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Transfers The Summer Transfer Thread 2025

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Dudski said:
Gray will be a good player, but it begs the question whether Spurs are buying players to win now or as investments to sell on later.
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Gray was/potentially is in a select group of highly promising youngsters. There’s lots of potential out there but very few who have the attributes to step up early in their careers. Gray was a very worthy investment but it will take time for him to excel. Look at Bergvall, he’s grown massively this season whereas Gray has had to spend most of his time playing at centre back, a position he’s not used to and he’s only played in central midfield towards the end of the season and in a drastically weakened line up.
 
I dont think the CL is going to help us financially as much as people think. We are going to take a massive hit with finishing 17th in terms of TV money from the premier league. The CL will just plug that gap.

We will probably benefit from extra gate receipts from the games. But you are talking 20m to 30m extra in revenue.

The major difference is we can attract better players.
 
I would look to move these guys on as a priority.

Son 200k - Should go to MLS and retire gracefully. He cant beat a man anymore. Hes not PL quality.
Romero 170k - Top player, but barely plays 25 games a season. Injury Prone.
Maddison 170k - Doesnt do it often enough. Slightly injury prone
Werner 170k - No justification needed
Richarlison 160k - Injury Prone, inconsisent. Good on his day, but not worth the money.
Reguillon 80k - Out of contract
Manor Solomon 60k - Not really good enough
Alejo Veliz - 40k - Why did we buy him?
 
Don Pedro said:
Wow. Bentancur has been our most durable player this season alongside Porro and has changed from his natural 8 position into a 6 since we've nobody else in the squad who can play that role because Bissouma was mostly out of sorts.

He was a warrior this season. Our league performances were crap and Bentancur was left completely exposed as a lone 6 in most our games where we had no structure when overturned.

I hate this take. Its so ungrateful. Its spineless. Bissouma was missing for majority of the season and just played 3 decent games at the end (he didn't outshine Bentancur who was equally as good in them 3 games), and all of a sudden you rate Bissouma over Bentancur again. Its rotten.
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Oh fucking get over yourself you sensitive soul. "ungrateful" "spineless" "rotten" get a grip.

I've said overall this season both have been horrendous but if I was pushed to keep one I would keep Bissouma. Just had a look at the seasons player ratings and they've both averaged around the same score a 5.58 and 5.52 which is 10th and 11th. Now take into account Bentancur is usually starting so his score is extremley low for a starter so I guess it's fair to say the general consensus on here was that he has been poor.

"durable" aka available? why are you not describing Bissouma as "durable" then as he's been available just as much? btw Bentacur was not "equally as good" as Bissouma in the 3 games but thats besides the point.

The wording you have chosen to use for someone that opinion differs to yourself is the same wording you complain about when other posters directed comments at you for being pro Ange, the irony.
 
GGTH said:
Big players require big fees. If everyone else is after them, it's because they are widely seen as excellent players.
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I get that
but we are well stocked in that area with Solanke and Richarlison we could do with another striker but just to share the workload given the amount of games we'll be involved with next season.
i just dont see the club investing ridiculous amounts of money on another striker Sesko is the more gettable of those 2 i think his release clause is 58 million
Therefore realistically i see more likely to get Delap at 30 million
or
Vlahovic has been quoted at anything from 22-45 million depending on where you read
 
_mehstg said:
My 2 cents... both are decent. Bentancur more consistent of the two and Bissouma more likely to be the one who could take over a game although we haven't seen this since last season. But decent, is about their ceiling. If we want to kick on, you need consistent match winners... I would keep both but would love to get Palacios from Leverkusen. He could play the 6 or the 8 although I am somewhat reluctant to pay big money for more Argies. Dreaming a bit, can you imagine a spine of Emil Martinez in goal, Romero at CB, Palacios in the midfield and Inter's Lautaro Martinez up top... that would be crazy!!!
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a fair assessment.
 
Mostly wrong said:
People have insulted old 'Arry's intelligence in the past but it was one of the smartest things he ever did as a manager bringing Bale on at 4-0 up to break that hoodoo.
It's fucking insane to think about little things like that, coupled with not loaning him back to Southampton, that completely shape the course of football history. It goes another way and you don't get the Inter games, you don't get that final season where he fucking battered the whole league by himself, no bicycle kick goal vs Liverpool in the CL final, mental really.
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So you believe that one decision...one result...one hoodoo breaking conclusion could be a catalyst to greater things?

Interesting.
 
kingdawson said:
Oh fucking get over yourself you sensitive soul. "ungrateful" "spineless" "rotten" get a grip.

I've said overall this season both have been horrendous but if I was pushed to keep one I would keep Bissouma. Just had a look at the seasons player ratings and they've both averaged around the same score a 5.58 and 5.52 which is 10th and 11th. Now take into account Bentancur is usually starting so his score is extremley low for a starter so I guess it's fair to say the general consensus on here was that he has been poor.

"durable" aka available? why are you not describing Bissouma as "durable" then as he's been available just as much? btw Bentacur was not "equally as good" as Bissouma in the 3 games but thats besides the point.

The wording you have chosen to use for someone that opinion differs to yourself is the same wording you complain about when other posters directed comments at you for being pro Ange, the irony.
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Bentancur played 2,910 minutes for us across all competitions this season. Lets not forget he was banned for 8 games too.

Bissouma played 2,491 minutes.

I just think you are being really harsh on Bentancur. He's had new midfield partners every single game and has been the one constant in there. I think he has been durable and deserves some credit for it. Bissouma came good for 3 games but that doesn't cover over the fact that he was unreliable and not at the races for majority of the season!

