FFP isnt pound for pound. The money coming in stretches our ability to spend.
Harry Kane | Bayern Munich player
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FFP isnt pound for pound. The money coming in stretches our ability to spend.
That's exactly what I never got about Neville's point.
Harry Kane goes to Levy today and says "I want you to accept the same value offer from Man Utd as I want to stay in England."
Daniel Levy - "Nope"
What does Kane do then? Go and complain to the citizens advice bureau?
Some of you are bat shit crazy.
You think we’re just going to pull out a £100m from our back pocket as if it’s a tenner and FFP doesn’t exist. We’ve spent half a billion since last summer.
And then we bench a £72m signing and keep him as backup. Amazing.
You think we’re just going to pull out a £100m from our back pocket as if it’s a tenner and FFP doesn’t exist. We’ve spent half a billion since last summer.
And then we bench a £72m signing and keep him as backup. Amazing.
€100m. Let’s go!!!!! Get that Mattress money out.
£20 mil plus Lukaku and Ziyech? Everyone is happy.
Oh damn. Crazy deal. Didn't expect Bayern to actually choose to spend so much on a guy at his age. Have to say that I'm glad it's not us, as I am not sure how long he'd be able to last at an elite level in the prem (as he's already significantly adapting his game and showing signs of decline in some metrics). The way he adapts to prolong his game might not be beneficial for us long term, while at Bayern he'll be able to stay relevant longer without adapting and saving himself for the CL a bit, so I could see him banging them in for fun for 5 years there while in the prem I think it'd be sort of a 3 year max sort of thing.
Just the way our squad is, having a guy with pace and power and who plays like a focal point i think gives us far more potential long term than Kane dropping short often.
Just the way our squad is, having a guy with pace and power and who plays like a focal point i think gives us far more potential long term than Kane dropping short often.
Says he’s not going to Bayern and Levy absolutely bricks himself that he’s about to see £100m go down the drain? Pretty simple to see how this plays out IF Kane wants to come to Old Trafford.
He doesn't have an easy way out... Kane has to agree too. If Kane wants to stay in England without extending his contract (which is looking likely) and we make a similar bid, they will have to accept it, or risk losing him for nothing in a few months. Doesn't have to be us either. Any of the top clubs could bid and Levi will be hard pressed not to accept.
Had his contract situation been different, I'd agree that we don't have to bother with this saga.
Exactly,this is that dreaded confirmation there isn't gonna be a chance to get him either January or next summer. Not gonna lie I am a bit gutted we couldn't match it
We're the biggest club in the world. Now is the time to prove it.
Some fans still think we have a chance ?
Come on now ,peeps. He's Bayern bound.
Come on now ,peeps. He's Bayern bound.
No chance we'll get him. We'd have to bid something like 130m at least to convince Levy to sell to a PL rival and I doubt we have that. Ship's sailed.
Based on the early summer reports, it seems like we did try for Kane but then we moved on once we realised Levy was demanding something ludcrious.
No more Woodward strategies please. Focus on all squad weaknesses and purchase well, instead of focusing on one weakness and blow the entire budget on getting the best in class for that weakness and neglect the other areas.
No more Woodward strategies please. Focus on all squad weaknesses and purchase well, instead of focusing on one weakness and blow the entire budget on getting the best in class for that weakness and neglect the other areas.
There you go and she wouldn't do that if her husband wasn't open to leaving
If Kane wanted to stay in England, Bayern wouldn't have put lot of effort to make acceptable bids.
United have the moneySome of you are bat shit crazy.
You think we’re just going to pull out a £100m from our back pocket as if it’s a tenner and FFP doesn’t exist. We’ve spent half a billion since last summer.
And then we bench a £72m signing and keep him as backup. Amazing.
Not necessarily
Okay and then what happens?
Where all these fresh “we must bid for Kane” talks come from? We obviously don’t need a player in his 30s and in the last year of his contract for 100m
It's a sad state of affairs if our "best" is to put in a bid at the last second after a bid has been accepted from another club.
I think Levy has pressure and obligation to sell. If we drop an equal bid and Levy rejects, suddenly Kane holds all the cards.
Kane can reject Bayern and Levy has already shown his hands that he needs to sell, and would likely be obligated toward ours.
Chances are small of him coming to Utd for various reasons but really can’t understand those that don’t want him. It would be the perfect transfer and push the club to seriously competing with City. We have just signed a pretty much unproven youngster who is expected to hit the ground running and provide much needed goals. Kane for a few seasons with guaranteed goals while bedding in Rasmus is the perfect scenario.
Still think he will stay at Spurs
Kane could be a complete cnut if he wants to be now. If us/Chelsea lodge a bid and he refuses Bayern then they’re fecked.
Spurs aren’t in a position to turn down 100m+ for 9 months of football from Kane
Kane could be a complete cnut if he wants to be now. If us/Chelsea lodge a bid and he refuses Bayern then they’re fecked.
Spurs aren’t in a position to turn down 100m+ for 9 months of football from Kane
How has Levy done that? By playing hard ball and negotiating all summer?
Levy has shown pretty much what he's always shown which is that he will sell a player only on the terms he finds acceptable.
Echos of Woodward with this sort of logic.
Good riddance, sick of hearing about this prisoner
Bye bye Harry.
Spurs out of the top 4 spot.
Spurs out of the top 4 spot.
But have we said that he's our main target or something? At least Liverpool went through the effort of tapping up Bellingham for a couple years until he got too expensive for them. For Kane to screw Spurs out of 100m, he'll need to feel that we've been preparing for his arrival ever since ETH joined or something like that.
Still say it's more likely he stays than goes. He's a wimp.
A token pointless bid at the last minute which we know will fail is peak Woodward.
For the fee, understandable. But no one here wouldn't want Kane in their line up this season.
Spurs finished 8th mate
But if Kane refuses Bayern then he’s screwed. He can’t afford to turn down 100m for 1 season from Kane
Wait people are seriously thinking we need to go and bid 100m on a 30 year old Kane? You out of your mind? That's not what a smart club who is still transitioning does. That's when you are fully developed, playing at a high and consistent level but just 1 CF away from potentially winning it all - like City were pre haaland.
Aye.
-Daniel, I’ve made up my mind. I want to move to Manchester United
-That’s great, Harry. I’m really pleased for you. Now I’ll tell you the same thing I tell my wife and that tramp I clipped with my car: in case it hasn’t been clear all this time, I don’t give a shit what you want. Now get out of my office. I’m on hold with NatWest and I have the customer service rep right where I want them.
Exactly but oh boy are the media gonna really go after us on this one. Will be constantly brought up while he's scoring for Bayern
Who cares? We've operated smartly for once.
Not happening. A lot of teams have money but FFP is a thing.
Nevertheless, what do we do with Hojlund? He isn’t going to be an understudy for 3/4 years while Kane is here. Be realistic.
You mean like we did with FdJ last year? When all of us (fans) were convinced that there is absolutely no way we'd agree a fee with Barcelona if he wasn't open to joining?