I'm going on seeing probably 3 games at CB and 4 at midfield, but yeah I'd have thought he looks to have good prospects at both positions. He actually carries the ball with style and shields it really well and his chipped passing is at a high level. Maybe the WC terming seems generous, but I just get that feel watching him, kind of like when I first saw Alaba play, just some inherent competetive quality. Ferguson saw it in Phil Jones, so what do I know?
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Transfers Summer 2021 - Transfer Thread
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What is definite is gone are the days when we pulled off a transfer coup.
I don't really see the Kamara and Kounde comparisons. Kounde is a centre back and Kamara a DM (used to play CB however) that can drop down into the backline when needed to.
Based on what I have seen of Kamara over the last few years I would compare him more to Ndidi and Kante with a bit of Wanyama thrown in. A strong ball winner and defensive terrier in midfield.
He would definitely be a good get if we could land him.
I recall Fergie saying dealing with Levy was more painful than his hip replacement operation.
Levy had it in for Ferguson over the Berbatov deal, as Fergie was asked if Berba would join United, Levy accused him of tapping the player up. This in turn pissed Ferguson off, so he has been vocal about his distaste for Levy.
A couple of things - this doesn’t equate to a number of clubs refusing to deal with us. And I’d much rather we had a chairman that fights back when “bigger” clubs come circling our best players, than one who bends over and touches his toes.
The original comment I had issue with was clubs refusing to deal with us, now it’s clubs being a bit chippy about Levy. Now we are getting closer to the truth and further from fantasy.
It was just a loan, but the Bale thing was a neat trick.
Levy has his moments, there's just no coherent project underlying the whole thing, and there can't be as long as he retains the degree of control necessary to be Mr. Negotiating Genius.
If we can raise the funds
Poor old Joe and Daniel
If we have to sell before we can buy a painfully average CB for 20 mil then let's brace ourselves for yet another season sat watching Sissoko , Dier , Sanchez etc waddle around a football pitch every week because the rebuild we so desperately need ain't happening
Only 60 quid to have the privilege of watching such a footballing treat , bargain
He's another Steve Hitchen bargain-bin special.
Our bargain bin signings have turned out much better than our expensive ones.
We’ve spent almost £200m on Sissoko, Sanchez, Ndombele and Lo Celso, have they been good just because they were expensive? Was Lamela better than Eriksen even though he cost 3 times as much?
Andersen seems to be a good player with the right attitude and hunger that we are looking for. I’d rather buy him for £20m than take a punt on some £50m player. Players who are truly worth that kind of fee do not want to join Tottenham. We are letting ourselves get fleeced if we give in to that sort of fee.
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For me central midfield is as big, if not bigger problem than centre back. Imagine this defence with Dembele and Wanyama in front of them. There’s no way it would look as bad as it has. Hojbjerg needs to be a rotation option with two new central midfielders bought in. Moving winks, sissoko on and bringing two players in would transform us.
Nobody wants us to be a push over and get our tummies tickled surely?
I certainly don’t. But as we’ve seen, there are some who believe we don’t have a chance with some players as there’s a list of clubs that don’t do business with us due to Levy’s negotiating tactics.
But I have the feeling if Levy wasn’t like this, the same people would be giving him shit for being too nice.
We don´t have a number 10, no one that can see and make those opening passes that is needed when playing in possession (I´m counting on us bringing in a possession minded attacking new coach) and trying to break through a parked bus defence.
Ndombele is great att coping with preassure, bud to be honest he hasn´t given us many points. Right now, he´s more of a youtube player then anything else.
Lo Celso is also a bit strange. He´s like a new Lamela, the same skillset, always injured, painfully left footed. Maybee att bit better att defending and link up play but not much.
What we need is to sell one of these or both and bring in a number ten. Graelish?
Ndombele is great att coping with preassure, bud to be honest he hasn´t given us many points. Right now, he´s more of a youtube player then anything else.
Lo Celso is also a bit strange. He´s like a new Lamela, the same skillset, always injured, painfully left footed. Maybee att bit better att defending and link up play but not much.
What we need is to sell one of these or both and bring in a number ten. Graelish?
I think both need to be playing further up the field than playing deep in midfield, Gio had a good goal return for betis and Ndombele seems better suited playing just behind the front 3.
Yep. I think Skipp will be better than Holberg so perhaps that’s one
I think we all have high hopes for Skipp but lets not get ahead of ourselves. I feel we need to improve in CM in both bringing back Skipp and making at least 1 new CM signings.
Someone has to work out how to get a tune out of Ndombele.
I don’t think it’s possible. I’d sell him while his stock is still reasonably high. Hopefully he has a great Euros for France and it generates some interest. I just don’t think he’s cut out for premier league football on a consistent basis.
I think we have a problem to solve internally first. Kane seems to be playing a lot deeper than before and we need to work out why.
Is it because we were playing defensively and he naturally wanted to close the gap between defence and attack?
Does he want to be a number 10?
Is he playing in that are because we don’t have a number 10?
Or is the fact that he’s choosing to play there a reason we don’t play one, so therefore should be looking for a new number 9?
In my head it's pretty clear that he's playing so deep because we're simply getting overrun in midfield and he's dropping deeper to provide support.
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