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Transfers Summer 2019 transfer thread

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WookieD said:
Where is this “£40m is a low fee” nonesense coming from? I think a lot of people need to take some perspective.

This is the Top 50 transfer fees from Jan 2019:
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The 50 most expensive football transfers of all time

The 50 most expensive football transfers of all time.
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If we spanked £60m on Ndombele that would be in the top 30 transfer fees of all time. For a 22 year old who was worth £7m a year ago and plays in a second tier division.

£40m is good money for a player who by means the finished article. It’s a good fee full stop. Not that I wouldn’t go higher but it is far from a derisory bid, especially when nobody else is in for him.
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Absolutely. People act like £40m is peanuts yet never have we ever paid more than that for a player. Man City for all of their money have never spent anything out of the £60m's for a player and it was only recently that Bayern Munich took their record fee spend from the £40m ball park. People's lack of respect for money and how important a few million here or there is a joke. People say it's only £15m-£20m etc what would a club like Bolton give for that kind of money these days? Perspective needed as it wasn't long ago Bolton were finishin above Spurs in the league.
 
Incomplete_usernam said:
We haven't signed a player for over 500 days mate, it's not just about this transfer window.
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Most clubs haven't signed a player for 6 months on that logic !

BTW, every ManU supporter I meet would like our current squad in place of their own. No exceptions. And most hate the signings they have made in the last couple of years (they haven't seen the Swansea youngster yet).

So maybe we are in a decent position, BTW I still expect a few signings in the remaining 6 weeks of the TW.

BTW, I'm surprised you haven't been able to list all the players (not youth or free transfers) signed by PL clubs - when I last looked it was under 6 players in total.
 
WookieD said:
Where is this “£40m is a low fee” nonsense coming from? I think a lot of people need to take some perspective.

This is the Top 50 transfer fees from Jan 2019:
www.90min.com

The 50 most expensive football transfers of all time

The 50 most expensive football transfers of all time.
www.90min.com www.90min.com

If we spanked £60m on Ndombele that would be in the top 30 transfer fees of all time. For a 22 year old who was worth £7m a year ago and plays in a second tier division.

£40m is good money for a player who is by no means the finished article. It’s a good fee full stop. Not that I wouldn’t go higher but it is far from a derisory bid, especially when nobody else is in for him.
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Don't think you read the best of it from the last few days.

Several trying to argue that £70m or £80m was now the norm for any player !! :wall: :wall:

As you point out, even £40m gets on he list of significant transfers.
 
Spursidol said:
Most clubs haven't signed a player for 6 months on that logic !

BTW, every ManU supporter I meet would like our current squad in place of their own. No exceptions. And most hate the signings they have made in the last couple of years (they haven't seen the Swansea youngster yet).

So maybe we are in a decent position, BTW I still expect a few signings in the remaining 6 weeks of the TW.

BTW, I'm surprised you haven't been able to list all the players (not youth or free transfers) signed by PL clubs - when I last looked it was under 6 players in total.
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Yeh..... "500 days"...? I 'love' that shit.... I've also seen "2 years", "2 seasons", "3 windows".... Any old spin to vindicate the insipid entitled daily moaning from the usual handfull of cunts.
 
Airfixx said:
From you I learned that you think Dele has no discipline, has no discernible business in our squad and playing him tucked behind Kane won't work (even though we've seen it result in his best season here)....
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I didn't ask did you learn something from me in particular. I asked in general. Assuming it was a good-faith question I figured you were looking for input to test you potential formation/tactical brain. Leaving aside the putting of words into my mouth there were other considerations. Many people posted similar concerns.

The further issue is the resulting CM2 you would be left with, because of Dele advancing, would not be robust enough. And your four players that can hypothetically score will get no service...and only 1.5 of them can actually create their own goal anyway. So you would get a blunt attack with 20 yards between them and the rest of their team. And we would never get out of our own end just like the CL final and just like Poch's teams has been susceptible to since he's been here but all the moron managers haven't exploited it other than Koeman, Pulis, Pep, Klopp, and maybe a couple others.

