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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.
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When Poch arrived we had a lot of Club trained players in or on the fringe of the squad - Townsend and Mason both England internationals, Bentaleb, Carroll and a few others. Poch sold the lot to generate £100m+ sadly mis-spent on buying Sisssoko and the like.
Problem is that Poch only brought through Winks into the first team in his 6 years as manager through his dislike of loaning players out to gain experience and not playing youth. So our current HG issues are simply a result of Poch mananagement of youth, partially offset by Skipp being sent on loan and coming back a top club trained player...... so we just need to loan out players and hope we get another Skipp back.
Many clubs have an HG issue but manage it better - although Chelsea buying Ake back for mega millions shows they have screwed up in developing Ake, selling him to Bournemouth for a song, then sold to ManCity and Chelsea having to buy him back to get enough Club trained players, shows their management of HG isn't the best.
Consistently yes. But they're megapowers when it comes to finances so I would expect it. Especially before the myth of FFP came about.
The 20 clubs with the biggest net spend since Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003
🇮🇹 20. Inter Milan (£272.61m) 🏴 18. Newcastle (£305.75m) 🏴 10. Liverpool (£527.23m) 🇩🇪 9. Bayern Munich (£545.47m) 🇪🇸 5. FC Barcelona (£789.01m) Chelsea have a net spend of nearly £1 billion since 2003, but they are still £400m away from top spot 😮
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This isn't likely to be totally accurate but it's interesting.
We're 12th in the table for net spend in Europe since Chelsea won the lotto as at March 2022. Which is actually better than i expected.
We share the bottom half with Villa, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle. 3 of which have spent time in the Championship. We've only spent £30m more than Villa in 22 years.
Wirtz (Leverkusen) would be good but he did his cruciate at the end of the season and just signed a new deal.
Brandt (Dortmund).
Majer (Rennes).
I think both LoCelso and Ndombele would be good for that 8/10 remit, but hey ho…
That’s fact free nonsense.
Woolwich had bigger revenue than spurs throughout the 00s and had won the league and reached a champions league final. And they had world class players. They had FAR more revenue and FAR higher reputation than us. We only overtook Woolwich for revenue 2 years ago.
Liverpool won a champions league and reached another final but in any case had FAR higher revenue than us.
In the 00s we were at best the 5th most attractive team. AT BEST.
Oh and Man City for the past decade.
Were still only the 5th biggest club by revenue so finishing in the CL spots requires a richer and more attractive team to fuck up.
And we’re only in the position we’re in revenue wise because of the amazing off the field work Levy has overseen. Otherwise we’d still be a long way behind… just like the other clubs who were similar in size in the 00s still are to this day.
What do you think of Sonny’s dad saying he’s not world class , correct or you think he’s
Mad toDiss Son?
Thoughts on Nkunku? Few times I have seen him he looked good, one time playing it looked like as an AM and then another it looked like a second striker or something but there is now a lot of hype around him.
Great post, Matt.
I for one am delighted to see us once again starting to flex our muscles.
I ❤ our newer fans and welcome them all with open arms. Just wish they'd realise we're not some historical small club that's just been elevated to the big time.
We're historically a giant that's been acting like a midget for a few decades.
Let the good times roll in.
Can you do it before the heatwave ? I’m free Saturday after the game
Soon to be Furlessball Man
Consistently yes. But they're megapowers when it comes to finances so I would expect it. Especially before the myth of FFP came about.
The 20 clubs with the biggest net spend since Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003
🇮🇹 20. Inter Milan (£272.61m) 🏴 18. Newcastle (£305.75m) 🏴 10. Liverpool (£527.23m) 🇩🇪 9. Bayern Munich (£545.47m) 🇪🇸 5. FC Barcelona (£789.01m) Chelsea have a net spend of nearly £1 billion since 2003, but they are still £400m away from top spot 😮
This isn't likely to be totally accurate but it's interesting.
We're 12th in the table for net spend in Europe since Chelsea won the lotto as at March 2022. Which is actually better than i expected.
We share the bottom half with Villa, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle. 3 of which have spent time in the Championship. We've only spent £30m more than Villa in 22 years.
Yeh, and the other one is a clusterfuck that has ruined itself acting like big bollocks in the trf market.
Yet divs would have you think that we're the one's who have been poorly run and should be jealous of WH, Eve & Villa!
Love Nkunku, would have loved him here, but I think he’s more a front line type and we’ve signed Richarlison to fill that “front three” remit.
As you say, there would be bigger fish interested, and I think he fancies PSG.
It's all Hail Levy on here I see.
My rebuttal: ONE trophy in 22 years.
My rebuttal: ONE trophy in 22 years.
It's all Hail Levy on here I see.
My rebuttal: ONE trophy in 22 years.
That reply wouldn't look out of place on Twitter.
It's all Hail Levy on here I see.
My rebuttal: ONE trophy in 22 years.
Not really. Criticise when its deserved, praise when its due. It's not rocket science.
I would counter your point with - brand spanking new super stadium that is the envy of the sporting world.
Bottom line - has Levy done anything to be criticised for? Yes, loads. Has he done anything he should receive praise for? Yes, he has.
Bleedin' nora.
Fact - Woolwich didn't move into their stadium until 2006 and once they did, were supposed to be crippled until it was paid for.
Fact - they compete in the same league as us. How did they bring in more money with a similar stadium pre 2006? By being in the champions league.
Fact - they got in the champions league by getting a good coach and consistently backing him. Every year. They gave him complete control and an open cheque book. This happened after they finished behind us (in the sugar era)
Fact - City didn't win the lotto until 2008 and didn't really really spend until 2009, hence why I said "the majority of the 00's" - 9 years out of 10 is factually "the majority"
There is no denying we have barely outspent, and in some cases have been outspent by, teams like West Ham, Newcastle, Villa, Everton. Over that 2 year period we're ahead of them but there are times when they have outspent us.
What is interesting is that none of them have won a fucking thing, so money isn't the only key.
Our 13 year baron run is nothing compared to those 4. Everton - 1995. Villa 96. West Ham and Newcastle last won in black and white.
People make a big song and dance about stadium revenue. Proportionately, how much of Spurs' total income comes from the stadium?
Vs TV, CL, sponsor, stadium name etc. I bet it's small. It might be bigger than other teams, but as a proportion of the overall income, what is it?