15 May 2015 13:45:13
So I've just been sat in my English exam (before you ask, it went well) and I had about 30 mins to spare where we weren't allowed to leave so I started pondering over all sorts of systems and hypothetical situations that may arise this summer. And I started thinking about a rumour I heard on the way to the exam, Harry Kane to united.

Now I know his goals have dried up since his England début thus leading to speculation also drying up however it got me thinking. Would you rather, risk £25 million on Falcao, a proven world class goalscorer who hasn't recovered well nor has he adapted to our system bar one game where we played fast paced attacking football, Leicester, where we saw the best of both him and ADM. Or would you rather invest £25 million in Harry Kane, still a largely unproven player who has worked immensely over the past year to up his game and plays with a real passion in a largely passionless side, he hasn't scored for a while but I put that mainly down to the Tottenham players having nothing really to play for and most are on the beach already, you still see Harry running around and willing the team on and Pochettino thinks that highly of him he even handed him the captaincy not long ago.

Now the more observant of you will notice the verb's I used for both players, risk and invest, this is because I believe if we risk that money on Falcao we won't recoup it, whether he succeeds or fails, similar to the RVP situation where despite being successful with us we are now looking to offload or he could go on a free, also similar to the Berbatov situation where despite being relatively successful he left for next to nothing due to age, this will be the same age period Falcao is now entering. So at best we get a 30 goal a season player at his peak for 3 years or he could emulate this season and we're stuck with a poor signing on £250k a week. Alternatively we can invest in the best young English talent IMO who would be on less than half that wage and we'd have his services for the next ten years and the sky is the limit for the lad, he could go down the Andy Carroll route and be a flop yet we'd still recoup around half if not more of the fee purely because of his early form and being English.

For me I'd take Kane for £25 million, it's not my money and I absolutely love seeing a player play with such passion and with a smile on his face, he wasn't the best at Tottenham and was overlooked time and time again until he put in the work and forced the managers hand and he's made the position his own, forcing out other foreign flops that are taking up the wage bill.

Lewis

(sorry if some of this doesn't make sense, my brains a wee bit mashed from the exam still)

{Ed004's Note - Problem is Kane will not go for 25 million. If that was the case I think it would be worth the risk. However, he has just signed a 5 year contract, won young player of the year, is English and we would have to deal with Levy}

1.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 14:06:29
The price being touted isn't £25m, i'd be tempted if it was, and if it was between Falcao and Kane for £25m then it would definitely be Kane. The problem is the price is a hell of a lot more, almost double.

Hope the English Exam results go your way fella :)

{Ed004's Note - Would people think a fee of 25 mill and Hernandez be worth it}

2.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 15:03:53
In the height of his form the figure was £35 million and since then he's been quiet I don't see why it'd jump to 45 million, but I doubt these things work that way. i'm guessing we've made an enquiry due to all the news coming from the north west media outlets.

As for Hernandez + 25 I'd probably go as far as Hernandez + 30, he's been linked before with them and I don't think he's as much a threat as we thought he was, or could've been. If that situation arises I'd take it.

Tah Harry by the way.

3.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 15:05:18
Id go with that Ed.
Win win situation.

4.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 15:08:11
I'd snap their hands off for Kane with that deal Ed. I'd even go £30mil, Nani & Hernandez.

Kane can create for himself, English, mature, intelligent, works hard and could lead the line with Wilson for the next 10 years.

{Ed004's Note - I would rather the money it takes to sign Kane be spent on Bale tbh. Both are luxury signings but I think Bale would offer us more. Then next season after Kane has had another season in the league spend the 40/50 mill it takes to get him if Wilson hasn't progressed enough}

5.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 15:21:55
I don't think we should sign any striker because that would most likely mean rooney will play in a wide position or in the midfield and that is not good for the team. We are in a situation where if he is fit he plays and anywhere else apart from striker will hamper the team in the long run. Also signing a new striker would stunt wilson's growth. RVP and wilson are enough cover for the one striker position.

6.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 15:29:36
Personally, I'd throw £45m at Lyon for Lacazette and Lopes!

7.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 15:35:24
France is the new Belgium as they say, they being just you Ronnie.

8.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 17:22:19
Lopes is Portuguese! And still, he's a damn good goalkeeper Anon!

9.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 17:27:20
I'm not of the opinion we will sign a striker unless rvp & falcoa go. If we do not sign falcao we would still have Rooney, rvp, Wilson and depay who can play up top. If Woodward says we will spend about 101 million (not sure if this includes depay) then surely a top drawer defender and midfielder would take a big proportion of this amount.

10.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 17:48:07
Pulling your chain Ronnie, I don't watch much ligue 1 so I wouldn't know, I only hear about Nantes players from family there.

11.) 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 19:08:21
Well I think we will need Lopes as De Gea's off to Madrid! The discussions start, who do we bring in?!?