Rumours around that Lingard want to go to a CL club...
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Rumours around that Lingard want to go to a CL club...
I'll be really interested to see if we move for him or not, because I expect Sancho to be our main target this summer. Wonder how this changes things. I can see him going to Real to be honest.
maybe that story about him being part of the Sancho deal is right then...
It works both ways. Players shd not sign long term contracts unless they intend to stay long term. I can see his Spurs departure becoming a long drawn out saga very much like Zaha's.
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What was he thinking signing that contract?
Rather than strengthen Utd or Chelsea I imagine Levy would rather sell to City who are already top of the pile and will continue to be whether they sign Kane or not.
Don’t think anyone would blame him if he signed for City.
For him to tell Spurs he wants out, I fear City have already told him they will pay fot him this summer.
Yeah and an added factor is, can anyone imagine Kane trying to speak French, Spanish or Italian?
Kane wants to win the biggest prizes. Unfortunately that rules us out. Unless we have 300m to spend this summer, even then we'd be just closing the gap and not guaranteed to be winning the league or CL.
Let's hope he goes abroad.
Let's hope he goes abroad.
This has got a move to City written all over it. Will be abit like when Utd came so close to signing Shearer but he decided to go to Newcastle. Kane at City will help them win a CL trophy or two.
That Spurs were pretty decent at that time, and Levy probably assured him they would keep pushing , but Covid changed that
In other news, the sky is blue!
Im sure he would go abroad given issues with his family etc., but can’t see any of the PL CL clubs going in for him.
Hopefully he fancies a move to Dortmund.
I'm not saying I shouldn't go for him, but if we sign Kane, Cavani's minutes are getting slashed significantly. He's likely only starting in the League and FA Cup with possibly the odd fixture in the league when it's congested. Not sure if he would be anywhere near as effective if he's playing so infrequently and it could rub him the wrong way if he hardly played.
Agree with everything you say though, Kane is too good a player not to explore.
I really hope we won't be wasting our time on this saga unless he really wants to play for united. Levy is gonna make this painful, and if kane is leaning towards city, then it's not worth it.
I don't know. It wouldn't feel the same, him hitching along for the ride to a couple of titles that City would likely have won anyway. I'd imagine he does not care on iota about this sort of thing, and City might actually be the least politically toxic choice for him and the lesser of the three evils for Levy, but, I don't know, wouldn't it be seen differently him winning the first title in 5-6 years for Chelsea or first in 9-10 years for United as opposed winning the 5th title in 6 years for City?
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He was foolish to relinquish such control over his career no doubt.
In other news, the sky is blue!
Im sure he would go abroad given issues with his family etc., but can’t see any of the PL CL clubs going in for him.
Hopefully he fancies a move to Dortmund.
Dont think he’ll go abroad, no.
Me neither, why Lingard apparantly wants to leave WH is bonkers. Thats his level (and a very good one..)
I'm not trying to be all pessimistic but I genuinely think if Kane went to City or Chelsea, it doesn't matter if we sign Sancho, Rice & Varane. He's that good. But then again I am really in awe of him so of course I'll be biased!
Yeah I'm not saying people would blame him choosing City. I'm just kinda thinking out loud about the three different moves could be potentially perceived. He's earnt the right go wherever he can get his hands all the major trophies.
I think Cavani and Kane can play together. Ole is a Fergie disciple - playing 2 strikers, with Kane dropping deep (as he’s done for both spurs and England) can mean Cavani would get a more than decent amount of games. Not saying that would happen as a standard formation, but could see it happening. Both Kane and Cavani also have history of injuries, and as opposed to spurs if/ when Kane gets a nightlong injury - he wouldn’t be rushed back as we have players capable of playing the role.
Thanks for the memories, but it’s time to go @Anthony Martial.
Agreed - he’s flourished there. Motes set up works for him, plus he should get European football next season.
They’ll sign him for €35 million*
*Plus a £70 million seller’s fee to Spurs and Levy, £50 million signing on fee to Kane and his agent, a 10 year contract with a base wage of £59k/ week with a breathing bonus of £61k per breath, £100k per goal, £2 million if the goal was scored with a part of his body, a guaranteed place at Manchester Grammar School for his kids, a starting spot at the Elite Development Squad for his sperm cell, £3 million/ year groundsman jobs for his family, a second mansion in Alderley Edge, sponsorship rights for Etihad to use his drawling voice to narrate children's night time audiobook ‘The Camel Who Came To Tea’ and a complimentary Airbus A380 to commute to work in from his home in North London.
Absolute bargain, and well within the confines of the now-obsolete Financial Fair Play.
