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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?

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Kaner Owns Woolwich said:
Not too fussed about Neto his hamstrings are a ticking time bomb - good luck with that

Question is who do we target now?
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Yeah agree. I've never been fussed about this move at all. He's missed 18 months of action in the last four years due to knee, ankle and hamstring issues. Ange's training methods would probably see him miss half the season every year. Happy we've missed out on him to be honest.
 
Guido 🇺🇦 said:
The deal is between 2 English Premier League sides, yet the fee is quoted is in euros!! Hhhhmmmm

Let's not forget last season their wage bill increased by the largest in actual terms and % terms in the European top 5 leagues (2nd highest in the PL now). Their revenues have declined and they don't have CL football yet again or a front-of-shirt sponsor and have added to the wage bill by adding a further 100 players this window.
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Is this even sustainable?

They’re run by a PE firm who will want profit back… not like Roman or City owners who’d be willing to lose money for good publicity.
 
Right now we're on about a 50m in from sales which puts us at about 50m net spend.
We should claw a few more mil out of Reg, Skipp, GLC, Solomon.

Not unreasonable to expect we lay down another 100m for a net spend of 120-140m

Eze + RW.

DOOOOO IT.
 
McCOYS said:
If we wanted Neto should have got on with it instead of faffing.
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Who’s to say we didn’t? Ange has already come out and said that many of the players we are interested in have had offers from other clubs and might not see us as their first choice. Which is perfectly fair, if you want a realistic shot at trophies or a mega salary this is not the club for you.

We are shopping in the same market as everybody else, it won’t be easy for us to compete for the players we want. With Alvarez leaving City they will also be in the market looking at all the same players. It’s a big challenge and is probably why business has been slow. Why accept an offer to join Tottenham now when you can wait and see if bigger clubs come in?
 
JDefoe said:
This is why you don’t spend £90m on Kulusevski and Johnson in one window by the way. Because it leaves you in situations like this.

Spending that money on them last window is aging like spoilt milk. Just a horrendous decision to make that our right wing of the future. A huge oversight, in all aspects.
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We had to pay for Deki as an obligation after 18 month loan . More like 70m+ than 90 For the two. No doubt overpaid for Johnson. Sometimes you’ve got to do it.
 
Matt1882 said:
I have a sneaky feeling, although haven't checked, that most of that goal involvement from Kulusevski is under Conte and at the very start of last season. He went through a phase lasting most of the 2nd half of last season where he was anonymous most of the time. He became easy to defend against and very predictable.
If he can shake that off and adapt his game, he could rediscover the form we saw at the start of his Spurs career. But he was already falling out of favour towards the end of last season.
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I'm just old enough to recall Chris Waddle....I'm sad. 🥺
 
StripiestPilot said:
Who’s to say we didn’t? Ange has already come out and said that many of the players we are interested in have had offers from other clubs and might not see us as their first choice. Which is perfectly fair, if you want a realistic shot at trophies or a mega salary this is not the club for you.

We are shopping in the same market as everybody else, it won’t be easy for us to compete for the players we want. With Alvarez leaving City they will also be in the market looking at all the same players. It’s not easy for us.
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AFAIK we didn't even make an approach. The same will probably happen with Eze the longer we wait.
 
Mostly wrong said:
Bale was much better than Giggs and its not even close. Giggs had a good long career under one of the best managers of all time in one of the best teams ever assembled in England, and he never once had a season comparable to Bale's last season for us. When has Giggs ever scored a goal as technically exquisite and impactful as Bale's bicycle kick vs Liverpool in the CL final for RM?
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Don't you think it's odd Giggs played over 800 games for one of the biggest clubs ever, wheras Bale was forced out of Madrid and rarely played?
In 8 seasons there he played 258 times in all competitions an scored 106 goals.
In 9 seasons there Ronaldo played 438 times and scored 450 goals. To put Bale in the same conversation as that is absurdly bias.
 
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