Would you sign Harry Kane if it meant we didn't sign anyone else?

[BallonDor99]

Striker has been a priority for years, but not anymore with Cavani now. It's not like Kane is 24 yo.... Need players in other positions more than striker imo

 

[kouroux]

Definitely no. Scoring goals isn't really a major issue for our team.

 

[devilish]

Do we even need Harry Kane? We gave Cavani a 1 year extension, Martial is still here, Greenwood is young and is improving + we've got two promising kids in Hugill and Mcneill. If Haaland was available at the right price then maybe its worth considering throwing all of that in the bin for him. Greenwood can build a career as RW, Martial might be sold and Hugill/Ncneill might become cover for Haaland. However Kane is not Haaland. He's nearly 28 and he had his share of injuries.

 

[RkkMan]

Do we even need Harry Kane? We gave Cavani a 1 year extension, Martial is still here, Greenwood is young and is improving + we've got two promising kids in Hugill and Mcneill. If Haaland was available at the right price then maybe its worth considering throwing all of that in the bin for him. Greenwood can build a career as RW, Martial might be sold and Hugill/Ncneill might become cover for Haaland. However Kane is not Haaland. He's nearly 28 and he had his share of injuries.

How people still have faith in this bloke is beyond me. He may be better next season but he'll never be anything above a decent player. His role should be nothing more than bit part especially with Greenwood bound to get more games as a No9. Martial doesn't justify us not signing a forward this summer Sancho is still essential if not Kane
Also McNeil/Hugill are still a year or two away from first team football waaaaay too early to pin hopes on them

 

[Mr Anderson]

Nope. Will be a bit of a Ruud about it. Fantastic striker but the team around him is still weaker than the other competing teams.

need a leader CB and proper young Matic type DM to carry that ball from deep but also provide protection to the back 4. The spine is weak currently

 

[mu4c_20le]

Do we even need Harry Kane? We gave Cavani a 1 year extension, Martial is still here, Greenwood is young and is improving + we've got two promising kids in Hugill and Mcneill. If Haaland was available at the right price then maybe its worth considering throwing all of that in the bin for him. Greenwood can build a career as RW, Martial might be sold and Hugill/Ncneill might become cover for Haaland. However Kane is not Haaland. He's nearly 28 and he had his share of injuries.

Carried by Bruno and his pens this year. We can't always rely on that. I'm surprised people actually think our forwards are firing. The only consolation is that Martial can't possibly be any worse and will probably find some form and chip in 10 goals again.

 

[Kazi]

100%

Anyone who says otherwise with their list of fifa positions is nuts

 

[stw2022]

We need a centre-back, central midfielder, winger, striker

 

[11101]

Nope. Will be a bit of a Ruud about it. Fantastic striker but the team around him is still weaker than the other competing teams.

This. He's a great striker but i don't think he will fit. I also think he is better suited to being a big fish in a small pond and will struggle with the pressure here.

 

[RkkMan]

100%

Anyone who says otherwise with their list of fifa positions is nuts

It's not a case of FIFA positions though. Stevie Wonder can see our Maguire/Lindelof partnership is too soft to challenge for PL titles and McFred is one of the worst pivots in the top 10. We can sign Messi but if those two problems aren't addressed our improvement will be marginal at best we won't be much closer to City.

 

[UDontMessWith24]

He's 28 which means he'll be dying of old age soon so no. We need to start looking at 9 year olds that are just entering their prime. In all seriousness yes but he’d have to agree to be rested from time to time. He’s excellent shape and unless we get a left time transfer ban more transfer windows will come along. No brainer.

 

[Wilt]

Yes of course, acknowledging we need to strengthen in other areas.

We have Cavani for another season but at 34 he won’t be playing every week. Greenwood is our hope for the future and in time will be the main man. But Kane has proved he’s more than just a striker. Very clever player.

It‘s rare to get the opportunity to buy a player as good as Kane, though I doubt Utd is his preferred Club.

 

[CassiusClaymore]

I think so yeah. Aint happening though.

 

[devilish]

How people still have faith in this bloke is beyond me. He may be better next season but he'll never be anything above a decent player. His role should be nothing more than bit part especially with Greenwood bound to get more games as a No9. Martial doesn't justify us not signing a forward this summer Sancho is still essential if not Kane
Also McNeil/Hugill are still a year or two away from first team football waaaaay too early to pin hopes on them

Carried by Bruno and his pens this year. We can't always rely on that. I'm surprised people actually think our forwards are firing. The only consolation is that Martial can't possibly be any worse and will probably find some form and chip in 10 goals again.

How people can still read one word out of a post and ignoring the rest is beyond me.

Assuming we bring no one upfront then we'll have Cavani upfront who scored 16 goals this season. We'll have Greenwood who scored 12 goals despite being 19 and had played as RW for most of the time. Hugill and Mcneill will be 1 year older and of course we'll also have Martial. The latter had a horrible season this year but did score 23 goals last season. That can't be ignored.

So let's say we blow all our budget on Kane. We would still be playing makeshift strikers as RW, we would still be running the likes of Maguire and Rashford to the ground, possibly cutting their career short. Despite that we'll still be too far away from winning the title.

Now Kane is nearly 28, same as Pogba and Maguire are. DDG is 30. In 5 years time we would be looking of having to replace 4 of our best players at one go with barely any trophies to show for. Therefore wouldn't it be wiser if we bring Sancho (80m) and hopefully a top young CB instead? Greenwood can return as striker, Rashford will finally be able to get some rest, we'll finally have a natural top quality RW and the defence won't be so dependent on Maguire.

