I'm not even sure Levy would accept £100m from us, he's rather take a £10-20m hit and sell to Bayern.
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I'm not even sure Levy would accept £100m from us, he's rather take a £10-20m hit and sell to Bayern.
Giggs prolonged his career with Yoga actually.
He started to decline quickly from around 25-26ish years of age. No sign of that from Kane yet but it’s coming soon. Letting him leave for free should see proper levy out protests from spurs fans.
Bayern don’t seem the type of club to spend 120m on Kane
I meant Bayern will offer lower than £100m and we could offer higher but Levy would rather miss out on a few million and sell to Bayern rather than us.
If Kane rejects Bayern for us then it’s not a few million. Either it’s £100m or free next year.
All reports say Kane is keen on the move and nothing says we are going to make a bid for him.
I know sadly. Just hypothetical if Kane did want to stay in the PL and move to us. It could happen if we convinced Kane.
I agree, would love if we can get him.
I'd like us to at least test the water: see whether Levy can be persuaded. It would be very annoying some time in the future to learn we never even investigated this. I do get a feeling Kane would be happy to come to us and prefers to stay in the PL.
Can you imagine if, during that famous phone call, SAF had thought: "I won't bother asking, they'll never sell is Cantona..."
Can you imagine if, during that famous phone call, SAF had thought: "I won't bother asking, they'll never sell is Cantona..."
We’ve probably been monitoring / investigating the possibility of Kane every summer since he became a top striker.
Obi-Wan : I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of spurs fans suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.It'd be real fun if Arsenal continue to challenge this season and Kane ends up signing for them on a free. Then goes on and win a title with Arsenal. Imagine the meltdown of Spurs fans. It'd be hilarious to watch tbh
that's different from actual saying: "Is there a price at which you'd sell him to us?" If levy says "no" or "£400m", so be it. I'd just hate to find out somewhere down the line, we hadn't
I think it's obvious what is happening
They're winding up Spurs so much that selling to United (who'll act like perfect gentlemen) won't look like such a bad club to sell Kane to after all
And as a thank you, we will let Bayern Munich sign Martial for the bargain price of £50m plus bonuses
They're winding up Spurs so much that selling to United (who'll act like perfect gentlemen) won't look like such a bad club to sell Kane to after all
And as a thank you, we will let Bayern Munich sign Martial for the bargain price of £50m plus bonuses
Come on Daniel - ignore those rude player-tapping Germans and come to the table with us. £90million and we'll throw in Maguire too 
Yeah me neither
Yeah we will have to pay 150 minimum to have any shot at signing him.
Yeah you get that impression from some journos,however we may have missed the boat unless he decides to run down deal
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Rooney had fallen off a cliff by the time he'd turned 30. Giggs had that skinny build which I think enables players to retain agility. See Robben, Willian, Fernandinho, Sheringham etc all maintaining a decent level well into their 30s.
Although Kane has never relied on pace and seems to look after himself, I don't think he will have the longevity of the likes of Ibra, Benzema, Ronaldo.
Kane is an incredible professional. Why would you believe he looks after himself less than Benzema et al? Benzema was a Wildman in his 20s!
I never said that he looks after himself less than Benzema. I said that I don't think he will have the longevity of Benzema, Ibra or Ronaldo. These players are outliers. Alexis Sanchez looked after himself and still declined early, as many players do.
I can guarantee if the execs at United got a sniff that Kane was doable then they would throw everything in to ensure they get him.
I still think this could be a late but fast moving one like Ronaldo was btw.
Yeah definitely would have been all in
I reckon we will go for him near the end of the window. All or nothing situation.
Just doesn't feel like he will turn down Bayern
Despite all the noise and posturing, it doesn't feel like he will really end up with us, at least to me. Mostly, he just doesn't seem the type for big change (exhibit A: staying at Spurs longer than anyone could ever rationalize), and a move to Germany plus learning German would be a drastic step for anyone, let alone an established player in his later career stages. I can't imagine him really going for it.
I do think Kane would prefer to stay in the PL as well, but I don't think the way you suggest is how Utd should go about things at the moment.
As has been mentioned before, Bayern moving for him now could actually play in to Utd's hands - I think perhaps the best chance Utd have of getting him will be if Bayern manage to agree a fee with Spurs; this could allow Utd to then come in with a similar offer and Kane to announce he only wants to go to Utd, not Bayern.
I just can't see Uli Hoeness talking with this much belief if he wasn’t confident about signing him
Well, at this point I'd double check if Uli Hoeneß told me the sky is blue.
Well you know him better than me
With the prices being quoted around for younger, prospects like Hojland, Kolo Muani, Ramos etc (£60-80m) who have plenty of risk attached, if there was a hint of getting Kane for £100m or less that surely is our best option this summer.
Even if it meant sacrificing in other areas of the team (eg. Not signing back up CB or DM) I think Kane’s impact alone will be greater than spreading the budget across say Hojland and Amrabat.
Even if it meant sacrificing in other areas of the team (eg. Not signing back up CB or DM) I think Kane’s impact alone will be greater than spreading the budget across say Hojland and Amrabat.
Spurs aren't selling to us for even £100m
I probably should have capitalised and bolded the big IF in my post.
We just have to hope he runs down deal
Uli Hoeneß also told the world with full conviction that he would never commit tax evasion. We saw how that turned out. The man is old and will talk into any microphone put in front of him.
I basically think the same way as the user you quoted. It still doesn't feel to me like Kane will ever play for us. I won't believe otherwise until I see it.
he's probably gunnin for that premier league goal scoring record, spending even a season at Bayern would pretty much kill it completely, if he doesn’t go to Bayern soon it’s going to be an interesting last couple of weeks in the window and I think we could spring a surprise.
We better find £100m plus addons
Mount and Onana together was £100m, we've £70m left from the supposed transfer fund the Glazers have pulled out of their arses. So if we can sell McTominay, Fred, Maguire, and a few others we should be able to scrape a chunk for both Kane and Amrabat
Feel like it's one of those where Levy will lose his job if Kane leaves for a free. You can't make a 100M mistake as a chairman where the decision is seemingly obvious to the whole world and still keep your job. He either signs a contract or leaves close to deadline day IMO.
Levy would obviously prefer to sell to Bayern over us unless the delta in the transfer fee is huge.
The only question in my mind is why delay at all? It seems like they'd need to reinvest in another forward if Kane leaves.
Levy would obviously prefer to sell to Bayern over us unless the delta in the transfer fee is huge.
The only question in my mind is why delay at all? It seems like they'd need to reinvest in another forward if Kane leaves.