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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread

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If we stay up and WH go down I think we need to be all over Jared Bowen .

He's close to the sole reason they are still in the fight , he's always the guy in the middle of anything good they do .

I think he would be great for us .
He’s Mr West Ham and I don’t think he’d sully that by coming to us. There are plenty of clubs who’d go for him I think. He’s also 30 this year and is a player who’s relied on a burst of pace.
 
If we stay up and WH go down I think we need to be all over Jared Bowen .

He's close to the sole reason they are still in the fight , he's always the guy in the middle of anything good they do .

I think he would be great for us .
Would love that but I'm sure his strong ties to WHam will make it difficult for him to accept coming to Spurs.
 
Personally I think we do need 1 top class passing central midfielder. Needs to be somebody with every pass in the book in their locker, a modric regen.

A starting CB with danso and Vuskovic as backups.

Top left winger.

A striker.

Outgoings are far more important for me. I think time is up for quite a few of our squad. Vicario, dragusin, romero, sarr, bissouma, richy, kulu?, muani loan end.

8 out and 4 top players in with no europe would see us back near the top end.

Long way to go mind, we are not safe yet
I think it would be a pity to lose Sarr but assuming Gallagher starts then it should be one of Bergvall and Sarr. We probably don’t have enough games to give minutes to both.
 
Top Keeper and keep Kinsky……
Keep Porro,Udogie and Spence but get another left back as well.Romero goes, Dragusin goes, Vusovic in and another left sided in. Micky hopefully stays .
Sell Bissouma and Sarr, keep Bentancur,Palhinha,Gray ,Gallagher and Bergvall but get in another central midfielder as well.
A threesome of Madison,Dejan and Simon’s seems very good but all have got or had long term injuries so a new face might be needed, depends on if or how the former 2 go in pre season. Need at least a new left wing and striker. I’m not a fan of Solanke but Richy will be the one to leave. Tel to,stay,Kudus to stay. Odebert is still a long way off so can’t go at the moment.Thats a minimum of 6 players needed .

6 top players needed, it can’t be 1 top player, 2 middle of the road players and 3 kids.

The keeper’s a tough one I think, cause how do you say to Kinsky, after doing brilliant for the latter part of the season, and potentially keeping us up “Right, cheers mate, back to the bench for the next 18 months for you”?

One of VdV and Romero will go, maybe both. I think it might be the right time to get rid of the sideshow that comes with Romero anyway, we need a more stable presence there.

Left back is a must?m, and as much as I vouched for him in January, I think we should be looking for someone in their prime rather than Robertson. We need a first choice for that position, not someone second rate or past their best. Udogie can’t be relied upon to stay fit, so we need someone like Nathaniel Brown, Antonee Robinson or Truffert at Bournemouth, and if Udogie has to compete with them, so be it.

Centre mid is obvious. We need someone that can pass the fucking ball in there. Locatelli gets my vote, right age, played at a big club and knows De Zerbi extremely well. I also wouldn’t mind Baleba to partner him, his pricetag should be lower given the season he’s had, but the potential’s there.

Both wings need sorted as I stated earlier. Bowen and Mitoma would be my choice. And we’ll probably need a number 10, even though we have 3 already. Maybe back in for MGW?

A striker’s tough, there’s none out there that immediately come to mind.
 
6 top players needed, it can’t be 1 top player, 2 middle of the road players and 3 kids.

The keeper’s a tough one I think, cause how do you say to Kinsky, after doing brilliant for the latter part of the season, and potentially keeping us up “Right, cheers mate, back to the bench for the next 18 months for you”?

One of VdV and Romero will go, maybe both. I think it might be the right time to get rid of the sideshow that comes with Romero anyway, we need a more stable presence there.

Left back is a must?m, and as much as I vouched for him in January, I think we should be looking for someone in their prime rather than Robertson. We need a first choice for that position, not someone second rate or past their best. Udogie can’t be relied upon to stay fit, so we need someone like Nathaniel Brown, Antonee Robinson or Truffert at Bournemouth, and if Udogie has to compete with them, so be it.

