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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.

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Don Corleone said:
From what I have been hearing Middlesbrough want 25 mil for Spence and we are only willing to pay between 12-17mil. Middlesbrough are cheeky bastards considering they wanted this guy out. They got lucky he had a standout season with Forest, but nobody is paying 25 mil for Spence. Not even Forest, hence why it hasn’t been done. We will get Spence 100%.
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Thanks for this post.
Who are we in competition with for Spence?
Forest who will likely be bashed up every week in the EPL?
Who else?
 
Did I read somewhere that Middlesbrough were very keen on loaning Troy Parrott next season?
If they want to be chopsy about the fee for Spence then they can go fuck themselves. Play nice you Geordie wannabes.
 
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Don Corleone said:
To be honest I’m normally one to jump straight on Levy, but I think we are doing it correctly here. From what i have been hearing and reading , Middlesbrough want 25 mil for Spence and we are only willing to pay between 12-17mil. I think Middlesbrough are cheeky bastards if you ask me, considering they wanted this guy out. They got lucky he had a standout season with Forest, but at the end of the day, nobody is paying 25 mil for Spence. Not even Forest, hence why it hasn’t been done. We will get Spence 100%.
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So let me get this straight.

Tight sod Gibson wants twenty five million for one of his Championship players, who was playing so well that he loaned him to a team in the same league?

Cunt.
 
To Dare Is To Do. said:
Sterling is very likely going to Chelsea according to reliable reports.

He has some strengths, but so many negatives that I'm not too worried about this. His decision making is sometimes bad, dribbling into crowded areas, and he can miss sitters in key moments.
I don't think he will improve Chelsea that much.
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I have always though he is overrated. He is a very good player but so damn wasteful and has never matured into a consistent player. he’d drive fans nuts at Spurs. Who would he displace?

When we have bigger weaknesses i don't see the point. Let him go to Chelsea.
 
Don Corleone said:
To be honest I’m normally one to jump straight on Levy, but I think we are doing it correctly here. From what i have been hearing and reading , Middlesbrough want 25 mil for Spence and we are only willing to pay between 12-17mil. I think Middlesbrough are cheeky bastards if you ask me, considering they wanted this guy out. They got lucky he had a standout season with Forest, but at the end of the day, nobody is paying 25 mil for Spence. Not even Forest, hence why it hasn’t been done. We will get Spence 100%.
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What the exact correct number is would be anybody's guess, but this is indeed a case, where Levy would be right to demand that a reasonable portion of any fee is add-ons.

For all that is holy in the world let's keep going with not haggling and being unreasonable with the structure of fees for players proven in the PL or other top leagues. But Boro can F right off with 25m straight up, after one season of top quality outside the PL.
 
Super Jan Fan said:
I have always though he is overrated. He is a very good player but so damn wasteful and has never matured into a consistent player. he’d drive fans nuts at Spurs. Who would he displace?

When we have bigger weaknesses i don't see the point. Let him go to Chelsea.
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He would definitely strengthen them, despite not being very clinical he's still a better finisher than the likes of Timo Werner. Consistent game time will also help. His general play is still better than what they have now.

Still not a big worry cos they need so many transfers just to keep their current level. Basically an entirely new back line. Rudiger especially had a monster season, and I don't see anyone replicating that.

Their midfield is also in a bit of trouble with Kante's injuries, Jorginho leaving. They'll need new signings to replace Ziyech, Pulisic if they leave.
 
Pathfinder said:
Mailbag: Eriksen reunion chances, centre-back hunt and can Spurs win the title?

By Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke
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Thanks very much, as ever, for all your questions — on several different issues, not just transfers!

We couldn’t answer every one but have dealt with a bunch of them, and tried to cover a range of topics, with a combination of some more newsy subjects and others a bit more hypothetical.

Some of your questions will be covered in separate articles during the coming weeks.

So with the admin out of the way, let’s get going…

We’re being linked with Alessandro Bastoni, Pau Torres and Josko Gvardiol at left centre-back. Based on your previous article, who do you think would be the best signing for Spurs of the three, and who do you think is most realistic target? Also, is there a chance we get none of them and if so, who else might be an option? — Ben W.

