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Ex-Spurs Player Harry Kane

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Not sure why people want to defend Kane in this. He fucked big time, he went on strike, it didn’t work and now he is backtracking. I have no love for ENIC and Joe Lewis and would love Lewis to sell up as he is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

However this won’t weaken ENIC. Kane striking hurts the manager, fellow players and fans and puts ENIC in a position where they have to defend the club against City. Kane wanting out to force a move even at a lowball price hurts Tottenham, not just ENIC but the club itself as we need either Kane to stay or to get the money needed to replace him.

I have no issue with Kane wanting out for medals, I accept if City pay good money he goes and if Kane puts out a statement saying he would like to go if a good enough offer came in but stay and work if it didn’t I could live with that.

If City don’t pay up then he stays of course, if he knuckles down and shows some degree of contrition we can move one, get behind him and the team and maybe he moves next season.

Whoever advised Kane (his brother I assume) is a total fool and has broken trust built up over a decade. As for other posters saying what about how we treat Winks and Dier, I agree they deserve respect from the fans not insults although I feel they aren’t at our level and may need to move on and if they do I wish them all the best and thank them for their service.
 
Blanchflower said:
In what other profession are employees given 4-6 year contracts that can't be broken by the employer without full payment?
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Works both ways. We have players, and often coaches we want rid of but have to pay despite their failures. In those cases, when the phone rings with an offer we're only happy to accept.
When you think about it, this 2 way long term contract is as much a burden for both parties as it is a safety net.

Flaneur said:
Players in Kane's position are not MADE to sign a particular contract. Those days are gone. If they sign a contract they later regret, it's their own fault, or that of their advisors. Jack Grealish is a fine example - he made sure he had an escape clause.
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You and many others act is if Kane was the only one to benefit from that contract. That pay bump and 6 year term was given to him in order to protect our interests first first foremost. Would you rather all our most talented players waited until their contracts ran our before deciding what they'd do next? If Kane had done that, we may well have seen him go for nothing a year or 2 ago. The club have to be careful how they're seen to be acting in these situations. Our best players will become apprehensive when they see their team mates treated like "slaves" and eventually they'll stop agreeing to 5+ year deals.

ElTel said:
So how would you feel now if 3 years ago when Kane signed that 6year contract it had a 100 mill release clause built into it and City now activated it?
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The interesting thing about release clauses is that within a year or 2 it can become redundant. You could put £100m in there and 2 years later that's far less than the going rate.
Neymar had £200m in his Barcelona contract because they felt no one would ever pay it.
IIRC, Ronaldo and Messi at one point had clauses of over £500m
 
Murphy said:
Ultimately, we blew our chances with inept showings against Villa and Leeds, and although we ended up 12 points behind United, there were so many games were we lost last minute goals, fell asleep at vital moments etc.
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We have players who are mentally weak. They fold. Those same players are still currently at Spurs. How on earth are we supposed to fight for the PL top spot with them around? It's like trying to win the 100m in high heels.

Leads me back to Kane. I totally respect that Kane is as sick of it as some of us are. If he wants out fine. But he's gone about it in the worst way that doesn't fit his standing as Spurs legend and England captain. That's the reason why I'll always applaud his goals if he does stay but I'll never look at him the same way as before. He's lost that special sheen and that's hugely disappointing because I thought he was better.
 
ElTel said:
Club taking the high road? Are you kidding? What if other players did the same, the club stays silent and dosent dish out fines?
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Other players havent been actively seeking a transfer out of the club that made them now have they.
Why doesnt harry go into details then? Every supporter knows what levys like so why doesnt harry take him to the cleaners and shame him to spurs fans even more. Harry knew hes done wrong and been advised wrong and is back pedaling like fuck to save his rep with the fans
 
Go on son said:
Other players havent been actively seeking a transfer out of the club that made them now have they.
Why doesnt harry go into details then? Every supporter knows what levys like so why doesnt harry take him to the cleaners and shame him to spurs fans even more. Harry knew hes done wrong and been advised wrong and is back pedaling like fuck to save his rep with the fans
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Because Levy has all the power in the 3 years left on Kane's contract. Don't go along with Levy and you ain't going anywhere sunshine.
 
