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According to Miguel Delaney, Jose wants him for us.

Lots of hypotheticals in there and it's a no brainer conclusion to draw that him or Lukaku would be the guys we'd be after but as his previous thread is closed, I thought I'd put this out there ahead of the endless summer links.

 
Meeh. He's a one season wonder and hyped up only because he's English, we'd be better of going for someone like Luciano Vietto or Carlos Bacca.
 
Delaney is an idiot, but i would take Harry. But without CL football and Spurs doing well, i have my doubts. Hope we dont spend the whole summer chasing him.
 
the hea said:
Meeh. He's a one season wonder and hyped up only because he's English, we'd be better of going for someone like Luciano Vietto or Carlos Bacca.
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One season wonder? He's joint-topscorer in the PL now with 19 goals, after netting 21 goals last season.
 
the hea said:
Meeh. He's a one season wonder and hyped up only because he's English, we'd be better of going for someone like Luciano Vietto or Carlos Bacca.
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Yeah, Vietto who is behind Torres in the pecking order is much better than "one season wonder" who scorer over 20 goals two seasons running in PL. You'll read everything here.
 
Kane is an English PL-proven goalscorer and in his early 20s. No-brainer for me.
 
Hope he'll go back for Griezmann and keep on nurturing Martial as the CF. Kane is definitely a good potential acquisition but he's pricey and we have very promising young strikers of our own.
 
InfiniteBoredom said:
Hope he'll go back for Griezmann and keep on nurturing Martial as the CF. Kane is definitely a good potential acquisition but he's pricey and we have very promising young strikers of our own.
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Do not want griezmann, Kane would be the perfect fit for Jose and I think would hit the ground running for us, especially as he bagged 40 goals already in post two prem campaigns
 
No chance we'll get him. Spurs are better than us and in the Champions League next season. Last summer was our best chance.
 
SirBobbysCombover said:
Do not want griezmann, Kane would be the perfect fit for Jose and I think would hit the ground running for us, especially as he bagged 40 goals already in post two prem campaigns
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What do you do with Martial then? He's had as good a first season as Rooney's. I'm don't think shoving him into the wing to make room for Kane is all that appealing.
 
We should be able to get Kane, but maybe not this summer - infact, definitely not this summer because Tottenham will be riding the crest of a wave, and giving it large because the were in the oh so close 'title race', only to be denied by Leicester. The perfect time to target him would be 2017 or 2018 - by then the Tottenham bubble would have burst in all likelihood (Pochettino has been repeatedly linked with Real Madrid - once he goes, they're unlikely to recruit a manager of similar class, especially when the top teams are strengthened), and hopefully - Mourinho would have re-established United as a top club. The new broadcasting deal will make it harder for us to extract marquee English players from top-ish clubs, but if the projected on field success (hypothetical, of course) makes us an enticing destination once more (particularly for British players) - we could then roll out the carpets for the likes of Kane with some gumption.

As things stand, we have to sort out a lot of things in the coming transfer window (and that takes priority rather than chasing Kane), and engaging in protracted negotiations/ mud slinging tactics with Levy would be unwise because he'll either tell us to **** off, or string us along for the whole summer in a manner not too dissimilar to the way wasted Madrid's time last time around for De Gea. Sort the midfield and defense, get some pieces for the attack, and then add some cherries on top - in the form of Kane or Dybala or Griezmann (also unlikely to move this summer) or *insert muppet target - what have you. Right now, transfers of that magnitude might be a season too soon, and I have no confidence in our ability to pull 'em off to be honest. And it'll probably take a near world record deal to sign Kane too - given that Sterling was signed for £49 million, and Kane is a more proven player on a semi-lucrative long term contract.

That said, maybe Mourinho can launch the pre-emptive charm offensive starting this summer, and legally tap him up - like he did with certain players in the past (or like Madrid did with Bale), with one eye on his second season at United - when he would (presumably) launch the bid. Or, this is all guff created the media to generate clicks - can't discount that possibility either.
 
InfiniteBoredom said:
What do you do with Martial then? He's had as good a first season as Rooney's. I'm don't think shoving him into the wing to make room for Kane is all that appealing.
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You rotate/play them together. We used to always have 3-4 top strikers playing for us. Getting rid of Rooney would make it even easier.
 
NoLogo said:
No brainer for sure. But will he join us without CL football? I guess in case of this transfer it's more the question if we can, not should, get him.
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Did Ribery joined Bayern without CL?
 
We'd have to properly bin Rooney if he wants Kane. I don't think they'd work together at all and even if they did, I don't want to watch another pair of slugs as the #10 and #9.
 
May as well go after Neymar and Messi, similar likelihood of obtaining the target. He's loving it at Spurs, they are better than us and can afford to keep him.
 
VorZakone said:
Kane is an English PL-proven goalscorer and in his early 20s. No-brainer for me.
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Totally agree, but he'd have to leave Champions League football at a club on the up that he seems to love. Decision's a no-brainer for him too.

Lukaku is a more realistic option.
 
Invictus said:
.... The perfect time to target him would be 2017 or 2018 - by then the Tottenham bubble would have burst in all likelihood ...
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In 2018 our new stadium will be opening its doors to football ... sounds more like the start of further progress than any bubble bursting.
 
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Sarni said:
May as well go after Neymar and Messi, similar likelihood of obtaining the target. He's loving it at Spurs, they are better than us and can afford to keep him.
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Yeah, ant it would have to be a pretty hefty fee and paycheck to entice him away from Champions League footy.
 
This rumor is a more fiction than reality. Their is little chance that Kane will come to United when we do not have champion league and Spurs does.

Lukaku is more realistic and attainable. I see that happening moreso than Kane. However, I expect Everton will try to swindle us for a large sum of money.
 
Raoul said:
As in, we could do a hell of a lot better.
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Like who? Dembele is certainly very young and there is always the possibility of not translating his talents into the league very quickly, but he has already surpassed Martial statistically, being the main man at a weaker side in Rennes who he is doing well to propel into a potential european tournament next season. I haven't thought much of Kane in the past but it's clear the boy can score goals, and this is in a market where there isn't many alternatives at his age with such tallies at all.

I'm all for better alternates but there's no point spending another year dreamchasing pipeline options.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Like who? Dembele is certainly very young and there is always the possibility of not translating his talents into the league very quickly, but he has already surpassed Martial statistically, being the main man at a weaker side in Rennes who he is doing well to propel into a potential european tournament next season. I haven't thought much of Kane in the past but it's clear the boy can score goals, and this is in a market where there isn't many alternatives at his age with such tallies at all.

I'm all for better alternates but there's no point spending another year dreamchasing pipeline options.
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In terms of attackers, i'm not really interested in young and lernin types any more. Only established world class players from now on.
 
Raoul said:
In trms of attackers, i'm not really interested in young and lernin types any more. Only established world class players from now on.
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Yes of course - but who? If we can't get 'established world class' I'd happily have us punting on the Sane's and Dembele's of the world.
 
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