Centre mid is obvious. We need someone that can pass the fucking ball in there. Locatelli gets my vote, right age, played at a big club and knows De Zerbi extremely well. I also wouldn’t mind Baleba to partner him, his pricetag should be lower given the season he’s had, but the potential’s there.

Both wings need sorted as I stated earlier. Bowen and Mitoma would be my choice. And we’ll probably need a number 10, even though we have 3 already. Maybe back in for MGW?

A striker’s tough, there’s none out there that immediately come to mind.
Bit early to judge Kinsky .
 
Personally I think we do need 1 top class passing central midfielder. Needs to be somebody with every pass in the book in their locker, a modric regen.

A starting CB with danso and Vuskovic as backups.

Top left winger.

A striker.

Outgoings are far more important for me. I think time is up for quite a few of our squad. Vicario, dragusin, romero, sarr, bissouma, richy, kulu?, muani loan end.

8 out and 4 top players in with no europe would see us back near the top end.

Long way to go mind, we are not safe yet
Got the feeling Vusovic would not be too happy with being back up now.
 
Will do good to remember that Spurs will NOT have European football next season. So arguably, don't need such a large squad. However, with Spurs injury record - we would still need 50 players! lol.

Even with a fully fit squad, it is clear where the squad is poor.

Odobert, Tel, Solanke, Richy, Kudus - Not sure you can get an elite front 3 out of that lot. Makes it even worse when you realize that 262 MILLION was spent to build that attack.

Di Zerbi seems to favour the 4-2-3-1 formation, with inverted full backs. If (big IF) Kulu comes back fully fit - I suspect, we build the squad around him (as Conte did).
 
So much depends on (a) whether we stay up, (b) recovery from injuries - Maddison, Kudus and Kulusevski, and (c) what De Zerbi makes of our squad.

I will say that Bowen and Mitoma are both past their best and I’d expect better signings for the flanks.
 
Will do good to remember that Spurs will NOT have European football next season. So arguably, don't need such a large squad. However, with Spurs injury record - we would still need 50 players! lol.

Even with a fully fit squad, it is clear where the squad is poor.

Odobert, Tel, Solanke, Richy, Kudus - Not sure you can get an elite front 3 out of that lot. Makes it even worse when you realize that 262 MILLION was spent to build that attack.

Di Zerbi seems to favour the 4-2-3-1 formation, with inverted full backs. If (big IF) Kulu comes back fully fit - I suspect, we build the squad around him (as Conte did).
The Championship would mean 46 league games. With decent cup runs and maybe play off matches it wouldn’t be a big difference.
 
I’d let Vuskovic play with his brother at Hamburg - but only if he signs a new contract (min 5 years), and bring him back the following summer (27/28). When he rejoins us he needs to start.
 
I’d let Vuskovic play with his brother at Hamburg - but only if he signs a new contract (min 5 years), and bring him back the following summer (27/28). When he rejoins us he needs to start.
Why would we let someone else have our player when he’s ready to play for us and make us better???
Fuck his brother,his family and Hamburg. He was happy enough to sign with Tottenham so get him back and get him in the team. I’ve watched so many of Hamburg’s games because of him and he’s on another level from any centre back playing in the Bundesliga right now. The one thing that was aimed at him was that he wasn’t the quickest but I’ve not seen anyone do him for pace.
 
Why would we let someone else have our player when he’s ready to play for us and make us better???
Fuck his brother,his family and Hamburg. He was happy enough to sign with Tottenham so get him back and get him in the team. I’ve watched so many of Hamburg’s games because of him and he’s on another level from any centre back playing in the Bundesliga right now. The one thing that was aimed at him was that he wasn’t the quickest but I’ve not seen anyone do him for pace.

What a nice way to thank HSV for taking care of- and developing our player
 
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