No, I meant I didn't know Brobbey was trying to back out of the move to RBL.
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Ex-Spurs Player Harry Kane
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Oh that. Yeah, it broke over the weekend.
I thought that. If City do get Haaland the pressure to keep up would be intense on United not to fall behind, then the stupid bids might come in at the 150-200m range out of sheer desperation.
If anyone went and got Mbappe in the Prem that might also get PSG going for Kane. I think to get a stupid bid high enough for Kane you would need movement on the other top strikers.
Ah Micah Richards. Football intellect.
Quite like the chap but he's about as intelligent as Jamie o'hara
What he's said is spot on actually, imv
Pass the Vaseline please.
I don’t think he is wrong though. For City to get Kane they would need to throw that sort of money, would they really do that if they could get Haaland.
Can they get Haaland?
Agreed, but I also think that when we would be looking at what a rebuild looks like, it wouldn't be that severe albeit a little painful.
Firstly, you'd theoretically have the funds of Son and Kane to invest directly back into the team. Also, we have some promising players coming up in the youth system, but they will still need continued development and support to see if they can meet their full potential. Lastly, I don't know if we are really starting from square one on this either. You'd still have a team that has players ready to make a bigger impact (Rodon, Tanganga), players that could potentially reach a higher level of performance with the right system and coach (a Dele revival, Bergwijn), and a core of more proven or possibly very good players that can continue to improve and thrive (Hojbjerg, LoCelso, Alderweireld, Ndombele, Lloris).
This is why it could get a bit unpleasant. The natural point at which Kane's valuation by Spurs and what a club like City will offer comes closer together next year, when he has two years left. That's why most observers thought next year he was far more likely to leave, this year the gap is too big between what a club will pay and what we will demand. To force through a move he's really going to have to create a lot if problems for the club, and if he isn't prepared to to do that, then why even go as far as leaking to Sky Sports he wants to leave. He's ended up pissing off people whilst probably having to stay another year. I don't think he's being well advised.
Yet he’s right...
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It's the players that are naive.
The long term contracts suit the club and agents more than the players, unless they are ageing and wouldn't expect to find a pay rise elsewhere for the last couple of years of it - or a player that is simply not as good as the contract they are getting. Like Ndombele signing a 5 year contract worth £52 million.
Keep the rest of your 'funny guy' guff to yourself though. There's a good lad.
As above - that suits the club and agent, not the player.
My understanding of the formal transfer request is that the player would forfeit the remaining outstanding salary left on their contract should a transfer be agreed.
Should a transfer be agreed without a transfer request, the selling club would need to pay out the contract or some kind of loyalty bonus - or whatever relevant break clauses are in place. This would ensure the greatest financial returns for the player because during the period of their contract they believe their salary expectations now exceed what they originally agreed.
So to reiterate my original point - I don't get the sympathy towards players that want to get out of their contracts early. If it's about ambition, trophies, playing for certain clubs and nothing about money - have your agent insist on offering a 2-3 year contract. You could always sign new ones every couple of years if they want to stay.
He probably isn't. Ultimately, I just don't see him causing the same kind of issues that, say, Berbatov did. Just an opinion though, and very possibly an incorrect one.
Where are we going to find top class players who want to join us for those sort of fees? Our recent record in that price range is Bergwijn, Sess, Aurier, Lucas, etc.We wouldn't waste it though.
Say we sold Kane, maybe Son and couple of others and had £250m this summer.
We could spend £30m on a striker, £20m odd each on 3 more players and have £160m left over to pay off the majority of the bank loan, and save on wages.
Good business
Plus we'll be losing all our best players initially to pay for the above.
I don't think that's good business at all.
He's no Steven Hawking but I don't think he's that bad. I also think him and Roy Keane together are a great mix.
Micah Richards is a nice chap but I've no idea how he gets paid to be a pundit, seems so out of place. O'Hara on the other hand is a fucking moron, watching him is cringe inducing
Him winding up Keane is hilarious.
Brilliant - this should be carved in stone and put in a prominent place at the ground.
