100% agreed.
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Player Mathys Tel
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I fear you are in for a very disappointing transfer window, best thing to do is turn off the internet, ignore everything football for the summer, turn internet back on on Saturday 16 August 2025 and see what's happened, one thing I can predict for sure is that the chairman of THFC will still be D Levy but I have no idea who the manager will be or if Tel will still be on the squad list.
But in the meantime before City signed him, KDB tore up the German league. He’s was basically the best player in that country. Tel isn’t showing anything like that level or progression yet. He’s a lot younger but there isn’t anything other than blind optimism that suggests he’s potentially something special.
Shouldn't be signing him at all much less for 50 million or whatever the price is
Was awful again yesterday and hasn't done anything to justify it. Was a punt when we where in an I jury crisis and should stay that way.
Was awful again yesterday and hasn't done anything to justify it. Was a punt when we where in an I jury crisis and should stay that way.
I’m a Spurs supporter so obviously a glutton for punishment …
Yeah I bet your were absolutely devestated on Wednesday, typical Spurs hey
TBF, I think the point was that Tel is basically at the same stage KDB was in when Chelsea bought, wasted, and disposed of him.
Depending on the price, I'd be happy to buy Tel. May benefit from a loan where he gets to play constantly and experience the freedom to develop like KDB did.
I just don't see it
It’s not comparable. Kdb protested to mourinho that he should be getting game time … that he believed he was better than those mourinho kept selecting
JM disagreed and KDB was allowed to leave
The rest is history… KDB proved himself right and went on to be one of the best premier league midfielders to play the game
Tel on the other hand is getting picked and isn’t looking like one of the best premier league players of any position now or ever
On every level this not a good comparison example
Exactly, if Son was still world class and Brennan was playing like prime Bale, I’d be fine with Tel coming. But our current wing options are limp and we need to add a proven player in that area not another youngster. We have Odobert, Moore and Yang already for the LW, do we need yet another teenager for that position?
It’s a £10m punt at best , not half our budget .
Yep. No-one's shelling out £50m or even half that for this lad. He has a long way to go.
We can’t compete with United when it comes to wages so there is no point even trying. They will be offering double or even triple what Levy would offer.
50 million for someone who is still living off his supposed potential 2 or 3 years ago. Mental. At absolute best he's been below average during loan stint.
There's nothing to see
Can't justify any kind of outlay on him right now (even reduced to 25-30m).
Would be happy for him to take Werner's squad place on a season long loan but that's it.
Would be happy for him to take Werner's squad place on a season long loan but that's it.
If he's okay with it, another season loan would be helpful for him and us. We really don't have enough information about him to make a decision, and he's still very young. He's shown flashes of creativity, but it hasn't been a large enough sample size to determine consistency in quality.
No way he's worth 50 million. Remember, Solanke was 60 million, and he's a PL proven striker (a more expensive position generally).
No way he's worth 50 million. Remember, Solanke was 60 million, and he's a PL proven striker (a more expensive position generally).