Old Trafford exploding into "Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane" after he bangs one in is worth a lot of money in my book, but then again I just really like Bob Dylan.
Harry Kane
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He isn't worth listening to. He doesn't get access to the same sort of people that James Ducker and particularly Matt Lawton do as members of the press.
Lacazette would be ideal...maybe even Benteke. We miss that powerful forward type.
As real as the yearly Cavani, and Ronaldo to united stories
eh?
Nothing wrong with showing some interest and starting to unsettle the player. If he has a second good season then we can start getting serious. A good young English striker at United? Sounds good.
And if he really keeps improving he is not staying at Spurs after all. And usually I am not one of those who thinks players at smaller clubs will jump at the first opportunity to get more money/trophies and as we have seen with Atletico and Dortmund not every player does.
However Spurs are the definition of average, I have actually wanted them to do well for ages, but I have given up now. No matter who they buy or sell, no matter which manager they appoint, they just never ever seem to make any progress. And players, especially if they are their academy players will take this mediocrity for 1-3 seasons, but not longer.
If Kane continues to impress, I'd take him over the orher English potentials Sterling and Barkley.
And if he really keeps improving he is not staying at Spurs after all. And usually I am not one of those who thinks players at smaller clubs will jump at the first opportunity to get more money/trophies and as we have seen with Atletico and Dortmund not every player does.
However Spurs are the definition of average, I have actually wanted them to do well for ages, but I have given up now. No matter who they buy or sell, no matter which manager they appoint, they just never ever seem to make any progress. And players, especially if they are their academy players will take this mediocrity for 1-3 seasons, but not longer.
If Kane continues to impress, I'd take him over the orher English potentials Sterling and Barkley.
If he has another good season at Tottenham there will be a lot of moaning next summerabout why we didn't get him this summer when he was cheaper and everyone could see what a quality player he was.
One season wonder.
Even if he scores 25 goals next season, are we really saying hes is going to be worth alot more than £45m? Really?
Feck me but we've really lost the run of ourselves in the transfer market since Woody and Van Gaal started working together. This lad would cost an absolute fortune and there's still major doubts (IMO) whether or not he's the real deal.
I have no idea what he is worth but I know that we will have a shitload of money to spend in the coming years and getting the best English talents should be a priority for us.
Yes, but its not conclusive whether he is that yet, that is the point. Hes had a brilliant season this year, but he hasn't always played this well. Maybe he has come of age, or maybe hes had a purple patch this season who knows. Another season at spurs and we'll see.
He needs another season at that standard. If we sign him and this season is just a freak, then we will have wasted money. I would prefer someone this season with a bit more previous.
Do not want.
Get with the times mate. Players pick where they want to play. The best a club can do is drag it out for one season.
I take it you guys didn't want us to sign Memphis either since he only has one brilliant season behind him and that was in a inferior league. I on the other hand like it when we buy these young and promising players I'd take Memphis and Kane any day over Falcao and Di Maria.
The deference between Memphis and Kane is Memphis is a lot cheaper and LVG knows him very well!
For £22m why not? for £45m no.
Also Memphis had a good season last season too and was involved at the world cup where he played well in his cameos scoring 2 goals, add to that the fact the manager knows him well, its a no brainer.
If we could sign Kane for a similar price I wouldn't mind, but for £45m no.
If we sign Kane it will be for 28m£.
Why is the price so important to you? Do you own shares and wants the money paid out as dividends? I couldn't care less what we pay for a player as long as he is good and as an English club I feel we should get the best English talents and I think Kane currently is best young English striker so if LVG feels he needs another striker I think Kane is as good as any.
We're not interested in Kane Pogue, so LvG & Woody have their heads firmly screwed on with this one & are not losing the run of themselves whatsover. No where near worth that sort of money after one good season.
Look at what happened to Chicharito after scoring over 20 goals in his debut season for us in 2010/11. He was found out the next season & has never recovered - gone completely backwards in fact. He most certainly wasnt being priced at £45m, or something rediculous like that..
He's a slightly better version than Alan Smith at the same age, do not want.
Definite doubts over that price as he has had only one full season (and you could argue it's not even been a full season) at the top level. That is probably the price he'd go for though knowing Spurs, and accounting for the fact he's English. Would nearly be worth it if you could guarantee that form he was in earlier in the season, unfortunately football doesn't work like that and there isn't enough evidence he would keep it up.
