Fuck me, you really do know how to put a downer on things.
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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024
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Royal has one stipulation he insists upon in accepting any transfer out…..he wants to keep that shirt
That adds a bit of spice to the topic.
If we appointed Chris Coleman as academy coach a lot of our kids would turn out to be mustard.
So who we signing today? 
From what I’ve read, Leeds were not in PSR trouble so didn’t need to be done by 30 June. Their financial issues were instalments due on previous transfers that they didn’t have the money for. I think Brentford offered instalments / add ons for Gray which didn’t solve Leeds problem, whereas Spurs offered more upfront with no add ons.
Doesn’t matter if the deal is done 2 July or 10 July, Leeds need cash.
Spurs offering a lot upfront for Gray is an interesting to Eze, where the rumour is that if Spurs want him they have to pay the release clause, which means mostly upfront. This is a problem if you are still paying instalments on Romero, VDV, Maddison, etc to suddenly switch in one particular year to buying players with upfront cash. It hurts.
It's not a downer, he looks good. Lots of top players are one-footed, aka Messi but ask yourself have you ever seen someone so one-footed as him, I haven't. The best thing is he doesn't have that run-around-the-ball style to get a pass away at angles other than the direction it came from, how he uses the outside of his boot is like nothing I've seen, which negates running around the ball and means he has a lot of disguise.
Because of this it makes him so unique and why players might find him difficult to read but if oppo finds away to get him onto his left then his entire game could be negated. From the clips I've seen oppo hasn't found a way to do this yet as his use of the outside of the foot is so unorthodox. Maybe, this is why he's making fools of the oppo here???
If Hall, Moore and Donley don't even get given the chance to make it then we've failed them tbh.
Moore is in the perfect spot. Too young to really go out on loan, but highly rated enough to train with the first team and potentially get enough minutes here and there. And coming through at an age where he may be ready to take over from Son when he leaves/retires.
He does seem one footed but he does use his left to get him out of trouble when he has to... Maybe not loads, but he does use it. think the deflected goal at Leicester was with his left aswell.
I watch a lot of Italian football and Martinez was the best striker in Italian football last season by a long way. I’ve rarely seen him not play well. Vlahovic also had a good season.
His goalscoring record is acceptable for a team fighting relegation last season and who have been playing on the counter since Brentford have been in the league.
There's a common misconception of how Toney plays like he's some old stool target man, if anyone saw him in the Championship you would have seen that he's more than capable of playing as a ST on the front foot, he will get far more chances in the box here compared to Brentford.
We has these discussions last Summer, people wondered how we'd replace Kane and score goals and we ended up scoring more without Kane, the truth is that we don't really need some uber ST, we just need someone competent up there who can hold the ball up, bring others into play and finish chances, that is literally Toney's game.
If Yamine Lawal can get minutes at 16 for Barca, then Mikey Moore can get minutes at 16 for Spurs. Moore doesn't look miles off physically and they are both rated as generational talents in Spain and the UK.
Ange has given him his debut already and I wouldn't put it past him to start him in the EL if we have already secured a spot in the next round. Then it's up to the player to show he's good enough.
Oh fuck off. Not this shite again.
More circumstance than ability.
Lamal is lucky he's Spanish, plays for Barcelona and is in La Liga.