Can’t even blame him at this point.
He’ll cement Spurs top scorer and still has the opportunity to get some silverware.
Since the CL final we’ve just been chasing our tail and surrounding him with mediocrity
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Transfers January 2023 Transfer Thread. The Big One
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Can’t even blame him at this point.
He’ll cement Spurs top scorer and still has the opportunity to get some silverware.
Since the CL final we’ve just been chasing our tail and surrounding him with mediocrity
always said he is man utd bound makes sense for them
It’s almost like Harry has an axe to grind , as if he has had dealings with someone at the club who acted in bad faith. I wonder who it could be
Answers on a postcard if you have any ideas
How about we wait to see what the wankers actually achieve before claiming the league is won and we need to be like Fucking woolwich.Is it time for Tottenham to follow Woolwich’s lead and start from scratch?
Rivals were at a similar stage of transition when they backed Arteta to make a bold — and clearly effective — rebuild
Gary Jacob
Tuesday January 17 2023, 12.01am, The Times
After being humiliated in their backyard by Woolwich, Tottenham Hotspur have reached a familiar crossroads in their quest for silverware.
The choice comes down to whether to back Antonio Conte on condition that he ends his wavering commitment to the job and signs a new contract beyond the summer. Or accepting that he is not the head coach to oversee the required transition and making a change, perhaps even before the end of the season. Anything else risks the state of limbo that has contributed to the present crisis and the team slipping to five points outside the top-four places after losing four of their past five Premier League matches at home.
The decision needs to be made quickly as the transfer market shuts a fortnight today. Tottenham are open to signing three players but are wary of striking permanent deals for players who are then not wanted by a potential new manager. Conte wants a left-sided attacking player, a right wingback and a central midfielder. Should they fail to strengthen the squad, Conte is likely to continue his outbursts about the gap to his rivals and that would make for an uncomfortable final six months of his contract and potentially affect the team’s final position.
Arteta, the visiting Woolwich manager, looks across to his rival Conte during the north London derby at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday
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Ask Chelsea, who experienced the same issue over spending with Conte in his second season and finished fifth in 2018. For Tottenham, it is a question of whether they can prevent things drifting by acting sooner. They foresaw the issue during the World Cup when they had talks with Conte about a new deal and could not tie him down.
Tottenham have progressed no further since dismissing Mauricio Pochettino in November 2019. After the club sacked his successor, Jose Mourinho, a week before the EFL Cup final, they penned a letter to Tottenham fans, admitting they had “lost what’s truly in our DNA” and promised to appoint a manager committed to attacking football and blooding young players. In came Nuno Espírito Santo and Conte as coaches, neither of whom tick those boxes.
Over two decades, Tottenham have swung between wanting a progressive young coach to build a vibrant team and appointing an experienced coach who they hoped would deliver silverware.
Perhaps Spurs could do no worse than look at Woolwich starting from scratch by appointing Mikel Arteta in December 2019, a month after Mourinho took charge at Tottenham. They backed him to make the bold steps to offload the dead wood at significant cost and rebuild the squad with younger players to the tune of around £300 million.
The goals from Kane, left, and Son have masked Tottenham’s deficiencies in other areas
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Tottenham are at a stage of transition too. Goals from Harry Kane and Son Heung-min have masked how poor they have been in other areas and, as the attacking pair are aged 29 and 30 respectively, the club must be thinking about finding their successors. Kane will be a free agent in 18 months’ time and replacing Hugo Lloris, 36, in goal might not be cheap.
Things can change. Tottenham were hovering around seventh place with matches in hand at this time last season and they transformed their run-in by signing Rodrigo Bentancur, 25, and Dejan Kulusevski, 22, whose loan from Juventus includes an option to be made permanent this summer. They had questioned whether Conte was the right manager to turn the club’s fortunes around after Burnley inflicted their fourth defeat in five games in February last year.
But Conte had masterminded a 3-2 win away to Manchester City and soon turned their form around to finish fourth, ahead of Woolwich, and qualify for the Champions League. The club repaid him by answering his demands for signings, which totalled a net £130 million last summer.
If results go against Tottenham when they play City on Thursday and Fulham on Monday, it will appear a tall order to finish in the top four this season. What Tottenham then do before the transfer window closes will show their real commitment to Conte, while Pochettino waits by the phone.
They are playing well, have bad good results and have some good young players with some older ones playing well over their normal level.
Fuck off, Dan..... Your opinion don't mean shit.
Come back when you've got some NEWS to report.
It's the point though. Conte seems to need the so called very best players.
Can he not develop players himself or use his tactical nous?
Evidence suggests not.
100% correct.
agree - or dump the current formation
Absolutely.
They're basically trolling us at this point. And a few fans still buy it.
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Really ...
How is that possible when we have 59 players behind the ball at all times
Hugo...Really ...
How is that possible when we have 59 players behind the ball at all times
Maybe.
But he's just taking the logical route. His next contract is the last big one and he won't want to retire wondering what he could have won.
In the short-to- mid term, I'm pretty sure he stands to be more of a help than a hindrance.
I wish we had more insight to what he's revamping behind the scenes (scouting, analytics etc) but he's tasked with a lot more than just managing the scouts, overseeing contracts and washing Levy's car.
you had me at 'cheap'That's a leftfield choice, but a good solid, experienced clogger, and will be cheap.
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You have a lot of agrees I see. The comment clearly strikes a lot of people as being bizarre but I remain unconvinced but would also add that I would love to be completely wrong. I still think it was 60m wasted.