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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread

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FOK said:
no genuine Q? wasn't aware you don't rate him.


he was our second highest assister and stop playing on Jan 4? he's our only player that can take on a man, scored a few goals

I rate him highly.
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I have never thought much of Kudus, West Ham and now us. I will concede it might simply be bias on my part and poor judgement.

I just see Kudus as a player who obviously has ability, can hold the ball up, but who runs into blind alleys.

The assists feel more incidental than deliberate.

What I don't see or sense with Kudus is calm and measured, and top players have that quality, in my opinion.

So Kudus might be good for us. Does that equate to good enough for where we want to be? Not in my opinion.
 
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Notabadsquad said:
I have never thought much of Kudus, West Ham and now us. I will concede it might simply be bias on my part and poor judgement.

I just see Kudus as a player who obviously has ability, can hld the ball up, but who runs into blind alleys.

The assists feel more incidental than deliberate.

What I don't see or sense with Kudus is calm amd measured, and top players have that quality in my opinion.

So Kudud might be good for us. Does that equate to good enough for where we want to be? Not in my opinion.
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The trouble with blind alley-type players is that they end attacks and turn the ball over, leaving you vulnerable to transitions.

But Kudus' ball retention is excellent, plus he's a great presser who's all over the pitch without the ball, so on net you wind up with more of the ball and keeping attacks going.

Our ability to sustain attacks went to shit when he got injured. Get him and Madders playing together and we'll be in a lot better shape.
 
spursmalc said:
Our squad is limited in numbers by the rules. We have a number of injured players kula, kudus, Odebert & Simons that may or may not play much before January. Now we have several options
1 Put them in the squad limiting our numbers and risk a repetition of this year and not having attacking players on the bench .
2 Leave some of them out of the squad and then if they get fit they cannot play until January
3 Put them in the squad but retain a number of under 21's to bolster numbers if they cannot play. If the injured players are fit it may mean the youngsters do not play but can go on loan in the 2nd part of the season

In my opinion the only sensible option is NO 3.
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Option 2 for sure. At the end of the day, we have to do what’s best for Tottenham Hotspur, not what’s best for Wilson Odobert or Xavi Simons or Dejan Kulusevski. We badly lack quality in the forward areas, neglect that again and you’re looking at another season in 17th.

Odobert’s likely the only one with a chance of being back before January anyway, and it’ll be just before January if he is.
 
FightingIllini said:
The trouble with blind alley-type players is that they end attacks and turn the ball over, leaving you vulnerable to transitions.

But Kudus' ball retention is excellent, plus he's a great presser who's all over the pitch without the ball, so on net you wind up with more of the ball and keeping attacks going.

Our ability to sustain attacks went to shit when he got injured. Get him and Madders playing together and we'll be in a lot better shape.
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Mate, you might be right.

Hopefully both can regain and retain full fitness.

I'm agnostic on Kudus, possibly more than on some players until the evidence is conclusive, so if he comes back and helps us get into that top 8 next season, all good.
 
Mr Buttons said:
You're right about Bergvall and Pape, but I stand by my point about Alfie (who can play AMC) or another academy player. I understand we might lose Alfie, but he still has to decide whether he wants to join Preston permanently or not. And if we tell him that there might be room for him this season, then I think he would stay.
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Actually, we could take the decision out of their hands. They can’t meet the terms of the option to buy, which requires the entire fee be paid up front. The fact that we’re negotiating a slightly larger fee spread over several years suggests that we’ve already determined that we should sell Devine.
 
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