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Transfers Summer 2020 Transfer Thread

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skywalker68 said:
Look we have been here before, yes interest gets drummed up we still hope the player wants us and it drags on until deadline day.
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Late deals and trying to out-cunt other teams on deadline day has cost us dearly many seasons

Not sure what it would take for some on here to understand that an earlier signing has a much higher rate of success into the season instead of looking to save a few bob and look desperate 2 hours before DD ending up with another Sissoko
 
Park Lane Mark Twain said:
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As I may have said before, Sport makes Marca look like Pulitzer Prize journalism
 
Unless Barca are willing to pay a huge chunk of his salary I don't see the fit for Coutinho.

While I like his creativity I question his motivation and he seems to really need to dominate the ball to be effective. I also think he needs to either play on the wing or in the 10 spot to be effective and I think we already have guys for that role.

I would prefer to spend the money getting a player that is effective in a deeper role, allowing GLC to play further upfront and getting a young guy like Eze to back-up or support him rather than spending on Coutinho.
 
ArcspacE said:
Late deals and trying to out-cunt other teams on deadline day has cost us dearly many seasons

Not sure what it would take for some on here to understand that an earlier signing has a much higher rate of success into the season instead of looking to save a few bob and look desperate 2 hours before DD ending up with another Sissoko
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On the other hand we blew a huge fee on Ndombele early on to head off any competition and it horribly backfired.
 
Bill Madrid said:
I'd be curious to see the spread, ie when we actually do business. I'd guess it was heavily weighted to later rather than earlier, meaning it's far from being a myth. I remember Pochettino complaining about it on a few occasions.
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When you think a typical summer means 4/5 in; how many of those are done on deadline day...? 1 or 2 at most..... Ratio speaks for itself... Far from "most".

Obviously, it's preferable to get everyone signed before pre-season starts... That's not in question.
 
Airfixx said:
When you think a typical summer means 4/5 in; how many of those are done on deadline day...? 1 or 2 at most..... Ratio speaks for itself... Far from "most".

Obviously, it's preferable to get everyone signed before pre-season starts... That's not in question.
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Not deadline day per se, but late on.

And that's my argument (and Pochettino's), more often than not we don't get our targets signed before pre-season starts
 
Bill Madrid said:
Not deadline day per se, but late on.

And that's my argument (and Pochettino's), more often than not we don't get our targets signed before pre-season starts
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Like I said, obviously, it's preferable to get everyone signed before pre-season starts... That's not in question.

I can only answer for the point that I originally made....

Most teams utilise the whole window. We're far from alone on that front.
 
Tottenham Sean said:
I just would like some transfers in that will get a bit ofa pre season.
We have (allegedly) been chasing two fellas for months now.one has clearly stated he wants in,it should be done.We even know what his club would accept.
We have lost out to penny pinching in the past .
Remember Berbatov? Levy ground it out till the last minute for an extra 3 mill,yet had no time to spend it in.That was the same in reverse!
I take you point,but sometimes you have just pay up.
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Yeh, but we got whatshisface and thingy in, didn’t we? Remember those club legends?
 
TommyD123 said:
I’m struggling to recall the name of it but I remember reading one of those Freakonomics type books a few years ago which made this very argument (not about football transfers). But it was about shoppers who spend hours and hours trying to buy a product at that much cheaper amount but the saving being negated by the time and the inconvenience etc.

Definitely preferable to have deals done earlier as gives a better chance of the player hitting the ground running and therefore being more effective.
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Unless you don’t have the money? In which case you can’t afford it: it’s opportunity cost vs real cost? Of course, if you do have the money, it makes some sense (unless you don’t have the money and we just don’t know what the transfer budget is...).

I think we have the money, but not THE money.

i think.

everyone clear? Cool.
 
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