Like they did last time you mean?
Like they did last time you mean?
This is the kind of thing that's easy to say as a football fan, but these are huge amounts of money we're talking about here. If Levy was to turn down £70m odd for Kane in the summer for the sake of one season, that's not necessarily the best decision for the football club if Kane does run his contract down.
You’re just kicking the can down the road. At least you’re armed with a fee to find a replacement this summer.
Spurs might have a little bit of power but it more or less relies on them bullying Kane into thinking his only way of getting the Premier League goalscoring record is through staying with them.
If you're having difficulty replacing him this season for £100m, how on earth would you plan to replace him for nothing next season? There's no eventuality where Kane leaving for free is the best outcome for Spurs.
We would be sitting mid-table at best with no chance of top 4 without Kane this season.
£120m is obviously way too much. However £40-50m is obviously too little.
I’m not sure about that. Who knows what other attacker you would have bought and you aren’t far off mid table points wise as it is.
Kane is sitting on 20 league goals in 27 appearances - name me one attacker who we could have realistically bought who could come close to matching that output. As a team we have only managed 49 goals and he has scored 20 of them!
And which regular trophy-winning team is going to buy him? Not City, not Arsenal, not Liverpool, not Chelsea. Yeah, he could go abroad but he probably won't. He wants the PL top scorer record, so realistically he either stays put or comes to us. If we don't qualify for CL and Spurs do, he might well stay there.
Yeah that's a good point and you can be sure that Levy learnt from that experience - most of that cash was wasted.
How is losing out on, let's say 80m, better?
By having Kane for another season?
To pad his stats? You aren't getting top 4 with Chelsea and Liverpool coming back.
I think you’re not realising this situation isn’t great for Levy regardless of his stingyness. You’ve not been in a situation before where you’ve a 30yr old Kane with only 1 year left on his contract. Levy’s golden goose ain’t as strong as it used to be.Like they did last time you mean?
And having Kane for nearly a decade while regarded as one of the best strikers ever in the prem, you’ve not come close to winning anything either. It suggests maybe it’s best to try a new direction.
I’d rather go for someone else than wait till 2024. Otherwise it means us wasting another season next season on a makeshift striker. Also, the likes of Osimhen (who will probably go this summer anyway), Sesko and Ramos will all be a year older and more experienced. Kane would be 32 in his first game for us if we wait till summer 24.
My main concern is we need to resolve the striker issue this summer otherwise it’s another season wasted as we won’t challenge for a title with what we have or a makeshift one.
If that is worth 80m to you, then yes, it's better.
Well, £120m was just an example, it would be whatever the maximum we are willing to pay. At the end of the day it would have to be high enough to tempt them though.
That's lunacy
I don’t think he is the problem for them. But he is not the solution either. His prime days will be sooner than later behind him. They need to think for the future. You sell your car when it’s still worth some money.
I wish you chose a smaller, more reasonable example... It's frightening that it's even being considered by some... The sum is eye-watering
If Kane tells Levy that he wants to go to a specific club and he thinks say £50m is a price spurs should accept, otherwise he's going on a free transfer next year, then Levy will have to make that choice...
