Interesting one going into this summer with all things considered. A lack of revenue, a strong possibility that we miss out on Europe altogether, not just the Champions League, players being linked at the cĀ£20m-Ā£25m mark across a lot of positions and a fair few fighting for their Spurs careers it seems.
I can see this summer being one where we artfully try to plug holes. We constantly seem to get linked with players entering the final year or two of their contracts (Vazquez, Castagne, Hojbjerg etc) so when thinking about a realistic and fair budget before anything made on player sales I can honestly see the club giving Jose Ā£50m and telling him he needs to shift a few to bring that number up to what he would need to buy any remaining players to plug gaps.
Gabriel Meghales is a left footed CB so I absolutely see truth in that one to cover Ben and offer Vertonghen options.
Kim is one that would make sense as well with the Sonny/ South Korea link and an ability to hopefully add depth/ competition long term.
Castagne a RB so it was inevitable after Meunier went to Dortmund that we would start to see names in this position pointed in our direction.
Vazquez I donāt see the point in in all fairness, unless Mourinho is looking to shift Lamela out of the door.
Hojbjerg the only one I really know much about and just makes sense being a PL captain, one year left on his deal, pedigree at international level and champions league level etc so I honestly see this one getting done sooner rather than later.
All of these lads are apparently around the Ā£20m -Ā£25m mark but I wouldnāt be able to tell you much about them, it does intrigue me a lot to see our transfer strategy play out and how we implement certain changes.
Ā£50m+ any money made on player sales sound reasonable fair to you lot?
I wonder what that list of players would fetch collectively. Iām gonna say maybe 50-55mill?
IMO we will try to use some of those more creatively as part exchanges, where we know the selling club is short of players eg Southampton short of RB's, QPR have just released experienced midfielder and CB/captain.
For example :
KWP + say Ā£10m cash for Hojbjerg (DM)
Amos + Carter Vickers (both experienced Championship players ) + say Ā£5m cash for Eze (AM)
Foyth (Argentinian international RB and CB) + say Ā£10m cash for Castagne or Aarons (RB)
Then sold for cash :
Lamela Ā£15m - Ā£20m ?
Rose Ā£5m- Ā£10m ?
Aurier Ā£20m ?
Clarke ?
Sissoko is currently used as a makeshift DM/RM not really a great job as DM as he's also trying to cover for Aurier. IMO with Aurier being replaced and Hojbjerg arriving imo Sissoko will not be required and will also leave for say Ā£20m.
Cash available can certainly fund a CB whether Meghales or Kim.......and may even have some cash over for another deal ?!
Conclusion
With that we get a CB, RB, DM and AM solving a lot of problems.
Would have a number of youngsters available to add cover too (although some may be sent on loan to get experience) :
Japhet Tanganga - CB, RB, LB
Oliver Skipp - DM
Dennis Cirkin - LB
Harvey White - DM and LB
Jamie Bowden - DM and RB
Troy Parrott - striker
Worth also saying that the forward position will be a lot stronger with Son, Bergwijn, Dele, Moura, Sessegnon, Eze as AM's, if we need to use Son or Bergwijn to play striker to rotate Kane, we have decent AM's to come in to cover them.
todd1882 What do you think of Yves Bissouma, you fastidious fuck?
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