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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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Even though Spurs are not breaking any rules (and's not the only club taking advantage of this new rule) I really think that the attitude of exploiting the situation of a club in war torn country that's already suffering severe economic problems really suck and stinks big time.
Why should their football clubs be exempted from help during this crisis?
Levy could at least have paid them, say, £5m for him.
To me this signing really leaves a bad taste 🤢



Struggle to see how we've done anything wrong, the player has gone through CAS to affirm that he has the right to cancel his contract, if anyone owes Shakhtar money it's FIFA, who made all these rulings with regards to Ukraine in the first place. The player shouldn't be a pariah in world football for not wanting to play in an active warzone.
 
GLC was good for us in the Poem under Jose, but underwhelmed since, partly due to injuries. The fact that Emery, who is smart, detail oriented, and knows GLC very well, wants him for Villa in the PL shows it's not as cut and dry as you think.


So you would sacrifice GLC so everyone else will play out of position? Maddison injury means we'd have to play Kulu out of position at RCM? Play one of our many LWs at RW? Play Bentancur out of position at RCM? Bissouma I'm already counting as first choice LCM.

Why would you want one injury to cause multiple players out of position? This is why selling GLC when we have barely any attacking midfielders makes no sense.


He's not elite, but he's definitely good enough for our bench. He starts for Argentina, Xavi also wants him for Barca. He has weaknesses, but not as bad as you make out.
He's fucking shit. He wasn't "good for us under Jose" he has about 3 half decent games at best.
He's not a starter for us, in any scenario, let alone Vs most of our other starting midfielders at present.
And he won't want to sit on the bench. Not to mention he is almost always injured which is just a waste of a squad space.
 
He's fucking shit. He wasn't "good for us under Jose" he has about 3 half decent games at best.
He's not a starter for us, in any scenario, let alone Vs most of our other starting midfielders at present.
And he won't want to sit on the bench. Not to mention he is almost always injured which is just a waste of a squad space.
That’s harsh. But surely the fact Emery wants him at Villa, who knows him so well, is a positive sign?

Also the fact he won’t be a starter for us means the risk of him getting injured is less.
 


Why Dont We Have Both GIF
 
Emery has only experienced GLC in Spain and in Uefa Cup games. If he had endured what Spurs have had to endure for 4 years, he wouldn't be keen at all.
But he wants GLC for Villa, and is a PL experienced manager so knows the difference between PL and La Liga.

I was happy with selling GLC, until our formation switch from 343 to 433. It means we have a big overload in DMs and not enough AMs.
 
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