Not really. Eriksen was 12m cos his contract was running down. He’d also been passed over by the likes of City and other big clubs because of his perceived lack of physicality. Son was 22m and was a decent price, but again he was a kid and it took him a year to acclimatise.
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Thread 2025
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Tottenham join the race for Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford
I’m having an operation tomorrow, maybe I shouldn’t wake up from the general anaesthetic
Tottenham join the race for Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford
I’m having an operation tomorrow, maybe I shouldn’t wake up from the general anaesthetic
Don't be silly! No chance he's coming to us. Best of luck with it pal.
Kane was a kid from the academy. Erikson was a cheap punt when we missed out on Willian IIRC, and Dele...........only cost five mil.
I guess £20m for Son in 2015 was a fair amount of us.
But ask yourself, where was the ambition with those players when we signed them
It probably isn't.
They also finished 5th the year before.
For what its worth, I don't think we are actually in for Mbeumo.
We were in negotations with Brentford for the last 2 weeks and I think one of the arrangements made was that we'd show interest in Mbeumo just to drive the United price up. United were refusing to go beyond 60m and I think our false presence in the saga will make United go to 70m. Thats just my view on it. Only opimions, no itk info or anything! Mbeumo has agreed all personal terms with United and we've clearly done none of that. If we were serious about hijacking him then we'd have all that done and Frank would know after one 5 mins phone call if Mbeumo is coming or not.
We aren't intersted. Eze is our prime target with Semenyo as back up plan. We just done Brentford a big favour and I'm sure Levy used it as leverage to squeeze a few pennies off the compensation. United will pay the 70m and think they won a transfer battle which never existed.
We were in negotations with Brentford for the last 2 weeks and I think one of the arrangements made was that we'd show interest in Mbeumo just to drive the United price up. United were refusing to go beyond 60m and I think our false presence in the saga will make United go to 70m. Thats just my view on it. Only opimions, no itk info or anything! Mbeumo has agreed all personal terms with United and we've clearly done none of that. If we were serious about hijacking him then we'd have all that done and Frank would know after one 5 mins phone call if Mbeumo is coming or not.
We aren't intersted. Eze is our prime target with Semenyo as back up plan. We just done Brentford a big favour and I'm sure Levy used it as leverage to squeeze a few pennies off the compensation. United will pay the 70m and think they won a transfer battle which never existed.
Which major european clubs?
Youre rewriting history here quite significantly bro
David Pleat first scouted Son when he was at Hamburg. The number of caps he had for South Korea not really much of an indicator of anything as South Korea is not a top league or national team.
Eriksen had good experience when we bought him - but it was from the Netherlands, then as now not regarded as a top league, nor Denmark a top national team.
I've given you as close a like for like players - but Kane for example gained the title of 'one season wonder' and even season when he made his first PL start (under Sherwood - scoring in his first 3 PL starts) there were plenty demanding he be sold, even when he started scoring.
So nothing wrong with what we are doing now. Better than buying Ndomble and Lo Celso as 'established' players. What we are doing now is to buy a selection of both younger and more established players.
First priority is probably ensuring we can sell a few layers to create space for incoming players, so I'm hoping for news on the likes of Bissouma, Richarlison and Son as well as incoming players, a number of whom I expect to be experienced 23 - 27 year olds,
Yep. Not saying we will finish 17th again, or 5th…. Just pointing out the variability. This proves it!
Any chance you could a) stop making shit up and b) stop posting entirely
Cheers,
Everyone.
Its better than the Swedish league mate.
Like I said, Son had 120 odd bundesliga appearances. Is that a farmer league too?
Blinkered.
I doubt it.
If its true expect to find Levy in the next bed to you after he's found a £350k per week has joined the payroll !
Good luck mate on the op
Nah agents just make stuff up to drive interest up. Very easy to ring a media source and get them to write whatever you like. We saw Sane's agent do the same thing. Same with Grealish and Rashford now.
We don't pay players over 200k a week so that rules out all of them options.
Agreed - I'm amazed people get themselves in a tizz as much as they do with transfer rumours. Social media accounts are set up to demand clicks and reactions to generate money. Most of them are fairy tales. There are probably 3 or 4 journos to 'trust', or at the very least pay attention to - imv that is Ornstein, the tap in Merchant Romano, Laurie Whitwell & Ben Jacobs.
Eriksen joined in 2013. Thats 12 years ago. 12m wasnt chicken feed back then.
Same reason there's some talk about Vicario and Radu possibly being sold.
Think there's only a few that are guaranteed to be here next season.