Conte has exceptionally high standards, and a very clear idea of what a RWB needs to be able to do in his system, so if he wants him, the kind of money being talked about is not a big risk.
So how much would you value Spence?
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Conte has exceptionally high standards, and a very clear idea of what a RWB needs to be able to do in his system, so if he wants him, the kind of money being talked about is not a big risk.
Yeah people are going well overboard here. There's every chance Lenglet comes in and takes Davies' spot.Think people are off on Lenglet. He's been poor, but he'd be good at LCB under Conte. Imagine Ben Davies playing cb in a two for Barcelona over the last few years, it would not have been pretty. I'm pretty sure Lenglet would be a marginal upgrade in the position.
Still, don't think it will happen, and would be fairly unhappy with it if we did given the other options out there.
I do think there’s a distinction though between defenders who are making poor errors, and forwards who haven’t exploded into life.Sometimes players can't get in to one team but can thrive elsewhere. Bentancur & Kulusevski were looking extremely average to poor at Juventus but both have been good signings. I'm not gonna make the same mistake of judging players too much off teams where they've fallen out of favour at.
Torres does make some mistakes, but it’s not that often. Defended well in Villarreal’s run to EL win and then CL semi. Also got great passing.Doesn't Torres stand accused of the same though? .....Many peeps seem quite comfortable with paying 50m for him.
(No defense of Lenglet, btw.... Don't even recall watching him.)
You’ve missed the point and in some fashion
He isn’t because he has no affect on the performance of the team and therefore no effect on our league position (although many might argue a detrimental effect)
Ergo we’re willing to selling him
The examples earlier, those clubs are going to demand way above market rate because the enormous difference they make to the club
And even your reductive effort of explaining how it works is wrong without considering the previous cases …., if he’s up for sale he’s worth what the market dictates
English tax doesn’t exist …. It’s HG tax
Dier plays for England…. Not hg and wouldn’t command the extra hg ‘tax’ if sold
I wouldn't. If I were in Levy's position I'd ask Paratici.
I do think there’s a distinction though between defenders who are making poor errors, and forwards who haven’t exploded into life.
A defender by their nature have their mistakes punished heavily, while a forward can get away with some bad moments during the game if they have the talent to make up for it.
Torres does make some mistakes, but it’s not that often. Defended well in Villarreal’s run to EL win and then CL semi. Also got great passing.
Ally Gold said recently that we had a deal ready to go on him a couple of seasons ago but didn't pull the trigger.
Ally Gold said recently that we had a deal ready to go on him a couple of seasons ago but didn't pull the trigger.
Does it put Raphinas price up now Philips has been sold and not desperate to sell?Is that Darko Gyabi from Star Wars...?
Well, that's Phillips off the wish list. I thought he would be worth more than Raphinha, so let's hope Leeds listens to Levy's valuation now so Spurs fans don't need to go thru the trauma of having to wait more than a week for their next signing![]()
I'm banned from SC, so these last two pages have brought back fond memories.
I'm not anti baldy, I just think he should take a back seat on transfer negotiations now we have Paratici.....And if Fab said "don't pay above 10-15m or we should look elsewhere"?
You'll likely never know either way, but I bet Bald Man would still be bad.