Abraxas
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It's not really a stretch to say that we have a great chance to sign Kane on a free. Why wouldn't we have a great chance? I can't read Kane's mind but we're a huge draw by any standard you want to look at, and we have some unique offerings for Kane compared to our competition. I'd rather be us than Bayern Munich for example. More competitive league that keeps him at the forefront of the public eye, even if they'll win him a title not many care about outside Germany, we can beat them on wages if we really want to dig deep, we keep him chasing his personal goals. I'd rather be us than Chelsea because we're not a mess as things stand, there's only so much Uncle Poch can offer to Kane, he spent years with Poch and they won sweet F.A which is exactly the reason he wants a move. He'd already have a cup if he was with us this season! Real Madrid would have a great shout, it would be silly to think otherwise, but apart from that I think we're right in the mix if we convince him and offer a great package. I think you underrate our possibilities, but its normal, many seem to operate under a cloud of depression when it comes to judging our place in football.The problem here is an assumption that we would have a great chance to win his signature for free. I think in one seasons time he'd consider us alongside Poch's Chelsea, potentially Real Madrid and also Bayern Munich. At that stage it doesn't become a great opportunity anymore.
Monitoring wouldn't be a good move. I'd like us to do what Real did with Camavinga/Tchouameni and just get the big deal done early in the window. Then we can focus on sales and improve the rest of the squad.
I don't think its amateur to pay 100m for Kane. Clubs do drop big amounts on players - Kane comes with an English premium and I accept we will need to pay a snip more than we'd ideally want, but such is the desperation at our club to have a TOP class 9. We haven't bought an established striker for the 9 that's worthy of the shirt since what, Zlatan? Let that sink in.
Its fine to be confident but the fact remains there are still massive question marks for a player of their experience and rawness to come in and carry our forward line. It would be quite a stupid move in my opinion to be gagging for a proper 9 for almost 5 seasons and then see us pass on a generational striker in favour of a flavour of the month kid who might or might not work out.
It's not a certainty, not without risk if one is to believe that we absolutely must sign Harry Kane which seems to be your stance. I detect some romanticism about the idea for you that he belongs with us which I don't really share, I think he's just a very good footballer and not our only avenue that makes sense, I'm not really attached to him I just see an opportunity to exploit due to his contract and then a Plan B, C and D if it doesn't happen.
Getting the deal done early is too reliant on Levy to be a reliable strategy going into the window. It's an idea but not one we have full control over. The only way that will happen is if we put such an insane amount forward it is not refusable for Levy, and it is hard to think what that fee might be so early in the window when they don't have visibility of the landscape. Put yourself in Levy's shoes, he might want to keep his cards close to his chest and see what materialises so he has the best chance of coming out of this Kane situation with a modicum of dignity. I think it's one of those that will drag on and on. Also you say get it done and then address the rest of the squad. Not so simple, we could be waiting around wondering if we'll finalise the deal because of the financial ramifications of the fee, the structure of the deal, wages and how that impacts the rest of our summer. Levy is not the nicest fella to be doing a big deal with in that sense.
Have we really tried to sign many prime or high potential strikers since Zlatan? We've been fed a diet of old men and loans, while hoping the perpetually underperforming Martial comes good. We haven't really tried to buy a Kane or a top young prospect so I think there are many options compared to what we did in those years. It just depends on what we want from a striker and a signing overall.