Kane would see us ten points better off this year. So he really is.
Incredibly underrated.
Not saying I’d pay £100m for him instead of £150m for Osimhen. But I probably would.
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Kane would see us ten points better off this year. So he really is.
Incredibly underrated.
Not saying I’d pay £100m for him instead of £150m for Osimhen. But I probably would.
I think hes closer to about 60m.
Always the overreact to strikers doing well in weaker leagues. I do not see how serie A is better than Bundesliga, they are a similar level.
Osimhen? He's not going to be for sale for anything less than around 120m in my opinion.
My hang up with Kane is that we've already got a fairly old spine, adding Kane to that would mean potentially needing to replace a lot of our key players over the course of 1 or 2 seasons. I think when splashing that sort of money, we need to know we're going to get a good few years of service.
It's not the 2000's anymore. There are countless examples of elite players playing at a top level deep into their mid 30's currently and as far as I know most of our "old spine" is still in their early 30's.
Osimhen is also doing great in the CL. And a player doing well in the Bundesliga doesn't mean they can't translate it over. Some do, some don't. We've had some bad luck. City have had some great luck with it (de Bruyne, Gundogan, sane, etc). Saying "oh weaker league" is pointless as that applies to every league. You look at the player. A striker that has the abilities that Osimhen has is incredibly rare right now. Darwin Nunez just went for 100m on the back of 1 good season, and while he's a bit of a meme, he does also have bit of a ridiculous underlying output and I don't think Liverpool will regret that purchase.
Yeah I agree. Just looking at 1-3 years, then I think he'd be fine. Past that, Kane, casemiro, Varane, Bruno will all need replacements.
Then we'll go and get replacements. We won't be owned by the Glazers, remember.
We're probably going to sign a younger backup to Varane this summer to replace Maguire. We can slowly develop younger players into these roles too (Mainoo, Amad etc).
This is a crucial signing. Whoever we get has to be as close to a sure thing as possible. Bring him in.
Kane scores silly amounts of goals for a frankly pathetic football team.
Just think about that and what he'd do in a half decent side. But it's also a case of whether we want to become genuine title challenges tomorrow, or play the long game.
Just think about that and what he'd do in a half decent side. But it's also a case of whether we want to become genuine title challenges tomorrow, or play the long game.
There is two things here.
Become a great goal scorer or becoming a great in the game.
I think Kane is motivated by becoming a great goal scorer and doesn't really care that much about trophies.
Staying at Spurs has highlighted that point even more.
What if he was offer the opportunity to do both and win trophies?
Imagine we'd some how signed him last summer. He'd be looking at a very real chance of 3 trophies, possibly even more given how many goals he'd have scored.
Obviously there was not sign of this happening, I'm just putting a scenario out there.
Let's use hypothetical is anyone worried if Kane goes to Chelsea or another rival ? But the same can't be said for Osimhen.
Kane offers the upside of scoring 20+ goals but he has the ultimate downside as ticking time bomb for redundancy and decline. Osimhen has the upside of longevity and being a prolific goalscorer with the downside of not hitting the ground running. Sanctioning 100 million GBP for a player who will be going on 31 by the time he's acquired is lunacy.
Kane offers the upside of scoring 20+ goals but he has the ultimate downside as ticking time bomb for redundancy and decline. Osimhen has the upside of longevity and being a prolific goalscorer with the downside of not hitting the ground running. Sanctioning 100 million GBP for a player who will be going on 31 by the time he's acquired is lunacy.
Just imagine the chances Wout gets every game, or could get to if his ankles weren't strapped to bowling balls. Kane could probably score at least a goal a game.
Meh, £100 million is the new £24million.
I really don't think 100 mil for Kane is that crazy
Bale, Berbatov, Carrick, Modric, Walker all before him knew what Spurs are and as soon as they realised they could play for teams competing for trophies, they went. Kane signed a 6 year deal instead.
Kane is a great front man -no doubts.
For the right price its a no brainer - however his age has to be considered.
