I'm bullish on Mason but not that bullish!
Back to Kane though: even with the limitations you see him having, he has enough quality that they can be minimized within the tactics of any good manager. The only sticking point is the price: Kane at 50M for example, is a must buy for any club.
You don’t believe Mase can become a world class striker?
As for Kane, I think he’s a brilliant striker, although like most players, not perfect. His performances at the Euros so far are not surprising to me, for instance. I see them as relatively typical Kane performances when he finds himself in big games or against difficult teams/opposition. That’s his average performance level vs United, with the exception of the odd game where we are going through a spell of being shite and are massive underdogs against Spurs. What often happens is that he’ll go and score 4 against Sheffield United the following week though.
Kane for 50m is an absolute must buy, you can’t get better. Kane for 150m will still get a shit load of goals for City, at least at first, but not for too long I suspect. I see the Rooney in him personally. His finishing will always be great, but as time goes on, he’ll find it harder and harder to earn the right to finish. His half a yard will be closed down by sharp, athletic defenders, there’s no acceleration to get away, no real drop of the shoulder etc. In a game where his team is dominant and the opposition is pulled apart, he’ll get openings and score goals though.
I’d much rather Haaland than him, personally. Both can finish, but I feel Haaland has more tools to earn himself the right to finish, such as speed, aggression and strength. It’s an old cliché in English football that the older you get the deeper you drop. Centre halves drop deeper because they don’t want to engage with physical strikers, and centre forwards drop deeper to avoid physical centre halves. Kane has already started that, at 27, and I don’t see him having reversed that trend by 30.
