For 50m Tottenham have got a fantastic deal. Turning that down would have been irresponsible.
All that said you guys do need to start securing a few signings soon.
Whether we have done well out of this here is if:
1. We sell no other first teamer.
2. We sign another RB who does well
3. We use the dough to strengthen elsewhere too.
At present, 50m is useless to us - we have weakened the XI while everyone else has bought
Everyone knew walker was leaving ages ago. Spurs have no excuses for not having contingency plans.
comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 20 minutes ago
Whether we have done well out of this here is if:
1. We sell no other first teamer.
2. We sign another RB who does well
3. We use the dough to strengthen elsewhere too.
At present, 50m is useless to us - we have weakened the XI while everyone else has bought
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agreed...50 million is crazy...but it still can't play right back can it.
over a season I'm don' t think trips is going to be good enough
It's a great price for a good but not great player.
It does set a precedent potentially for your other stars though.
If they fancy a move they know they can get one.
comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 54 minutes ago
Whether we have done well out of this here is if:
1. We sell no other first teamer.
2. We sign another RB who does well
3. We use the dough to strengthen elsewhere too.
At present, 50m is useless to us - we have weakened the XI while everyone else has bought
----------------------------------------------------------------------
HRH bang on again
I can live with Walker leaving, but joining a rival is what really irks me. At the moment, we have weakened our right hand side whilst strengthening a rival in a position they were desperate for.
£54m is good money, but only if it is invested wisely. And I find it strange that we have not brought in a replacement first, as clubs now know we have 50 odd million burning a hole in our pocket.
Don't understand why both our fans and others are blowing this out of all proportion!
We sold Walker to City for over the odds
It is the first bit of transfer we have done in or out this summer
We have a very capable replacement who statistically has better stats than a large portion of the other RB in the Premiership despite been a reserve RB
We have a system that allows either CB to drop into the wing back position should Rose, Davies or Tripper fancy a jaunt
Selling one first team player does not make us a selling club and is not a sign of weakness to the other players.
The team I saw last season wanted to be at Tottenham because they believed that something big was happening which is something I have never seen in all my years
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 6 minutes ago
I can live with Walker leaving, but joining a rival is what really irks me. At the moment, we have weakened our right hand side whilst strengthening a rival in a position they were desperate for.
£54m is good money, but only if it is invested wisely. And I find it strange that we have not brought in a replacement first, as clubs now know we have 50 odd million burning a hole in our pocket.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
However if we bought a replacement then City would drop the price as they would know we intended to sell so swings and roundabouts really
I think we are in a unique position this time we have sold a big player, compared to other times. Those times we have ended up using it to buy several players at once at his has had mixed results.
Carrick 2006
He was the heartbeat of the side. We sold him at the same time as having to strenghthen for a European campaign, and it spread us thin. Berba the standout signing.
Berbatov and Keane 2008
Ramos/Commoli used the sale of these two to buy lots of players to overhaul Jol's squad, with mixed success. Modric the outstanding signing among the many
Modric 2012
Baldini/AVB used the cash for the first overhaul of Redknapp's squad. Lloris, Verts, Dempsey, Siggy et al.
Bale 2013
The infamous seven signings, and the finalisation of the overhaul of Redknapp's side.
Walker 2017
There is no major squad surgery to be had, and a big injection of cash. We can hopefully concentrate our efforts on signing two or three quality players with this and other monies received. Quality not quantity.
comment by Scribe is back (U18092)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 6 minutes ago
I can live with Walker leaving, but joining a rival is what really irks me. At the moment, we have weakened our right hand side whilst strengthening a rival in a position they were desperate for.
£54m is good money, but only if it is invested wisely. And I find it strange that we have not brought in a replacement first, as clubs now know we have 50 odd million burning a hole in our pocket.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
However if we bought a replacement then City would drop the price as they would know we intended to sell so swings and roundabouts really
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pereira has a 22m release clause apparently
comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Scribe is back (U18092)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 6 minutes ago
I can live with Walker leaving, but joining a rival is what really irks me. At the moment, we have weakened our right hand side whilst strengthening a rival in a position they were desperate for.
£54m is good money, but only if it is invested wisely. And I find it strange that we have not brought in a replacement first, as clubs now know we have 50 odd million burning a hole in our pocket.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
However if we bought a replacement then City would drop the price as they would know we intended to sell so swings and roundabouts really
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pereira has a 22m release clause apparently
--------------------------------
Players who had release clauses in they're contracts prior to the explosion in the market are looking like the only way of getting a good deal nowadays.
Sandro to Everton for £6m being one.
What price VVD now eh? 🤔
Good article 5 's
Well balanced appraisal
Poch and Levy are no mugs, there will be something in the pipeline. ..Levy always keeps his cards close to his chest.
And we now have enough money to buy Leandro Damião
Seems we're in for Ricardo Pereira from Porto but playing for Nice.
Reports suggest we have dropped our interest in Pereira for whatever reason.
All things being equal, we still have time to sign decent additions to our squad. Barkley would be a useful addition, but not at £40m+ Everton are asking, especially for a player with only less than a year left on his contract.
I would think we can get him for around £25m, so it is an obvious waiting game to see who blinks first, us or Everton.
At present the team for the first couple of games picks itself, and by that time Son and Rose should be fit plus any new additions should be well into Poch's training methods
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posted on 15/7/17
For 50m Tottenham have got a fantastic deal. Turning that down would have been irresponsible.
