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[Football] Kane to Bayern Munich?









jimhigham

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Apr 25, 2009
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Wouldn’t surprise me if he stayed. Frankly, he doesn’t seem… er… all that sharp? I don’t know him from Adam but he doesn’t convey the sense that he would move to a different country and learn the lingo. Might be my own snobbery talking.

Actually, it’s totally my own snobbery talking.
:lol:
 








Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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Shitter
 


Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012
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Ah well. We can all look forward to Round Three of 'Will he, won't he?' next Summer...
 






Kinky Gerbil

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Jul 16, 2003
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Wouldn’t surprise me if he stayed. Frankly, he doesn’t seem… er… all that sharp? I don’t know him from Adam but he doesn’t convey the sense that he would move to a different country and learn the lingo. Might be my own snobbery talking.

Actually, it’s totally my own snobbery talking.
:lol:
Why would he leave with 1 year left, in an open market he could pocket £40 million signing on and massive wages?

Leaving now is not the "sharp" option, most, if not all the top clubs in Europe will take him on a free
 








US Seagull

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Jul 17, 2003
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Cleveland, OH
I'd like to see him go - still so few English players playing for top European clubs. Surely the lowest percentage of players abroad?
I've always wondered if that isn't a weakness in the England national team. Pretty much every other team at an international tournament will have at least one (and often more) players with Premier League experience (if not current Premier League players), while the England team has almost zero experience outside England.

So every team knows what to expect from an England team, and England are mostly clueless about how Spanish, French, German, Italian, etc. teams are likely to play.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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I've always wondered if that isn't a weakness in the England national team. Pretty much every other team at an international tournament will have at least one (and often more) players with Premier League experience (if not current Premier League players), while the England team has almost zero experience outside England.

So every team knows what to expect from an England team, and England are mostly clueless about how Spanish, French, German, Italian, etc. teams are likely to play.
I’d never thought about this but it’s a good point. Those 4 nations you list have all won world cups in the last 20 years as well.
 












maresfield seagull

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May 23, 2006
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I've always wondered if that isn't a weakness in the England national team. Pretty much every other team at an international tournament will have at least one (and often more) players with Premier League experience (if not current Premier League players), while the England team has almost zero experience outside England.

So every team knows what to expect from an England team, and England are mostly clueless about how Spanish, French, German, Italian, etc. teams are likely to play.
Not sure that matters in the age of analytics measuring statistics to the nth degree
But I’m pretty sure the players would benefit from the life experience
That said there does seem to be more youngsters chancing their arm abroad So perhaps this will change organically
 








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