Harry Kane | Bayern Munich player
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You are completely fine not speaking any German in Munich and Berlin. You would hard pressed to find people who won’t have decent English in Munich. Like unicorns, they exist, but they are rare.
The correct way would have been to speak English but with a questionable German accent.
Nein.
well playedThere are breakfast places in Berlin where you have to order in English since the staff doesn’t speak German. One of the things I like about the city.
Of course, but a big stretch all the same. Sure you’ve got International Schools, but young kids development depends on being able to play and make friends with other kids from their own country. Not saying Harry has made the wrong move, as I think it is perfect for him and he will do a great job for you - but his kids education and development must have been a part of his decision making. I’ve no doubt you will look after him and his family. Munich is a very clean City and the Interweb always works - fabulous place to be apart from the occasional winter.
there's always that of course. on the bonus side, he doesnt have to play for United, either (and he gets to wear Lederhosn!!!!1!)
Of course we dont teach english in schools, we teach gothic. With runes and everything, you should join its fun. he's going to live in Grünwald and take it from me, no bavarians there, at all, only newly-rich, i'm actually surprised his ex-royal highness and the duchess of sussex don't have at least a temporary residence. we do also have a dynasty which has ruled from 1180.With members still alive though sadly not in power any more (albeit either in an unappropriate relationship, spending their time brewing beer -at least!!!- or driving racing cars, how quaint).
I hear you can't get a job selling haut coture clothing (/yeah we wear those while brushing our feces down to our neighbors after we shat in the streets) in the posh places any more unless you speak russian or chinese (just like in london)
On the other hand, we have Microsoft, Amazon and Google EU headquarters in town. Some of their top executives may both live there and speak ze englisch languitsch. Cockney may be in short supply though.
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Even in Lidl in Berlin they speak some passable English. Can't say that for the average kebab or kofte joint though.There are breakfast places in Berlin where you have to order in English since the staff doesn’t speak German. One of the things I like about the city.
All power and respect to Kane for being a family man but I'm not sure where all the concern about his accomodations come from ? Players moving around with a family must be fairly common.
I like how this thread has morphed into a London vs Munich thread as if they re not both shite cities to live in.
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You obviously lived in London, but not in. Munich
This is a load of bollix when it comes to munich. The whole place speaks english. Been there about 11 or 12 times for munich games from ireland. never have had an issue. Berlin or others may be like that . Munich is not. Most germans speak english anyway. Wont be an issue
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Berlin is probably even more international than Munich, no need to know any German.
If you are not a boring robot German, Munich is such a boring city. Except those two weeks at the end of September.You obviously lived in London, but not in. Munich
He's got himself a prestigious club to play for where he can challenge himself with something new, fair play to him.
Yes the German League isn't anything to shout about, unless you happen to beat Bayern to the title, but it's not quite the French or Scottish leagues.
Let's face it, Kane's only option of staying in the premier league was by staying at Spurs. There was no offer from Spain or Italy, and Bayern are offering a lucrative contract. He could have stayed with Spurs till next summer, but that's always risky, what if he had an injury that kept him out for a significant period towards the end of the season? There's also a chance no one in England would be interested in an expensive deal for a 31 year old given free transfers just mean you pay the transfer fee to the player instead. City don't need him, he might not have wanted to go Chelsea or Arsenal, and maybe we've let him know we're planning a different course after years of taking strikers at the tail end of their careers, or adopting a system that he doesn't suit.
TLDR; it was a choice between Bayern and possibly finishing his career at Spurs. He's right to take what's in front of him now.
Yes the German League isn't anything to shout about, unless you happen to beat Bayern to the title, but it's not quite the French or Scottish leagues.
Let's face it, Kane's only option of staying in the premier league was by staying at Spurs. There was no offer from Spain or Italy, and Bayern are offering a lucrative contract. He could have stayed with Spurs till next summer, but that's always risky, what if he had an injury that kept him out for a significant period towards the end of the season? There's also a chance no one in England would be interested in an expensive deal for a 31 year old given free transfers just mean you pay the transfer fee to the player instead. City don't need him, he might not have wanted to go Chelsea or Arsenal, and maybe we've let him know we're planning a different course after years of taking strikers at the tail end of their careers, or adopting a system that he doesn't suit.
