Harry Kane

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Random Task said:
Kudos for noticing :p

The point being "highly selective reading" is just that.
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Do you regard the audited accounts, as deposited at Companies House, to be highly selective reading material?
 
Random Task said:
In your mind, Harry Kane may feel very differently.
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What he would feel would be irrelevant to the options that'd be on offer from Levy: continue at Spurs under contract, or go abroad.
 
iammemphis said:
Higuain is 29, may have been 28 when he went for that price. Kane has 5 years extra playing time. You're having a joke if you think they were worth the same.......
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You don't get it do you? Higuain, was proven, experienced, had just had his best season, was purchased from a hated rival, had a number of years on his contract still, inflation, yet couldn't even fetch 80m. Inspite of all those hurdles. I don't care about Kane's age. Given the above there is no way he goes for 20-30m more than that. Because like Higuain, he simply isn't worth that fee.

iammemphis said:
Add on inflation with another year of premier league money and the fact Spurs have no need to sell.
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Which is all irrelevant to what he is worth. £100m for a Kane is a rip off for the purchasing club, period. For Spurs, they have every right to ask for whatever they want. He is happy, on a long term deal and they have zero need nor reason to sell. In Spurs shoes, you'd be mad to start any negotiation below 100m. For that reason alone the deal isn't worth it unless the buying club are just plain desperate.
 
BigDub said:
He just scored 29 goals in the premier league after being out for months with injury. That's after scoring over 20 the two seasons previous. He's 23. In today's market, whether you like it or not, that makes him worth 100m.
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People can't get their heads around that; the figures speak for themselves. 29 league starts, 29 goals last season.

The issue for a lot of people is that he isn't naturally flambouyant; he's very much like Lampard in the sense that his excellence has been acquired through practice and determination to maximise his abilities, but ultimately he's a world-class footballer, regardless of how he got to that level.
 
GlastonSpur said:
What he would feel would be irrelevant to the options that'd be on offer from Levy: continue at Spurs under contract, or go abroad.
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Good god. Is Levy running a slave ring down there or what?

Massa' Levy: How was your day Harry, most productive I trust?
Kane: Good thanks. Did some shuttle runs, worked on my upper body and practiced my finishing. After that I...
Massa' Levy: Yes, yes, yes. But how much cotton did you pick?
Kane: Wait, what? Cottan, what's that?
Massa' Levy: So, ultimately, you have picked 0 balls of cotton today. Fetch the horse whip!
Kane: wuh-PSSSH! Ahhhh wuh-PSSSH! Ahhhhhhhh

Is this what you would class as a typical day in the life of a Spurs footballer under Levy?
 
Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber said:
You don't get it do you? Higuain, was proven, experienced, had just had his best season, was purchased from a hated rival, had a number of years on his contract still, inflation, yet couldn't even fetch 80m. Inspite of all those hurdles. I don't care about Kane's age. Given the above there is no way he goes for 20-30m more than that. Because like Higuain, he simply isn't worth that fee.


Which is all irrelevant to what he is worth. £100m for a Kane is a rip off for the purchasing club, period. For Spurs, they have every right to ask for whatever they want. He is happy, on a long term deal and they have zero need nor reason to sell. In Spurs shoes, you'd be mad to start any negotiation below 100m. For that reason alone the deal isn't worth it unless the buying club are just plain desperate.
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You might not care about Kane's age, but the executives writing the cheques absolutely do. As for what he's worth, he's worth whatever a team is willing to pay and it's a virtual guarantee that if Spurs were to say he's for sale, the 100m+ offers would start rolling in from top clubs across England and Europe.
 
BigDub said:
You might not care about Kane's age, but the executives writing the cheques absolutely do. As for what he's worth, he's worth whatever a team is willing to pay and it's a virtual guarantee that if Spurs were to say he's for sale, the 100m+ offers would start rolling in from top clubs across England and Europe.
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I do not believe the continental giants would be willing to part with 100m for a Harry Kane. The British ones would though. Different tastes and preferences.
 
Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber said:
I do not believe the continental giants would be willing to part with 100m for a Harry Kane. The British ones would though.
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There would definitely be more considerations for the euro giants, I agree.

But if one of the top PL sides were to land him for 100m I'd imagine they'd think it was an absolute steal.
 
How do Spurs get away (and keep their players happy) ok such low contracts (in terms of £)?
Surely Harry Kane, Delli Ali etc know they'd be earning £150k+ p.week at any other big club.
 
Random Task said:
Good god. Is Levy running a slave ring down there or what?

Massa' Levy: How was your day Harry, most productive I trust?
Kane: Good thanks. Did some shuttle runs, worked on my upper body and practiced my finishing. After that I...
Massa' Levy: Yes, yes, yes. But how much cotton did you pick?
Kane: Wait, what? Cottan, what's that?
Massa' Levy: So, ultimately, you have picked 0 balls of cotton today. Fetch the horse whip!
Kane: wuh-PSSSH! Ahhhh wuh-PSSSH! Ahhhhhhhh

Is this what you would class as a typical day in the life of a Spurs footballer under Levy?
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Slaves do not sign contracts.
 
Member 5225 said:
How do Spurs get away (and keep their players happy) ok such low contracts (in terms of £)?
Surely Harry Kane, Delli Ali etc know they'd be earning £150k+ p.week at any other big club.
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The "low wages" paid by Spurs are something of a popular myth on here. Kane reportedly gets a basic £90k a week, with achievable bonuses and incentives raking in a further £30,000 a week. That's £120k in total ... only £30k short of the figure you've cited.

