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The German Sky reporter is in Oberpfaffenhofen….

 

Don't kinkshame

 

Simply not true.

 

What that man said , nice while it lasted, I supported the club long before Kane was born and hopefully I will carry on for a lot more years. COYS

 

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou: "I didn't see the point in that [trying to convince Harry Kane to stay], whatever I was going to say was going to irrelevant.

"My feeling was that we'll get to know each other and that would be the best way to navigate the early relationship.

"Having said that, in my mind I thought he'd already decided to go after the first conversation. I tried to treat him with the respect his standing deserves.

"I don't get frustrated by these things. I've been involved in the negotiations side but it's never a simple process. Harry Kane is one of the greats of this football club and there must have been some torment inside.

"While it would have been great to have it sorted earlier I always through it was going to be borderline. The one thing I was clear on was going into the first game with stuff undecided. It has happened, hopefully we'll have confirmation over the next couple of hours.

"I don't need assurances. Nothing has changed from when I started. We've had a clear idea about bringing in players to bolster the squad in the right areas. Moving players out is still a big part of what we need to do so we'll see how that unfolds."

 

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou on Harry Kane: "We've been planning for this, it's fair to say, for a while.

"It doesn't take too much investigative work to realise this was going to happen. A lot of our business so far has been with this in mind. It doesn't change my plans dramatically.

"There's still movement in the squad and it's a big squad with players we need to move out. There are three or so weeks to go in the window.

"I had a conversation with Harry [Kane] on day one and we were both up front. I got an indication there that if both clubs agreed he would go.

"My preference was that it would be sorted before the first game. These things don't happen in isolation and everyone is clued up. I haven't received any news from anyone about Harry's decision changing."

"I don't have a blow by blow account of the whole thing but I understand it has progressed to where it will happen. That's all the information I have at the moment. It looks like we'll move forward without Harry.

"I don't have feelings either way about needing anything. From my perspective it's about understanding where were are at. I understand the deal is imminent."

 

That's unfortunate. I hope that they recover.

 

Wasn't that a Max Bygraves song!

 

Showing your age....

 

Is that by the seaeeeeeeee

 

The one sentence in Ange's comments that struck fear in me was when he mentioned that much of our transfer business until now was done "with Harry's move in mind".

Whilst I hope that solely and exclusively means tactically 'in mind', the cold fist of Levy is clinched firmly on my sphincter and I'm worried it means financially too.

If Levy thinks the Kane money was earmarked to bring in Maddison, VDV, Veliz and Vicario and nothing more, he may find the stadium goes the same way as Archway Sheet Metalworks. Accidents happen.

 

Oh and I am NOT changing my username to

'Staatsbürger Kane'

 

I think this is the moment to sign the striker we’ve all wanted for years


Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos

 

Him, Ryan Babel, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Get the band back together.

 

Stewart Downing can still GTFO, though

 

Those ever-reliable Turkish sources are claiming that Fenerbahce are offering €8m for Tanguy Ndombele

Bold move, that, thinking they can outbid Galatasaray by offering the exact same fee...

 

The Kane mutiny had a better outcome than I expected. I pictured Kane and Levy taking each other down like Ahab and Moby Dick, with an outcome including
Levy demanding Kane sign a new contract or train with the youth
Kane refusing to sign
Kane being benched for most of the year
Kane bagging only a few goals
Kane finding that nobody wants a soon to be 31 year old striker whose form has fallen off a cliff
Kane signing for a pittance for Fulham, and not catching on.
Kane training to be an NFL field goal kicker...and not catching on
Levy getting sacked

 

Update: those ever-reliable Turkish sources claim that Fenerbahce have upped their offer for Ndombele to €8m upfront with €2m in addons

Well look at that: the sunk-cost fallacy is starting to surface...

 

we always were going to when the time came bro