt just about getting a move,its about getting a move below his market value becasue his new club dont want o pay what he's worth.
Its a slag of thing to do to any club,let alone one he claims to love so much.
As each hour goes by,i have less and less respect for him.
 
Tomo said:
To go on strike is disrespectful to the club and the fans. He is the England captain and the model, ‘’one of our own’’ and he does this. He could have left and kept most of his legacy now he is just another player like Bale, he will never be mentioned like Greaves or Hoddle and he could have been.
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Goes to show how far Levy has pushed him ot edge by his low-balling actions. Kane fucked up here but Levy holds at least half the blame for me. They had an agreement last summer but now he's changed the goal-posts out of greed.

At this point - I rather lose out on 10m but have sufficient time to reinvest the funds in what remains of this transfer window than hold out till 31st and end up with a Fraizer fucking Campbell deal again and have a write-off season
 
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