Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

[MVP]

Tottenham now want to sign ‘excellent’ £12.9m player on loan, he’s desperate to join

Tottenham Hotspur now want to sign defender Clement Lenglet on loan with an obligation to buy and he's keen to make the move happen.

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Tottenham Hotspur could now be set to sign Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet on loan this summer.

A report from Spanish outlet Sport shares more details on the French international’s future.


Tottenham need to act quickly now to sign at least one defender before the season starts.

The Premier League begins in less than two weeks and Ange Postecoglou will know how important a new centre-back is going to be this summer.

Tottenham’s defence has been an issue for some time and last season emphasised how much work needed to be done.

No team in the top half of the Premier League conceded as many goals as Spurs last season.

Antonio Conte was well-known for his defensive coaching but couldn’t get a tune out of Tottenham’s squad.


One player whom he described as playing ‘very well’ last season was Clement Lenglet and the Frenchman could now return to the club.

Tottenham could sign Lenglet on loan this summer with an obligation to buy.

The ‘excellent’ defender is keen on his option but whether he’s the player Postecoglou and Tottenham need right now is another matter.

Tottenham could sign Lenglet on loan
The report from Sport suggests that the positions of Barcelona and Tottenham are getting closer.

Barcelona value Lenglet at £12.9m, but Spurs might instead sign Lenglet on loan with an obligation to buy.

This could allow Tottenham to negotiate a better transfer fee while Barcelona want his wages off the books.

Both clubs would like a deal to be done before they face each other in a friendly on 8th August.

Sport go on to say that Lenglet’s preference is to continue playing for Tottenham next season which should make agreeing personal terms straightforward.

Signing Lenglet on loan isn’t risk-free for Tottenham but offers some much-needed cover without a huge financial outlay.

Spurs are also concentrating on other players such as Edmond Tapsoba and Micky Van de Ven who are more likely to be regular starters.

With the likes of Joe Rodon and Davinson Sanchez potentially moving on, Tottenham need more cover.

Lenglet provides that and has already established relationships important with his new teammates.

 

[Brian Fantana]

Tottenham now want to sign ‘excellent’ £12.9m player on loan, he’s desperate to join

Tottenham Hotspur now want to sign defender Clement Lenglet on loan with an obligation to buy and he's keen to make the move happen.

tbrfootball.com

Tottenham Hotspur could now be set to sign Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet on loan this summer.

A report from Spanish outlet Sport shares more details on the French international’s future.


Tottenham need to act quickly now to sign at least one defender before the season starts.

The Premier League begins in less than two weeks and Ange Postecoglou will know how important a new centre-back is going to be this summer.

Tottenham’s defence has been an issue for some time and last season emphasised how much work needed to be done.

No team in the top half of the Premier League conceded as many goals as Spurs last season.

Antonio Conte was well-known for his defensive coaching but couldn’t get a tune out of Tottenham’s squad.


One player whom he described as playing ‘very well’ last season was Clement Lenglet and the Frenchman could now return to the club.

Tottenham could sign Lenglet on loan this summer with an obligation to buy.

The ‘excellent’ defender is keen on his option but whether he’s the player Postecoglou and Tottenham need right now is another matter.

Tottenham could sign Lenglet on loan
The report from Sport suggests that the positions of Barcelona and Tottenham are getting closer.

Barcelona value Lenglet at £12.9m, but Spurs might instead sign Lenglet on loan with an obligation to buy.

This could allow Tottenham to negotiate a better transfer fee while Barcelona want his wages off the books.

Both clubs would like a deal to be done before they face each other in a friendly on 8th August.

Sport go on to say that Lenglet’s preference is to continue playing for Tottenham next season which should make agreeing personal terms straightforward.

Signing Lenglet on loan isn’t risk-free for Tottenham but offers some much-needed cover without a huge financial outlay.

Spurs are also concentrating on other players such as Edmond Tapsoba and Micky Van de Ven who are more likely to be regular starters.

With the likes of Joe Rodon and Davinson Sanchez potentially moving on, Tottenham need more cover.

Lenglet provides that and has already established relationships important with his new teammates.

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Sport are the only paper constantly linking him to us and have for months. Given the mood people will believe it but not me.

 

[Distaste for scouse]

There’s zero reason to include “cheap” next to each incoming player on your list. I couldn‘t possibly care if we got everyone on a free if they all significantly added to the team. If they aren’t good it doesn’t really matter if they’re cheap or not, right?

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Disagree, by highlighting that they are cheap illustrates that Levy isn't pouring the money in.

 

[JDefoe]

Tottenham now want to sign ‘excellent’ £12.9m player on loan, he’s desperate to join

Tottenham Hotspur now want to sign defender Clement Lenglet on loan with an obligation to buy and he's keen to make the move happen.

tbrfootball.com

Tottenham Hotspur could now be set to sign Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet on loan this summer.

A report from Spanish outlet Sport shares more details on the French international’s future.


Tottenham need to act quickly now to sign at least one defender before the season starts.