TLDR; it was a choice between Bayern and possibly finishing his career at Spurs. He's right to take what's in front of him now.
All big English clubs except City would have gone for him given the chance. But all of them are worse than Bayern, so it makes sense for him to choose the club which gives him the highest chance of winning UCL (and by extension Ballon D’Or) while guaranteeing a few league titles.
We have a british international school, too. There the English quota will be higher...
https://www.stgeorgesschool.com/
Munich, 1 a.m.
Well, if I had a choice, Germany would be one of the last in the biggest countries in Europe I would like to live in. They are no fun, they don’t know how to live, unlike the Spanish and Italian people.
Mediteranean countries are the best, no matter who is the richest or not. People know how to live there. It’s an art.
France is alright too if you are in a big city, but not as good as Spain for sure.
Don’t takeme wrong. I visited Germany few times. And I enjoyed it. It’s nice. It’s clean. There is a lot of interesting stuff in most cities Inhave been in. But it’s not really fun.
Copy-pasting my standard explanation whenever this comes up, because I think football gamblers deserve to know what they're into and the vast majority don't.
This isn't how betting works. But don't worry: almost everyone goes through a phase of believing that bookies win by being better at predicting events than the punters. Hell, most people never get out of that phase -- even the most frequent football gamblers I know in real life don't really understand how gambling works. Expert opinion and predictive modelling have nothing to do with the odds. In fact, those things don't matter at all on the bookmakers' side[1]. Bookies have no special insight into anything because they don't predict anything: the prices are set by supply and demand. The more people bet on an outcome, the lower they set the price for that outcome, and vice-versa. It renders odds nothing more than a giant popularity contest.
You could argue that there's a sort of crowdsourced wisdom going on in the results of that process. But then imagine the average punter: he's far from an expert gambler or an expert on the subject on which he's betting. This all leads to prices that very poorly reflect the actual probabilities of the outcomes. Any genuine expertise is drowned out by the sheer volume of casuals, weekend warriors, random-chancers, and so on. (Incidentally, understanding this fact is how "professional" gamblers and true expert analysts play the game: they don't bet on the events they think will occur; they bet solely on the events that they think are significantly more likely to occur than their current price suggests.)
As well as the supply and demand shit, there's a load of money-grubbing maths involved, all of which is now done programmatically by computers, They put a bunch of variables into a formula, including the odds and the amount of money on each outcome, and their proprietary ML-driven algorithms spit out odds recommendations that ensure they make money no matter what. It's called an overround and it's how the house almost always wins[2] (it's similar to the zero on a standard roulette table: they offer you odds of 1:36 when the actual odds are 1:37, slowly resulting in inevitable losses for everyone over time). Sneaky house edges are why I have no interest in gambling.
[1] They may use predictive models up to a point, to try to refine their overround priorities, train their AI models, and generally get more accurate internal info (e.g. how to set initial prices), but a bettor is never going head to head with the bookies' predictions.
[2] I say "almost" because unlike a roulette table, real world events, the cumulative patterns of wildly different bettors, and the algorithmic mathematics involved are too complex to guarantee that they make money, even with a massive overround. When the system fails, you get those glorious stories of bookies losing stacks. Unfortunately, as I'm sure most gamblers know, the cnuts aren't even legally obliged to pay out -- at least not in the UK.
Kids are not as dumb as adults usually. They will have friends everywhere even if they don’t speak their langage. Kids will just play with each other and understand each other without needing the langage. Then, if they stay few months, they will learn the langage of their friends very easily.
Humans are humans, they are not restrained by the country they live in. Kids are very adaptable.
it should be more difficult for Kane ´s wife.
Also I'm super-excited to see Kane play for Bayern. I've been looking forward to his big move ever since Spurs started going downhill almost immediately after Kane signed most of his peak away (I was gutted when I first heard about that contract). Even as a club neutral, I did hope his big switch would be within the PL - I am an Englishman and patriot, ultimately - but PL clubs didn't move hard or fast enough for whatever reason (even though it was obvious that when Kane became available, some big, big clubs would come knocking -- as they did). But Kane and Bayern are a good fit, worthy of each other. And I think Kane is one of maybe two or three players in the world who could fill Lewa's boots.
