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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.

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TheGhost said:
Supposedly Inter have been negotiating with Bremer for months and are close to signing him. If true and I addition to their current back line, this would give them the best CBs in Europe.
Presumably though, it means one (or more) of the current CB line (probably De Vrij but who knows?) are off.
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As above; Skriniar is entering the last year of his deal.

As is De Vrij.


They could be gearing up to lose 1 or both.
 
Pzabbythethird said:
Would certainly help beef up our front line bench, presuming rotation with Dejan. Good competition for Dejan too, and Eriksen would have competition for his spot unlike the last time he was here.
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Eriksen could teach Dejan a lot, a good mentor to grow under as well as good competition for the spot.
 
Pathfinder said:
I just don't think there's a quality market for RWBs right now. The best ones (Alexander-Arnold, James, Hakimi, Kimmich) are already at top clubs who would have no interest in selling them to any club. Then there's quite a big drop to the next level, and one basically skips a level of RWBs before one gets to the likes of Spence, Jones, Singo, Mæhele, Traore, Dest, Dumfries who Spurs have been linked with. All of them have various big question marks about them.
This means that one has to be realistic when saying the likes of Jones, Lamptey, Spence, Singo, or whoever aren't quality enough for Conte at RWB. I just don't think there's an obvious player Spurs should go out and sign for this position of enough quality to be a stand-out. It’s a market issue rather than a Spurs issue. Even teams with more money and pulling power than Spurs are struggling to find the quality they’re looking for in a RB/RWB.
And to make matters a bit worse, the best RWB that Spurs most probably could have gotten this summer, Tino Livramento*, is now injured out 2022.*
*PS! Yes, I know Chelksi have a buy-back option on Livramento.
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This is where I'm at. There are quality LWB options that we can replace Reg with if we want (Kostic, Perisic, Angelino, etc.) that are productive and experienced, but there just ain't a lot on the RWB front. I'm tempted to just go for Dumfries in this scenario, since he has the best combination of production (his FBREF meters are off the chart for a WB), durability, and physical tools. His lack of top-level experience is mitigated somewhat by the fact that I thought he was NDL's best player at the Euros. He's also at an age already (26) where you're going to be signing him for his best years, unlike Singo or Spence who won't be at their best for half a decade.

For 30mil, I say just go for Dumfries and try to win now. I think he'll check the most boxes, even if it's not all of them.
 
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