The Premier League begins in less than two weeks and Ange Postecoglou will know how important a new centre-back is going to be this summer.

Tottenham’s defence has been an issue for some time and last season emphasised how much work needed to be done.

No team in the top half of the Premier League conceded as many goals as Spurs last season.

Antonio Conte was well-known for his defensive coaching but couldn’t get a tune out of Tottenham’s squad.


One player whom he described as playing ‘very well’ last season was Clement Lenglet and the Frenchman could now return to the club.

Tottenham could sign Lenglet on loan this summer with an obligation to buy.

The ‘excellent’ defender is keen on his option but whether he’s the player Postecoglou and Tottenham need right now is another matter.

Tottenham could sign Lenglet on loan
The report from Sport suggests that the positions of Barcelona and Tottenham are getting closer.

Barcelona value Lenglet at £12.9m, but Spurs might instead sign Lenglet on loan with an obligation to buy.

This could allow Tottenham to negotiate a better transfer fee while Barcelona want his wages off the books.

Both clubs would like a deal to be done before they face each other in a friendly on 8th August.

Sport go on to say that Lenglet’s preference is to continue playing for Tottenham next season which should make agreeing personal terms straightforward.

Signing Lenglet on loan isn’t risk-free for Tottenham but offers some much-needed cover without a huge financial outlay.

Spurs are also concentrating on other players such as Edmond Tapsoba and Micky Van de Ven who are more likely to be regular starters.

With the likes of Joe Rodon and Davinson Sanchez potentially moving on, Tottenham need more cover.

Lenglet provides that and has already established relationships important with his new teammates.

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I’m as willing to have a meltdown as anyone here but that’s not really anything new or interesting. It’s just a report from Spain saying Barcelona want to sell Lenglet to us for €15m.

I am very fucking sure they do want to sell that French mug to us for €15m, whether we want to buy him for that is a different story.

 

[ILSpur]

Why has anyone thought that Levy would change.HE HIRED Poste because he knows how much he wants to manage in premiership and won’t rock the boat.All that is going to happen is we will lose as much but will look prettier doing it unless we get 2 class defenders and replace Kane

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I don’t believe that Ange won’t rock the boat at all, but he’d give it a little time and won’t make it all big and public. We had coaches in both Jose and Conte who would rock the boat publicly and how’d that work out for us?

Look, the writing was on the wall from just before the end of the season. Levy’s end of season comments coupled with the fact that we had made major mistakes in the transfer market and would be losing out on European money made it obvious what we were getting this summer. The only thing that has been surprising is the Maddison deal because I honestly didn’t expect us to spend 40 million on a single player.

It‘s not a matter of if we have the money or we need to spend. It all comes down to what they are willing to do. People need to get their expectations in line.

 

[Matt1882]

I think we'll sell Kane for £80m + to Bayern and he'll come back to Spurs in 3 years....will probably be written into any agreement, first refusal for Spurs etc

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And how do you propose we'll bring him back?
If we sell him for £80m they'll probably want their money back.
The only way we do that deal is let him go cheap and have exclusive rights to sign him back. At which point, might as well put him on a new contract for 5 years, loan him for a year or 2 and then he comes back.

 

[ILSpur]

Disagree, by highlighting that they are cheap illustrates that Levy isn't pouring the money in.

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Again, that literally doesn’t matter.

If we got Tapsoba on a free would that matter that he was cheap? I‘d be more pissed if we were buying those same players on big money because it’d be a total waste. I just want good players and if that means being aggressive and splashing the money or getting extraordinary deals, I couldn’t care less.

 

[Kosher Kid]

And how do you propose we'll bring him back?
If we sell him for £80m they'll probably want their money back.
The only way we do that deal is let him go cheap and have exclusive rights to sign him back. At which point, might as well put him on a new contract for 5 years, loan him for a year or 2 and then he comes back.

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The buy back rumour is exactly that.

Levy needs supporter approval to force this through.

Spurs stated publicly Kane was staying before the end of last season.

Under Levy and ENIC all Spurs players are for sale if the price is right.

The only person Levy wants to pay a huge salary to is himself.

Kane is a world class talent currently being under payed by a two bob shyster.

Levy will never pay Kane upwards of 400k per week.

Anyone believing that is on the table is deluded.

 

[Furball man]

Kane is a world class talent currently being under payed by a two bob shyster.

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Wonder if Joe gave him a few tips to bump up his wage ?

 

[JDefoe]

Kane is a world class talent currently being under payed by a two bob shyster.

Levy will never pay Kane upwards of 400k per week.

Anyone believing that is on the table is deluded.

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The reason Kane is leaving is 100% not wages

That I can guarantee you. Although, to be fair, the reason he wants to leave is very much connected to Levy being a “two bob shyster”.

 

[AlabamaSpur]

Just wanted to remind everyone that there’s still a month left in the widow. Take that how you want

 

[Archie]

Just wanted to remind everyone that there’s still a month left in the widow. Take that how you want

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And 2 weeks until the season starts...