Returning on Martial, I wouldn't mind if he's shown the door. He's a top talent but he's too inconsistent for my taste. However let's be realistic here. Martial has a long term contract with us on a rumoured 13m a year. That's more then Kane, Haaland, Lukaku, Salah, Son and Muriel. Who on earth is going to pay him that salary? So we can safely say that he will remain here same as Bailly, Jones and all other assets Jon Murtough and Woodward had secured

 

[TrustInJanuzaj]

I want to say yes, but i just don't see us winning anything without a better CM than McFred. The only chance would be if Ole can somehow get VDB playing well in that deeper midfield role.

 

[Wilt]

@mods, would be interesting to have a poll added, please?

 

[Number32]

No, if we have to pay that 150 mil asking price. Yes if we can convince Levy to a swap deal, then we can sign another low budget target.

I'm not a fan of blockbuster transfers like Sancho, Rice, and Varane.

 

[VP89]

I like how lots of post suggest goalscoring isn't an issue, forgetting how many times we've relied on a 34 year old whose only extending for one more campaign, and will be suspect to injuries himself along the way.

 

[BusbyMalone]

100%

Anyone who says otherwise with their list of fifa positions is nuts

What does that mean?

 

[Bilbo]

Would I sign Kane if it meant getting nobody else? Yes I would.

As has been said already there are of course other areas that could use investment too, but you have to add players of this quality if you get the chance to do so. We'd have a frightening depth in attack and I could certainly live with an unchanged defence and midfield for another season, but then I don't think we are near as bad in those positions as others seem to do.

McTominay will continue to improve and Tuanzebe might end up becoming our best partner for Maguire, not to mention hopefully a better 2nd season for Donny and Hannibal actually looked surprisingly assured so I would be expecting him to start to emerge into matchday squads next season.

 

[crossy1686]

If we sign Kane it would surely mean the end for Martial so we definitely would be signing someone else you would have thought

 

[Pretzels81]

No, a new CB and MF are more important.

But I'd take Kane before Sancho.

 

[crossy1686]

No, a new CB and MF are more important.

But I'd take Kane before Sancho.

I thought this, and then I realised we've won leagues with Brown, O'Shea and Jones in defence. Sort that front line out and defenders only need to win their 1 vs 1's

 

[Pretzels81]

I thought this, and then I realised we've won leagues with Brown, O'Shea and Jones in defence. Sort that front line out and defenders only need to win their 1 vs 1's

Yes, the current defence is not bad, Bissaka-Lindy-Mag-Shaw, especially when fit/not injured. It's the midfield which is sorely lacking: Mc-Fred is terrible, midtable at best. Imagine if we bought a Top MF as a partner for Pogba + then Bruno as AMF.

 

[Tiber]

No. He would help massively, but the rest of the team still lacks quality when compared to City - and a probably resurgent Liverpool.

If we sign Kane and sell the likes of Martial, Lingard and Mata we will defiantly require further reinforcements.

And frankly moving on from Dalot, Martial, Lingard and De Gea (personally I think going forward with Henderson is a mistake, but it seems to be the way the wind is blowing) should mean there is plenty of funds and wages for more than one significant signing.

 

[lysglimt]

No - because realistically, in order to sign him we need to let Spurs have a couple of players - in addition we will lose one or two players due to them not getting / signing a renewed contract. And we can't only have 3-4 youngsters on the bench.

We need a minimum of 3-4 new players in order to both strengthen the first team and the squad.

 

[Glorio]

100%

Anyone who says otherwise with their list of fifa positions is nuts

Why do we make such blanket statements about people? Because they don't agree with your opinion? That's a dangerous way of thinking, don't you think?

Central defence, midfield, wide players - they all exist in reality, so it makes sense that folks on here are thinking that other areas of the pitch need urgent attention.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

Signing the league's top scorer and assister would be a sign of intent and instantly improve this team. Less pressure on Bruno. Less pressure on Greenwood. Rashford officially a wide forward/winger. Another set piece specialist. Another English star. A player the likes of Maguire know well enough to gel into the group.

Yes we need other areas addressed, but I'm sure if Cavani wasn't happy due to the signing of Kane, they'd go as far as letting him exit his contract as well.

Irrespective of the money involved and Kane's actual intentions, it's the exact signing we used to make regularly and usually yielded great results - sometimes in the short term, sometimes long term (Cole, Berbatov, RVP as obvious examples).

Despite all that, I think it's clear and obvious that if the money is right, he signs for Man City because that is the equivalent of signing for Manchester United in the late 90s.

 

[FattyFooty]

Kane would be our best player.

If we are serious about getting back to former glory we need to get the very best players. Right now our attack isn't reliable enough. With Kane and Cavani. It is.

 

[Foxbatt]

Play both Kane and Cavani up front. Go to a diamond.

 

[croadyman]

I thought this, and then I realised we've won leagues with Brown, O'Shea and Jones in defence. Sort that front line out and defenders only need to win their 1 vs 1's

I think we can put that down to Fergie's genius of being able to get the absolute best out of players whereas I feel like with Ole we still need to fix the spine behind a player like Kane, that being said with someone like him on the market can we afford to let an opportunity like this pass us by. Personally I would be very surprised if his future gets sorted out before the first Euros warm up game next Wednesday so expecting us to still try.