Do Not Believe Hype on Harry Kane Price Tag, Tottenham Want More

So the Daily Mail in their continual effort to move Harry Kane on from Spurs say that Daniel Levy has set a price tag for the Tottenham talisman. However, seeing the Daily Mail speculate over a £150 million price tag is almost laughable.

£150M not a Starting Point for Tottenham Selling Kane

Okay, we have all seen enough Daniel Levy negotiations to know how this works. If he can get £20 million for a player out of contract in six months, is £150 million really all he can get for one of the best strikers in the world? Maybe. Yes, maybe in the end IF Harry Kane were ever to be sold, it would be at least that sum.

However, to get to £150 million, you do not start with that number. If this were Levy trying to purchase Kane, he would come out and offer £15 million instead and then begin negotiating from there to bring the price down. So now we are talking about one of the most valuable assets in world football and one of the shrewdest negotiators in the sport starts with an almost acceptable end-price, I think not.

Just journalists stirring the Tottenham pot

Had the Daily Mail come out and said that Spurs sources indicate that Levy would want £300 million then it almost seems believable. Sure Levy might settle for half, but he does not start there.  Instead, what we got from the Daily Mail was “it is understood that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy would want an enormous offer of £150m”. Understood by who? We have no idea, it was just understood.

The point is, maybe Spurs will sell Harry Kane someday, but £150 million probably will not even get Levy to answer the phone. Maybe you get him down to that price, but you better come stronger or negotiations will never begin. The Daily Mail can keep trying to get a new striker in Manchester, but they better up their starting point.