Harry Kane | "I will be staying at Tottenham this summer and will be 100% focused on helping the team achieve success."

The City offer is almost certainly true and rumours are Kane knew he would join City for a while... Only way the deal gets done within current financial constraints will indeed be Kane coming out and putting whatever agreement he has with Levy in public slamming Levy and Spurs, saying Levy isn't honoring the deal etc.

Could get ugly which is maybe partly why he's not playing too well at Euros. If Kane wants a shot at the biggest trophies he doesn't have much choice.
Spurs would be mad to turn down 120m plus whatever scraps from city are willing to join them. You can do a lot of damage with that money in this market. They need a rebuild - they’re achieving feck all with Kane anyway as we’ve seen.
 
So have I got this right:

- Kane signed a new contract a few years back but made a gentleman's agreement with Levy that he would not stop him from leaving at a later stage even if there's many years left in the contract.
- A few years passed and Kane is finally ready to leave.
- Levy demands a ridiculous amount of money, hence essentially blocking Kane from leaving.
- Kane is soon 28 years old and has 3 years left on his contract. He's therefore understandably terrified that his time as a footballer is running out as he wants to be the main man of a team that wins big trophies.
 
If the offer is 85 rising to 100, plus the opportunity to buy Jesus, Sterling or Laporte id tell City to feck right off. Like saying heres 100m now spend it on our squad.
Jesus is shite. Sterling is not as good as Son. Laporte id take

See how much they really want Kane. If i was levy id say 120m, no add ons, plus a player.
 
Smart money still has to be on him starting the season at Tottenham.

Levy never lets a player out of his club for anything less than an astronomical fee, and £100m won't cut it.

If Kane thinks his "gentleman's agreement" is worth anything, he's even less smart than anyone thought.
 
Only in May this year, Guardiola said ‘The club could not spend £100m on one player for financial reasons’. Not sure anyone believes a word that falls out of his mouth anymore. Levy will do a deal for £130m but £100m will be the published fee for UEFA’s benefit.

No-one ever did believe him mate.
Same as when Klopp said similar sh"te before going mad on the keeper and Van Dyke.
 
Pep has proven to be a very flexible coach. Remember people saying Aguero wasn't his type of striker either.

Aguero that he clearly didn't fancy at first, never seemed 100% keen on, and has just binned off?
Not like he's finished either, going to Barcelona in the summer!
 
Strike time then..? Hard to get out any other way.

Or more like he should sack his agent.. Totally moronic to enter in to a gentleman's agreement with Levy. Get a release clause in the contract or refuse to sign it. WTF were they smoking?

Didn't Suarez have a release clause in his contract, and even then Liverpool somehow skanked out of allowing it?
 
I'm not surprised 100m has been turned down but I do wonder what the magic number is, 150? 200?
 
Didn't Suarez have a release clause in his contract, and even then Liverpool somehow skanked out of allowing it?

Yes, because need to go to court to enforce it. Suarez didn't really want go to Arsenal so no need to kick up a fuss.
 
Yes, because need to go to court to enforce it. Suarez didn't really want go to Arsenal so no need to kick up a fuss.

But if it's in a contract how hard can it be to enforce?
But yes, you're correct on the second bit.
 
I'm not surprised 100m has been turned down but I do wonder what the magic number is, 150? 200?

It's Levy, so 150m probably.

Which would be true insanity, for a player who can have a 3month ankle lay off at any point.
 
Smart money still has to be on him starting the season at Tottenham.

Levy never lets a player out of his club for anything less than an astronomical fee, and £100m won't cut it.

If Kane thinks his "gentleman's agreement" is worth anything, he's even less smart than anyone thought.
City away at Spurs.
 
Yeah that was a ridiculous contract to sign.

He'll have to kick up a stink if this offer is true won't he? Flipping tables, wrecking Levy's office, refusing to play, claiming he's a slave...

Levy will hold out as long as possible, but the truth is, Spurs are in dire financial trouble and they need to sell Kane so i'd say Man City offering £100m would be a take it or leave it deal, no one else realistically can or will offer that much in this climate currently, not Us nor Chelsea.

I can see £110m being realistic, but Levy for sure will put his own ego ahead of anything else, including doing a deal after Spurs play City.
 


Wouldn't believe a word coming out of Peps mouth even if I were his father :lol:


I remember the days when José was the chequebook manager and Pepe was ‘the maker of stars’!!! How many years has he had to mould Sterling in to one of the most feared wide forwards in the world?
 
They can have Kanye. He’ll be done by 30 I suspect. We need to get Haaland though, far better suited to whatever it is we are trying to do.
 
United have too many broken parts in our first team for me to feel comfortable spunking over £ 100 million on one player. City are practically the finished article (similar to the Liverpool team of the 90's). They only need to add 1 player a season to maintain dominance.
 
United have too many broken parts in our first team for me to feel comfortable spunking over £ 100 million on one player. City are practically the finished article (similar to the Liverpool team of the 90's). They only need to add 1 player a season to maintain dominance.

But that appears to be United’s ethos in general. We seem to constantly be looking for the player who will ‘elevate us’ and win us the league. I put this down to Cantona, and we have been chasing it ever since.
 
Can't decide if I want him to flop at this Euros so his value drop but it is almost certain he will go to City so I'd rather they pay a ridiculous fee for him.
Regardless if he has a bad Euros, Levy will play hardball on this, no way he goes for less that €115million.