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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?

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Klaus said:
Have to disagree with this. Most of Son's G/A up front were in the beginning portion of the season when we were flying. Once teams had figured out how we play he was completely ineffective up front and only started performing again when he was moved back out to the wing, where he was generally very good.

IMO we need the main purchase to be a striker. Even if you rate Richy - which I don't - his injury record alone means he can't be relied on. If we can sell Richy to the Saudis and bring in two strikers all the better.

Son and Werner is fine rotation for LW for now until we can find a long term successor to Son. Kulu and Brennan isn't ideal for the right, and in an ideal world I'd like another option there too, but we all know how this club operates so I don't see that as likely. If it's only one addition this summer it has to be up top.
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Everyone at Spurs looked very good in first 10 games or so of season - that's why we were top of the league at that point - everyone fit, everyone .scoring and assisting goals : sadly it wasn't to last

However over the season as a whole most of Son's GI came when he was playing as centre forward without the benefit of Maddison playing in the way he had in the first 10 games, and indeed without the benefit of many Spurs first team players being injured from time to time.

I think we are probably in agreement we would be better with another forward or two, but I'm not that struck on the strikers available and doubt if we get one without selling the too often injured Richarlison whereas the improvement we'd get by bring in Eze as a left wing option over Solomon/Gil is both huge and much more realistic to do.
 
visitingholte said:

View: https://twitter.com/mjmarr_star/status/1806003301873299614

first i'm hearing about you going after Ramsey
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Lies No GIF
 
Spursidol said:
Villa just trying to get a better ffp position, so trying to drum up interest in Jacob.
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Good player but injured all last season pretty much. Don’t need another sick note. They aren’t taking that deal if at all true which I’m sceptical. We don’t usually bid for players nowadays unless we know it’s going to encouraged and accepted.

All gone quiet on MGW, wouldn’t be surprised if we are linked to him before the weekend.
 
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Brian Fantana said:
Good player but injured all last season pretty much. Don’t need another sick note. They aren’t taking that deal if at all true which I’m sceptical. We don’t usually bid for players nowadays unless we know it’s going to encouraged and accepted.

All gone quiet on MGW, wouldn’t be surprised if we are linked to him before the weekend.
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Yup, reckon MGW might end up the one they get done early if it’s going to be anyone
 
Brian Fantana said:
Good player but injured all last season pretty much. Don’t need another sick note. They aren’t taking that deal if at all true which I’m sceptical. We don’t usually bid for players nowadays unless we know it’s going to encouraged and accepted.

All gone quiet on MGW, wouldn’t be surprised if we are linked to him before the weekend.
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Very precise timing.

You wouldn't be welcomed by Hercules on to SC's ITK payroll - everything needs to be strung out timewise and usually made a little imprecise so it can apply to multiple players eg 'that midfield player we've mentioned might sign by he end of this window'
 
Starks said:
Why makes me believe it isn't true is the fact they wouldn't accept that deal.

20m and a player who suits an Emery team? As well a further 20m profit for them on a youth graduate? They should be biting our hand off.
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Villa leaked that information.

Why would Spurs even bid for a player without being given an indication that Villa are interested in selling.

Reckon Villa want GLC but we aren't chasing Ramsey
 
Maureen said:
Hopefully the CG links will now go away after a dreadful display last as well as his sub appearances. Ange basically countered his own argument of getting a player like CG by saying if you have 70% plus pocession then you need technical players. Wonder how he felt when CG was hooked at HT and mainoo did much better with the ball.
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Maureen said:
Hopefully the CG links will now go away after a dreadful display last as well as his sub appearances. Ange basically countered his own argument of getting a player like CG by saying if you have 70% plus pocession then you need technical players. Wonder how he felt when CG was hooked at HT and mainoo did much better with the ball.
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OK Gallagher has had a bad game and 2 bad sub games so we don’t want him. Anybody want Foden?
 
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