Nuts said:
Leads me back to Kane. I totally respect that Kane is as sick of it as some of us are. If he wants out fine. But he's gone about it in the worst way that doesn't fit his standing as Spurs legend and England captain. That's the reason why I'll always applaud his goals if he does stay but I'll never look at him the same way as before. He's lost that special sheen and that's hugely disappointing because I thought he was better.
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Do you believe Kane going in to Levy's office with a transfer request, in writing, would get him his move?
What way should he have gone about it? What other option is there for a player that wants to leave when his employer is publicly saying "not for sale"
 
ElTel said:
Because Levy has all the power in the 3 years left on Kane's contract. Don't go along with Levy and you ain't going anywhere sunshine.
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Kane signed for 6 year no pistol to his head. What do you want? Kane go on strike spurs buckle and let them plastic c****s from abu dhabi get him for a reduced fee?? We all know that wont work with levy.
Kane fucked up along with his clown of a brother advising him
 
For those of you who think this will weaken Levy and ENIC it won’t, the very opposite infact. I can see some fans in support of Kane only because of this.

ESL - weakened Levy made him look like a total cunt.

Stratford - worst thing in the history of Spurs in terms of ownership, I will never forgive this. It would have ruined the club had West Ham thankfully not got the gig.

Poch - did fuck all for about 2 seasons and let our best manager of my lifetime stew while pretending the stadium build wouldn’t impact the team. ENIC let Poch down big time and haven’t forgotten.

Manager search - a joke

All of these weakened ENIC. Levy himself appointing a DoF and giving him what seems decent power for now is probably a response to some of the fuck ups.

Kane striking to push the club to sell to City at any price out ENIC in a position where they have to defend the club against Kane and City. Yes that’s right it means ENIC on Spurs side and Kane and City against the club. We already have stopped talking about the shitshow of a manager search, the ESL and everything because Kane has taken all the oxygen. If anything this whole thing let’s Levy off the hook for recent fucks up, it’s more likely to empower him than weaken him.

Fans have different views, anti and pro ENIC and that’s fine but this I can only see giving Levy power unless he sells Kane cheap and gives in.
 
Flaneur said:
I'd feel he'd sold himself very cheap. Even Grealish had a £100m clause. I'd have expected at least £150m, wouldn't you?
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Grealish had that clause inserted last year. Kane signed his contract 3 years ago before the world cup when transfer valuations were lower than now. My point is that transfer clauses are not always advantageous for either side and in Kane's case had he had a clause for 100 mill inserted back then we would now be having to lose him way below his market value which would have made the fans apoplectic with rage at the situation.
 
ElTel said:
Grealish had that clause inserted last year. Kane signed his contract 3 years ago before the world cup when transfer valuations were lower than now. My point is that transfer clauses are not always advantageous for either side and in Kane's case had he had a clause for 100 mill inserted back then we would now be having to lose him way below his market value which would have made the fans apoplectic with rage at the situation.
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Yeah, then everyone would be (rightly) furious at Levy. Right now, not so much. And this plays into his hands.
 
Darnswim said:
Yeah, shame that we're stuck with tiny little Tottenham while Harry, as "one of our own", is free to leave us when we need him most.

You can do the same. If you love Harry so much, even more than Tottenham, you're free to join him at City. We'll still celebrate a well earned League Cup every 15 years, while you can enjoy the Premier League titles that the slaves earned...
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Huh? We need him most now? For what purpose? Our title challange?
 
Murphy said:
He's being a cunt. Sorry you are offended by that.

Imagine being offended - not by a player that is refusing to abide by the terms of his contract, but by the chairman and the owners and thinking that they are what is wrong in this situation.

They are protecting the interests of the club in this one. Fuck it, let him go for nothing and fuck the club over financially. That would make you the worst type of Spurs fan, IMO.

Another fucking numpty on the ignore list.

"I stopped reading after that" fucking grow up, lol.
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you finished all that with ‘lol’… how about you fucking grow up.

Kane’s not a cunt, he knows exactly what levy is like and is acting accordingly. He wants to win trophies and rightly so. No one here can say Kane hasn’t given absolutely everything he has for spurs. Hes 28 for Christ sake. Now is the time for him to go and win stuff. Because it sure as shit ain’t happening at spurs any time soon. I’ll get downvoted but it’s the hard truth and you all know it.
 
SPUDIRL said:
you finished all that with ‘lol’… how about you fucking grow up.

Kane’s not a cunt, he knows exactly what levy is like and is acting accordingly. He wants to win trophies and rightly so. No one here can say Kane hasn’t given absolutely everything he has for spurs. Hes 28 for Christ sake. Now is the time for him to go and win stuff. Because it sure as shit ain’t happening at spurs any time soon. I’ll get downvoted but it’s the hard truth and you all know it.
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All that you've said is not the issue.

Poster after poster has said that they understand him wanting to leave, that they have no problem with him leaving.

It's him going on strike to try and force a move when he willingly signed a 6 year contract that's the issue.
 
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