Not quite how we thought the Newcastle money would benefit us
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Not quite how we thought the Newcastle money would benefit us
we should be dropping 50mil on the table to Leeds for Raphinha
We just won’t do it
Zero ambition
I never saw it with lo Celso. I saw glimpses of brilliance with Ndombele but lo Celso was always a mix of meh and injuries
Lyon are really good at laundering flops back into decent looking players, that’s the kind of place we want to loan our dross.
And if that means they’ll sell Shaqiri to the Fire now? Double win!
And that takes some doing
But backing the manager is the priority here
40m mandatory fee for Kulusevski 
Juve would be robbing us blind if we accept that
Juve would be robbing us blind if we accept that
This is what I think happened in the boardroom:
Conte: "Daniel, I would like us to sign Luiz, Lamptey, and Vlahovic in the January window. We are very far behind the big clubs and these players will be a huge influence in helping us compete for trophies."
Levy: "Antonio, thankyou for letting me know your requests. As you know, I'm fully commited to getting this club to the level that you require and highly respect your opinion on football matters. With that said, I absolutely cannot fulfil any of the requests you've made. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
We never saw the Betis player.
Have you seen him play and know for sure that he's a shit player?
This is fast becoming a comical mess. Don’t get me wrong, I wanted Ndombele, GLC and others away from this club, but loans with no option to buy, half wages etc does no fucking help to us whatsoever. Loaning Bryan Gil and getting in a Juventus sub ? Literally desperation and I’m pretty certain Spurs are a social experiment to see how far you can push a football fan. Is there any other way of explaining the ludicrous nature at our club ? Spurs Better have something truly special lined up incoming Monday otherwise I see it getting incredibly toxic quick at the next home game
Can't say I agree with you my Iberian brother. I had high hopes, liked the little I'd seen and was won over by a Betis mate's ravings. Thought he started quietly then really started picking up, then.... oh yeah... got injured. And again. And again. Then he seemed to get better for international games...
I'm not going to defend him now, obviously, but, like Tanguy and Dele in another universe I suppose, he's one of the few players in our midfield squad capable of changing things.
And we're going to swap him out for an utterly vanilla Harry Winks back-up apparently.
We did. For that 3 month stint when Jomo took over.
Hasn’t reached that level since
This makes me sad.
Ultimately my priority is what happens in the 95 minutes off action. I believe Kulusevski improves that experience.
All the superfluous noise, it’s being background for me.
We chose this club so wet deserve it
Whilst by and large you are right it’s not quite that simple. For top It’s often a mix of fixed payment and a % of all sales.
The lid was lifted on deals like this when new balance vs Liverpool fc ended up in court over renewing their shirt deal.
Although it’s of note to contract lawyers for its impact on the validity of matching clauses it handily lays out the terms of Nb’ and nikes offer in graphic detail.
Interesting reading you can view it in full here. New Balance Athletics, Inc v The Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Ltd [2019] EWHC 2837 (Comm) (25 October 2019)
But suffice to say any shirt deal is HIGHLY unlikely to pay for any player in the EXTRA shirt sales or even come anywhere close. (Although I could see that for example signing say Harland or prime cr7 could allow you to renegotiate in order to benefit from the obvious massive rise in shirt sales but that’s complicated for all sorts of reasons.)
Source: me. This is my day job. And before you ask. Yes I do have a very good view of what our deal is. No I’m not telling. It would be professional misconduct and lead to me being struck off.
Spot on mate.
The outgoings don't seem to benefit us. The players either aren't actually getting a loan where they need it or we aren't getting the cash we need.
And the links they aren't improving the squad. Players that we need to come in are players that come and walk into the first XI. iTS A fucking joke.
Wirtz is gettable if you are willing to pay like £70-80m+ for him. He won't come much cheaper than Havertz.
Bissouma still is not cleared of rape charges.
And if Liverpool are after Raphina ... see Luis Diaz.
Not very likely that West Ham will sell one of their best players, Bowen, to Spurs.
Aouar was hot 2 seasons ago ...
Yes, all are gettable but for crazy money - something Levy won't do.
I guarantee you could get one of those players I listed for the money they were willing to offer for Diaz.
So why don't they try...