So the general opinion on here is the game would be a better place if it were filled with cash hungry mercenaries?
Harry Kane MBE | Performances
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Kane's new contract is £200k (£300k with bonuses), de Bruyne is £280k (both reported). Pogba is supposedly on £200k
De Bruyne is on 280k rising to 346k
Harry Kane is on 200k rising to 288k
You cant just round up to the nearest hundred thousand for Kane and ignore bonuses for De Bruyne.
Yeah let’s just have all the best players join the best clubs forever and ever. Madrid barca Bayern PSG United City just churn out the titles year after year
yay
Hey, I'd be happy for a player to swim against the tide of modern football, I just don't think it's a fair comparison to Shearer. I also doubt he'll show the same loyalty if Spurs haven't won anything in three years' time. You only get one career, and it's not any individual player's fault that the sport is practically a cartel now.
Cash hungry mercenaries are acceptable if they are good at their job and playing for my team. Anyone else is just a cash hungry mercenary
.I’ve said before I agree with that and so would most Spurs fans.
You're clearly not familiar with Raheem Sterling.
That only matters IF Spurs can't continue to sign gems and develop them into top players and IF we can't them keep them. But we've generally been successful in doing both these things in the last few years.
There's no rule that says top players have to be signed for massive fees and the lure of massive wages. And sometimes the alleged "top players" who are signed for massive fees and massive wages turn out to be not quite so "top" after all.
Paying massive wages is not something to be admired of itself. If a club can pay good (but not massive) wages and keep its core players together, then it means that money is released for other purposes (e.g. stadium building in our case).
Wow ambitionless
Good on him. He is staying in his comfort zone and getting paid more,not as much he would have elsewhere but if he finds his hapiness with that, who are we to criticize.
Some players are just like that. It is good I think
Some players are just like that. It is good I think
Well done Spurs. Very good deal for the club and guarantees them a fair fee if they do decide to part company. I'm sure Kane wouldn't want his club to get rolled over in the event he leaves so this kind of suits all parties.
Interesting to see Levy paying top bracket wages. £288k a week is right up there and will certainly impact upon renewals along with any future signings.
Interesting to see Levy paying top bracket wages. £288k a week is right up there and will certainly impact upon renewals along with any future signings.
Ive seen this mentioned on numerous occasions now, do you really think Levy doesn’t know that other top players will want the same pay hike? The reality is, we will have quite an increase on income next season. Levy of all people isn’t going to be risky with wages vs turnover. Yes we will have loans to pay but our commercial (where we really have fallen short) and match day revenue is going to increase substantionally.
I'm sure he's not going to be risky but he's made a name for being tight with the purse strings and shrewd with the cheque book.
Will be intrigued as to how he adapts to dining at the top table.
Kane will go after next season, and Levy has tied him up on a long contract, so he can count the bigger readies when the money rich crew come after him next year. That’s my theory anyway.
You see it as being tight, I see it as working within the income of the club. Yes ENIC are an investment company, but they are an increadably rich investment company, which some people seem to forget. If they were going to invest in the club, prior to any buy out, this would be the time to do it.
That’s been a theory for seasons, it not exactly a lightbulb moment mate.
I didnt say it was. It’s good business from Levy and fair play to him
He could have asked for more. I suppose the length of the contract makes up for it.
To be fair though, Pogba's contract was signed two years ago and only has 3 seasons to go. So theoretically in a year, he will be due a bump up in his wages (either at United or another big club). Also, a striker of Kane's ability would demand more than Pogba if they were both in the same team IMO (this is obviously subjective).
As you say, the key for Spurs is to continue signing gems, developing them and keeping them. The big reason why I see them failing to challenge for the top honours is, right now, they can't plug gaps with ready made top class players - something which United and City can do (and to be fair, seems as if Liverpool are doing this summer). So the way I see it, the next 3-4 seasons are crucial for Spurs in terms of maintaining that Champions League place whilst also keeping the majority of their top players. After this period, I assume they'll have enough cash to start plugging the gaps with players already at the required level?