Munich is full of people from the Mediteranean cuntries...
Spurs will be much better off without Levy. He’s compromised the quality of the league with his small time bullshit.
Thanks for this.
Copy-pasting my standard explanation whenever this comes up, because I think football gamblers deserve to know what they're into and the vast majority don't.
This isn't how betting works. But don't worry: almost everyone goes through a phase of believing that bookies win by being better at predicting events than the punters. Hell, most people never get out of that phase -- even the most frequent football gamblers I know in real life don't really understand how gambling works. Expert opinion and predictive modelling have nothing to do with the odds. In fact, those things don't matter at all on the bookmakers' side[1]. Bookies have no special insight into anything because they don't predict anything: the prices are set by supply and demand. The more people bet on an outcome, the lower they set the price for that outcome, and vice-versa. It renders odds nothing more than a giant popularity contest.
You could argue that there's a sort of crowdsourced wisdom going on in the results of that process. But then imagine the average punter: he's far from an expert gambler or an expert on the subject on which he's betting. This all leads to prices that very poorly reflect the actual probabilities of the outcomes. Any genuine expertise is drowned out by the sheer volume of casuals, weekend warriors, random-chancers, and so on. (Incidentally, understanding this fact is how "professional" gamblers and true expert analysts play the game: they don't bet on the events they think will occur; they bet solely on the events that they think are significantly more likely to occur than their current price suggests.)
As well as the supply and demand shit, there's a load of money-grubbing maths involved, all of which is now done programmatically by computers, They put a bunch of variables into a formula, including the odds and the amount of money on each outcome, and their proprietary ML-driven algorithms spit out odds recommendations that ensure they make money no matter what. It's called an overround and it's how the house almost always wins[2] (it's similar to the zero on a standard roulette table: they offer you odds of 1:36 when the actual odds are 1:37, slowly resulting in inevitable losses for everyone over time). Sneaky house edges are why I have no interest in gambling.
[1] They may use predictive models up to a point, to try to refine their overround priorities, train their AI models, and generally get more accurate internal info (e.g. how to set initial prices), but a bettor is never going head to head with the bookies' predictions.
[2] I say "almost" because unlike a roulette table, real world events, the cumulative patterns of wildly different bettors, and the algorithmic mathematics involved are too complex to guarantee that they make money, even with a massive overround. When the system fails, you get those glorious stories of bookies losing stacks. Unfortunately, as I'm sure most gamblers know, the cnuts aren't even legally obliged to pay out -- at least not in the UK.
I think it's going to be a loss to the league not having Kane here, but at least it will provide a bulwark against City repeating the CL.
I wish I could like your post, but in lieu of that: thanks, mate.
So what, are they doing a nice nap from 4 to 6 to then go out from 10 ?
Are you telling me living in Munich is the same as living in Barcelona ?
agree
He was never going to get Jimmy Greaves’ record anyway and having to live with Levy since the City thing, I don’t blame him for getting out of such a toxic atmosphere.
Is the initial transfer fee only £86m?
Please say you aren't gonna follow this up with why didn't we just pay the extra £14m
I'm surprised he's gone to Bayern. Never thought he'd leave England as he doesn't come across as the cosmopolitan type. Nevertheless, I hope he keeps an open mind and enjoy the fantastic city of Munich. Plus he's going to a great club and will win trophies.
No it wasn't that Utd didn't move fast enough at all,more to do with zero encouragement from his camp. Levy would have demanded around £120m for him, oh and the fact we had other issues to address too is another reason we walked
I won't say that no, but are there any official statements about Levy's claim of not selling him to a direct Premier League rival, or is it just something we are all repeating with nothing to prove it.
I think you might've read into a subtext that wasn't there. I wasn't calling out United. I just thought it was a shame that not a single one of the PL's huge clubs could engineer a move for him.
Who the hell knows what really goes in the background? In the last week alone, the media first reported that Kane was leaning towards staying at Spurs (even though it made no sense in terms of the events we know happened, like the meeting between Kane and Tuchel) AND then that Levy had screwed Poste over by leaving the transfer so late (when it turns out he's been planning for it all summer). The football media is so unreliable that we really know extremely little (and they can make up what they want because football is trivial enough that they aren't given responsibilities to correct or retract dodgy stories).