One doesn't want to play and the other played as though he didn't want to be there?:lennon:
It should be different with this guy.
-
The Fighting Cock is a forum for fans of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Here you can discuss Spurs latest matches, our squad, tactics and any transfer news surrounding the club. Registration gives you access to all our forums (including 'Off Topic' discussion) and removes most of the adverts (you can remove them all via an account upgrade). You're here now, you might as well...
Latest Spurs videos from Sky Sports
It should be different with this guy.
You would agree, on the pitch is where it counts. He's a good player-hes made a young persons error?
Most players would turn to drink and drive away as fast as possible to get away from the midlands and away from Pulis's coaching ideas.
On skybet this morning Saido was 1/7 on to sign. Now he's 1/3 with Man u 5/2 to sign him.
Does that mean anything? Does someone know something about him signing for Man United?
Does that mean anything? Does someone know something about him signing for Man United?
Man Utd wanted Sadio, as Saido is better of the two so a better signing (IMO)-Saido may be hanging out for a move to Utd rather than us. Then i guess we will approach Sadio as he will be avalible-keeping up?
Odds on we get no one?
Fazio to WBA - maybe Saido to THFC???
What a load of bollocks. What if in all their infinite wisdom, paul mitchell and the rest of them have come to the conclusion berahino is the perfect partner for kane and the exact player we need.Tottenham’s semi-logical pursuit of Saido Berahino
On Tuesday afternoon, Daniel Levy had an initial £15m offer rejected for the young forward. Jeremy Peace, the West Bromwich Albion chairman, then released a statement to clarify his position on Berahino and claim that, without being iron-clad, it was not on the club’s ‘agenda’ to sell the player.
It wasn’t wholly convincing. Peace does have a habit of issuing oddly unnecessary communications but, in this instance, the decision to publicise Tottenham’s interest was very logical.
Peace may prefer to keep Berahino in the Midlands, but any realist would have to concede that such an outcome now seems unlikely. Every player has his price and the West Brom chairman’s probable objective is – quite correctly – to secure the highest possible fee for his club’s most valuable asset.
The press-release, then, had a purpose:
“Hear this, clubs who are interested in Saido Berahino – the auction has begun.”
Having already committed to a £15m offer, we can assume that Spurs are serious with their interest – whether they continue their pursuit or not is another matter, but the intent is clearly there.
Berahino completed 88% of his passes in the recent game against Watford
That will confuse their fanbase. Paul Mitchell, the club’s celebrated Head of Recruitment, was brought to White Hart Lane to provide value and to source talent from between the cracks – and yet here Daniel Levy is, less than a year later, sanctioning a move for a British player who is subject to the usual homegrown inflation.
The club have spent their Summer cost-cutting and trimming squad inefficiencies and the response to that is now… to shop in a market in which value is impossible to obtain?
It’s strange. It doesn’t tally with the club’s intended direction – and it especially won’t if Levy goes beyond £15m to sign Berahino.
That isn’t to say that the player is over-hyped. Berahino is very capable and in addition to his developing composure in front of goal, he has the sort of quick-footed technique that will always be of use in the attacking third. While the majority of his West Bromwich Albion career has been spent playing a central role, he is capable of playing as a wide-forward and, in fact, was used in that position by Gareth Southgate during England U21’s recent European Championship qualifying campaign.
Berahino had 53 shots from inside he area in the Premier League last season
He missed the final tournament through injury, but he showed on the road to the Czech Republic that he can be useful from the left-hand side and he can be a menace in the build-up phases as well as in the penalty-box. He may not be the most creative player, but his dynamic, intricate play is more than useful between the touchline and the edge of the box.
Spurs probably intend for him to compete with both Nacer Chadli and Harry Kane – or, at least, for Berahino’s arrival to give Mauricio Pochettino the option of dropping Kane into a slightly deeper role and periodically resting or moving Christian Eriksen.
image: http://www.squawka.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-shot-2015-08-20-at-11.24.56.png
Kane had a better shooting accuracy than Berahino last season
That’s the logic behind this move. The issue about the size of his fee may be valid, but this is a footballing age in which squad dexterity is very valuable and Berahino is a facilitating player, an attacking component who would help to diversify Pochettino’s options.
