Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[JUAN PABLO]

with Kane staying , less chance they will be signing all these players up eg McKennie

[ozzjim]

They will have a good season. Nuno is a good manager, and they already have a very very good squad.

[DC1874]

So another member of the Scab 6 kept their best player whereas we did not - I wonder why?

[placeforparks]

sounds like spurs are signing papa sarr, and then loaning him back to metz.

[ChicagoLion]

So another member of the Scab 6 kept their best player whereas we did not - I wonder why?

release clause?

[DC1874]

Didn't Kane have a "gentleman's agreement" to leave if Shitty went in for him? I just think Levy played hard-ball whereas we rolled over and had our tummy tickled!

[Keeno]

So another member of the Scab 6 kept their best player whereas we did not - I wonder why?

Cause he trusted his brother with 0 experience to negotiate his 6-year deal with no release clause then wanted to leave with 3 years left.

JG vs Kane is a case study in how to (and not to) deal with a club as a player.

[Sexual Ealing]

Didn't Kane have a "gentleman's agreement" to leave if Shitty went in for him? I just think Levy played hard-ball whereas we rolled over and had our tummy tickled!

And we were bound by a legally enforceable contract, as is Harry Kane.

[Toronto Villa]

Didn't Kane have a "gentleman's agreement" to leave if Shitty went in for him? I just think Levy played hard-ball whereas we rolled over and had our tummy tickled!

It was clear Grealish wanted to leave and he and his agent very much made that clear to the club. It was an agreement based on a number being met. All of this is completely public. The club did what it could to keep him. Kane while wanting to leave clearly didn't have a defined number that would in essence force the hand of the club to allow him to entertaiun a move. It's not about hard ball and nothing at all to do with us rolling over. Time after time other clubs have said dealing with us has been done so respectfully, and it has allowed us to acquire good players. I don't need us acting like pricks. We have astute and highly successful individuals at the club. Do you honestly believe that they got to be that way by being soft as you are suggesting?

[Dave]

So another member of the Scab 6 kept their best player whereas we did not - I wonder why?

Cause he trusted his brother with 0 experience to negotiate his 6-year deal with no release clause then wanted to leave with 3 years left.

JG vs Kane is a case study in how to (and not to) deal with a club as a player.

Also (as you allude to) a case study in why you don't put someone in charge of your affairs for no reason other than the fact they are your brother.

[Smithy]

My guess is Harry Kane will be part of the big centre-forward merry-go-round next summer when Haaland is available for £65m.  There will be a lot of forwards going around for free, or very little, in 2022 - if they don't all sign new contracts in the next 12 months, obviously.

Levy is a massive twat, but he's kept his best player - However, I suspect it will end up costing them an awful lot of cash when Kane goes much more cheaply next summer and they've missed out on Europe again.

[LeeB]

They'll have to endure a season of constant speculation about him too.

[mr underhill]

and a player who doesn't want to be there.

[RamboandBruno]

Ultimately time will tell this season, but Kane fairly obviously doesn’t want to be at Spurs, so will be interesting to see if it impacts on his performances. Now we are far enough down the road to remove the nostalgia from the Grealish situation, he would of left for Spurs at beginning of 2018/2019if the new owners hadn’t taken over and last summer if Man U had actually made a bid. He now in hindsight didn’t have huge amounts of loyalty towards, so we’ve made a huge profit and seemingly invested it really well without much fuss, sounds like an excellent way of managing the situation to me. Kane could have a great season and so could Spurs, or it could be a mess and I would argue levy has employed a more risky strategy than Purslow and our owners.

[LeonW]

I find it interesting comparing the coverage of the Joe VS Kane transfer saga's in the media. There were a lot of voices about why Kane should stay with Spurs yet pretty much zero cases made for why Joe should stay at Villa. And whatever else you say about JG, he hasn't behaved like Kane has in trying to force a move, at least publicly. Kane seems to have a gotten an easy ride despite all his nonsense.