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Transfers The Summer Transfer Thread 2025

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FOK said:
The kudus rumours are really uninspiring

You have to be wary of teams being so wiling to sell you their better players….

For me I want either Eze or Simons

And Semenyo
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Richard Arlison said:
Or our owners could sell to new owners who are also prepared to “cheat”.

Why anyone would expect the moral high ground in an industry like football, I have no idea
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I can’t speak for anyone else but my relationship with Tottenham Hotspur is built on so much more than the club’s ability and willingness to hoover up as many trophies as possible by treating the sport like a video game with cheat codes plugged in. If that’s truly all you want then fair play, that’s your prerogative. Personally, I’d much rather be subjected to the “misery” of the current ownership (which has seen us play in Europe nearly every season for two decades running, make it to a number of cup finals and be entertaining to watch more often than not with world class players frequently passing through our ranks) than be just another sportswashing plaything bathing in unearned glory.

Someone elsewhere in this thread said “ask Man City fans if they care.” I’m much more interested in whether they could ever possibly feel the way we felt after Bilbao, because I know the answer is “no.” I wouldn’t trade that feeling for their entire ill-gotten trophy cabinet. I want Levy to do more to ensure that there will be more Bilbaos in our future, but for me, simply becoming another Chelsea or City would be a slap in the face to all the reasons why I fell in love with Tottenham to begin with and would suck all the joy out of continuing to support this amazing club.
 
Apart from his bizarre meltdown at WHL last season he's seemed decent when I've seen him, but I don't watch that much Spam so could be wrong.

He'd improve the starting XI so wouldn't say no.
 
Don Pedro said:
I reckon we'll end up going for Wissa now and he'll be our "big" signing. Prob sell Richarlison and keep Son then.

Don't see there being much other action. Surely we sign a midfielder but think it'll be someone bang average like Ramsey now.

We'll only sign a defender if we sell Romero.

And that'll be that. Probably buy a few uknown youngsters too who won't be ready to play for us. We like doing that.
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Richarlison wants to play CL, so I don't think he will want to go anywhere. He would think he can get ahead of Solanke if he stays fit. Maybe under Frank he can.
 
CarrieFi said:
Are we basing him “being a twat” on his performance against us, when he went ape?

I don’t know, because I haven’t watched much of him, but if that was a one off I wouldn’t worry so much
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Probably the same issue they had at Nordsjælland. Very talented player but he would frustrate the coaching team. The feeling was he could control and run most games but he wouldn't apply himself often enough. Gifted player but if we can't motivate him often enough we'd have a bit of a Ndombele situation (probably not quite as bad but you get the idea)
 
I can though understand West Ham selling him for a rebuild. They need it, Bowen would be there only keep at all costs player, West Ham selling Bowen they could get relegated.
 
VonnegutBusy said:
If we can ship off Richy and get a David type 9 who isn't made of glass I'd be up for it.

Otherwise Richy has shown he can do a job for half a season.
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David offers nothing. Championship level - i would honestly rather covert the Croat centre back as a CF. Might not work out, but there’s a chance as he’s strong, either way good feet and an eye for goal. More attributes than that basic average Joe-y
 
reachingforthestars said:
Probably the same issue they had at Nordsjælland. Very talented player but he would frustrate the coaching team. The feeling was he could control and run most games but he wouldn't apply himself often enough. Gifted player but if we can't motivate him often enough we'd have a bit of a Ndombele situation (probably not quite as bad but you get the idea)
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Yeah that would be a problem
 
WPHIII said:
I can’t speak for anyone else but my relationship with Tottenham Hotspur is built on so much more than the club’s ability and willingness to hoover up as many trophies as possible by treating the sport like a video game with cheat codes plugged in. If that’s truly all you want then fair play, that’s your prerogative. Personally, I’d much rather be subjected to the “misery” of the current ownership (which has seen us play in Europe nearly every season for two decades running, make it to a number of cup finals and be entertaining to watch more often than not with world class players frequently passing through our ranks) than be just another sportswashing plaything bathing in unearned glory.

Someone elsewhere in this thread said “ask Man City fans if they care.” I’m much more interested in whether they could ever possibly feel the way we felt after Bilbao, because I know the answer is “no.” I wouldn’t trade that feeling for their entire ill-gotten trophy cabinet. I want Levy to do more to ensure that there will be more Bilbaos in our future, but for me, simply becoming another Chelsea or City would be a slap in the face to all the reasons why I fell in love with Tottenham to begin with and would suck all the joy out of continuing to support this amazing club.
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An interesting perspective. Being a fan of Man City does seem pointless. The summer transfer tension isn't over can they sign a particular player as them just deciding who they will get. The regular season is about squad rotation and roughing up most teams they play. Then it's pass/fail at the end, with anything less than the championship and a cup or two being a failed season. You could literally go away for two or three months during the season and not miss anything.
 
McCOYS said:
Some pretty good attacking players were signed in their prime in the Sugar era, Klinsmann, Gascoigne, Lineker, Sheringham, Ginola, so there was an ability for the club to attract them.
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Sugar bought the club after the FA Cup win and sold both Gascoigne (signed in '88) and Lineker (signed in '89)
He signed Klinsmann and then sold him for half as much a year later because the team was shit.

Ginola was pushed out by Dalglish, but anyone who recalls us being an attractive proposition in the Pony years must have sustained a brain injury, because that wasn't the case. Sugar did a convincing impression of a gooner trying to troll us for a decade.
 
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