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Transfers January 2020 transfer thread

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Five said:
The story raises all sorts of questions at Spurs, one of which relates to the functionality of their recruitment strategy. Levy wanted Clarke, he saw him as a useful squad member and paid a fair amount of money for him, but Pochettino would not even look at the player in training. It is inconceivable that Pochettino did not discuss Clarke’s readiness for the Premier League with Marcelo Bielsa, the Leeds manager and his mentor.

What it certainly does do is shine a light on the sense that all has not been well at Spurs over the summer and goes some way towards explaining why Pochettino has been so irritable of late.

Remember when Pochettino said at the end of July that the club ought to change his job title back to coach from manager as he was in the dark over transfer activity? “I am not in charge and I know nothing about the situation of my players,” Pochettino said. “Sell, buy players; sign contract, not sign contract – it is not in my hands. It is in the club’s hands and Daniel Levy’s hands.”

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They have removed it, probably widely inaccurate.
 
Five said:
I watched him against Man Utd. He's got all the ingredients. Positional sense is good, aggressive, tackles well, touch is good, passing is good, extremely dynamic going forward (beats people for fun), up and down the pitch like a fucking Duracell bunny. KWP is not fit to lace his boots, unfortunately. Only issue for me is his lack of height.
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KWP at age 19 was a lot better, especially at going forward and putting in great balls to attacking players, than KWP at age 22 who after 3 years in the first team squad seems to have regressed. Doesn't help that he has played more games for E u21's than he has done for Spurs first team.
 
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Five said:
Thanks, man. How did you do that?
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Good article, and much the same as your comments.

But as I posted before, I've been unimpressed with the last 5 years of Spurs transfers in under Poch so pleased if Levy and his advisors have more of a say going forward (not to exclude Poch but there needs to be a balance).

With Clarke, might be relevant that Pich has not bought any youngsters since Dele arrived (David Pleat said on the radio that he was so in Levy's ear that Levy signed him) and it maybe that Levy thought he had to balance up buying top talent for big bucks with a few punts (like Dele) who are higher risk but lower £'s. And overall likely to be a better set of transfers in than achieved in the ladt 5 years
 
Spursidol said:
Good article, and much the same as your comments.
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I cannot remember where I read it, but it was said that Poch would not even allow him to train with us. It was simply a case of "Get him the fuck out of here." Levy saw big re-sale value in him, it seems.

Spursidol said:
But as I posted before, I've been unimpressed with the last 5 years of Spurs transfers in under Poch.
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That makes 2 of us.

We had Poch's outburst during the summer about how his title ought to be changed from manager to coach. And another hissy fit last month when asked if we would be recalling Clarke. I will leave the interpretation of it up to you. There is also a comment from our very own WindyCOYS WindyCOYS if you click on the link.

Pochettino added: "Jack Clarke is at Leeds now. He is playing for Leeds. He is our player but he is on loan. Of course, if you say to me today about Jack Clarke, I don't know because today he has not got a place to come with us. What is going to happen in a few months, I don’t know.”

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Tottenham Hotspur fans react to Mauricio Pochettino’s Jack Clarke comments

Jack Clarke is on loan at Leeds United from Tottenham Hotspur.
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r-u-s-x said:
Based on others views, chuck £80M at Havertz. Statement signing and seems the real deal.
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I like Havertz a lot and watch him most weekends but I feel that money could be better spent elsewhere...and I'm not sure 80M would do it anyway. His former partner in crime would have been a better fit for us and would ahve given Poch rotational choices eg moving GLC to the 8 some games while giving Ndombele a rest.
 
todd1882 said:
I like Havertz a lot and watch him most weekends but I feel that money could be better spent elsewhere...and I'm not sure 80M would do it anyway. His former partner in crime would have been a better fit for us and would ahve given Poch rotational choices eg moving GLC to the 8 some games while giving Ndombele a rest.
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I would guess €100M to Bayern in the summer - they tend to get german players "cheap".
 
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