There are other strikers on the market too who we have even linked with
Sure, Orban or another striker.
Doesn't look like they will target a big time striker though
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There are other strikers on the market too who we have even linked with
Spurs wanted to keep it quiet (apparently)
Orban’s entourage immediately leaks it.
Sides obviously on the same page![]()
Is his price 30 mill though? I reckon his club will demand more considering the hype and a potential bidding war
yeah, some people just have fantastic balance, are fearless and can read the game well. The game is full of Skinny minis. Players get older, fill out and learn more about the game as they age, that's not really anything to do with bulking up.
Bale was lacking confidence, he was ok at Southampton, then he got signed as the next big thing and he had this huge weight on his back. The press then ran the line 'Spurs lose whenever Bale plays' and it hounded him.
Once he had his confidence and belief restored he was fine, not by having a third shredded wheat.
Spot on. A club can’t always be building for the future without addressing the here and now.I'm so tired of signings going on loan right away. We need improvement to the first team now.
This has been put straight many times before.i believe so too, we were strongly linked when he was in turkey. Regardless Levy gave Jose Rodon unstead of Skriniar.
At that point if we paid for money i think he would have acutally come for Jose
Regardless, it was the more logical deal to do. KMJ had a huge ceiling as he has gone on to prove. He was the natural choice for a team with the highest profile player SE Asia has ever produced. Even from a commercial point of view the interest from the Asian continent would have been off the charts. Tickets, shirt sales etc etc. Penny wise, pound foolish. We would have been raking it in rather than trying to pimp out Rodon at a loss.This has been put straight many times before.
This all occurred pre-Mou.
We offered Beijing Guoan 5m. They wanted 10m which was unheard of for a player who had never played at a level above the Chinese Super League.
They sold him to Fener for 3m which was below our offer because they couldn’t extract EPL tax.
Only chance Lo Celso goes is if we get a massive offer, in my opinion.
At least he's hard working and has shown to have the right attitude. Both under Jose and now Ange.
Had about 6 games where he did a lot of hard running, but no goals, assists nor even key passes, then PL suspended for covid and Lo Celso injured again so didn't play in the last 6 games of the season after the covid break.
So he's high risk as to whether he will perform to anything like the level that we thought we had bought - and not go off to. play for Argentina when fully fit so arriving back injured which he did several times
So any offer over £20m and I'd be tempted to take and re-invest in a better prospect.
Regardless, it was the more logical deal to do. KMJ had a huge ceiling as he has gone on to prove. He was the natural choice for a team with the highest profile player SE Asia has ever produced. Even from a commercial point of view the interest from the Asian continent would have been off the charts. Tickets, shirt sales etc etc. Penny wise, pound foolish. We would have been raking it in rather than trying to pimp out Rodon at a loss.
That's not what happened. He grew into a man when he destroyed Maicon he was not the Ronaldo clone he became. He was at his apex when he carried that AVB side he was not the muscular beast vanity project that actually became detrimental to his body. Bulking up had next to nothing to do with the natural physical attributes the boy had sorry, I just do not agree with you. So that's two delusionalsBale bulked up massively and you are delusional if you think that it didn’t play any part in what he went on to become.
I disagree totally. What we are doing now in this window from what I can tell (& what we did with Rodon) is fish where the big boys don’t venture until the smaller clubs have taken the “punt”.But the point is Spurs only regarded him as a punt, and other bigger teams didn't even bid as nobody believed his potential was as large as it was - and probably only reason we bid as high as we did was because Son was bending the club's ear.
So he's definitely one 'who got away' but at the time all clubs thought he would not become the player he has
It's the only way, this season of all seasons. Give the kid minutes and see what he's about. Loans will do nothing.
I would add that over bulking probably contributed to his injury list and cut his career short.That's not what happened. He grew into a man when he destroyed Maicon he was not the Ronaldo clone he became. He was at his apex when he carried that AVB side he was not the muscular beast vanity project that actually became detrimental to his body. Bulking up had next to nothing to do with the natural physical attributes the boy had sorry, I just do not agree with you. So that's two delusionals
This has been put straight many times before.
This all occurred pre-Mou.
We offered Beijing Guoan 5m. They wanted 10m which was unheard of for a player who had never played at a level above the Chinese Super League.
They sold him to Fener for 3m which was below our offer because they couldn’t extract EPL tax.