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Transfers Summer 2019 transfer thread

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BangkokSpud said:
Was saving this for the window closing ... but fuck it I'm pumped so to paraphrase a great Norwegian -

In all seriousness you negative depressives need to have more faith – there is a reason we are widely regarded as one of the best run football clubs in the world, and that’s not because ENIC and Mr Levy don’t know what they are doing …

Great training ground – done

Great stadium – done

Great manager – done

Great transfer policy – let's hope this is the first of many such windows

The owners have done their job, now it’s down to Poch and his squad to turn opportunity into glorious Tottenham football - “It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low " - and a few trophies along the way would be bloody nice
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No, it's not a great transfer policy to bring in 3 players near the end of transfer window, the premier league season starts next week and those lads if we succeed in bringing them in haven't had a chance to have a preseason with us or get settled in.

"If we wait until May and sell before signing, it's so difficult to bring in players that can help. This season is a very good example. We signed good players but it was so late, with no preseason and then they have to play.

"You need six or seven months for the players to adapt themselves to the team, the dynamics, everything. And that is always against us. We were talking about how important it is to identify our targets and on 3 July, when we start preseason, have them here. If not, it's so difficult for them to help the team. And during the season, you're going to pay."

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Pochettino urges Spurs to make earlier signings for next season

Mauricio Pochettino has suggested that stuttering Tottenham are paying the price for leaving their transfer business late.
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Genuine question: If Dybala and Lo Celso walk through the door - do you think Toby and Christian will think fuck me, I want to stay?
 
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Today's L'Equipe with an accurate representation of Levy.
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This.Is.Quality. :levylol:
 
Unpopular opinion maybe, but if we have to go massive on Dybala fees and wages then I'm not particularly in favour. Good player, but still a gamble based on his patchy form and... well, 2 goals in 24 appearances for Argentina?

Very much a fee based on reputation rather than reality. I'd put him in the James Rodrigues or Mario Goetze category... you know they can do it, you just can't do them to do it when it matters. If anyone can get the best out of him, Poch can... but what if he doesn't want to be improved?
 
MVP said:
No, it's not a great transfer policy to bring in 3 players near the end of transfer window, the premier league season starts next week and those lads if we succeed in bringing them in haven't had a chance to have a preseason with us or get settled in.

"If we wait until May and sell before signing, it's so difficult to bring in players that can help. This season is a very good example. We signed good players but it was so late, with no preseason and then they have to play.

"You need six or seven months for the players to adapt themselves to the team, the dynamics, everything. And that is always against us. We were talking about how important it is to identify our targets and on 3 July, when we start preseason, have them here. If not, it's so difficult for them to help the team. And during the season, you're going to pay."

www.espn.co.uk

Pochettino urges Spurs to make earlier signings for next season

Mauricio Pochettino has suggested that stuttering Tottenham are paying the price for leaving their transfer business late.
www.espn.co.uk www.espn.co.uk
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No doubt it is not the ideal way to integrate signings. But Betis wanted £88m for GLC in June, now we are paying a £15m loan fee then £40m next summer. Fulham wanted £45m for Sessegnon at the start of the window, now we are getting him for £25m. Dybala wasn't even possible until a few weeks ago.

Levy doesn't leave things late out of spite, he does it because he feels it's easier to get the deals we want. Sometimes it goes wrong and you get a Grealish situation, sometimes it goes right and you get this. Would Poch have preferred that we signed only GLC and Ndombele in June and had no money for Sessegnon and Dybala? Or would he prefer that we get them all but 3 of them sign late?
 
LLB Part Deux said:
Unpopular opinion maybe, but if we have to go massive on Dybala fees and wages then I'm not particularly in favour. Good player, but still a gamble based on his patchy form and... well, 2 goals in 24 appearances for Argentina?

Very much a fee based on reputation rather than reality. I'd put him in the James Rodrigues or Mario Goetze category... you know they can do it, you just can't do them to do it when it matters. If anyone can get the best out of him, Poch can... but what if he doesn't want to be improved?
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Any signing is a gamble I spose. If he comes then our management have decided he's worth the big outlay and risk.

And if he's shite then West Ham will lap him up for at least £40m anyway.
 
MVP said:
No, it's not a great transfer policy to bring in 3 players near the end of transfer window, the premier league season starts next week and those lads if we succeed in bringing them in haven't had a chance to have a preseason with us or get settled in.

"If we wait until May and sell before signing, it's so difficult to bring in players that can help. This season is a very good example. We signed good players but it was so late, with no preseason and then they have to play.

"You need six or seven months for the players to adapt themselves to the team, the dynamics, everything. And that is always against us. We were talking about how important it is to identify our targets and on 3 July, when we start preseason, have them here. If not, it's so difficult for them to help the team. And during the season, you're going to pay."

www.espn.co.uk

Pochettino urges Spurs to make earlier signings for next season

Mauricio Pochettino has suggested that stuttering Tottenham are paying the price for leaving their transfer business late.
www.espn.co.uk www.espn.co.uk
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It was supposed to be so easy....

:pochfacepalm:
 
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