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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?


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We agree here my man. For sure POK sometimes gets some info but he is treated by an oracle by some and don't think he knows anywhere as much as people seem to think
Yep

He clearly knows some people and does get some good info on occasion but people have gone way overboard expecting him to know every single thing that the club is working on
 
People love overhyping young players

There is also a trend to play down the size and proud history of this club

I've seen the same with gray , I'm happy we've signed him but all this bollocks about it being a coup and "thankyou daddy ange" for convincing him to leave the mighty Leeds and join little old Tottenham in the corner

We might not always act like it but we are a massive club , signing Mbappe would be a major coup

Signing exciting but ultimately unproven young talent should not be seen as groundbreaking
Another element to consider is that for an 18/19 year old, Spurs have been one of the top clubs in Europe for all of their football-watching life. No trophies but plenty of Champions League adventures and great players. Best stadium, best training ground, London etc. etc.

I don't think they attach the mental baggage that we do as fans of 30 years + from the dark days of the 90s and early 2000s.

Spurs have a lot of pull.
 
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Once Euro 2024 is over there will be frenzy of signings no one is going to believe, we are signing at least 7 players and at least 2 marquee players of £100m plus, this summer transfer window is like no other. Get tuned to my daily updates starting 15 July.
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Out of interest, why?

I don’t pretend to be some font of football knowledge, but I’d never heard of this kid until five days ago and now he’s a dream?

His highlights look ok. Opens his body up, quick feet, but it’s hardly astonishing.

He also looks like he weighs about five stone.

People said exactly the same thing about Gil - he was apparently the future of football.

You have to watch him to see it.

It's the same way most of us saw Guler last year when we were linked and just knew he was going to be special. Fast forward a year, he's a Real Madrid player and been brilliant at the Euros.

The way we all saw Lamal, at 16, destroy us in pre season and now he's ripping it up at the Euros at the same age after having a great year in La Liga.

The ease of being able to switch either foot, the manipulation of the ball to fool opponents, sometimes without even touching it. These little things that in highlight reels look like special moments but in real time prove he's on a different level to those around him.

Doue will be one we look back on in a few years time and say to ourselves we should have done more. I almost guarantee it.

Gil, Nkoudou, Njie and everyone else that people have mentioned are being lazy in comparison. Neither of these guys had anything special about them. It's almost disrespectful to even compare Doue to them, because he's that far ahead of them three on a technical level already.
 
I've always pictured you as a baldy in my head anyway.

That thing about protesting too much and that.

Same goes for Tottenham Massive Tottenham Massive
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Out of interest, why?

I don’t pretend to be some font of football knowledge, but I’d never heard of this kid until five days ago and now he’s a dream?

His highlights look ok. Opens his body up, quick feet, but it’s hardly astonishing.

He also looks like he weighs about five stone.

People said exactly the same thing about Gil - he was apparently the future of football.
Spot on and he's not blisteringly quick. The hype is really odd.
 
Out of interest, why?

I don’t pretend to be some font of football knowledge, but I’d never heard of this kid until five days ago and now he’s a dream?

His highlights look ok. Opens his body up, quick feet, but it’s hardly astonishing.

He also looks like he weighs about five stone.

People said exactly the same thing about Gil - he was apparently the future of football.

The hype comes from the amount of interest there is from big clubs and high;y rated the kid is in the game.

I have never seen a game of his and you can make any player exciting in a HLs tape but there are some seriously impressive videos out there.
 
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