I like what he brings to the table, but for 40m+, I'd rather sign Falcao.
Nah, not really.
Nah, not really.
The problem with this sentence is when you quote it only the white text is on the second line so its obvious immediately
Price dictates risk, thats why. If we're spending that amount of money then I would want that to be on a top class proven player, not someone who has had one good season, and the season before wasn't considered better than James Wilson, seaosn before was @ Leicester and was poor. Not saying Kane isn't a good player, we just don't know if he is the real deal yet, another year would show us.
Its not a given he is the best young English striker either, hes had a good season.
So did Andy Carrol once, so did Charlie Austin, there is also Danny Ings who may have scored more goals at a better club.
You compared him to Memphis who has had more than one good season, and a good world cup to boot, plus the fee £22m reflects the fact that he is still unproven @ the big club / big league level.
If we bought Kane for £22m I wouldn't be expecting 30 goals a season, but if we spend £45m on striker, he better be scoring around 30 goals a season thats the difference.
If there's a club that can afford a risk, it's us.
If they fancy it, then why not?
I'd be pretty excited if he was lining up for us in the first game of next season in a new look attack. I doubt he's going anywhere this summer though.
If they fancy it, then why not?
I'd be pretty excited if he was lining up for us in the first game of next season in a new look attack. I doubt he's going anywhere this summer though.
LVG plays one up front. If we sign Kane he is going to want to play every game obviously.
Where does that leave Rooney? Not in fecking midfield I hope.
Where does that leave Rooney? Not in fecking midfield I hope.
Well said!
Lost the run of ourselves? The players we recently bought were all necessary purchases in positions of need. The names bandied about in the media indicate that we're, again, going to buy in the right positions. Acting Captain Hindsight is very easy twelve months down the line, plus the transfer fees themselves are indicative of the desperation in which we found ourselves in.
Woodward and Van Gaal have done very well considering the small time they've spent working together. We're ambitious, seemingly proactive and bringing about an element of conviction for the first time in a decade. I fully expect that to continue over the summer.
If we want Harry Kane then the transfer fee floated is about right considering his nationality and the club he plays for, as irritating as that may be.
Ultimately, getting wound up about transfer fees is futile. We have money to spend (lots of it) and if Van Gaal thinks that Kane best represents the kind of striker he wants to lead the line then so be it. Money, at that point, is a secondary discussion.
Pretty sure most sane people thought LVG and Woody insanely overspent last year....desperation fees and selling clubs got what they wanted from them.
At Ajax he played Litmanen as a shadow striker who would drop Into midfield when defending I could see Rooney played in a similar role behind Kane.
How do we think he compares to James Wilson (given the 2 year age gap). Pace would have to go to Wilson, think Kane is probably better with his head though. Both similar builds though even though Kane is a bit taller. Could Wilson reach the same level in the next 2 years given that he gets game time? Both have a great eye for goal.
I think Wilson is more regarded at the same age, but who knows how players develop. No one thought Kane was anything special a year ago, espcially after his loans at Championship level
I'm not going all Moyes with his 100 scounting reports but one more season to decide would be better as we'll still be at the top of the queue of likely destinations and we'll know with certainty whether it was just a great season. We have Rooney and one of RVP or Falcao I imagine with Depay able to bang in the goals. I really dont see a striker for those sums as necessary this summer before we fix the major holes.
He was runner up to Pogba as best young player of the tournament too (Varane was 3rd) - no mean feat that!
Memphis has had an electric rise in just 2 years at senior level with PSV. This season was not a one-off for him - it was his potential being realised, after showing massive signs in the season beforehand, which got him picked for the World Cup in the process.
He's been on the radar of most of the top clubs in Europe & his fee is pretty much justified at £25m. Unlike Kane - who's only been on the radar for this season & his fee is £45m?
I like Kane very much & he's a real nice guy to boot. Not your typical young English player with a twattish mentality - that most of them seem to have. Wilson's a good kid also, as are most of our young players.
But at £45m - that's a complete turn-off right there & its easy to switch to negatives about a player when wild money is mentioned. Its not his fault we're discussing if he's worth that sort of dough though & i feel sorry for him, because he's got serious potential that lad.
It would be great to have him at United for half that fee of course & I dont think any of us would complain too much if that happened.. but it wont happen!
Then we won't sign him.
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