 

[Richard Arlison]

The reason Kane is leaving is 100% not wages

That I can guarantee you. Although, to be fair, the reason he wants to leave is very much connected to Levy being a “two bob shyster”.

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He wants to leave because he doesn't believe the club will build a team that can win.

If we look at the pathetic pursuit of top class CBs over the last 2 seasons, he's right. Also worth being aware of the fact that he likely has inside info of transfer deals that we don't. He will know more details of the ones that didn't get done and why...

If you had the last 4 years of your peak and had seen Levy cutting corners and trying to do it cheaper than other big clubs, would you stick around?

 

[Kosher Kid]

The reason Kane is leaving is 100% not wages

That I can guarantee you. Although, to be fair, the reason he wants to leave is very much connected to Levy being a “two bob shyster”.

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If Kane wants to leave he could request a transfer.

As far as we know Kane has not requested a transfer yet his departure is now being spun as a certainty from all outlets.

If Kane requests a transfer will he forfeit a percentage of any transfer fee paid for him?

I suspect the answer to that is yes.

Therefore; if Kane wants to leave and receive a percentage of Levy's bounty he cannot request a transfer.

If that is the case then Kane is definitely interested in the financial aspect of all this to some extent.

For what it is worth I believe Kane to be a principled and decent man.

I sincerely wish that he stays at Spurs for the final year of his contract and doesn't allow Levy to take a shilling.

 

[JDefoe]

If Kane wants to leave he could request a transfer.

As far as we know Kane has not requested a transfer yet his departure is now being spun as a certainty from all outlets.

If Kane requests a transfer will he forfeit a percentage of any transfer fee paid for him?

I suspect the answer to that is yes.

Therefore; if Kane wants to leave and receive a percentage of Levy's bounty he cannot request a transfer.

If that is the case then Kane is definitely interested in the financial aspect of all this to some extent.

For what it is worth I believe Kane to be a principled and decent man.

I sincerely wish that he stays at Spurs for the final year of his contract and doesn't allow Levy to take a shilling.

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This is weird, you’re right to criticize levy but you’re doing it completely the wrong way. Kane isn’t fussed over a couple more million in wages or a small percentage of a fee.

What he wants is titles and ambition shown.

That’s what Levy has failed to deliver.

 

[Ionman34]

If Kane wants to leave he could request a transfer.

As far as we know Kane has not requested a transfer yet his departure is now being spun as a certainty from all outlets.

If Kane requests a transfer will he forfeit a percentage of any transfer fee paid for him?

I suspect the answer to that is yes.

Therefore; if Kane wants to leave and receive a percentage of Levy's bounty he cannot request a transfer.

If that is the case then Kane is definitely interested in the financial aspect of all this to some extent.

For what it is worth I believe Kane to be a principled and decent man.

I sincerely wish that he stays at Spurs for the final year of his contract and doesn't allow Levy to take a shilling.

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I was with you right up until your last sentence. Levy doesn't take the money, the club does. You are advocating Kane screwing over the club because you, mistakenly, think that Levy is pocketing the money.

Cutting your nose off to spite your face springs to mind.

 

[Ed Vanderlay]

I think they’re waiting for us to sign a player or two and then they can say ‘see; how embarrassing were you lot melting!’ afterwards.

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Without considering we have a new coach whose style of football is the polar opposite of our style for the last 5 years . So we get them end August and spend two months getting them embedded which takes us up to end October early November.. Levy’s transfer style has had more sequels than the Fast and the furious franchise . 23 years and learnt nothing in my opinion, it feels like I’ve seen this movie a thousand times

 

[Kosher Kid]

This is weird, you’re right to criticize levy but you’re doing it completely the wrong way. Kane isn’t fussed over a couple more million in wages or a small percentage of a fee.

What he wants is titles and ambition shown.

That’s what Levy has failed to deliver.

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I would suggest Kane has an interest in winning trophies and being paid more than Levy has paid him for the past 5 years.

I think it is fair to say that Kane has been under payed for at least the last three years of that contract and as such is fully deserving of better remuneration.

I am in no way being critical of Harry Kane.

Levy does not pay world class players world class salaries.

He sells them.

It's cheaper for him and allows him to increase his own salary.

Levy is the most important man at Spurs.

 

[LeParisien]

I think they’re waiting for us to sign a player or two and then they can say ‘see; how embarrassing were you lot melting!’ afterwards.

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The embarrassment was reached a long time ago. You are all embracing it at this point. Good for you.

 

[ILSpur]

I would suggest Kane has an interest in winning trophies and being paid more than Levy has paid him for the past 5 years.

I think it is fair to say that Kane has been under payed for at least the last three years of that contract and as such is deserving of more.

I am in no way being critical of Harry Kane.

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Kane also accepted the contract and I’m sure has already been presented with a significantly larger one. Would he like both trophies and money? Sure. But a big new contract without any success or appearance of it coming isn’t going to keep him.