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Transfers January Transfer Thread 2024
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Might be whip round buckets before game outside stadium tomorrow night to help finalise dragusin deal. Tbh it wouldn't surprise me.
The thing about negotiations is they’re dynamic. There isn’t really a selling price for the buying club to “just pay”.
If I’m Genoa and say Dragusin costs €25m and you come in straight away with that money then I’m thinking I have either undervalued him or that you are easily willing and able to pay more.
My next move is to say I want that money in one lump sum. This is completely unrealistic and everyone knows it but if you say no then let’s renegotiate the fee - €35m on a staggered schedule… and around we go.
If there is no release clause then the situation is always dynamic. The selling club doesn’t want X amount (that’s always speculation) - they want as much as they can possibly get for their asset.
If I’m Genoa and say Dragusin costs €25m and you come in straight away with that money then I’m thinking I have either undervalued him or that you are easily willing and able to pay more.
My next move is to say I want that money in one lump sum. This is completely unrealistic and everyone knows it but if you say no then let’s renegotiate the fee - €35m on a staggered schedule… and around we go.
If there is no release clause then the situation is always dynamic. The selling club doesn’t want X amount (that’s always speculation) - they want as much as they can possibly get for their asset.
Unlike Ange though Gaspo is a bit (and by a bit I mean a massive) of a cunt in the media. I still like him because he boils the piss of every big fanbase in Italy, be it the big 3 northern sides, the 2 Rome sides or Napoli. Helps a lot that his football is beautiful to watch.
As for CDK, which is where this whole conversation started, I was impressed by him the same way that I'm impressed by Mudryk. He just doesn't fit the system (at Milan) and was playing terribly low on confidence. However, one of my best mates, who is an avid Milan fan, thought he was utter shit and couldn't control the ball to save his life.
What context? And how is that made up?
We have played 1800 minutes of EPL this season. Ange has picked Lo Celso to play 411 of those minutes.
411/1800=22,8%.
If you don't understand it, it does not make it "made up".
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Moyes written all over it…how?
He's not going to be here in time to play against Burnley.
Clearly wasn't that important to get him in early. Even if that's what the manager clearly wanted. Not forgetting this is the 3rd CB he has wanted since the summer.
If it costs us the FA Cup run, don't look at the manager.
Clearly wasn't that important to get him in early. Even if that's what the manager clearly wanted. Not forgetting this is the 3rd CB he has wanted since the summer.
If it costs us the FA Cup run, don't look at the manager.
Maybe you should get grip yourself?
I never said that we should give him away for free.
You (or someone else, cant recall) said that Barca wants him.
I said that they want him for free.
Ofc we should not give him for free. But it is widely reported that Barca wants him on loan and on random terms. So Barca might want him, but not enough to be willing to pay for him.
Winning trophies isn't easy either.
We can’t beat Burnley at home without a new signing?
Please no - don’t ruin one of France’s best young players
I love the bi-annual visits from the business gurus breaking down transactions.
Deals can be done extremely quickly if you establish the true selling price and pay it.
This should have been negotiated in Nov/Dec with terms all agreed on player side. Then you pay a slight premium to get him in the door Jan 1st.
Otherwise you continue to play this back and forth and delay the signing. In the process you lose the chance to bed him in vs Burnley and mean you throw him into a debut at Old Trafford.
Fine to record a 3m saving using this approach but what about if that leads to worse outcomes in the next two games - was it worth it?
Get the point of bringing up stuff from the past , I believe it to be relevant as do many others . You might say that it isn’t , we disagree
How many of those minutes was GLC injured? or available and ready to start?
How many of those minutes were at the start of the season when Ange was attempting to figure out his new team of players and didn't know what he thought of each player?
It's an arbitrary, made-up bollox that intentionally ignores any context at all. (hopefully it was intentionally for your sake because if you really think this is how stats work, you are more hopeless than I fucking thought).
Now piss off with this boring conversation. Please.
Not the point. Anyway, fuck off please and type things to other posters.
Your posts make my headache just melt away
We’ll agree to disageee on LoCelso.
But one thing I will point out is that he’s a squad player - in a fully fit squad. He’s the back up for Madders at the 10 and Sarr at the 8. Actually probably 3rd choice at the 8 behind Sarr and Benta.
Fittingly, he’s also paid like a squad player - 15th highest wage on the team. If he’s willing to extend at the same salary, I’d be all for it. A back-up capable of putting up MoTM performances during the 22.8% of the time he’s on the pitch at reasonable (not bargain) wages works for me.
See below.
On a different note, one thing I hadn’t realized until now is that Tanguy is the highest paid player on our payroll at 200K per week. Higher even than Sonny. Jesus wept.
2025-2026 Tottenham Hotspur FC Salaries and Contracts
Capology | Football Salaries & Finances
www.capology.com
Tanguy Ndombele | EPL Contracts & Salaries | Spotrac.com
Tanguy Ndombele signed a 5 year, $52,000,000 contract with the Tottenham Hotspur F.C., including an average annual salary of $10,400,000.
www.spotrac.com
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