They can have Martial / Lingard as part of the deal . Get it done
Bet he wishes he hadn't signed that new contract in 2018. The most likely scenario is that Levy will want a transfer fee so big that he will be at Spurs next season.
Cavani extending his contract, together with Rashford, Martial and Greenwood we have enough firepower to be successful. We need to focus on other much-needed priorities in the team.
Kane is not that rated outside of England. Don’t get me wrong he’s rated as a good striker, but not £150m then play him every match do everything to accommodate him good. So can’t see him going to Real.
The Abu lot don’t really pay obscene money and refuse to be held to ransom. Eg they pulled out of Maguire, Sanchez and a few others.
My bet. City, if not Halaand, they will sign a number 9 between £30-80m who most didn’t think of as an obvious signing or who many might not have even heard of and he’ll end up being successful... then years later we’ll be on here moaning about scouting and finding hidden gems or rough diamonds.
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See what you mean.
Obviously he wouldn’t be too popular if he went to Chelsea, yet in some ways if he signed for them he would be viewed as their no1 player indeed they may even offer him the captaincy. Could be viewed as the missing piece in the puzzle.
If he went to Utd he would be competing with Pogba and Bruno, further more would Rashford, Greenwood, Cavani and Martial be happy playing second fiddle? ....also who would be the penalty taker?
If he goes to City he would be a superstar amongst superstars ....though he would be the penalty taker no arguments!
City will be in for him or Haaland, depends, they will look to replace Aguero moving forward. Aguero to Spurs to sweeten the deal?
Look at it from Kane's perspective, City are so much closer to winning every competition next year compared to us. We are hoping to put in a title charge next season with some new additions, maybe progress well in the UCL. City are likely setting their expectations to retain the PL, win a UCL etc.
If his sole focus is to get a title/trophy under his belt next year, he's not going to join an "up and coming project", he wants a ready made team. It's going to be City, and we have to grin and bare it.
If his sole focus is to get a title/trophy under his belt next year, he's not going to join an "up and coming project", he wants a ready made team. It's going to be City, and we have to grin and bare it.
Always baffles me how people think we can just throw unwanted players on clubs
How often do you see a swap deal? It's very rare.
For this to happen, Martial/Lingard would have to want to join Spurs, Spurs would have to want Martial/Lingard, and they'd have to come to an agreement on wages.
We don't need Spurs to take Lingard/Martial. We can sell them to raise funds, and the result is the same for us. Finding a buyer may be difficult for certain players, but it's more realistic than swapping our deadwood for whatever player we fancy and thinking everyone involved will just automatically agree to it.
Hate to say it but City’s chances of winning trophies are much better than ours for at least the next five years. And he knows that too. You could say that Chelsea’s chances are pretty slim too. City or Paris is the place to go for Kane.
That’s the sad reality, Abu Dhabi got the $$ too.
That’s the sad reality, Abu Dhabi got the $$ too.
Ole's first real test.
Another point of view and that’s Pep’s. He’s traditionally not been a fan of static number 9s. Aguero had to adapt a lot to Pep... at Barca, where he had the most success he did it without a number 9. Ok, he had Messi.
But this season with Aguero out, he’s won the league and reached his first post Barca CL final. Maybe Pep won’t feel that a superstar number 9 is suitable for him. He might even turn Torres into a central forward, buy more wingers to improve and a number 9 signed for plan B when a match is going wrong.
Think of the children..... Having Kane will only hinder Greenwood's progress.
I think Ole has shown that he believes in Greenwood through the management of his playing time through his early-season dip in form. Plus another additional year's the Cavani tutorial is only proof that Kane's just not part of the long term plan.
I think Ole has shown that he believes in Greenwood through the management of his playing time through his early-season dip in form. Plus another additional year's the Cavani tutorial is only proof that Kane's just not part of the long term plan.
Well Martial needs to sort himself out. Shocking form this season.
I've been backing him up every year, but this year's failure to challenge City is all on him for failing to score.
No doubt he is a top class striker but shouldn't move away from our original plan of CB, RW with a DM too
It’s not a completely bonkers idea, though ... Levy will be desperateAlways baffles me how people think we can just throw unwanted players on clubs
How often do you see a swap deal? It's very rare.
For this to happen, Martial/Lingard would have to want to join Spurs, Spurs would have to want Martial/Lingard, and they'd have to come to an agreement on wages.
We don't need Spurs to take Lingard/Martial. We can sell them to raise funds, and the result is the same for us. Finding a buyer may be difficult for certain players, but it's more realistic than swapping our deadwood for whatever player we fancy and thinking everyone involved will just automatically agree to it.
Should not have signed that crazy contract extension Mr.Kane.