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Transfers The Summer Transfer Thread 2025

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GoSpursGo said:
Seriously!?! Any player can get injured at any time. So we shouldn’t buy someone because they might get injured? You want Semenyo or Kudus, both of whom will cost more than Eze. What if they get injured? Would that be a waste also? If you’re complaining that Madders and Kulu are injured too often then it’s all the more reason to get a quality backup.

The point still stands that we should get a DMF, winger and a 10 but ENIC/Levy refuse to pay the money because they’re tight arses. Win the epl and cl. What a load of dung. If you’re going to talk the talk then pay up.
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Well yeah we should but your 2nd paragraph is solidifying my point, it's only going to be one, not both hence why we need to get it right, you can't spend £70m on a marquee 'backup' that's an oxymoron.

What's more of a priority a 10 or a 6 or winger? We already have 2 10's who are good enough, we have a 6 who is meh and the other needs nurturing and isn't ready to play consistently and our wingers are weak on both sides.

Semenyo will cost the same as Eze by the way and I doubt West Ham will get the full £80m for Kudus as well
 
Archie said:
When will Kulu be fit again? September, Xmas? What if maddison gets jnjured ? We do need another 10 ffs.
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Agree... I hate this 'demand' we sign players, then when they're linked, it becomes a question of "where are they gonna fit into the team?"

They're NOT, I thought the whole idea of squad strength is that we make a SQUAD full of 1st Teamers?!

We can't have what kept happening last season... 3 or more injuries and we're screwed....we should have 2 FIRST TEAM QUALITY players for EVERY position, yes, some like Bergwall or Gray may be young, but they're of a level that doesn't look out of place in the 1st team.

Brennan Johnsons problem was that he strikes me as an excellent SQUAD player who CAN come in, or on and affect the game, but can't be relied upon necessarily in each and every game!

Kulu, Maddison, Eze, Johnson, Tel Odobert... That's a wonderful mix of attacking midfield quality.
They not ALL gonna play every game, and nor should they if we want to keep them fit for the season....
We could perm any 3 from that lot and rotate, rest, play as needed ...

Eze fits into our squad perfectly....
So yes, if he went to Arse after all, I'd be livid!
 
Shadydan said:
Yeah lets commit to paying £120m for 5 years for players that will be fit 2 months into the season, good strategy

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Nah let's not bother and finish 17th again. Such mediocre thinking from Mr Contrarian. How long before you bemoan us not getting another 10? And will you fuck off for another month and come back with another personality transplant? Which will last 2 minutes before you become the annoying wally that everyone on here has seen before.
 
Don Pedro said:
Thats how I see it yeah. I think Eze is far better than Semenyo/Kudus who are also realistic signings for us. Woolwich are linked with Rodrygo and Xavi Simons who I'd rate higher than Eze but both will want close to 300k a week which puts them out of our reach.
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Is the Eze 'deal' in danger of becoming the Jack Grealish of 2025??

...he'll just end up at City?!!
 
Shadydan said:
Well yeah we should but your 2nd paragraph is solidifying my point, it's only going to be one, not both hence why we need to get it right, you can't spend £70m on a marquee 'backup' that's an oxymoron.

What's more of a priority a 10 or a 6 or winger? We already have 2 10's who are good enough, we have a 6 who is meh and the other needs nurturing and isn't ready to play consistently and our wingers are weak on both sides.

Semenyo will cost the same as Eze by the way and I doubt West Ham will get the full £80m for Kudus as well
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I’ll take the 6. But there’s no 6 that will cost 70 mil and is available. There lies the problem. Winning teams are built around a top 6.
 
Archie said:
Nah let's not bother and finish 17th again. Such mediocre thinking from Mr Contrarian. How long before you bemoan us not getting another 10? And will you fuck off for another month and come back with another personality transplant? Which will last 2 minutes before you become the annoying wally that everyone on here has seen before.
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Yeah you're right, not signing Eze means we're gonna finish 17th 🤡

For the sake of the forum and yourself stick me on ignore, you chat shit the best of times but when you engage with me you willingly bathe in verbal diarrhea, be gone peasant. 😆
 
Shadydan said:
Well yeah we should but your 2nd paragraph is solidifying my point, it's only going to be one, not both hence why we need to get it right, you can't spend £70m on a marquee 'backup' that's an oxymoron.

