Ben Davies

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Stag said:
£12m is insane. The lad is a decent left back but hes not £12m for fucks sake

If its £6m and Gylfi then that makes sense from a wages POV and the fact he probably is surplus to requirements but £12m? Jeez
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We paid quite a bit for siggy. I would imagine if he was involved in a swap, it will be a loan. I can't see it being 6 million plus siggy. Lev won't get fucked that hard financially.
 
I think we paid something like £7m for Sig, so yeah i see your point... In general swap deals dont happen so id still be surprised if it came off. I certainly wouldnt want us to pay £12m for Davies though, thats bonkers cash.
 
BentalebWho said:
Personally I would pay £15m for Ben Davies.

2 years PL experience, young and looks to be very promising. A smart buy imo when you see Shaw going for £30m.
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I don't want to sound insulting, but that is a ludicrous amount for Davies. I don't even think that £12 mil is a reasonable amount. I wouldn't pay a dime over £8 mil. Shaw went for FAR to much and just cause Man U was willing to throw money away, doesn't mean we at Spurs should.
 
Benjamin said:
I don't want to sound insulting, but that is a ludicrous amount for Davies. I don't even think that £12 mil is a reasonable amount. I wouldn't pay a dime over £8 mil. Shaw went for FAR to much and just cause Man U was willing to throw money away, doesn't mean we at Spurs should.
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Unfortunately we have precedent of throwing away money but previously we did it for players we didn't need and players not good enough.
We have a chance to sign a young LB (a position we need improving) for a price that will be justified after is first 2/3 years at the club.

IMO we wouldn't be able to get a better LB with less risk. Sure you can buy Ricardo Rodriquez but he could easily flop as so many have before.
 
BentalebWho said:
Unfortunately we have precedent of throwing away money but previously we did it for players we didn't need and players not good enough.
We have a chance to sign a young LB (a position we need improving) for a price that will be justified after is first 2/3 years at the club.

IMO we wouldn't be able to get a better LB with less risk. Sure you can buy Ricardo Rodriquez but he could easily flop as so many have before.
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I absolutely agree that we have a tendency to over spend.
 
Benjamin said:
I don't want to sound insulting, but that is a ludicrous amount for Davies. I don't even think that £12 mil is a reasonable amount. I wouldn't pay a dime over £8 mil. Shaw went for FAR to much and just cause Man U was willing to throw money away, doesn't mean we at Spurs should.
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You didn't know who he was 10 days ago, now you know he's not a dime over £8 mill. How so?
 
You all worry about the price when Levy will clearly sell Rose to some desperate schmucks for more than we pay for Davies anyway.
We always turn a profit, no matter what.
 
Benjamin said:
I don't want to sound insulting, but that is a ludicrous amount for Davies. I don't even think that £12 mil is a reasonable amount. I wouldn't pay a dime over £8 mil. Shaw went for FAR to much and just cause Man U was willing to throw money away, doesn't mean we at Spurs should.
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Problem is pal, you wouldnt pay a dime over 8 million, but lots of other clubs probably would. If we take that attitude we wont be signing anyone. If Poch wants him, we need to act like a big club and fucking get him.
 
Benjamin said:
I don't want to sound insulting, but that is a ludicrous amount for Davies. I don't even think that £12 mil is a reasonable amount. I wouldn't pay a dime over £8 mil. Shaw went for FAR to much and just cause Man U was willing to throw money away, doesn't mean we at Spurs should.
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That's a fair comment but who would you get for LB?
 
As others have mentioned: That's the kind of price players like this go for. Promising/proven homegrown with PL experience=high price. Deal with it. Nobody should be surprised about the price of Shaw or Davies.
 
There are lots of leftbacks in the world, i would expect that our scouts have seen quite a few in the Bundesliga, the French league etc etc - surely there must be better deals out there than £12m for Davies, just because hes Welsh?
 
Stag said:
There are lots of leftbacks in the world, i would expect that our scouts have seen quite a few in the Bundesliga, the French league etc etc - surely there must be better deals out there than £12m for Davies, just because hes Welsh?
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I don't get what you mean by better deals elsewhere?

Personally I'm not too trusting of our scouts ability to pick a good player for the right price.

And when it comes to Eriksen, the only major success of our "magnificent seven", he would have been bought by half the country for £12m.

I would much rather pay 15m for Ben Davies than pay £10m on a complete gamble.
 
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