For the right price its a no brainer - however his age has to be considered.
Spurs are that bad Kane has to basically do the work of the playmaker and striker at the same time. The guy is a ridiculously good footballer far beyond anything we have had in the striking department since van Persie.
He'd quite possibly be out first 30+ goalscorer in the league for years. He'd make us title challenges because in those games were the margins are tight... He'd be the difference.
Surely everyone can see this?
However, there is a valid argument over his age and it's something the club needs to consider. The counter to that is simple for me. Better to get that winning mentality immediately, than to plan ahead for it. We can add those young, hungry players full of potential elsewhere but adding someone of Kane's caliber, in the league he's regarded as one of the best ever strikers... If we can do it, it has to be done.
Fair. But with Kane, he's a Tottenham fan as well. The others to my knowledge weren't. I'd imagine Modric hadn't even heard of Tottenham prior to his agent mentioning they wanted to buy him
Our old spine will be Varane, Bruno, Casemiro, De Gea and Kane. We're not stuck with them. They can be replaced as the seasons go by
Those players also weren’t there when Spurs had had an 86 point season and reached the CL final.
I think it was reasonable that Kane re-signed when he did. It genuinely looked like Spurs could kick on. The mistake was not giving himself a formal exit clause but instead relying on a “gentleman’s agreement” he thought he had with Levy. If he had left in 2021, as he’d planned, I don’t think anyone would have felt that was overly poor career planning.
Nunez is a perfect example of wasted money, he's clearly not good enough for a club competing for trophies.
No need to look far. We have a number of examples at our club
Agreed and we need to increase our standards.
Fair. But with Kane, he's a Tottenham fan as well. The others to my knowledge weren't. I'd imagine Modric hadn't even heard of Tottenham prior to his agent mentioning they wanted to buy him
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I agree. But it's between Kane and osimhen for me, and i think Osimhen is a better bet. If Kane comes, we still really rely on Rashford. Still the only one who can make runs in behind. If we get Osimhen, then you kind of always have 2 guys who can do that role. Osimhen is a very complete striker, he's not a drop deep striker but he's a beast going forward. We're kind of covered with any single injury in that case, which I think has more value over a season.
I'm not sure how true this is but I'm happy to roll with it. It's like how Gerrard will never not be a die hard Toffee.
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I’m not to sure either to be honest
I just know about that picture of him in an Arsenal kit.
But for Osimhen money (120-150), we could get Kane, Evan Ferguson and Sesko. Having the two youngsters learn from Kane for the next few years, they will become elite strikers in their own right. Osimhen looks a real handful, great in pressing, unbelievable in the air, but his touch and linkup play look very mediocre, and arguably the Italian league is easier. I think training the two teenagers in the right way, they could become superstars, and together with the other attacking players (Rashford & Garnacho LW, Antony & Greenwood RW, Fernandes & Sancho #10) gives us amazing strength in depth. The only other players I would be tempted by are Mbappe, Musiala, and some Norwegian bloke, but that would just be greedy. (We could sell Elanga and Amad, and probably Pellistri as well).
What logic are we getting sesko and Evan Ferguson? Brighton is pricing Caicedo at 80m if not more. Ferguson is a promising young striker. They would demand a stupid price as is their right. Sesko is agreed for Leipzig this summer already. Salzburg wanted 50m. Leipzig will want 50m if not more, and besides he is just joining them in a few months.
Also what the feck is Greenwood doing on your list? He should never play for the club.
That subject is off limits on this forum (though I really see no reason why it should be at this point.)
I hesitate to go there, but he only turns 30 at the end of July....
Would be delighted with either Kane or Osimhen and maybe offer Martial as part of the deal.
Kane's mentality must be questioned at crucial moments
50m = Yes
100M = Absolutely no
50m = Yes
100M = Absolutely no
Arbitrary number 1 = Yes
Arbitrary number 2 = Absolutely no
Are you a multi billionaire Sheikh in disguise?
Says the poster flippant about spending £50m