What's more of a priority a 10 or a 6 or winger? We already have 2 10's who are good enough, we have a 6 who is meh and the other needs nurturing and isn't ready to play consistently and our wingers are weak on both sides.

Semenyo will cost the same as Eze by the way and I doubt West Ham will get the full £80m for Kudus as well
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Kudus, who I am informed (third-hand) is a twat, won't fetch even half that amount.
 
Don Pedro said:
I know my sources. I block all the bad ones and bookmark all the good ones.

The best Woolwich ITK account by a distance said he's agreed all personal terms with them. Its up to Woolwich if they buy him or not.
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I posted yesterday that "The best Woolwich ITK account by a distance" is actually listed as one of the worst on the arsemania forum

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@A_G I’m not sure we’ve received an explanation as to why certain “ITK’s” are now banned from transfer threads? Not having a go just want an explanation as it’s fairly clear, whether people like it or not, some have actual contacts. Media or not if we’re allowing journos from certain papers...
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I think having confidence in a strategy for improvement, linked to having real clarity and conviction about player acquisitions is all I want to sense.

I am not sure I am able to have that, even though I am less concerned as a result of the managerial change.
 
1882 said:
So hang on, if Woolwich go for him, they get him cos Eze is gonna be an upgrade on Odergaard and Martenelli... but if they don't, it's cos they can do better... Well then they'll clearly go for someone better. 'cos if WE go for him, then he's downgraded to only the best WE can get....
He's a class player, his ENTIRE FAMILY is Spurs.... I dunno where all this Eze is a Gooner came from... Is it simply 'cos they rejected him as a kid and he cried??

.... If anything, if I were him, I'd never wanna set foot in that place UNLESS it's North London Derby day and I'm in the away dressing room!

Eze's the type of player you MAKE fit into ANY team....
He's in the mould of Frank Worthington, Stan Bowels, Glenn Hoddle, Ginola of this era ...🫠 And PRECISELY the type of player we love, and should have at our club!

Arteta would turn him into a functioning automon!!
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Stan Bowels was shit mate :cautious:
 
CJJ said:
Spurs being "bottle jobs" is something that gained a lot of traction to deflect from teams like liverpool (slippy g) and Woolwich actually being bottle jobs.

I don't think we've ever actually bottled something, in that we've snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Even in 2016, we were never top at any point. Woolwich were, but no one ever says they bottled the title to leicester in the jan/feb
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We have had 8 FA Cup semis we've lost.
We lost how many league cup finals (and some semis) between 08 and 2025?
We could have gone top in 15/16 on at least 2 occasions but failed to beat a shit West Ham and 10 man Woolwich.
We then capitulated so hard we ended up finishing 3rd bottling our chance to finish above Woolwich for the first time in 20+ years.
In the following season on MW 35 we were 7 points behind having cut the gap down with 12 points to play for. We again lost to WHU handing it to them basically.

We have been bottling it for years, like it or not. We were never top because we bottled it in games we absolutely should have won.
 
Notabadsquad said:
I think having confidence in a strategy for improvement, linked to having real clarity and conviction about player acquisitions is all I want to sense.

I am not sure I am able to have that, even though I am less concerned as a result of the managerial change.
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The main issue is people believing (and, in a worrying sense, some people wanting to believe) the circus crap out there on twitter. The club has no more leaks. All that is left is guessing. The weirdos that loved their adulation as "ITK" are not going to just hand up their keyboards, but are very much going to carry on guessing stuff. People need to bear in mind that all they are doing is guessing.

I absolutely expect that the first time we'll know about a lot of our incomings is when the club announces it. Not via "Logistics Manager/Pub DJ" O'keefe, not by "My fishing friend is an agent" on SC, or "I can't spell but I'm trusted with secrets" on SC, and not from "Nigel, aged 38, lives with his mum. Did a journalism degree in uni, but no one will employ me" on twitter.

It's almost certain that Frank will be planning acquisitions with the scouting team and Lange. He might not want Eze, and people will just have to deal with that. He might want some random dane from Superliga. So long as Frank is happy and the scouting team are happy.
 
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