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Transfers January Transfer Thread 2024

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Shadydan said:
That would be better answered in the Summer window not the January one.
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Fair enough. I was spitballing if this winter gave us a unique opportunity to get ahead of the summer when there will be more competitors but either way, it's that time again.

Matt1882 said:
So this'll be the 437th time that an opportunity presents itself to ENIC owned THFC
Will it be the 437th time that opportunity is passed up?

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Indeed mate. The stadium is built now as well. This is the opportunity that was at the end of Levy's long game.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Fair enough. I was spitballing if this winter gave us a unique opportunity to get ahead of the summer when there will be more competitors but either way, it's that time again.



Indeed mate. The stadium is built now as well. This is the opportunity that was at the end of Levy's long game.
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You have to wonder though, how long can the hardcore defenders, if there isn't a massive shift in philosophy this summer, carry on defending the regime.
 
Matt1882 said:
"Or we stood back and let him make his mind up..."
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As opposed to what, holding a gun to his head? For the millionth time, players have agency, they do get a say in where they are going, it was true for Dragusin and it's true for Nusa. Players are not just an inanimate commodity to be picked up and purchased, their opinions and feelings about a transfer are not just relevant, they are absolutely crucial to the final outcome.

Dragusin considered the options and decided Spurs was better for him, likely to get some playing time. Nusa considered the options and decided Brentford was better for him, being younger and unlikely to get much playing time at Spurs. There is nothing sinister, nothing dawdling, nothing unduly penny-pinching, nothing 'missed opportunity' about it, and anyone claiming otherwise is clearly just making stuff up to push an agenda (which is pretty sad for supposed 'fans' given that we're the only club which has done any proper business so far this window).
 
Hampshire Spur said:
Thing is Son is 30 odd now and burns out after 70 minutes. We need to look for life after Son. Top striker for me priority. I do think romero will go to spain in summer for ridiculous money. Thats why were still looking at defenders.
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Why are Real Madrid going to pay ridiculous money for Romero when they are going to sign Mbappe, on even more ridiculous wages. They have top centre backs, Militao just signed a new contract.
No other Spanish club has any money.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Thankfully, the club don't rely on me to answer the question about specific cases like Leao. Was just floating that there is 2 ways to see it.

This just popped up on my twitter feed:


View: https://x.com/JackPittBrooke/status/1751896549787889776?s=20

He's saying exactly what I'm saying. Opportunity knocks again. Last time Liverpool had the opportunity and took it with Van Dijk and Allison. The question is, how ambitious is the club to take the opportunity this time?
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Difference was Liverpool didn’t spend their own money. They were lucky that Barca turned up and paid 140m for Coutinho. They just spent that money on Alison and VDV. No one is spending that sort of money now.
 
Matt1882 said:
You have to wonder though, how long can the hardcore defenders, if there isn't a massive shift in philosophy this summer, carry on defending the regime.
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It's a strange one.

Personally, I was very much Levy/ENIC out last summer but the way Ange has used this squad suggests that a plan is coming together. The summer business was great as well and we have that modern football department in place.

But, you don't pick and choose when opportunity knocks and as they say, it's not a lengthy visitor. I think everyone can see that this summer is a massive opportunity and also that this squad is in a perfect spot to add 1-2 genuinely elite players that could be our Van Dijk and Allison-type signings. A LWF or CF and another CM.

Maybe they can get them within the structure that they like to follow but if they stick to the structure and end up without transformative players, where else do the fans turn to with their questions?
 
Brentford are paying more for an untried 18yr old than they were prepared to pay for Brennan Johnson. Forest said they bid 30m for Johnson in the summer. Those details came out in Forest ffp case.
 
Anyone using Nusa and the likelihood of him going to Brentford as opposed to us as a negatve, needs time in an Ice bath.

Fcuking 18 years of age. If he were so damn good, jusy where do OI start....???

Bale, Alli and Kane. That is the calibre of player that can make it at a big club and none were near our first team at that age.

Move on.
 
scarletjim said:
As opposed to what, holding a gun to his head? For the millionth time, players have agency, they do get a say in where they are going, it was true for Dragusin and it's true for Nusa. Players are not just an inanimate commodity to be picked up and purchased, their opinions and feelings about a transfer are not just relevant, they are absolutely crucial to the final outcome.

Dragusin considered the options and decided Spurs was better for him, likely to get some playing time. Nusa considered the options and decided Brentford was better for him, being younger and unlikely to get much playing time at Spurs. There is nothing sinister, nothing dawdling, nothing unduly penny-pinching, nothing 'missed opportunity' about it, and anyone claiming otherwise is clearly just making stuff up to push an agenda (which is pretty sad for supposed 'fans' given that we're the only club which has done any proper business so far this window).
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Yeah because Johnson and Solomon have been absolutely killing it.
 
Shadydan said:
Do you want to spend that much money on a player who's so badly out of form though? £100m for a player who is having a rank bad season is a terrible investment, it's even worse now because it's mid season and Milan are unlikely to let him go for cheap now anyway, the smart money is waiting on him until the Summer to see if he picks up form and he's more likely to be cheaper regardless - players tend to be cheaper in the Summer because it gives other clubs time to look for replacements as there's more movement on the market.

I don't think there's any rush personally, I've always said that I've been happy at the kind of moves the club's been doing and the progress that's been made - have always maintained that if we get the Summer window right we are 100% challenging for the league next season and that's due to the progress we've made - think fans just need to be a little patient IMO.
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Also just popped up on my TL.


View: https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1751885139192226187?s=20

Random and again not saying we should get Leao specifically but I could definitely see him being available for the right bid. Now or in the summer.

This link is likely agent bollox and quoting PSG and Newcastle is just picking the two biggest idiots that everyone thinks have money so you can drive up a perceived price. But still, if we went and got a Leao profile this summer, nobody could argue that wasn't ambitious.
 
Notabadsquad said:
Anyone using Nusa and the likelihood of him going to Brentford as opposed to us as a negatve, needs time in an Ice bath.

Fcuking 18 years of age. If he were so damn good, jusy where do OI start....???

Bale, Alli and Kane. That is the calibre of player that can make it at a big club and none were near our first team at that age.

Move on.
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Exactly.

He doesn't start weekly for Bruges. It's just another stick for the Levy haters to bash with.

He's the same style and build as Gil.. Gil is a great dribbler and rapid, just isn't strong enough for the PL. Nusa could very much be Gil 2.0.

I'd rather address an area that needs attention this window, then go all out for a top LW/ST in the summer.
 
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