I hear the contract was originally for Eriksen, but Kane claimed it.
I kind of get his loyalty, he got dumped from Arsenal as a youngster and Spurs picked him up and rather than dumping him when he was falling behind the other kids got him to work on his game/extra training. Paying back that loyalty the club showed in him, and 200k a week, Spurs just have to be in the ball park with wages and they are now compared to their 100k wage cap they were functioning under.
You will still have those mercenary players who will want more money. But for others, provided CL is available, being in the ball park wage wise will be sufficient.
You will still have those mercenary players who will want more money. But for others, provided CL is available, being in the ball park wage wise will be sufficient.
Good thing five other people didn't already make this tired joke in this thread.
Excellent.Good thing five other people didn't already make this tired joke in this thread.
Good for Kane and good for Spurs. He seems to love his club. No matter what he chose he can't win; if he stays he has no ambition if he leaves then he's a mercenary like everyone else who wants money/trophies.
Meh
Lukaku will outscore him next season anyway
Lukaku will outscore him next season anyway
What a loser. No ambition or whatsoever. Perfect match for Spurs.
Am I the only United fan here who rates Spurs? People talk them down like they're West Brom. They've been consistently decent these past years. A lucky run here and there might have them win something and who knows, spur them on to great things.
Great bit of business for Spurs and Kane
I don't really see the major need for him to move tbh like others seem to think
Spurs are different to what they were several years ago, they are now consistently competing in the CL, they have a brand new state of the art Stadium being completed, more money etc
Kane is only 24 years old
he's at the Club he loves, he's doubling his money, well with bonuses probably nearly tripling his money by all accounts with this new contract
even if he stays for another 2 years and spurs still aren't winning trophies, he'll only be 26, he then might start to look at other options then, who knows
Spurs is a Club imo still on the up, and Kane wants in
time will tell how much Spurs will rise
I don't really see the major need for him to move tbh like others seem to think
Spurs are different to what they were several years ago, they are now consistently competing in the CL, they have a brand new state of the art Stadium being completed, more money etc
Kane is only 24 years old
he's at the Club he loves, he's doubling his money, well with bonuses probably nearly tripling his money by all accounts with this new contract
even if he stays for another 2 years and spurs still aren't winning trophies, he'll only be 26, he then might start to look at other options then, who knows
Spurs is a Club imo still on the up, and Kane wants in
time will tell how much Spurs will rise
Good news for the PL, Spurs and also England.
He’s got a couple years extension and doubled his wage, which was definitely deserved.
Can definitely see him spending his career at Spurs, despite the lack of trophies, but to break all records and become a club legend. I’m sure they’ll win something down the years but he could easily give it all up to move to almost guarantee more trophies throughout his career.
He’s got a couple years extension and doubled his wage, which was definitely deserved.
Can definitely see him spending his career at Spurs, despite the lack of trophies, but to break all records and become a club legend. I’m sure they’ll win something down the years but he could easily give it all up to move to almost guarantee more trophies throughout his career.
Its not as simple as seeing how it goes for 2yrs and then making a call. A 6yr contract at a PL club which is flush with money means he's pretty much pricing himself out of a move.
he is living his dream. I wont knock him for that
I'm sure if PSG, Barca or Real wanted to splash huge amounts on Kane in a few years time, I'm sure they could manage it
Even if it was pricing him out of a move, Spurs have secured him (great business move), and clearly Kane is happy with that
It's all part of the wishful-thinking narrative that's been running on here for several years: impending exodus of star players, the manager won't stay, impending financial dire straits from spending on the new stadium, the big-spend of other clubs will either knock us out of the top 4 or give us no chance of reaching top 4 etc.
6 years is a bit too much and restricts himself from having more room to manoeuvr but maybe he truly loves it and wants to finish his career there ?
On top of performances it's a great deal for Spurs because Kane is probably the most marketable English player right now. Securing him should make sponsor deals easier to find etc.