Kane's 29. The kind of short sighted move that will again stunt our long term growth.
Harry Kane | Bayern Munich player
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Why do you need instant gratification?
Did you think the same when we signed Robin?
I don't always agree with you but I do on this
RVP? One good year which preceded years of mediocrity. I'm afraid that's an argument against Kane not for him
Not a great example given RVP gave one top quality season before falling off a cliff. If we signed Kane for £85m and he did that he would be a disastrous signing.
They've all got 3-5 years at a high level left. It would be dumb to waste them. Yes there are always multiple players who could take us up to that level where we can make the most of them and compete. One of them is possibly Osimhen, who would be much more expensive than Kane due to the age, but also likely not be as good as Kane and be a question mark in terms of how he fits to the league and the team and how he impacts others. One is possibly Benzema on a free, though he could be right at the edge of the cliff as he is roughly 5 years older. Other than those 2.... there aren't many strikers available, and it's a very important position for us to get right. Because Kane absolutely makes us league and CL competitors for next season, and at least the 2 seasons after that. There is pretty much nobody else who can do that for us. I mean look at Liverpool, they tossed 100m at Darwin Nunez and while he has a lot of potential, he also has the potential to be nothing more than a meme footballer.
Not getting Kane would be just dumb and negligence from United. This is as close as we can get to be 1 player off competing from every trophy - under no circumstance should we be wasting it. And Kane is as close as you get to a guarantee, given we know he links up well with Rashford, we know he would fit the system and how he plays overall, we know he is a world class striker in the prem.
Spend the money on a young striker this summer and get Kane for free in 2024 If he’s still available.
Van Persie had 1 great year and then lost motivation with Sir Alex retiring (especially as he was then part of a mediocre team). That was partially on him, partially nothing to do with him. But also, RvP was an explosive player who had endless muscular injuries which hampered longevity.
Guys to compare Kane to are more.... Lewandowski, Benzema, Dzeko, Ibrahimovic. All round strikers who relied on intelligence, technique, physique to be top players.
If Kane won us the league it would be worth it. And as somebody pointed out, SAF had to break a promise to Robin and he was left with the shit show that followed it.
Was it short sighted signing Casemiro - a more recent signing
This talk of Kane being a stop gap is getting a bit silly. He's going to be 30 in the summer, same age as Casemiro was when we signed him last summer. How many of you would turn him down on that basis now?
The Sesko shouts are pretty funny too. I'm sure you lads are tuning into the Austrian Bundesliga every week.
The Sesko shouts are pretty funny too. I'm sure you lads are tuning into the Austrian Bundesliga every week.
What about Casemiro do you think he's a bad signing?
Not comparing them as players for what it’s worth. More the transfer itself than anything. Sign a world class striker at their peak. RVP is the last one I remember and he won us the league as a result. Whatever followed is well documented.
No why?
How can a future possibility be a myth?
Would be a shite signing. Do not want.
Because he hasn’t been as sidelined as often as people think
And the argument that he's slowing down and injury prone are also BS
Firstly he's never been quick, secondly he's missed 5 PL games in the last 2.5 years
With Casemiro, Varane and Bruno being roughly the same age as Kane, it makes a lot more sense to get to a level where you can win now as soon as possible given it's just one player... Of course you don't spend brainless money, but still, you do whatever you can to make it happen.
Sorry, meant to respond to the one you were responding to
85m 
they can feck off. Lewa went for 45m. Add another 15 for English tax and it would be a fair deal.
they can feck off. Lewa went for 45m. Add another 15 for English tax and it would be a fair deal.Why are you worried about how much, it ain't your money + Lewa is 4 years older so should cost less85m
As of right now, obviously not. If his form or physical fitness fell off a cliff next season, obviously yes. That's the risk with signing players for massive money at that age bracket. It all depends on just how long you get out of them.
We can say "X is the sort of player who can play well into his 30's" all we like, the truth is we have zero idea at what point over the coming few years their decline will hit. And if it happens too quickly then it doesn't matter how good they were initially, bringing them in instead of a younger player who might also have been excellent except for many more seasons was a mistake.
And the more players of that profile you sign, the more likely you are to get burned. It really shouldn't need explaining that hanging your hat on these sort of signings is ill-advised.
Would be a transformational signing.
They will try sell him abroad for ~£60m. This is will be a very difficult deal to do. Man Utd will ideally secure a young upcoming striker early in the window to put pressure on Spurs. Man Utd is probably the only move for Kane in the Premier League this summer.
Because we have a budget to work with? If it means, cutting other expenses it's obvious?
It's happening 
Like who ? No one is touching him. Bayern is probably the only one but they won't pay anything close to 60 when they sold a better player for 45m last year.
We're talking about 1 player, one that is potentially the difference between winning the PL and being also-rans, a proven goal scorer, isn't injury prone as people think he is, doesn't rely on speed, which would be an issue if he did, he's entered the peak part of his career age wise
PSG, Bayern, potentially Real Madrid or Barcelona? Spurs will do all they can to avoid selling him to a Premier League rival. I agree he doesn't have that many options but it won't stop Spurs playing hard ball and preferring to shift him abroad.
If it was a choice between Kane and a 21 year old Kane I'll choose the 21 year old Kane but it's not. Sesko and Osimhen might never be world class.
United biggest priority should be winning, it's good to develop young players but not at the expense of winning. I don't think our club can have too many youngster at the same time playing regularly, its always going to be a mix. Our attack is quite young. I doubt we'll need a winger in a while so we can afford Kane and his replacement in a few years time.
The teams biggest need is a no. 9 type striker, everything after that is a bonus, we don't get a striker that does the kind of things Kane does then we're wasting the talent we already have
It wouldn’t be £85m for us, we’d have to break the British transfer record.85m
No that I disagree but that's not my point. If you have only 100m , you don't spend everything on 29 year old with one remaining year. That's bad business.
I can see it now. We sign Kane and give him his last big bumper contract of his career. He loses his pace in a year or two and then keeps dropping deep into positions where Bruno plays to facilitate play thereby creating the need for an 'off-the-ball' striker. Manchester United have too many ball hogs as it is currently. We need a willing runner as a 9 to be a problem IN the box for the foreseeable future. Better off dealing with De Laurentiis than Levy this summer.
PSG isn't buying him 100 % and he isn't going there.
Real already have plenty of options currently and Benzema is an aging wine.
Barca just signed Lewa.
I mean, he may get offers but no one is paying 60 for him is my point. If he was available for 45m, obviously everyone will take a punt.
Spurs can't really do anything, the ball is really in Kane's court, he can go abroad if he wants to but he's made it quite clear he wants Shearer's PL record so I don't think he agree to go anywhere but a PL club.
Do Spurs want to lose a player of his calibre for nothing - probably not, but even if they did they'd be hanging on to a player who would be pretty pissed off given that they blocked him going to City and breaking, apparently, a promise they made to him
We’ve needed a world class striker for 5 sodding years. We aren’t missing out on a bonafide world class Harry Kane to sign a 21 year old years away from their peak who has scored 5 goals in 22 games this season in Austria and may never become close to what Kane is now. It’s Kane or Osimhen - Sesko isn’t in the conversation as a primary striker signing. If he’s available then he should only be brought in as a squad option.