The current Tottenham squad lacks players who are genuinely comfortable in goal-scoring positions and so, either as an orthodox centre-forward or an out-to-in wide-player, Berahino is a partial solution to that problem.
So yes, the theory is sound enough, but it’s hard to shake the belief that Tottenham aren’t reverting back to their old ways. Berahino may be a good player and may also fill a gap in Pochettino’s squad, but he is neither a particularly rare talent nor an especially creative response to that issue.
That’s the anomaly. All of Levy’s infrastructural reshuffling over the past twelve months has been with the objective of equipping his club to game the transfer-market and yet now, in late August and with less than two weeks of transfer-window left, he finds himself once again at its mercy.
If Saido Berahino does move to White Hart Lane, the circumstances which bring him there shouldn’t be allowed to dictate the crowd’s response to him, but it will be another example of just how opaque an organisation Tottenham can be.
Read more at http://www.squawka.com/news/tottenh...-of-saido-berahino/444304#IqV0KvEM38gbbsEI.99
Agreed, if they have done lots of checks on lots of players and he still comes out top then why do we have to get some below the radar signing like Wimmer.
Exactly. If Berahino is whats wanted, he might be worth us paying 25 mill. A proven prem player thats played with half our squad for england u21's, versatile, young. Why wouldn't we want to sign him?
I have watched Berahino on and off for two seasons, he's class, proper class IMO. He can cover Kane but also play wide forward like Chadli and Lamela, offers real pace and as you say has a proven record. In today's market £25 million is a pretty reasonable rate, let's be honest we would sell for far more.
Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
Poch wants him, Levy signs him. Then its "we've overpaid" "whys it taken so long" "why aren't we sticking to the plan"
West Brom behave unreasonable and want too much for him because they don't want to sell their best player, then its "why can't we just get our business done early" "why doesnt levy back the manager" "why are we wasting time trying to sign over priced players"
I think thats a reasonable question in the light of things.
We´ve been interested for 10 months
Oh no, now you've jinxed it!
I think we have to sign Berahino at this point. Given our lack of pace in transfer dealings, could we really start another one from scratch now and complete it in time?
His attitude is wank and he's overpriced.
Poch has said that we're also looking at someone else - whether or not that's true is yet to be seen but it needs to happen sooner rather than later. We're all pretty sick of the deadline day scramble at the bargain bin which, since VDV has been pretty shit. Someone needs to tell Levy that the league started early August. Not September 1st because we're under preprared. Simple as that.
Poch has said that we're also looking at someone else - whether or not that's true is yet to be seen but it needs to happen sooner rather than later. We're all pretty sick of the deadline day scramble at the bargain bin which, since VDV has been pretty shit. Someone needs to tell Levy that the league started early August. Not September 1st because we're under preprared. Simple as that.
Ah-Haaaaa, or have I...? maybe it's a double bluff!!
You have literally no idea what goes on. How can you make a comment like that.
WBA reject bid from Spurs = any other clubs interested come and bid, he's for sale.
(they might as well hang it out and get the highest amount of money)
Poch says we are looking at other forwards = no player is bigger than the club.
(play down we want him and if we miss out, he wasn't our prime target)
WBA are in a win win situation = keep Saido and they have a 20 goals a season man.
Sell Saido to highest bidder and reap a big financial income. It would cost WBA as much to replace him.
(they might as well hang it out and get the highest amount of money)
Poch says we are looking at other forwards = no player is bigger than the club.
(play down we want him and if we miss out, he wasn't our prime target)
WBA are in a win win situation = keep Saido and they have a 20 goals a season man.
Sell Saido to highest bidder and reap a big financial income. It would cost WBA as much to replace him.