I think most people on here are in agreement of the 2 priority players we need - an attacking midfielder and a top drawer striker. For the past few windows it has become obvious Levy is unwilling to spend - the manager is having to offload fringe players in order to buy. The problem with this is that we don't really have that many fringe players left who we can get money for. The other factor is we lost good players who could still do a job for us now (Corluka, Krancjar) simply to allow funding for players who are not the calibre we should be looking at (Sigurdsson, Dempsey).
Back to the article. Who realisticaly can we expect to get in January? It's all well and good saying follow the Newcastle route. But an example, while Cisse was on fire for half a season last term he has done next to nothing this season. Does Levy/Lewis finally have to accept that we need to start looking at 20 million pound players? Who do you guys think we should be going for?
Realistic transfer targets.
posted on 23/12/12
We won't buy anyone decent in January, we never do.
posted on 23/12/12
tarrico sees red, exactly mate. Pointless getting excited or even thinking we will strengthen because we all know the outcome. Levy won't sanction a deal for a decent signing we desperately need.
posted on 23/12/12
don. so who would you sign in january?
lets keep it realistic please.
porto are in the cl. they won't sell moutinho
shaktar are in the cl. they won't sell william
llorente is nearing the end of his contract - he will soon go on a free for massive wages, why would he come to us with our wage limits
posted on 23/12/12
*willian
posted on 23/12/12
Don't need anything at the back. We have a lot of cover in midfield, Sandro and Dembélé are too good to sit on the bench. All we need is NEW STRIKER. Can't see another playmaker coming since we signed Dempsey and Siggy, regardless of form.
Can see Friedel leaving us with maybe Livermore going out on loan.
There won't be an overhaul as requested by Lion. There's always minimal activity in January for Spurs, and most other clubs. We're still very much in contention for top 4 with a lot of first team players returning to the squad.
posted on 23/12/12
Chronic, Llorente is reportedly in the 50-60k per week bracket. They may be forced to sell in January rather than risking him leaving on a free. Nothing unrealistic about it at all...
posted on 23/12/12
malaga need to sell. let's get Isco
posted on 23/12/12
Isco doubt it...
posted on 23/12/12
Chronic, you talk like you are the owner of shaktar, porto and atletico bilbao all rolled into one. How do you know they won't sell to us? Correct me if i'm wrong but recent summer these teams were in the champions league and you were happy and felt they were realistic signings before so what has changed now? Its down to levy to stop playing every club off as fools abd pay the f. Ucking money needed. I'm not saying splash 90mil on a big spending spree but it's quite obvious we need a top quality striker and have done for years. Levy and spurs have the money so i don't get why you have this obsession that we don't. We wouldn't of wasted our time with moutinho if we didn't have the funds, levy is just a tight a ss.
posted on 23/12/12
If there's an irresistible deal this window then we should take it, if not I'm more than happy to wait till the summer, as long as we do our busy early, so we hit the ground running...