01 Aug 2023 23:39:48
Anyone think we’re still in for Kane?

Tbh I think we’re foolish not to be, we must be.

The enticement of Kane being the PL all time striker is too much for him I feel, and I actually think Utd hold all the cards here, Levy has been told by the owners that they would rather have Kane sold then leave on a free, so far only Bayern are in for him, Spurs could agree to Sell Kane for say xxx, now this is all dependent on what offers Kane has and whether he wants Bundes over PL, could Utd swoop in last day of the season matching Bayerns offer and if Kane chooses England, Spurs really have no choice but to Sell to us, It’s not outside the realms of possibility.

1.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 00:22:35
No we are not. We have our 1st choice striker. Alea iacta est.

2.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 00:25:41
I don't think so because of FFP considerations. Let's say we had a 5 year contract at the low price of £70m but we have to pay him £450k per week (i. e more than Spurs have reportedly offered him to stay) . Total wage cost would be £37.5m a year excluding agent's fees. I think the club is looking to build for the future around younger players.

3.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 01:05:37
It does seem bizarre that we are not in for him. He is literally the missing piece of the jigsaw for me.

I think the club really wanted Kane, but feared getting caught in a saga which ended with us getting no one.

Maybe Kane will hold out and wind down his contract, then join us or Chelsea for free next season.

4.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 06:57:32
It's simple, the Kane deal would have taken our entire summer budget, and would probably have taken all summer to complete. It would have been the ultimate "all eggs in one basket" deal.

The team needed more than just one player this summer so Kane makes no sense.

I expect to see Kane stay at Spurs this summer, I doubt he'll sign a new deal. Apparently he was promised that if he gave Spurs an extra year then they would allow him to leave. They then moved the goalposts after he signed the new deal and refused to agree a move to City. This has reportedly up set Kane and he will not sign a new deal.

But Levy is stubborn and won't drop his asking price. This stalemate Wil mean Kane stays at Spurs at least until January. Where he can sign a pre-contract with a foreign team such as Bayern. Or Spurs can agree a deal with a club and sell him for something rather than lose him for free 6 months later.

My feeling is that Kane will move to an English club in January probably for around 40-60m.

5.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 08:12:56
Feels like Kane could be more a Chelsea signing under Poch. If the man is settled and happy in London, his options are limited outside of staying at Spurs or Chelsea. Bayern wouud be a cool move -
Trophies galore at one of Europe’s greatest clubs to round off a good career.

As for us, we have our new No9 from Atalanta, and I fully expect to see Greenwod back too to supplement that position who, like it or not before his incident (and I’m not getting into the morals of the decision), was becoming a 90-100m player in todays market.

{Ed002's Note - He is not moving to Chelsea.}

6.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 08:23:18
The ship has sailed. Most likely Bayern for towards £90m, if not he'll sign up for life at the Spurs later in the season if he feels there is improvement under Postecoglou. He's put his faith in the last few managers to turn things around and they've failed miserably. For Spurs' sake I've got a better feeling with the latest manager, but they need significant additions in def/ mid IMO.

7.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 11:17:35
Having read some of the previous replies by the eds, we were looking one out and out striker and one to play of the striker. having got Hojland, we no longer need or are looking for another centre forward (includng Kane, who was too expensive given he had one year left on his contract and 30years old) . Ramos could still be in the mix but there seems to be an issue with a fee to agents (about £8m) which continues to end of August. So I wouldn't be surprised if Ramos will be subject of a last day bid around £70m and would mean we didn't have to pay the extra agent money.

8.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 11:53:05
Levy did not want to sell Kane to an EPL rival and he is perfectly entitled to do that.

Once we knew that it was going to be extremely difficult to get Kane and cost two s tpounds of flesh we walked away, rightly so.

There is a point at which the cost of a transfer does not make sense and we have seen Levy at work before, he's not playing ball with Bayern and he isn't letting Kane go for kess than what he wants from Bayern. I am confident that it sould have cost us more as a EPL rival.

Finally it seems that Levy is still hopeful that under a new manager he can keep Kane on a new deal and if that is still a possibility than Kane's price goes up again in Levys eyes. Kane i don't think will come out and upset Spurs fans by demanding an EPL move so really the ball is with Levy to do as he wishes here.

I don't think this is about money for Kane either, if it was then he could see his contract out and get an absolute fortune from Saudi next year, imagine what he could earn on a 4 or 5 year deal on a free.

9.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 12:34:05
Imagine we sign him and he pulls an Alexi Sanchez, that would be a nightmare come true.

10.) 02 Aug 2023
02 Aug 2023 13:37:46
I assumed Ramos could be put in the same category as Kane in terms of value / position - why would Hojlund's signing eliminate Kane but not Ramos?

{Ed002's Note - e wise he is not an out and out striker.}