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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?

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Jarritos said:
Being linked with doesn't mean shit. There are countless experiences with us being linked with top players only to end up with dross, discounted alternatives. We are a club that consistently ends up signing players that do not match the quality of what we are linked with nor need. I can give you tens of examples.

The milk went sour with talk of us building a new stadium to finance ambitious signings long ago. If you're the kind to think prioritising three 18 year olds and panic buying Solanke in August is that, then good luck, drink it in - according to sky news as of writing this, official talks haven't even begun contrary to a lot of what has been posted on here.



Do you think a became a spurs fan in 2018, fell into a coma and then woke up last week? You're still arguing with a ghost. Because you dodged my original question you continue to assume I'm talking about whether we spend on principle as opposed to what we spend on. I'll quote you for a 3rd time on the sole point I have been trying to make: you questioned concern that we'll get "couple of quality" signings. I only used 2018 as an example that this club is more than capable of incompetence with signing quality to the comedic extreme of not buying anyone at all but you were too triggered by a four digit number to allow that to transpire and immediately went into "net spend" mode. To entertain your 2018 obsession, no, you'll not have me believe that Spurs are the only club to build a new stadium in the history of football so that justifies not spending a penny on the squad. You seem to love mentioning "evidence" so I think you'll find we actually set a precedent (at least in the EPL). It's poor financial planning at best. Regardless, I not trying to get bogged down in a financial debate about something that happened 6 years ago.

For someone who thinks I'm caught up on 2018, you haven't moved your argument past this date even after repeatedly being told that that wasn't even the original point.
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Ive answers your question extremely clearly and directly. I can make stuff up to score points if you’d prefer.

There is a huge gap between the club being « capable » of not signing anyone else this summer (which is obviously true) and that being expected. The evidence of the past five years is clearly that we have spent significant sums of money which is consistent with making a couple more expensive signings.

Net spend this year so far - €40m
23/24 - €152m
22/23 - €140m
21/22 - €50m
20/21 - €97m

If it’s a summer like 21/22 then maybe we won’t sign much else.

If it’s a summer like the past two then we will sign a couple more quality players.

By all means, claim that we are panic buying but Ange has said we had a plan at the start of the window and we are still executing the same plan. I’ll trust him over a soft drink on the internet.
 
Yorkshire_Spurs said:
Bournemouth fans on Solanke and Tottenham move in case you want their views on it


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqdWxiB33jE
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Watching it now. Always am keen to hear from fans who actually watch players week-in, week-out, they give the most valuable impressions imo. They seem to love him and compared him to Kane in terms of being a hold up player who wins aerially in both boxes and can find runners off of him. Said his finishing does leave a bit to be desired but that it’s gotten a lot better.
 
Hrytn said:
We had brilliant start last season, were top or second or there about after 10/11 games. We were mediocre for the last 27 games or so.

Where will we end up if the form of last 27 games carry on for 38 PL games this season?

The question becomes reality if we don't sign couple of decent forward players. Son, Kulu, Richy, Werner or Johnson didn't do well last season.
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Well why did we bring back Werner regardless if it’s a loan. He still takes a squad place and an expensive one at that!
 
MemphisWill said:
There's zero way a "club with ambition" goes into a season with a brand new striker with 1 good season at Bournemouth being backed up by a youth academy prospect with 0 minutes of senior football.

No - that's not how a "club with ambition" operates. A "club with ambition" employs 2 experienced players in any given position and pushes them to compete - winner stays and loser is moved on and replaced...with another experienced option.

I reiterate - people have gone fucking nuts over these academy kids this summer for some reason. Outside of Kane, our academy barely produced anything above Championship quality since Ledley King - yet some of you think it's all of a sudden put out 4 top quality PL players?

Insane. If 1 of these kids becomes a credible squad player at THFC it will be a success. Most will be moved on to Norwich, Wolves, etc.
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When did you stop beating your wife?
 
VonnegutBusy said:
Hate to break it to you pal but we're all aging.

If we can take fucking Werner on loan then we can do the same for Coman. He walks into our attack.
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Again why did we do the loan deal so early. I’ve never known any club announce or do a loan deal so early. Normally loans are towards end of window. Was there a q of clubs wanting Werner? I doubt it but the club may have convinced themselves there may be. He was still injured as well. Something g fishy going on and to take the full hit on the wages. I bet we buy him.
 
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