What has that got to do with anything? So we shouldn’t sign a striker (even though we have only score 49 league goals this season) because the keeper is shit and the midfield needs reinforcements?
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What has that got to do with anything? So we shouldn’t sign a striker (even though we have only score 49 league goals this season) because the keeper is shit and the midfield needs reinforcements?
Amazing you needed to explain such a simple thing. Let’s not sign a striker because it doesn’t solve the individual defensive dumb mistakes even though we can’t score for shit.
Let's sign a striker but let's not delude ourselves that with a striker we're immediately challenging for the title. We aren't. Are we willing to risk signing another 30-year old, knowing that by the time the other pieces are in place, he might have to be replaced? Can we afford to gamble on Kane having Benzema-like longevity? At one point we have to move away from short-termism and build a team instead of looking for shortcuts.
i think, for me at least, the thinking is we shouldnt blow the entirety (or near entirety) of the budget on just one striker. By all accounts kane would take up most of the budget, then wed be looking at sales to maybe add in a couple of other spots. Id be looking to spend half of what it costs to bring in a striker, allowing for more money to be invested in truly reshaping the squad. We need to do much better on finding release clause players who can be had for good prices. City did a great job on alvarez up front i believe, we should be targeting players like that every year.
This is absolutely spot on. By the time the rest of our team is sorted Kane will shot and need to be replaced. I'd rather buy someone like Hojlund or Sesko now who can grow with the team.
I think Kane is going to cost a fair bit more than Jesus, in truth. So that's quite a big difference between us and what Arsenal did. It would be nice to think Levy is going to sign away Kane for £70million to Man Utd on a bunch of installments. That would work perfectly for our window, but if that's clear to me, it's probably not going to fill Levy with enthusiasm. I think we're looking at higher than that, and I think we're likely to be looking at a structure that would dent what we could do elsewhere.
It would certainly leave us scrambling around with free transfers, lower cost options and trying to sell players which isn't a traditional strong suit. It's hard to imagine we could be spending 40 million on each of those positions in addition to Kane, and 40 million is actually pretty modest when United come calling for a player as we discovered last year.
I don't think it would have to be Kane. If we get bought this summer, I think we will have far more flexibility to get any striker we want. We should be able to make about 100m from outbound players to offset the cost of buys.
That's ifs and buts at the moment though, isn't it? With no sale imminent, the current situation is dictated by our finances and we did spend a lot of money last year. The window might come too early for the sale. Certainly the planning has to be in place on the basis that we don't know when a sale will progress, and even if it does, we don't know who the successful party will be and how that will impact transfers. So if you're Murtough and co you have to be prepared for things as they stand.
I'm not as confident as you that we will easily secure 100 million in sales. I've seen a few people suggest how we might make that sort of money, but sometimes the fees on paper as a hypothetical and our actual record of sales don't seem to align. Usually there are problems securing the fee we think should be possible and sometimes we can't even get them out of the door.
I don't think buying a top striker is dependent on the sale, although it would make it easier. We can still eliminate about 100-120m worth of dead wood players and use that to fund about 200m worth of buys, which would easily get us a top striker and a few other players.
Yeah, we can be Arsenal next year, Chelsea or even Liverpool. The thing is we have to make the best sure signing possible this summer and Kane is the right profile with how our squad is playing now and he also guarantee goals. You sign Oshimen or someone else then the ways of playing will be different and we will still have to make transition again. Build from what we already have and add more to make it better.
We or EtH cant expect to keep building and building because believe it or not fans will want EtH gone after 2 years if he still keep having mix results and ways of playing. He also wont want to continue having his managing years in cycles of building and transition without any noteworthy of success.
We’d be spending the vast majority of a limited budget on one & the poster I responded to expects him to play passes to himself. No one said we would be buying one player so not sure what you’re on about tbh. Kane + etc. etc. isn’t the thread.
As for the Arsenal model last year, that was 3 years or so into the Arteta reign, you’re falling for the one more transfer window nonsense when the team needs changes all over.
My post. . .
Read & compehend.
I’m saying Kane isn’t all we need, far from it. I literally say the exact opposite of what you’re crying over.
You can make more than 1 signing in a window
I don’t pretend to know what the budget is and as for strikers Kane is probably on the cheaper side of whats being quoted out there at the moment anyway.
Kane wouldn’t even be my first choice more due to his age though.
What makes you think he'll be cheaper than what's being quoted? Also by how much? Even 70m + his wages, it's going to leave us extremely little room for much else.
I meant other strikers like Osimhen, Ramos etc
Yeah precisely,because we aren't scoring enough it means we end up getting punished for errors like Shaw handball and De Gea calamity
If we can afford ''at least'' midfielder that can take Eriksen's spot, sign new starting XI keeper let's say Diogo Costa, 100m Kane and one more for right back or centre back (both would be great) then I have no issue. But I don't think we can afford those three positions plus Kane due to FFP because not only he cost 100m but also his wages demand will be 300k-350k at least given that he's going to be on his 30ish he will want high wages. A very risky signing that will blow our 100m budget. I would rather wait in January when Spurs can be forced to sell Kane for cheaper or when Toney finished his ban. This summer isn't ideal to buy striker but it's more ideal to buy other positions.
Can't stand another season of that plank Martial, plus I don't want to talk about Weghorst playing for Utd ever again. Can we please sign a decent striker. I would prefer Kane and that Danish kid in Italy for the price of Osimhen.
Yeah we can't wait another season for striker
The question is whether we could somehow work Tony into Kane's price ?
We can't go into the season with Martial as our only striker, priority has to be a striker even if it uses most of our budget. Then we'll have to sell players to fund other positions we need.
As for Kane's wages if we let De Gea go that covers it
Are Spurs even interested in him anymore
We also can't go into the season with DDG as our keeper and Eriksen that can't play full 90 mins.
Alternatives we can go, sign Marcus Thuram for free for half season short term then sign Kane or Toney in January. Or sign Højlund and develop him.
No chance Kane will move in January,in regards to Toney how come no journos have any idea how long he could get banned
Why can't Kane move in January?
Just don't see him moving mid season
Doesn’t sound someone who is going to push for a move. Hope we’re not wasting our time.
Oh we would never do that. We're simply too smart.
Spending an entire summer chasing a player who we're not really sure wants to come here is our trademark
Yeah see Fabregas 2013 and De Jong 2022
If the man who gets every decision in and around the box moved to the club that gets feck all what would happen?
We would start getting decisions
I know it was a penalty today but considering how shite Spurs are, he's scored...again. Could end up on 30 for the season in the league and as Haaland is such a freak, it's a fantastic season.
He scored the penalty and for a split second went to run and celebrate it. At 2-1 down. Am I overthinking it?
I wanted Osimhen over Kane, but after watching how much we struggle scoring especially in the past few games, I think we need an established finisher and he's the best there is.
He sure is. Actually missed a guilt edged chance today though so you never know what he’ll become if he joins yips United!
Exactly my thoughts
Kinda sad no one took notice of this.We are acting like we are one striker away to be title challenger when in reality we have too many holes and nowhere near City and Arsenal or even Liverpool if they are back in-form. 100m isn't smart business imo. Look at our xG is very low, and you think our lack of goals alone is down to not having striker? We should learn or improve how to play from the back, retain possession, and create quality chances for striker first.
I think talk of xG etc… bores the moobs off a lot of people to be fair