Christian Purslow quote " last summer following interest from a number of clubs we offered Jack a new contract to stay at the club. Which he accepted with one proviso....Jack wanted to be certain if at any point a CL (and AV were not in that comp) club came in for him we would not stand in his way. For that reason we agreed to incorporate a 'so called' release clause into his contract. Our board set this value at £100m..end quote.
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All that may or may not be true.
But doesn't change the fact that we have a brand new DoF and brand new head coach. This calls for calm, control and execution. Levy's been here before, so I'm entirely confident with him in our default position around Kane, in fact, it might just be even harder to deal with him this time now there's a Paratici sized wall to act as a gatekeeper.
I've said before the only question mark I have on Kane the player is he doesn't press anymore. My gut tells me that he genuinely can't (because there was little evidence with him doing it under Mason when others pressed higher at the time) rather than the dinosaurs tactics where no one pressed. Kane is still a World Class striker but if he really can't press then this affects the entire team's structure and compromises a lot.
But, but, but I'd be more confident in feeling that Paratici has spent time with Nuno agreeing on a specific profile of player and identifying a clutch that fits that bill. (I liked the story I read of Paratici having a wall of shelving in his office of DVD's Entitled Barzagli 2008(??). Why? Just feeds the confidence that a detailed man is scouting. Basically would want to feel that he's got 10 offices at Hotspur Way each one with DVD's on specific players that we are scouting with a specific purpose and plan.
Maybe not in 2018..... But if they'd got back round a table last summer; he'd have presumably done it if meant securing another year or more on what is no longer considered a mega-wage.......
Probably not at a pissy £100m though....
Probably a sliding scale.... eg:
3yrs left 160m
2 yrs 120m
1yr 80m
Because we have a player desperate to leave. What is the point of City blindly bidding without knowing what Levy would be prepared to accept. Even if Levy bluntly says 200 million it gives the negotiations something to work with.
If a deal is done it will be after we play them. Levy's not having Kane, even in the stands, against us on the first day of the season
Oh absolutely, that's a given.
I would be struggling to be honest. There would need to be some crystal clear mitigating circumstances.
He also won’t reinvest the money until the deal is done which will leave us pretty fucked if he does do a last minute deal.
If it's likely that a deal can be reached, we need to be buying now. Like Villa have.
Lol he will have the 9 off Jesus
But that's just the proverbial game of poker..... That's the leverage we currently have...... Sure, City have their own cards; but that's the hand that we have.
No-one knows the extent of this "desperation"; a fair amount here think the 'striking' is Harry being badly advised (and maybe led on by City)..... Many don't think Kane has the balls to fuck around for a year and wreck his personal targets if we don't sell.
As always it's a massive high-stakes game of 'bluff'.... One that is comparatively simple for you or I to indulge in as we face no real world fall-out for our judgement (or lack thereof)..... We're both playing 'fantasy chairman' right now.
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As I'm not reading this thread, this may have already been posted, so apologies in advance, but a Villa supporter tweeted this remark - "going to Man C to win trophies is like losing your virginity to a prostitute!"
Mealy mouth answer Guids. If there's something that 'may not' be true then show it. Hint, there isn't. Everything there has reason for justified belief or evidence to support it. We've had a year +.
Whose fault is that? A) that we had to get new ones and B) that they are only here after the longest DOF and coaching searches EVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
#ENICRULES He's been here before and fucked it too.
He took Ramsey with no idea how the kid played ie not a real MFer. No implicit faith in this guy. Probably a charlatan like most others in football.
He’s 28
With Nuno declining press questions about Kane going on strike, the most logical explanation is that he thinks the situation is rescue-able.
I still want to see Harry in a Spurs shirt but I’ve lost a lot of respect for him.
I still want to see Harry in a Spurs shirt but I’ve lost a lot of respect for him.
It is what you said. You're not impressed by tap-ins.
There is some truth to the rest of what you said. It is also incredibly over-simplified and ironic. Ironic because it has the tone of someone thinking they are providing insight and education, whilst also ignoring the fact that you can't easily replace goal scorers (who also happen to lead the league in assists).
You basically admit below that replacing his production will have to come from several players...but you don't rate him. It's hilarious really.
You tell me since it's your argument. How many assists last year were tap-ins?
I'm fine selling Kane at the right price. I'm just not willing to forego reality and pretend like he's just another striker. We can and will survive without him. That doesn't mean his impact is easily replaced.
It's just really strange to make the comment that you don't rate strikers, while you also point out we could buy 4+/- players for what he's going to cost. You may not rate strikers, but you know who does? Football clubs.
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But none of that matters as this is what we have. This is our starting point, a new DoF and a new head coach.
Levy didn't fuck the Bale deal and didn't fuck the Modric deal, got massive fees for both from non-PL rival clubs. Whatever anyone says about the reinvestment of the funds (a lot has been said so will not bring up again) we did improve after both were sold.
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