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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.

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Airfixx said:
Doc, Sanchez, Davies, PEH, Sess/Reg.... Maybe Kulu & B'cur too..... Forster, Eriksen.....
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Other than Forster, you'd surely trust the rest of them to at least mount a decent top 4 challenge with Conte (assuming Son/Kane fit and firing).

Should we make a deep run in the CL and City/Liverpool are out of reach, these are the players to ensure we don't do a west ham and at least get the 4th spot.
 
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Shadydan said:
He said he wants to play in the CL

www.dailymail.co.uk

Eriksen admits he'd like to play Champions League football again

The 30-year-old returned to football at Brentford in January having suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch playing for Denmark at last summer's European Championship.
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He also says the CL is not essential in the article.

I think Eriksen could potentially be a useful squad player for us but he would by no means be assured a first team place. I hope Eriksen thinks very carefully about his next move and chooses the club that best meets his needs rather than the one that throws him the most money.
 
Andrew Y said:
Just a friendly reminder -

EPL Home Grown Player Rule
- At least 8 homegrown players are to be included in a full squad of 25 players (=17 foreign players). In the EPL, a home grown player is a player who was part of a club affiliated with the FA for at least 3 years before turning 21 years old. For example, Matt Doherty is a home grown because he was under Wolves for 3 years before turning 21, while Dier is not because he joined Spurs when he was 20 years old from Sporting CP.
- Note that players who are 21 and under would not be counted towards the 25-squad. For example, Kulusevski (21) would not be counted as one of 17 foreign players or take up a space in the 25-squad until next year.

Champions League Home Grown Player Rule
- At least 8 homegrown players are to be included in a full squad of 25 players (excluding U-21 applies), but at least 4 of the homegrown must be from the club's youth system.
- For the CL, home grown players mean any player trained by clubs from the same national league for at least 3 years between the age 15 and 21. Hence, players trained in Welsh clubs are excluded (e.g., Roden and Davies).

Tottenham Homegrown Players (players in italics are from Spurs' youth system; players in bold not counted for the CL purposes)
1. Brandon Austin
2. Harry Kane
3. Harry Winks
4. Adeleke Omole
5. Japhet Tanganga
6. Skipp
7. Segssenon
8. Matt Doherty
9. Ben Davies
10. Joe Rodon

So, we will need to get at least 1 more home grown player for CL purposes if we get rid of Winks (signing Ben Forster might take care of it). We may need to sign more homegrown players if we want to add more room for new signings by getting rid of Omole (or loaning out Tanganga). Since we need to maintain at least 4 academy trained players (and those who can somewhat perform when needed), we may not sell Winks unless he causes fiasco in the dressing room, just like Inter never sell 34-year old Ranocchia for homegrown/academy product counting purposes. We cannot get rid of Winks and loan out Omole and Tanganga next season because we would then only have Austin, Kane, and Skipp. Also, I don't think our foreign players can exceed 17 (not counting under 21) when we think about bringing in additional players.

Current Foreign Players for the CL Roster (excluding U21)
1. Lloris
2. Reguilon
3. Romero
4. Sanchez
5. Rodon
6. Royal
7. Dier
8. Davies
9. Hojbjerg
10. Bentancur
11. Son
12. Kane
13. Bergwijn
14. Moura
15. Lo Celso (on loan)
16. Ndombele (on loan)
Gil and Kulusevski will turn 22 during the second half of the next season. I'm not sure if we have to update the roster then to include them as senior players.

8 homegrown + 16 foreign players would be 24 players (without considering Gil and Kulusevski turning 22 in the middle of the season). If we sell 4 foreign players and 1 homegrown player (say Winks), we can bring in 6 players but one must be a homegrown. Forster might fill that, but then we can only bring in 5 foreign players, which may not satisfy Conte. Hence, we will have to sell or loan out at least 5 foreign players or more to have 6 new signings (other than Forster) while complying with the 17 foreign player limit and the 25-squad limit.

5+ exiting foreign players may be Lo Celso, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Royal, Rodon, Sanchez and/or Reguilon.
Replacing homegrown with other homegrowns may be Winks, Tanganga, and/or Omole (but not all of them can be replaced to meet the academy product requirement).

Feel free to correct me if anything has changed with the rule.
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I edited the homegrown rule to reflect the Champions League specific requirements. In short, we have to sell at least 5 foreign players to bring in 6 new signings (presuming all foreign player signings; if there's any homegrown signing, then we may consider (1) selling Winks or (2) loaning out either Omole or Tanganga, but not both).
 
TonySoprano said:
He would be close to top of my shopping list if we could get him. Just think he'll do really well under Conte.
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I’m not sure.

I don’t think he’s really suited to the PL. That sort of roaming, mercurial midfielder is too much of a risk, especially at the touted prices.

What we need are two absolutely monster WBs and then some busy fuckers in midfield and defence. We’d spend 70 million on this lad when Eriksen is there, on a free and already knows Conte.
 
Re Pau Torres, I won’t be as hyperbolic as others in calling him shit, but he is going to take a fair amount of time to adapt to English football from everything I’ve seen.

He’s pretty weak, and the lack of time he’ll be afforded on the ball will see a lot of errors early doors.

He’s a talent so I suspect he’ll get there eventually, but if you’re looking for a CB who will immediately produce the goods, I don’t think that’s him.
 
GDG said:
Re Pau Torres, I won’t be as hyperbolic as others in calling him shit, but he is going to take a fair amount of time to adapt to English football from everything I’ve seen.

He’s pretty weak, and the lack of time he’ll be afforded on the ball will see a lot of errors early doors.

He’s a talent so I suspect he’ll get there eventually, but if you’re looking for a CB who will immediately produce the goods, I don’t think that’s him.
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He's a great CB. Exactly what we need, and we could've gotten him for cheaper because of GLC. However, Bastoni is just a bit better (if you see my posts in this thread, I've called Bastoni the "dream CB signing", and Pau Torres the "realistic/sensible one"). Bastoni's THAT good. Whoever we end up with, is going to be great for us, and Ben Davies as a backup and a mentor for either will be incredible.
 
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