5 goals 3 assists last season, 8 goals and 6 assists before that, soon to turn 25.
these aren't the players to make us "win the league"
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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5 goals 3 assists last season, 8 goals and 6 assists before that, soon to turn 25.
these aren't the players to make us "win the league"
Can’t see West Ham selling him to us for anything close to that price
Would be a top signing though quality player with still a lot of unlocked potential
If we were serious then we'd be going after Jarrod Bowen. Don't think West Ham will do business with us either way.
Meanwhile the scams have started on SC again. I do watch the thread for entertainment but it's a shame on Spurs fans that so many still believe in SC ITKs who're only get things right after it's all over the news...
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We’re doing everything we possible can, to avoid signing Eze
Right, let's just put this to bed coz I'm cunting bored of hearing about it.
We are NOT signing Eze. We are NOT going to pay £60m up front.
It's NOT happening.
More chance of me flicking the bean of Mila Kunis
Bowen is shagging Danni Dyer.
He'll never leave West Ham for Spurs.
I agree but he's no longer making the England squad and there is a world cup next year. West Ham are holding him back big time. Surprised he hasn't tried forcing a move like Rice did. Kudus is desperate to leave! Have to admire Bowen's loyalty to some extent.
It means buying a player believed will go directly into the first team
Tricky concept to grasp apparently
Kudus has a very high ceiling but his temper (and being at West Ham) is holding him back.
He could be a very interesting signing but I don't see it happening.
He could be a very interesting signing but I don't see it happening.
He has a release clause of £85m.....so we think £50m will do it.....we tried!
Dont believe it for a second. I do think the player wants out though, but it wont be to us, probably Saudi.
Well then that goes to show even more you dont have to spend more than 150k a week to get that
They are on the wages they are because they have been there for so so long.
They were not purchased on those wages
I did add it all up once when they pleaded for money. Think it was just under £400 in about 2 days. Madness.
But is 'first team' a thing now? Surely it just about strengthening the squad?
We need a good fucking squad for the season we're about to deal with.
It’s dumb as fuck for ese but not for palace
Palace can accept whatever fee they want paid exactly how they want up til the clause
They only lose control at 68mil up front which is a great deal for them
All points well made.He never answers my attempts to drag more information from him beyond his usual standard soundbites.
Unless he thinks he thinks he has a gotcha on me.
But it's a genuine question for not just him.
Every transfer window we have 'show ambition' or 'get in some quality' but no-one ever really elaborates on how the club should show ambition. I'd argue you never really know if the club have shown ambition until you have hindsight.
Ndombele was considered a big exciting coup when it happened and that turned out shit.
As previously mentioned, Johnson's signing was met with mostly anger but his goals helped win us a trophy.
We hear cries of spending big money, then others complain we overpay with fees.
These transfer threads are never going to have a consensus. We can't adopt every strategy that is put forward by different individuals with different ideas to build a squad. There's also the matter of people taking every single tweet as gospel and getting irate/excited depending on the made up news.
Can always rely on John to stir the pot though with his cries for ambition and purchases to match the ticket prices. Obviously he'll also...
For me, it's about progression of the squad, in each transfer window, so that we can say that the players that we have available this time, give us more than we had last time i.e. an enhanced starting 11, a bench with players to change games, not a bench full of kids or spares that we haven't managed to sell yet.
It's more about a gut instinct than hard numbers, facts, and figures. Last 12 months, we signed Solanke (who I didn't think would score enough goals and was over-priced - he's really only had one good season in the Prem, so that's what I based that view on), Danso (who I'd personally never heard of at the time and was not an upgrade on anything we already had in the first 11, just an injury stand-in, let's be honest), and a bunch of kids for the future, some of whom had to be played because of injuries. So I had little expectations with us keeping up with teams that bought more quality starters. We all know the rest.
We need to stop signing players for the future (like Tel even, as he's done nothing really, and shown nothing, for another £30m gone from the funds). We are now in the CL, have a trophy (so that no longer puts off players from coming to Spurs for fear of never winning anything), and we have good finances, apparently. I'm expecting transfers that improve the starting 11 and the bench. It's not our job to name or find them, but I'm sure we'll know, by each signing, if they fit the bill, if we will be better for it.
Finally, we need to stop taking big risks on hopefuls (like NDombele etc) who have no Prem experience. Playing in the Prem is different, and if we are looking at players who have never played in the Prem, a proper analysis of their suitability needs to happen, else we waste a load more money, like we have every season as far back as I can remember.