To be fair I like him and he's better than Hojbjerg.
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Transfers January 2022 - Transfer Window
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To be fair I like him and he's better than Hojbjerg.
He's Hojbjerg mk.2. Never passes forward but runs a lot. Much better than Amrabat though, but that's low praise.
Exactly this every fecking time “we’re working“ on a deal or “near agreement“ on a deal……pay the fucking money as YOU expect other teams to do when someone wants one of our players Bale, Berbatov & your stance over Kane, clubs won’t put up with your nonsense works both ways you tight cunt.
That’s nice for Ten Haag.
Wonder if anyone at Spurs knows the players that would guarantee us the title. Or any form of tangible success.
No player in this world is better than mighty Amrabat, watch you words boy!
In both the cases of Traore and Diaz we seem to have been gazumped. When have we ever bought a prime time top of the tree player? Klinsmann, Lineker, VDV, Ginola we’re all the wrong side of 30 when we bought them and therefore were cheap and In the twilight of their careers
I reckon the last time we bought “world class” players who were proven as such and were in their prime of their power was Villa and Ardiles in 1978.
Maybe the 100m we spent on Lo Celso and Ndombele in The wake of the Champions League Final we all thought at the time brought us to that level, but hindsight shows it did not. We are all smarter after the event.
Modric, Bale, Berbatov etc developed into world class players at Spurs. They weren’t world class when we bought them. Even Lloris developed into world class at Spurs But he wasn’t really before.
Diaz would have been as close to the Ardiles /Villa as I have seen. So let’s not beat ourselves up too much about it.
He's really nothing to be chased in my opinion. Very similar player to those we already have, wouldn't add to us or take away from weaknesses we already have in CM, just would be another body.
So it sounds like not a huge improvement on Hojbjerg or Skipp. And certainly not a creative replacement for Ndombele and GLC.
I actually rate Douglas Luiz but it's not happening. All bollocks.
At least we should try for Mazraoui, exactly the kind of RWB we need and out of contract soon.
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LOAN PROPOSALS REASONING:
We are likely trying to do one outright transfer. Due to ethical misconducts etc, we are left almost in limbo. Hence trying to pursue couple loans; negotiate on ‘Options/Obligation’ which is workable in this market. Timelines is almost non-existent to have everything in place before 11pm Monday. We could work one full transfer (possibly) in that timeframe, but not all.
Juventus gives us a lot of advantages for obvious reasons. Some you have to read between the lines. Paratici left on very good terms. We have first options on 4/5 players we are discussing with them.
LOAN PROPOSALS REASONING:
We are likely trying to do one outright transfer. Due to ethical misconducts etc, we are left almost in limbo. Hence trying to pursue couple loans; negotiate on ‘Options/Obligation’ which is workable in this market. Timelines is almost non-existent to have everything in place before 11pm Monday. We could work one full transfer (possibly) in that timeframe, but not all.
Juventus gives us a lot of advantages for obvious reasons. Some you have to read between the lines. Paratici left on very good terms. We have first options on 4/5 players we are discussing with them.
Biggest problem is Levy only buying youngsters who might be sold at a profit. Look at all the teams topping logs across Europe. Having young players needs to be Balanced with Older steady "cemented" players. When our players reach 30, Levy looks to ship them out because their value will start dropping. It's Business, not football. All the "Youngsters" above were bought looking at an increase in value. Sadly they all leaving our pockets a lot lighter.
I bet I could find the exact same complaint on an Arse forum regarding Vhalovic.
That's not 'apologism'; that's just reality.
(Fine be pissed that we got gazzumped by a club that currently hold more appeal, but the self-pitying "only Spurs" stuff is trite as fuck....)
He’s a much better footballer than Hojbjerg. Like you, I’m not completely sold, but he’s a definite upgrade. Whether he’s a good enough upgrade is obviously the question.
He's better than Hojbjerg (not by a lot) and much better than Amrabat. Would be the kind of signing West Ham would make 3 years ago...
Blas has indeed been rather good the past year or so. And scored some big goals for Nantes. To help them beat relegation last season, and to keep them in the top half ish this time around.
But before that he really struggled and, having listened to Antoine Kombouare and some of his teammates, even the lad himself, it was never a question of ability...but to do with his attitude, his ego. He was good at Guingamp, signed for Nantes and just started thinking he was a lot bigger than he was. Took his foot off the pedal and his form really suffered, that of the team too.
But yeah, fair play to him for acknowledging that and sorting it out. That being said, what would happen if he signed for a big club like Spurs, for big money? There's a risk his ego would go crazy again.
Also, he's very light physically, so the EPL may prove a challenge for him. And it's a fact that they don't work as hard in the French clubs as we do over here in England. So I have doubts as to whether je could handle the difference in workload.
Last but not least, Nantes is said to want 20 mil for him. That's big money for a guy who's not even in the top 10 attacking players in his league.
Another Nantes player who would've been wise monitoring is Randall Kolo-Muani. Could've had him for cheap, seen as he's out of contract in the summer. But it's too late, he's going to Frankfurt, where he'll probably smash it before signing for Bayern
I pick and choose, Gold is a decent lad but he's not exactly a gripping watch, Romero is a bit of a chancer as are a few others. I usually only listen to genuine fans with interesting opinions who aren't up themselves, an attribute that's rare these days...
Hojbjerg progresses the game more than Benta though. That tells a lot about his style of play. He used to be one of my favourite Juve players like 3 years ago, but he's fallen off a cliff like Dele since then. (Also my favourite Juve players are weird, I still think there's a player in Bernardeschi for fucks sake...)