Except he isn't homegrown. Coming up in the Scottish system classes him as foreign since the Scots have their own league system.
The Scots call it a league?

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Except he isn't homegrown. Coming up in the Scottish system classes him as foreign since the Scots have their own league system.
Low ball offer of around £3million being readied as we speak![]()
Report: Mourinho has told Levy to secure deal for this £10m player as soon as possible
According to a report from Estadio Deportivo, Jose Mourinho has asked Daniel Levy to wrap up the signing of Maxime Lopez as soon as possible...www.spurs-web.com
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Report: Mourinho has told Levy to secure deal for this £10m player as soon as possible
According to a report from Estadio Deportivo, Jose Mourinho has asked Daniel Levy to wrap up the signing of Maxime Lopez as soon as possible...www.spurs-web.com
He is not a defensive midfielder as the article states
Also he is about 3ft tall
No thanks
Makelele he wasn't bad eitherWhy does his height matter?
Kante, Thiago are two small CDMs that are world class
Don’t get ahead of yourself
Their owner, Matthew Benham, got rich on sports betting. Don't know how rich he is but he's posted a fair amount of cash into Brentford already, way before covid. He also owns Danish club FC Midtjylland who will become champions this season.
He's real life moneyball. These players have been brought based on algorithms for hardly anything. I heard a podcast a couple of months back, and I remember if it was the acadamy or U19 squad they were gonna close, or maybe both. Makes sense. They are a London based team and the competition for young acadamy players is fierce with a lot of Premier League clubs around. Their model seems to work, with Olleie Watkins found in Exeter City and a cheap Saïd Benrahma from Nice
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Report: Mourinho has told Levy to secure deal for this £10m player as soon as possible
According to a report from Estadio Deportivo, Jose Mourinho has asked Daniel Levy to wrap up the signing of Maxime Lopez as soon as possible...www.spurs-web.com
He is not a defensive midfielder as the article states
Also he is about 3ft tall
No thanks
Yep him and the guy who owns Brighton - love it. Tifo football and Michael Cox covered it at some point and I loved itReally, really like what Benham is about, I've posted bits and bobs previously about Brentford/Benham and also more in depth stuff over on SC previously. I think it's one of the more fascinating, innovative football stories of the last decade or so.
As soon as the PL introduced their EPPP, Benham quickly realised that ditching the academy made sense for them - smartly IMO - as it weighted things heavily in favour of the Cat 1 academies - which I think meant lesser academies could spend years coaching kids only to lose them to Cat 1 Academies for peanuts. Instead choosing to concentrate on intelligent recruitment.
This article, where he says he doesn't like the term Moneyball, predates that (from 2015) but it's a good little read about Benham - I really like how he comes across.
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Brentford owner Matthew Benham says he hates the term Moneyball
The Brentford owner Matthew Benham has said that he hates the term Moneyball being applied to his team because it is so often misusedwww.theguardian.com
If we’re talking any sort of deep lying playmaker surely it has to be TonaliHe's not a big robust pure DM. But he is a little terrier though, and a good footballer to boot. If we bought him, I'd still like us to buy a more dedicate athletic, robust DM, but I'd have Lopez here for 10m no problem. You could sell Dier, Sissoko and Winks and he'd cover all their remits in one little 10m footballer.
:avbpray:If we’re talking any sort of deep lying playmaker surely it has to be Tonali
Not sure who that is so... No.
If we’re talking any sort of deep lying playmaker surely it has to be Tonali
If we’re talking any sort of deep lying playmaker surely it has to be Tonali
Yep him and the guy who owns Brighton - love it. Tifo football and Michael Cox covered it at some point and I loved it
Fred also surprisingly diddy.Why does his height matter?
Kante, Thiago are two small CDMs that are world class