In addition, his "one of our own" status makes him highly marketeable as club poster boy. I've no doubt he get an additional large wedge from all sorts of image rights and other commercial deals.
 
Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber said:
It really isnt. For example, You can value an asset highly, want to sell it and no one comes to purchase it because they count it as over priced.
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Harry Kane is worth more than £100m to Spurs because he's their main man and couldn't replace him if he was sold. So therefore he is worth way more than £100m.
 
Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber said:
You don't get it do you? Higuain, was proven, experienced, had just had his best season, was purchased from a hated rival, had a number of years on his contract still, inflation, yet couldn't even fetch 80m. Inspite of all those hurdles. I don't care about Kane's age. Given the above there is no way he goes for 20-30m more than that. Because like Higuain, he simply isn't worth that fee.


Which is all irrelevant to what he is worth. £100m for a Kane is a rip off for the purchasing club, period. For Spurs, they have every right to ask for whatever they want. He is happy, on a long term deal and they have zero need nor reason to sell. In Spurs shoes, you'd be mad to start any negotiation below 100m. For that reason alone the deal isn't worth it unless the buying club are just plain desperate.
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So In your opinion is any player worth £80+ million then? Or £100m? Surely given your criteria anyone other than Messi is not worth above £80m? How much is Mbappe? £45m?
 
GlastonSpur said:
The "low wages" paid by Spurs are something of a popular myth on here. Kane reportedly gets a basic £90k a week, with achievable bonuses and incentives raking in a further £30,000 a week. That's £120k in total ... only £30k short of the figure you've cited.

In addition, his "one of our own" status makes him highly marketeable as club poster boy. I've no doubt he get an additional large wedge from all sorts of image rights and other commercial deals.
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TBH he should be earning a whole load more than that.

I'd have thought his actual salary range should actually be in the 175k-200k range.

The main striker of a title challenging big team.
 
Member 5225 said:
TBH he should be earning a whole load more than that.

I'd have thought his actual salary range should actually be in the 175k-200k range.

The main striker of a title challenging big team.
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Well, if he continues to score lots of goals at Spurs no doubt his wages will be bumped up further - since the club's income is set to rise considerably.
 
Member 5225 said:
TBH he should be earning a whole load more than that.

I'd have thought his actual salary range should actually be in the 175k-200k range.

The main striker of a title challenging big team.
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Makes you cringe when you think of Rooney pulling in £300k a week, with the likes of Kane and Alli earning a mere fraction of that number.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Well, if he continues to score lots of goals at Spurs no doubt his wages will be bumped up further - since the club's income is set to rise considerably.
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Having ability to pay higher wages and actually making the leap to break your wage structure, thus forming a ripple affect down through all other players, is a very different thing. Clubs will offer players like Kane, Alli etc over 200k. What are those players getting currently? You break your wage structure for those players and suddenly players within the club getting 60/80k will want 100+k. I appreciate you are holding onto the fact that these players will stay as they think something good is happening at Spurs right now, and it may well be, but how long does this good feeling hang around if trophies don't eventually back it up?
 
Cliche Guevara said:
What is it with random people on the internet trying to tell football clubs what transfer fees should be?
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It's ridiculous.

Transfer fees aren't paid to 'buy' players. You don't 'buy' another human being. That would be slavery.

A transfer fee is what you pay to a club to nullify the contract they have with one of their playing staff. Market value is only a tangential concept in that regard. It comes down to the particular circumstances of the club that currently holds that contract. And we can never know them.
 
iammemphis said:
So In your opinion is any player worth £80+ million then? Or £100m? Surely given your criteria anyone other than Messi is not worth above £80m? How much is Mbappe? £45m?
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Not really
80m plus should be the preserve of players with outrageous natural talent, proven over at least 3 years. Mbappe IMO isn't in that category yet. If you were buying say Neymar, Messi, CR7, Bale, Suarez, Iniesta or Robben. Such players if they were 23 would be worth that type of fee.
 
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GlastonSpur said:
Like Modric or Bale you mean? There were last two big stars to be sold by Spurs - they went abroad.
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Because they wanted to. I swear, the concept isn't too hard to understand. Its happened to United too. We wanted to sale Beckham to Barca for a bigger fee than Real were willing to pay and he refused to go there. I assure you, in like 2-3 years time, Kane will be in the category of player that will choose where he will spend the best years of his career. Levy and Spurs won't choose for him
 
GlastonSpur said:
Whether they wanted to or not, Levy gave them no other choice. If they wanted to then fine, it just meant it suited all parties.
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Utter bullshit. Bale for example personally turned down United. Levy had already accepted identical bids from United and Madrid. As for Modric, the year he left only Real was interested. The year Levy refused to sell him to Chelsea, Levy had all the power because Modric had recently signed a 6 year contract, and wasn't even a star of the caliber to dictate to a club about his future. Even when he eventually left for Real he still wasn't in the shoes of a Bale.
 
Sometimes I don't understand the criticism a few players face here. Kane has been a tremendous PL striker over the last few seasons now, and of course it's not to say that he warrants a world record fee, but when I see Morata going for 70-80, Belotti for 70+, then is it too big a price? (Not that he'll go anywhere right now. Why would he?)

Also, he's a more complete player IMO, and that is always a boon to any team.
 
The No.10! said:
Sometimes I don't understand the criticism a few players face here. Kane has been a tremendous PL striker over the last few seasons now, and of course it's not to say that he warrants a world record fee, but when I see Morata going for 70-80, Belotti for 70+, then is it too big a price? (Not that he'll go anywhere right now. Why would he?)

Also, he's a more complete player IMO, and that is always a boon to any team.
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You do realize those players are also considered over priced too right?
 
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