Airfixx said:
I'm just not sure why I should take your opinion regarding a hypothetical as gospel over the other people that have also commented tho'.
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Did anyone suggest this? If it was a question in good faith then I would suggest all opinions would be evaluated on their respective merit. The bigger question is has the response altered your previous position?
 
They say it's the hope that kills you.

I think it's the fear of being right that's worse.

We defy logic as a club and when I see people peddling likely line-ups based on nothing it just confirms it.

Strewth.
 
Park Lane Mark Twain said:
Absolutely. People act like £40m is peanuts yet never have we ever paid more than that for a player. Man City for all of their money have never spent anything out of the £60m's for a player and it was only recently that Bayern Munich took their record fee spend from the £40m ball park. People's lack of respect for money and how important a few million here or there is a joke. People say it's only £15m-£20m etc what would a club like Bolton give for that kind of money these days? Perspective needed as it wasn't long ago Bolton were finishin above Spurs in the league.
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Agree, but the going rate for quality or even potential quality players has gone up and through the roof lately and clubs/agents know this mate I'm afraid.
 
I'm watching an Argentinian stream of their must-win match vs South American football giants Qatar. It's not very good. Foyth is playing centre back hasn't figured much one way of another. Our lad Lo Celso is in central midfield, "tidy" would be the adjective.

Fun fact:

The commentators pronounce his name "Lo Chelso"
 
Spursidol said:
Most clubs haven't signed a player for 6 months on that logic !

BTW, every ManU supporter I meet would like our current squad in place of their own. No exceptions. And most hate the signings they have made in the last couple of years (they haven't seen the Swansea youngster yet).

So maybe we are in a decent position, BTW I still expect a few signings in the remaining 6 weeks of the TW.

BTW, I'm surprised you haven't been able to list all the players (not youth or free transfers) signed by PL clubs - when I last looked it was under 6 players in total.
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If the logic of not signing anyone for 500 days comes into it as you've highlighted in your response to Incomplete_usernam Incomplete_usernam then I reckon there's a fair few teams that probably haven't made a signing for nearly a year or so now. Any team that hasn't signed anyone this summer yet and didn't in the Jan window would fall into that category pretty much.

We'll sign players, it's just a very dicey market at the moment with insane fees being thrown around the place
 
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Bill Madrid said:
I'm watching an Argentinian stream of their must-win match vs South American football giants Qatar. It's not very good. Foyth is playing centre back hasn't figured much one way of another. Our lad Lo Celso is in central midfield, "tidy" would be the adjective.

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The commentators pronounce his name "Lo Chelso"
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He has a little bit of that tidy Winks way about him doesn't he? Just a little more offensive in the final/ attacking third.

I like him, I think he'd be a good fit but £70m or so like they're suggesting in the media? A fair old slab that is
 
Park Lane Mark Twain said:
He has a little bit of that tidy Winks way about him doesn't he? Just a little more offensive in the final/ attacking third.

I like him, I think he'd be a good fit but £70m or so like they're suggesting in the media? A fair old slab that is
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He plays further forward for Betis, but the Argentinian manager is playing there. That appears to be part of the team's problems, there seems to be a contractual clause that every player has to try to pass to Messi within 3 seconds of getting the ball
 
Neumanator said:
Especially for someone so young, with no Premier League experience and just one full season of decent form behind him.
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I really like him, I think he'd be a cracking little Spurs player but I see his figure being around the £55m mark, maybe more if we get utterly convinced by him. £70m just doesn't make sense to me as if he flops we'd be looking at half of that back from a potential buying club. Risk/ reward and stadium debts and all of that.
 
Hotspurio said:
www.standard.co.uk

Ndombele to Tottenham: What we know so far

Tottenham are looking to seriously strengthen their squad this summer and Tanguy Ndombele is a priority signing.
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Opening offer was 40 million plus add ons, classic Levy.
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I actually don't think that's so ridiculous. Basically on par with the highest we've ever paid for a player (Sanchez) and if we came in with an opening bid much higher than Aulas would have smelled blood.

As long as it didn't piss Lyon off and drive them away from the negotiating table (which it doesn't appear to have done, touch wood) then it seems alright.
 
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