Not getting into the personal stuff. You clearly have a set on me as you see me as "pro Ange" even though I've tried to reason with both sides through out the season rather than pick sides and stick to it and then look for fights on here.
 
kingdawson said:
Why are you comparing Johnson to Eze? and comparing goal scoring stats at that? it doesn't make sense.

Johnson is a shoot/score first wide player whilst Eze is a creative wide player. If you want to compare Johnson then it makes sense to compare him to somebody like Mbuemo who is a similar type of player in regards to trying to score first and foremost.

Eze has 8 league assists in 33 games...he has 11 assists overall. His goalscoring return for being a creative wide player is actually pretty damn good as well tbh.
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Eze sure passes the eye ball test. He's a player the opposition has to account for when he's on the pitch, a threat. The only reservation with him is how he would fit into the current system. He's good when his team is getting out on the transition, but Spurs don't do so much of that.
 
Don Pedro said:
Wow. Bentancur has been our most durable player this season alongside Porro and has changed from his natural 8 position into a 6 since we've nobody else in the squad who can play that role because Bissouma was mostly out of sorts.

He was a warrior this season. Our league performances were crap and Bentancur was left completely exposed as a lone 6 in most our games where we had no structure when overturned.

I hate this take. Its so ungrateful. Its spineless. Bissouma was missing for majority of the season and just played 3 decent games at the end (he didn't outshine Bentancur who was equally as good in them 3 games), and all of a sudden you rate Bissouma over Bentancur again. Its rotten.
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We really need to improve the midfield. Bissouma and Ben Ten did well in the Europa against farmers. But they will struggle in CL.
 
Don Pedro said:
Bentancur played 2,910 minutes for us across all competitions this season. Lets not forget he was banned for 8 games too.

Bissouma played 2,491 minutes.

I just think you are being really harsh on Bentancur. He's had new midfield partners every single game and has been the one constant in there. I think he has been durable and deserves some credit for it. Bissouma came good for 3 games but that doesn't cover over the fact that he was unreliable and not at the races for majority of the season!

Not getting into the personal stuff. You clearly have a set on me as you see me as "pro Ange" even though I've tried to reason with both sides through out the season rather than pick sides and stick to it and then look for fights on here.
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Yes because the manager preferred to play Bentancur, that hasn't got anything to do with injuries or durability. Both were available for large parts of the season.

Both were unreliable and performed poorly this season. Was it down to the managers tactics? probably yes and I've been saying that the whole season but both have still performed poorly and i guess the majority of this board/fanbase have "been really harsh on Bentancur" then as the general consensus is that he has been poor.

What are you talking about "set on me"? i find it quite alarming the lack of self awareness when you use words like "rotten" "ungrateful" and "spineless" to someone that simply has a different opinion and yet i have seen you mention (numerous times as well) how you have been targeted by some on here because you defended Ange and used some of the language used against you as evidence of this. Just a bit hypocritical tbh.

If you want to debate i'm all for it (i assume you wanted to debate by asking me the question initially right?) but quit trying to play the victim when your initial response was over the top, hostile and unecessary.
 
kingdawson said:
Yes because the manager preferred to play Bentancur, that hasn't got anything to do with injuries or durability. Both were available for large parts of the season.

Both were unreliable and performed poorly this season. Was it down to the managers tactics? probably yes and I've been saying that the whole season but both have still performed poorly and i guess the majority of this board/fanbase have "been really harsh on Bentancur" then as the general consensus is that he has been poor.

What are you talking about "set on me"? i find it quite alarming the lack of self awareness when you use words like "rotten" "ungrateful" and "spineless" to someone that simply has a different opinion and yet i have seen you mention (numerous times as well) how you have been targeted by some on here because you defended Ange and used some of the language used against you as evidence of this. Just a bit hypocritical tbh.

If you want to debate i'm all for it (i assume you wanted to debate by asking me the question initially right?) but quit trying to play the victim when your initial response was over the top, hostile and unecessary.
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Fair enough. I probably overreacted.

Just always think Bentancur gets a hard time on here and all Bissouma needs is one good performance and people rate him higher than Bentancur again. I just don't like it but as you said its a game of opinions.
 
PatagoniaPhil said:
I dont think the CL is going to help us financially as much as people think. We are going to take a massive hit with finishing 17th in terms of TV money from the premier league. The CL will just plug that gap.

We will probably benefit from extra gate receipts from the games. But you are talking 20m to 30m extra in revenue.

The major difference is we can attract better players.
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We probably estimated for 8th place as a "worst case" scenario finish for this season so probably lost around £25-30 million for finishing 17th. Champions League participation fees don't make that up I believe but the additional stuff from sponsorship, broadcasting, merchandising etc is likely to be over £100m so there's definitely more cash to play around with. We would have been fucked if we lost on Wednesday. That's why United are in deep shit and will likely need to sell players and probably require top a 4 finish minimum next season to have any hope of staying competitive in the short-medium term.
 
Don’t spurs still have first right of refusal on Johnny Cardoso, has pretty much similar or better stats than Zubimendi in La Liga

Zubimendi v Cardoso
Goals 2v3
Assists 1v1
Interceptions 1.3 v 1.7
Tackles 2.1 v 2
Recoveries 4 v 5
Dribbled past 0.5 v 1.1
clearances 2.2 v 2.2
Total duels won 4.7 v 4.9
Possession lost 10.3 v 8.4



Zubimendi was/is being chased by city at one point and some supposed massive club in North London who have never won a European trophy. Also a target now for Atletico as well. We look to bring him in given he plays as a six then I would think there are too many players for that role moving forward and he would be an improvement on Bissouma who is very inconsistent.
 
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