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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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You have to wonder if these players are just fine seeing out their contract here or have terrible agents. Maybe both?

Players that should be moving on....
Hugo
Perisic
Sanchez
PEH
Rodon
Tanganga

Maybes
N'Dombele
Reguillon
Lo Celso
Gil

Should bes
Dier
Davies

Nothing concrete about any of them. Closest we got is Spurs accepting a bid for Sanchez from Moscow.
Agree with most of that but i'd have Ndombele and Requillon very much in the should be moving on section, Hojbjerg in the maybes and Sess with Dier and Davies.
 
The stupid thing is that Levy wants Spurs in the Champions League not just for the income it brings but for the exposure which ’should’ make it more appealing to prospective stadium naming rights interested parties. In order to do that he needs to spend really big especially with the competition increasing. City, Liverpool,Woolwich,Man Utd, Newcastle,Chelsea and now Villa are all prepared to spend more money than us. Is Levy relying too much on Ange ,hoping that he can work miracles?

He doesn’t know what he’s doing.
 
I saw some statistics that really made me question my eyes. From the 2019-2020 season through last season, here are some Hojbjerg stats:

1. Most recoveries in the entire PL
2. Second most successful passes in the entire PL

In other words, he is among the best at taking the ball from the opposition and circulating the ball to his teammates.

At heart, he is a defensive midfielder that also has good passing abilities.

Some people want him to also be press resistant (of course!), but there aren’t too many players in the world that are top at recovering the ball, top at passing the ball, and top at being press resistant.

The top press resistant players that I can think of at the top of my head (Frankie de Jong, Veratti) are not as good at recovering the ball. They tend to be deep lying playmakers (#6s).
Do per 90. He played a ridiculous amount of league minutes the last few seasons so naturally he will be very high when you use gross stats.

Football reference uses per 90 and doesn’t have ball recoveries but it has him in the 24th percentile for tackles and 80th for interceptions for midfielders so that puts him as pretty average as far as recoveries ago.
 
Neither were we what?

Ask your average barcode about their Keegan years, challenging Fergie etc, and it's all gushing pride......

I'm not suggesting go full blinkered like they or Dippers are prone to doing, but like I said in my OG post "Never" remembering it "with anything but regret" is a damn shame.



Satisfied? Nope.

"Never" remember it "with anything but regret" is a far more extreme take-away though.


Gotta be honest I don't see this current Arse crop as some mega, generational group. Interesting season ahead.
Agree with the last statement

Ok, so I remember Poch years fondly for the football but an overriding sense of regret
 
You have to wonder if these players are just fine seeing out their contract here or have terrible agents. Maybe both?

Players that should be moving on....
Hugo
Perisic
Sanchez
PEH
Rodon
Tanganga

Maybes
N'Dombele
Reguillon
Lo Celso
Gil

Should bes
Dier
Davies

Nothing concrete about any of them. Closest we got is Spurs accepting a bid for Sanchez from Moscow.
Ndombele is our ozil. He’s gonna sit on a contract he’s never going to be offered in his lifetime again.

Perisic I fancy likes one more year of 200k a week so not pushing to move

Sanchez is 15m defender all day im surprised no one U.K. / Europe is interested

Peh. 20-25m player we might be asking too much for

Reggie. Maybe his wages are putting off clubs that can afford 10m

Lo celsoon ? Or he might even stay

I’m surprised top 6 championship clubs or bottom 6 PL have all got better defenders than rodon tanganga

Gil… who knows what’s going on with this 30m waif

Edit. How did dier go amiss there. But simple … doesn’t want to go + zero interest
 
He's just not good enough at the moment.
Stats aren't everything but jesus christ...
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