All that said you guys do need to start securing a few signings soon.
posted on 15/7/17
Whether we have done well out of this here is if:
1. We sell no other first teamer.
2. We sign another RB who does well
3. We use the dough to strengthen elsewhere too.
At present, 50m is useless to us - we have weakened the XI while everyone else has bought
posted on 15/7/17
Everyone knew walker was leaving ages ago. Spurs have no excuses for not having contingency plans.
posted on 15/7/17
comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 20 minutes ago
Whether we have done well out of this here is if:
1. We sell no other first teamer.
2. We sign another RB who does well
3. We use the dough to strengthen elsewhere too.
At present, 50m is useless to us - we have weakened the XI while everyone else has bought
----------------------------------------------------------------------
agreed...50 million is crazy...but it still can't play right back can it.
over a season I'm don' t think trips is going to be good enough
posted on 15/7/17
It's a great price for a good but not great player.
It does set a precedent potentially for your other stars though.
If they fancy a move they know they can get one.
posted on 15/7/17
comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 54 minutes ago
Whether we have done well out of this here is if:
1. We sell no other first teamer.
2. We sign another RB who does well
3. We use the dough to strengthen elsewhere too.
At present, 50m is useless to us - we have weakened the XI while everyone else has bought
----------------------------------------------------------------------
HRH bang on again
posted on 15/7/17
I can live with Walker leaving, but joining a rival is what really irks me. At the moment, we have weakened our right hand side whilst strengthening a rival in a position they were desperate for.
£54m is good money, but only if it is invested wisely. And I find it strange that we have not brought in a replacement first, as clubs now know we have 50 odd million burning a hole in our pocket.
posted on 15/7/17
Don't understand why both our fans and others are blowing this out of all proportion!
We sold Walker to City for over the odds
It is the first bit of transfer we have done in or out this summer
We have a very capable replacement who statistically has better stats than a large portion of the other RB in the Premiership despite been a reserve RB
We have a system that allows either CB to drop into the wing back position should Rose, Davies or Tripper fancy a jaunt
Selling one first team player does not make us a selling club and is not a sign of weakness to the other players.
The team I saw last season wanted to be at Tottenham because they believed that something big was happening which is something I have never seen in all my years
posted on 15/7/17
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 6 minutes ago
I can live with Walker leaving, but joining a rival is what really irks me. At the moment, we have weakened our right hand side whilst strengthening a rival in a position they were desperate for.
£54m is good money, but only if it is invested wisely. And I find it strange that we have not brought in a replacement first, as clubs now know we have 50 odd million burning a hole in our pocket.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
However if we bought a replacement then City would drop the price as they would know we intended to sell so swings and roundabouts really
posted on 15/7/17
I think we are in a unique position this time we have sold a big player, compared to other times. Those times we have ended up using it to buy several players at once at his has had mixed results.
Carrick 2006
He was the heartbeat of the side. We sold him at the same time as having to strenghthen for a European campaign, and it spread us thin. Berba the standout signing.
Berbatov and Keane 2008
Ramos/Commoli used the sale of these two to buy lots of players to overhaul Jol's squad, with mixed success. Modric the outstanding signing among the many
Modric 2012
Baldini/AVB used the cash for the first overhaul of Redknapp's squad. Lloris, Verts, Dempsey, Siggy et al.
Bale 2013
The infamous seven signings, and the finalisation of the overhaul of Redknapp's side.
Walker 2017
There is no major squad surgery to be had, and a big injection of cash. We can hopefully concentrate our efforts on signing two or three quality players with this and other monies received. Quality not quantity.
posted on 15/7/17
comment by Scribe is back (U18092)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 6 minutes ago
I can live with Walker leaving, but joining a rival is what really irks me. At the moment, we have weakened our right hand side whilst strengthening a rival in a position they were desperate for.
£54m is good money, but only if it is invested wisely. And I find it strange that we have not brought in a replacement first, as clubs now know we have 50 odd million burning a hole in our pocket.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
However if we bought a replacement then City would drop the price as they would know we intended to sell so swings and roundabouts really
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pereira has a 22m release clause apparently
posted on 15/7/17
comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Scribe is back (U18092)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 6 minutes ago
I can live with Walker leaving, but joining a rival is what really irks me. At the moment, we have weakened our right hand side whilst strengthening a rival in a position they were desperate for.
£54m is good money, but only if it is invested wisely. And I find it strange that we have not brought in a replacement first, as clubs now know we have 50 odd million burning a hole in our pocket.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
However if we bought a replacement then City would drop the price as they would know we intended to sell so swings and roundabouts really
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pereira has a 22m release clause apparently
--------------------------------
Players who had release clauses in they're contracts prior to the explosion in the market are looking like the only way of getting a good deal nowadays.
Sandro to Everton for £6m being one.
posted on 15/7/17
What price VVD now eh? 🤔
posted on 15/7/17
Good article 5 's
Well balanced appraisal
Poch and Levy are no mugs, there will be something in the pipeline. ..Levy always keeps his cards close to his chest.
And we now have enough money to buy Leandro Damião
posted on 15/7/17
Seems we're in for Ricardo Pereira from Porto but playing for Nice.
posted on 16/7/17
Reports suggest we have dropped our interest in Pereira for whatever reason.
All things being equal, we still have time to sign decent additions to our squad. Barkley would be a useful addition, but not at £40m+ Everton are asking, especially for a player with only less than a year left on his contract.
I would think we can get him for around £25m, so it is an obvious waiting game to see who blinks first, us or Everton.
At present the team for the first couple of games picks itself, and by that time Son and Rose should be fit plus any new additions should be well into Poch's training methods
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