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Transfers January 2020 transfer thread

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OldBoy68 said:
But if your point is that we on average achieve positions according to our wage bill then you are right.
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Ah good, we agree.

It's all quite simple really. If the team isn't performing up to its wage bill, blame the manager. If the wage bill isn't commensurate with revenue, blame the chairman.

If a manager massively overachieves his wage bill, but the colossal revenue growth he enables is not reinvested into the squad, spend your whole fucking life listening to faux-clever bores lick the chairman's boots because they have some bizarre fetish for the capital class.
 
TheRealTI said:
We simply need a striker this week if we have any hope of competing for the FA Cup or Top 4.
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More key points dropped all over the shop today.... That's why we shouldn't give up hope... Look at the clusterfuck that was last year's race for top 4... No reason why this year will be any different.

Yes, it's likely reliant upon our trf business... But the season is not a write off.

EDIT: Our resident redneck humpty things we should "give up".... How's that for backbone? :mourthumb:
 
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FightingIllini said:
Ah good, we agree.

It's all quite simple really. If the team isn't performing up to its wage bill, blame the manager. If the wage bill isn't commensurate with revenue, blame the chairman.

If a manager massively overachieves his wage bill, but the colossal revenue growth he enables is not reinvested into the squad, spend your whole fucking life listening to faux-clever bores lick the chairman's boots because they have some bizarre fetish for the capital class.
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....Where's all the money gone?

(I know you're not the kind of twat that will say "Joe Lewis's yacht collection" so again.... Genuine question.)
 
For those interested in Werner:

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The latest on Timo Werner as Tottenham join the race

RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner has been linked with a January transfer window move to Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool
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"there has been confusion over the release clause in Werner's contract, with some quoting as low as £25.6million and some quoting as high as £51.2m in recent months."

"According to El Desmarque, Real Madrid are interested in a €80 million (£68 million) bid for Timo Werner."

"But according to The Athletic, the striker will not consider a move to Anfield when his £42.6m release clause comes into play.

This is reportedly due to the fact that he does not see regular first team football with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino already the regulars up front."
 
Airfixx said:
For those interested in Werner:

www.football.london

The latest on Timo Werner as Tottenham join the race

RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner has been linked with a January transfer window move to Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool
www.football.london www.football.london

"there has been confusion over the release clause in Werner's contract, with some quoting as low as £25.6million and some quoting as high as £51.2m in recent months."

"According to El Desmarque, Real Madrid are interested in a €80 million (£68 million) bid for Timo Werner."

"But according to The Athletic, the striker will not consider a move to Anfield when his £42.6m release clause comes into play.

This is reportedly due to the fact that he does not see regular first team football with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino already the regulars up front."
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Werner is a completely different striker to what we have now. he and Kane require different build ups around them, Werner flourishes when he abuses the opposition high line.
 
FightingIllini said:
Well, we lit 20-some million of it on fire to pretend that Poch was the problem.

But mostly it hasn't gone anywhere. We're cash flush.
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Getting to that point is a job well done on all fronts then, no?

I don't understand the cause for the scathing "capital class" comments or the massive down-playing of our on-pitch progression.

Pardon the phrasing, but "phase 2" = as of the start of this season and we splashed out in the summer... Let's see where it takes us. We're far from consigned to indefinate mid-table purgatory.
 
FightingIllini said:
Ah good, we agree.

It's all quite simple really. If the team isn't performing up to its wage bill, blame the manager. If the wage bill isn't commensurate with revenue, blame the chairman.

If a manager massively overachieves his wage bill, but the colossal revenue growth he enables is not reinvested into the squad, spend your whole fucking life listening to faux-clever bores lick the chairman's boots because they have some bizarre fetish for the capital class.
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Nail on the fucking head
 
So, a striker, a defensive midfielder and a two fullbacks is the very bare minimum.

LOL I look at Levy and think that will never happen. Max another loan in and perhaps two if Eriksen leaves.

Shite.
 
NorseYid said:
So, a striker, a defensive midfielder and a two fullbacks is the very bare minimum.

LOL I look at Levy and think that will never happen. Max another loan in and perhaps two if Eriksen leaves.

Shite.
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Indeed never gonna happen, two full-backs? :levylol:

We would be lucky if he brings in a back-up striker this month, probably on loan. If he was serious about a top four finish this season we would've had a new right-back, DM and striker by now.
 
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FightingIllini said:
Ah good, we agree.

It's all quite simple really. If the team isn't performing up to its wage bill, blame the manager. If the wage bill isn't commensurate with revenue, blame the chairman.

If a manager massively overachieves his wage bill, but the colossal revenue growth he enables is not reinvested into the squad, spend your whole fucking life listening to faux-clever bores lick the chairman's boots because they have some bizarre fetish for the capital class.
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This
 
Airfixx said:
a) Didn't the investment start this past Summer? .....If not what was that?

b) In all honesty, you sound anything but optimistic.
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To be clear, I'm optimistic the club will spend money, not necessarily that it will translate into the success we've seen in recent years. We've been flying miles above our man-for-man quality level, and some of the best of those guys are aging out of their primes.

And yeah, we definitely invested in the summer, and landed some impressive targets, at least one of which (Ndombele) looks the kind of player you can build a team around.

I'm hopeful, I wouldn't say confident, but hopeful.

But some of the narratives that have sprouted up around Levy and especially Poch vis a vis Levy really chap my ass.
 
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