No, no, no
If you go
I’ll be sad and blue…

Stevie Wonder. 1974. Brilliant song from a brilliant man. Who not only predicted the birth of Harry Kane, 20 years later, but also his imminent departure from the club WHICH MADE HIM, loved him, nurtured his fledgling talent, groomed (in a good way) the boy into the man into the world’s best superstar striker. Erling Haaland? Nothing. And thus, driven by an incessant culture of reward-driven, materialistic, nothing-else-to-write-about-in-covid press, dickheads to a man, woman and child, coupled with a bunch of free-loading no-goodnik agents and advisors and tossers who see an instant retirement fund appearing before their blinkered eyes, Harry wants to leave and I’m going to be sad and blue.

But dark blue. Royal blue. Spurs blue. Not (fucking) Manchester City horrible sky blue. Eeeuuuuwwww. The blue of smugness. The blue of greed. The blue of vile and evil mercenary types who ‘follow the money’. Ok, and play ‘semi-decent’ football and win lots and lots of shit, but football’s not just about that. Is it?

Harry, apparently, wants to work with Pep Guardiola. Because in the span of Harry’s time at Spurs, he’s won nothing whatsoever, whilst Pep has won 27 Champions Leagues, 42 league titles in Spain, Germany and England, 93 cups of various colours and, pretty much, everything there is to win, 20 times over. He’s won the power-lifting gold in the Olympics and the figure skating on ice. So why would Harry be drawn to that? When on the other side of the… pitch, is love. Endless love and devotion which, in Harry’s case, goes both ways.

There’s always the argument to ‘work harder and win where you live’ but I honestly don’t think that applies to Harry. Because he works hard and committed always. And really has been let down by either lacklustre teammates or Portuguese management (Portugal may be ‘green’ for covid travel but its very very ‘red’ for football management) or… or… or something that stops Spurs winning.

As a fan I don’t care about trophies. I should, but I don’t. But I do care greatly about Harry leaving and even more concerned that others may follow when the ‘boss’ goes.

£150million. It’s totally obscene. And yet a bargain.

Happy Wednesday

A xxxx