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Transfers January Transfer Thread 2024

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Pathfinder said:
While being the most successful and richest – and may “best” run - club in Europe they’re also the most self-entitled and cynical club and see themselves above the law

They’ve gotten both Alaba and Rüdiger on a free and this coming summer they'll most probably get Mbappé on a free this summer. They are very good at “turning” the heads of agents & players they want and are experts in getting players they want by using any sorts of “manipulations” behind the scene.

I really hope that the Super League they have been pushing becomes a total failure!
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I don't even see them as a football club really.

They don't count the same because they have rigged the whole country in Spain for them to stay at the top.
 
If we can get Dragusin over the line, I’d say it was a fairly tidy window just with himself and Werner. You can’t be expected to work miracles in January but we have a reasonable amount of depth to get us to the end of the season. Would be good to get Regy and Dier out the door as well
 
Richard Arlison said:
Was there with him until he said that Romero can't pass.
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Didn’t notice that, he’s a Burnley fan I think. Just chiefly liked the explanation that Dragusin is actually a good passer, hence tasked with long diagonals (etc) which drop his % Vs usual CBs.

Edit : he was talking long passes, specifically, not general passing (Just re-checked).
 
Pathfinder said:
I know Eric Dier has his short-comings... but he's been a great servant for the club, never complained to the press and Angelos is talking highly about him (as a person).
I really can't understand why some people have this strong need to repeatedly, day after day, express their disdain for him. It's as if there is a competition among some people of who's able to express their dislike for him the most and the strongest - and in the process thinks that makes them a "better" Spurs fan...
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He is an excellent proven top 4 quality player who can play RB, CB and in midfield.
Fact.
 
Billy Bob mate said:
The big thing for me is that loads seem to take every tweet as gospel and react accordingly.

They see a tweet linking us to a player - must be true. Get excited.
They see a tweet saying a player has turned us down - must be true. Get angry. Write in capitals.
They see a tweet saying another club has bid - must be true. Get angry. Write 'FUCK THE BALDY' or similar.

The reality is 99% of tweets posted on here are made up by chancers looking for clicks and we lap it up.

We have always conducted our business pretty quietly. Werner, if it happens, is a good example of no-one on Twitter actually having the foggiest.
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My friend, you make way too much sense to survive long in the internet world of soccer
 
Art Vandelay said:
I think you're missing the overall point with their non-football activities.
Title winners in England generally feature in the top 3 for wage bill spending.

That's the less spoken about other half to the 'transfer spending' discussion. Pay the big wages and attract the big stars, win silverware.

Where we are now and where we were when ENIC became owners is night and day.

In the ten seasons preceding their takeover under Sugar's ownership we averaged a 10.8 table position, or 11th essentially. That also included UCL/UEFA participation once, and that wasn't via league finish.

Under ENIC we have finished in that '11th' or below 3 times (from 24 seasons) and none since 2008. With UEFA/UCL participation in 15 of the last 17 seasons.

And yes none of that is a trophy, but it is steady and solid progress. As is developing the training facilities, and massively upgrading WHL into our magnificent stadium.

To wind back to the top to the overall point, all that is aimed at helping put Tottenham Hotspur into a position where our financial capabilities match and even outstretch our contemporaries.

That is a gap we are closing, and non-football ventures that you mock like NFL, Concerts etc are a pivotal revenue stream that is needed to achieve the end goal. Think otherwise that's fine, but without it we'd slowly drift back to the pack with the Everton and West Ham clubs of the world.

You must crawl before you can walk, unless you're Manchester City and enter a cheatcode instead.
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NO!
FUCK YOU, YOU LEVY-BOT.
How dare you make sense.

Everything should have arrived yesterday!!!
We should have already signed Dragusin MINIMALLY 22 years ago, why the fuck did it take so long!

Also there should not be ANYTHING in the stadium that is for comfort and income. Just patch of grass with wooden seats around. And every penny from the ticket income should go straight to player salary fund. FUCK the big picture. FUCK the forward thinking. FUCK improvements and extra money.

It's only about football. How don't you understand that ?!? !?!?!?
 
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