The FA never appear to have anything to say when United break all levels of integrity in unsettling transfer targets We now have the England captain suggesting he would love to play alongside Kane accompanied by in the know journalist suggesting our keeper is next The pattern over the years has never varied United no longer develop their own but rely on others to do the development then slither under any level of acceptable integrity to unsettle then purchase FA waste of space
"We now have the England captain suggesting he would love to play alongside Kane" The transfer/wage costs would be much too high for Levy to sanction Rooney coming to Spurs.
Every pundit is speculating on Lloris replacing De Gea if he leaves. The club hasn't started these rumours. Utd have just signed Depay for £31M. I doubt there are any efforts being made to sign Kane. Utd get linked to 100s of players every window. 2% of those might be accurate, but it sells papers etc. The club rarely shows ita hand publicly because the selling club doubles the price if Utd are interested. Take it with a pinch of salt and don't read things into comments. Kane is Rooney's international colleague. Would he like to play alongside him? Of course he would.
You don't think any of these journalists reporting on the story have sources at United? It doesn't have to come out from United's website to be information from the club. It was the same with Chelsea chasing Modric, weeks of Chelsea rumours, Modric being "upset" and every bid being briefed to the Mail. For such a high profile and long running rumour the silence is deafening. If United weren't interested we'd know by now, United rely on a good relationship with the press as most top clubs do.
So, if a journalist asks Rooney if he would like to play alongside Kane what is he supposed to say, "no he is ****"? you could ask any professional player about any other pro and the answer will always be something like "it would be great to have him in the team".
It's a bit of a non-story as it was for a Nike promo so he listed players signed to Nike(I assume Kane is). Still as a general point players and managers shouldn't be talking about other side's players in the context of transfers and there's always the option of saying nothing and being respectful, like Wenger and Pochettino do.
Who was on his way to sign for City, wasn't he? And it was the player who made all the noises for a move, didn't he?
He was seen with Utd people, before they'd even had a bid accepted. I don't think City were ever in the equation. Yes Berba made a lot of noises, but that isn't mutually exclusive to Utd doing wrong
Just curious whether the Kane to Man U tapping up rumors will continue after Harry said, today, "I am happy at Spurs and I look forward to the future with Spurs," he said. "I have seen there is interest but that's all I know. It is flattering for other clubs to maybe be interested." "Tottenham are one of the big clubs. That is the way people have to see it. I am at a big club."
I can't see Kane going anywhere this transfer window. If he has another excellent season and we don't progress then next summer, the papers will be all over it like a rash!
You seriously ain't typing ghat with a straight face are you? We accepted citys £32m bid to force united to stop messing around with their £20m bids...they spent all summer refusing to bid the asking price and within hours of city doing so were forced to...so for you to pretend that united only showed an interest after City bid is a blatant politicians version of the truth. Berbatov joined us in July 2006 and from March 2007 the press and tv were full of Berbatov to united stories until he left in Sept 2008. Every time we were on tv one of the sky or bbc pundits would talk about what a good fit he'd be with united...the idea that those stories would last 18 months without united fueling them is rubbish tbh. They are doing the same thing with lloris and kane now...while moaning about real madrid doing the same to them re De Gea...they are lining kane up for next summer imo and it is as predictable as it is boring..."oohhhh good player, should be playing in CL so must go to...."
Harry Kane has certainly gone up in my estimations with his latest words. Fantastic player with the right attitude
A move that he knew was being pushed by Man Utd, as he'd already met with their representatives a year earlier. He told Levy that he wanted to join United, not leave Tottenham. There's a distinct difference. All clubs do it, I'm sure, but United are utterly arrogant about it and don't fear any sanctions, as the governing bodies won't issue any. They've been caught out so many times and in so many ways that it's just not an issue any more. Tim Howard admitted that he'd been tapped up in his autobiography. Nothing happened.
He certainly knows how to say the right things, doesn't he? I've no idea why other players in his position fail to do the same thing.
Tapping up happens all the time in various guises. Gary Lineker says he was tapped up by Tottenham before joining the club (which is hardly surprising given the Venables connection). But there is no evidence that some clubs do it more than others - it's just that some clubs and players are more high profile than others. It's impossible to police - but why is it necessary to do so anyway? If tapping up was not frowned upon, it would become more open and transparent. There wouldn't be so many agents doing clandestine deals, paying bungs and all the other shenanigans which go on. The "rule" is so antiquated. Players rarely stay with one club these days. Players are always looking to move, agents are always looking to make moves happen and clubs want to know who they can realistically buy and sell at the right price. If there was proper recognition that clubs will covet other clubs' players and players will want to move before their contracts have expired (which is often in the interests of the selling club anyway given the Bosman ruling) , then the process would become more open, less secretive and sleazy and better all round for all concerned. Rather than players handing in transfer requests on deadline day and bungs flying around, there might instead be proper negotiations between clubs, who are both aware that player A has spoken to club B and wants to move. It would work against the bigger clubs because their interest in players is more likely to be flushed out into the open, making it more likely the price will be upped by the selling club or bids will be invited from other clubs. The irony here is that there is no evidence of tapping up with Kane. Rooney's comments about Kane are interpreted as tapping up because complimenting another club's player is always viewed in that context now. The media then run with the story, Utd confirm they are looking at strikers, any club would want Kane at the right price etc and bingo, Utd are trying to sign Kane despite being linked to 25 other strikers, Bale, Uncle Tom Cobbly and having just signed Memphis Depay! Oh and the Copa America will be the pertfect chance to link Utd with Roberto Firmino, the Brazilian striker too.
Its to stop the players head being turned. A player might like to play for BigClub but until he knows BigClub want him he is perfectly happy to continue playing for SmallClub. BigClub can certainly attempt to buy the player but the first the player should hear of it should be when SmallClub have given the go ahead. Tapping up is a way of forcing SmallClub's hand by using player power and is an utterly ****ty thing to do. Anyone that disagrees is just a twerp or fan of BigClub. Its just funny that when BiggerClub does it to BigClub all the people associated with BigClub go absolutely ****ing bonkers.
Wouldn’t it be great if more players did? I’ve always been a bit surprised how many players there are I think we all wish more players had his attitude. Fans really want to see this. It’s surprising that clubs and especially players aren’t better at giving it to us.
On top of that, BigClub is happy to use player power to force a transfer to them but then complain when that same player power is used to up their wages, cutting that club's profit or ability to buy more players. That's the real rub, PL clubs and particularly the ones at the top end have been desperate to work with the PL to sort out a way of ensuring that the extra TV income doesn't go into players demanding more money and raising their wage bill further. I for one think it's great that United have ended up having to pay £15mill a year to keep Rooney and think all their players should run down their contracts and then demand a huge payrise to stay
Honestly, I'd tell most of the players demanding huge money to piss off. Rooney isn't that high up the list of current great players and with the desire and pull of United they can easily find a player to replace him who hasn't got a dead rat stapled to his head. The same goes for the likes of Wilshere and Sterling. Just look at Southampton. Just goes to show what an excellent academy, an intelligent manager and a thorough scouting network can achieve. If United operated the same way they would be doing a darn sight better than they are now (Hooray! 4th placed trophy without Europe and crashing out of all cups early!).
