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I feel levy has at least made an effort to support the manager and deserves credit.
By the way the "ooooooh" was to show that they are definitely in the wrong....and live potentially suspect lifestyles.
I like us running it tight and going with youth, but a £20m outlay in this transfer window is nothing with TV money and all. And we're going to pay it in installments, imagine in 5 years a £6m installment is £3m with "football-inflation".
Its spelled s-q-u-a-d mate.
I've got no problem with winning the race for a player Everton thought they had, but the way Sissoko handled the u-turn really bothers me. He should have had the courtesy to tell Koeman that he was accepting our offer rather than ignore his phone calls. It doesn't matter if it was embarrassment, a lack of balls or plain rudeness, it's a bad sign.
For the record, on balance, I'm pleased we signed him. I agree with most that the fee is way over par, but I believe we're a stronger, more agile squad with him, and are better equipped to deal with the season ahead.
So you believe we will see a 200 million pound signing in the next 5 years?
Yea sure, why not.
No reason unfortunately, just hope your wrong, it's getting silly now when 5 pogba's or 1 messi equate to the same as our new stadium
For me it's just frustrating to think about all the deals we've missed out on (according to the media anyway) due to Levy being tight over a couple million, and yet here we are spending £30M on a bloke that performs slightly above average a few times a season
Can we at least wait until the bloke plays a few matches for us to judge him? Newcastle was a cluster fuck of a situation last season.
He's been there more than one season and done the same
I'm with you. Sadly I don't see it coming to a halt just yet. The more global the world the bigger and further "away from the fans" football will get.
It's not the money that makes for an ambitious signing, it's the caliber of player. I don't believe that Sissoko is the sort of player that you shell out 30m on, simple. And you haven't been this thrilled with Levy since Soldado's transfer.
I know nothing about Nkoudou, but he does look like a potential like-for-like upgrade. Could be good, I don't know. But on deadline day we also loaned a keeper from Spain and paid 30m for a failed player from the relegated Newcastle. Neither really make sense to me. I think we lacked imagination in this transfer window and we might have improved squad depth, but we also didn't really punch on and strengthen.
He was excellent his first season for Newcastle and he has been good for France.
For me it's not a money thing, I don't really care what the club spends as none of it has any real repercussions for me.
It's just what I've read, heard, and seen in some cases, which makes me think Sissoko is a prize bellend, however Poch must see something in him otherwise Levy wouldn't have paid a reported £30m for him, so I'll reserve any real judgement for the end of the season and we can see the impact he's had.
It's clear when Sissoko fancies it, he's a very good player, but how long will it take for him to become accustomed to the way Spurs seem to be at the moment.
That's funny because their fans seem to say otherwise
Telegraph reporting that the fee is £30m, paid in five annual instalments of £6m - but only for as long as he stays at the club. Which if true sounds like a very good arrangement by Levy.