There’s literally been reports and articles about how he’s consulting for Spurs …
It’s no secret he’s still involved. It’s been out there
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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There’s literally been reports and articles about how he’s consulting for Spurs …
It’s no secret he’s still involved. It’s been out there
I'm particularly keen on VdV over Tapsoba, simply because of his pace. I can't see a great deal of difference between them regarding their defensive capabilities, and at full gait he's a rampaging beast we've missed since Walker left.
Ideally, we get both, but it's VdV then Tapsoba for me. If we only had enough change for Tosin, that's fine, but now is the time to dare-and-do.
Ideally, we get both, but it's VdV then Tapsoba for me. If we only had enough change for Tosin, that's fine, but now is the time to dare-and-do.
Can hear that debate for sure.
But he was our big splash, like it or not
I just think they're at different stages of development.
Tapsoba would start. He's already there. But then van de Ven wouldn't. And he's at a stage where he NEEDS games.
Agree.
Caveat being I’ve never seen VdV play.
Tosin makes us better today
If Tosin only has a year left as reported he should be very gettable
Not sure why. Romero isnt untouchable, was poor last season and misses a lot of games for various reasons. I think he needs a kick up the arse some serious competition would bring.
Announce Van de Vaart... err... Van Der Valk... err... Van Gogh... err... Dick Van Dyke... err... White Van Man... err.......
Just announce him! Promo vid of him enjoying a schmoke and a paaancake ja!
Just announce him! Promo vid of him enjoying a schmoke and a paaancake ja!
Kyogo signs new four-year Celtic contract
Japan striker Kyogo Furuhashi signs a new four-year contract with Celtic, saying he is excited to start working with new manager Brendan Rodgers.
www.bbc.com
We should be able to afford a proper beast, forget the fact we finished 8th and got no European footy. You pay the money, the club will sell, the agent & player will say yes please.
Tapsoba & VdV are good players, no denying that...the former being a bit more advanced in his development than the latter. And yeah, get them in, get them playing, see what happens. But let's be honest, a few weeks back the vast majority of dudes on here had never heard of them and since then all they've seen are YT highlights...but are now ridiculously over-excited by the 2 lads, consciously choosing to ignore their weaknesses. Same goes for Tosin tbh. That ain't a diss by the way, I totally get that as a fanbase, we've been so sick of the Diers & Sanchezes, we're more than entitled to feeling damn gooooooood about them being replaced. But as far as Taps, Micky Pond & Toss are concerned, I still think we need to manage our expectations...none are world class (yet) and my point is, seen as we were so utterly shite at defending last season, a world class operator is what we need. Knowing that Romero can't be relied upon between his injuries, suspensions, trips to Argentina etc.
But yeah, world class doesn’t come cheap. Unless you're getting someone like ancient Sergio Ramos on a free or a wantaway, injury-plagued Laporte for say 40mil.
I read £15m somewhere.
All of them need to be playing games though. We have one game a week. We can't just be chopping and changing our back line.
Combined, those two would be 80m+... Not sure we're going to be bringing in that amount of centre back talent with the idea of not playing our 40m centre back already here.
If we were in Europe, yes. I'd understand. But our squad is bloated enough as it is. We currently have 6 centre backs on the books..
Watched three games the last week, haven't seen anything of him beyond that really. Rapid, cleans up situations well. Zero concerns about him in possession, he's quality at passing and carrying. Tbh, he looks very high level in that regard. Just watching him I'd imagine he'd be our best LB. This and the pace are exciting. Not really dominant in the air and yet to see that his defensive instincts are of the highest level, but obviously withholding judgement on the latter having not seen a huge amount and him just turning 22. Looks well worth 30m to me tbh, but he really needs to learn how to position his 6'4 frame in such a way that he can nod away the odd corner kick.
Ange or no Ange, that defence concedes 55-65 goals next season
The pace aspect is exciting. Feels like we’ve lacked some elite level pace at the back for a while. Obviously pace isn’t everything, but it’s nice to have someone who can afford to make mistakes but still deal with situations.
What about Tapsoba, it’s a bit overly simplistic but who would you have down as the better centre back at the moment/ who has the higher ceiling?
20mil for a 25yo who's never set the world alight, only played 20ish league games for Fulham last season, and who'd be a backup here
I know what I'd do...
After conceeding 60 odd goals last season, we should get 3.