Jack Pitt-Brooke: I genuinely don’t think there’s much between Bastoni and Gvardiol. Bastoni is probably better in the air and at simply keeping possession, Gvardiol is maybe better at driving forward with the ball, but they are both very good players — modern, aggressive defenders who would fit in well with what Tottenham want to do.

My impression is that Gvardiol will be beyond what they can do this summer. Spurs are happy to spend what you might call “Romero money” for this position, but that was only €50 million (£42.5 million). Gvardiol could cost close to double that to get out of RB Leipzig. That is why attention has turned to Bastoni, which Spurs are working on, but it all depends on his club, Inter Milan. If Inter get Gleison Bremer from Torino, it will make sense for them to sell a centre-back, although that could just as easily be Milan Skriniar as Bastoni.

Villarreal’s Torres was an option last summer when Spurs went for him and he turned them down. They were not initially planning to try again this summer but I wonder, with Champions League football now back, whether he could eventually answer their problems this year.



How likely is a Christian Eriksen reunion at this point? — Mauricio C.

Charlie Eccleshare: Fairly likely. As The Athletic reported earlier this week, Manchester United have made an offer to sign Eriksen but we’re hearing that the midfielder would like to stay in London and that it’s a fight between re-signing with Brentford and rejoining Spurs.

Antonio Conte has made no secret of his admiration for Eriksen, who he managed at Inter, and Tottenham have always felt confident about what they can offer their former player — especially now they’re back in the Champions League.

As for Brentford, my colleague Jay Harris understands that manager Thomas Frank had a ‘good talk’ with Eriksen when they went out for dinner on Tuesday. The club had been hoping for an answer by now but Eriksen is understandably giving the decision due consideration.

This is definitely one to keep an eye on in the coming days and weeks.


Much is being made of who Spurs may buy this summer, but who can we realistically assume is on their way out? After Conte’s comments post-winter transfer window, is it safe to say he’d prefer an overloaded squad than one finely trimmed? Or is it a case of having many “if the right offer comes in” type players, rather than a list of “must-goes”? — Ryan D.

Eccleshare: Hi, Ryan. Conte’s hoping to bring in six or seven players, and we can expect a similar number to head out the other way. Of these, there are those that he is actively hoping to shift (Giovani Lo Celso, Tanguy Ndombele), and those, like Steven Bergwijn and Davinson Sanchez, who he’d like to keep but would understand if they wanted to move on and Spurs received an appropriate offer.

One of Emerson Royal and Matt Doherty (most likely the former, because he’s younger and will attract a much higher fee) will also go to accommodate a new right wing-back — who we expect to be Djed Spence from Middlesbrough. Sergio Reguilon will also be allowed to leave now Ivan Perisic has been brought in to compete with Ryan Sessegnon for the left wing-back slot, as will Harry Winks following the arrival of Yves Bissouma. Joe Rodon and Bryan Gil are both available at the right price, while Japhet Tanganga will return for pre-season following knee surgery with a chance to show he can be a useful member of next season’s squad.

On the injury front, incidentally, Tanganga, Doherty and Oliver Skipp are all due to be at Hotspur Way in the week starting Monday, June 27 as they step up their recoveries after missing the end of last season. The rest of the squad will return the following week — some later than others, depending on their post-season international commitments.


Who would you like to see Spurs target from the three relegated teams and do you think they will do any shopping in that part of the table? — Andrew C.

Pitt-Brooke: Nathan Collins at Burnley is going to be a brilliant centre-back for the next 10 or 15 years. He’s stood out every time I’ve seen him and he has been showing with the Republic of Ireland this month what a talented player he is, with that already-famous goal against Ukraine on Tuesday.

Collins only turned 21 at the end of April, so if 24-year-old Rodon were to move on this summer, he could effectively replace him as the next young centre-back coming through. Whether Spurs go in for him this summer, I’m not sure. He will have plenty of Premier League interest but I imagine he would rather go to a club where he is certain to play.

The other one is a bit more obvious but Ismaila Sarr is clearly a fantastic player, and I don’t see how Watford will be able to hold onto him this summer. If Tottenham decide Richarlison of Everton and Leeds’ Raphinha are too expensive, and they want a wide forward who is Premier League-experienced to compete with Dejan Kulusevski… well, I can think of worse ideas.
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Is he coming?
 
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