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Transfers Summer 2021 - Transfer Thread

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FightingIllini said:
The disparity as a percentage of turnover is much less dramatic (obvious, right? The clubs that make more spend more) and Spurs have been dead last by a mile, just operating alone in an entirely singular level of penury, for years and years.

And what have we done this window? Further lowered our wage bill.
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And yet we've struggled to offload "deadwood" (I hate that phrase) because of the wages we pay.
 
LuckyMe said:
Some people just like to bitch and moan, I guess. Especially in hindsight, I guess. IIRC there was very much a "the jury's still out" feeling about Grealish, when we were in for him. All the same, Levy stepped on from that (and most of his dealings) to pull out all the stops to get Ndombele from under the noses of bigger clubs. IIRC basically everyone thought we'd signed a superstar at the time. As it turned out, Grealish became the superstar and Ndombele a lazy fuck. Hindsight's lovely ain't it. Still....

Why don't you just pay up instead of haggling to tight, bald fucker?

When he does pay up: Why did you pay that much you stupid, bald fucker?

I'm sat firmly on the meeeeeeh fence with regards to Levy, before the Levy apologist comments flood in. He's doing some things superbly, and with other things I'd prefer a (much) different approach. In any case, I'd rather be on the fence and take each thing on its own merit, than being someone who blatantly complains just to complain.
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Just checking it was my post you were responding to and then if so, if you actually read my post.
 
Tomo said:
Can’t we get a cheap loan striker who can do the hold up play like Llorente just until Scarlett is upto speed.
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Ndombele can do that role, he might not be a proper striker but he can play and hold the ball up pretty well. as well as offload. it's one of the reasons i'd like to see him start on the right of a front 3 with Kane & Son, to see how well he can perform up there.

Okay he might be on the lazy side as for chasing the ball backwards, but he does have nifty feet in possession.
 
LuckyMe said:
Some people just like to bitch and moan, I guess. Especially in hindsight, I guess. IIRC there was very much a "the jury's still out" feeling about Grealish, when we were in for him. All the same, Levy stepped on from that (and most of his dealings) to pull out all the stops to get Ndombele from under the noses of bigger clubs. IIRC basically everyone thought we'd signed a superstar at the time. As it turned out, Grealish became the superstar and Ndombele a lazy fuck. Hindsight's lovely ain't it. Still....

Why don't you just pay up instead of haggling to tight, bald fucker?

When he does pay up: Why did you pay that much you stupid, bald fucker?

I'm sat firmly on the meeeeeeh fence with regards to Levy, before the Levy apologist comments flood in. He's doing some things superbly, and with other things I'd prefer a (much) different approach. In any case, I'd rather be on the fence and take each thing on its own merit, than being someone who blatantly complains just to complain.
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You make some very sensible points there, yes.
I think my biggest gripe with Levy is more borne out of how our recruitment and scouting department appears to be structured. There's been a distinct lack of strategy seemingly as an observer over the past few years. The way we have gone about our transfer business has been scattergun and when you compare our business with Leicester for example it is hard not to be envious and ask questions as to what on earth we are doing.
That said, with the appointment of Paratici it does seem like we are heading in the right direction, and signings like Gil & Sarr at least point towards a new philosophy as to how we are doing business
 
Guido said:
I think we've done alright in that dept

Out
Alderweireld, Sissoko, Foyth, Hart, Lamela, Gazzaniga, Rose, Okedina, Cirkin, Eyoma, Marsh, Roles, Sterling, Tracey, Skinner, Asante, Ferguson, Cooper, Richards, Whittaker, Carrington.

That's approx £60m pa off the payroll. The only one I'm disappointed about going is Cirkin but applaud the kid wanting to get games now and looking for that move that enables him to do so. Very few clubs have sold players, the market is dominated by loans.
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apparently we inserted a buy back and sell on clause with Cirkin
 
Darnswim said:
That's over, he has signed the contract already.
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To Dare Is To Do. said:
Want another avatar bet?
Now till end of 2021 👀
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Let's see how today ends up.
It does sound like Emerson is done but should Aurier actually go, then that's the theory confirmed.

As for the bet, I haven't bothered to change this one.

Talksport saying "definitely one in, pushing for more"

But to me, we're done.

slam window shut GIF
 
LuckyMe said:
Some people just like to bitch and moan, I guess. Especially in hindsight, I guess. IIRC there was very much a "the jury's still out" feeling about Grealish, when we were in for him. All the same, Levy stepped on from that (and most of his dealings) to pull out all the stops to get Ndombele from under the noses of bigger clubs. IIRC basically everyone thought we'd signed a superstar at the time. As it turned out, Grealish became the superstar and Ndombele a lazy fuck. Hindsight's lovely ain't it. Still....

Why don't you just pay up instead of haggling to tight, bald fucker?

When he does pay up: Why did you pay that much you stupid, bald fucker?

I'm sat firmly on the meeeeeeh fence with regards to Levy, before the Levy apologist comments flood in. He's doing some things superbly, and with other things I'd prefer a (much) different approach. In any case, I'd rather be on the fence and take each thing on its own merit, than being someone who blatantly complains just to complain.
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Hard to be on the fence after 20 years like this.
 
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