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Transfers Summer 2021 - Transfer Thread

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todd1882 said:
Well, in this instance we are probably trying to buy before Kane's sale so clubs don't see us coming with a whole bunch of cash in our pockets. So that's probably the main reason for (much of) the delay. But most teams still have gotten their business done earlier e.g. Villa.

The rest of the delay is probably due to typical shit we see with out deals i.e. indecision, incessant haggling/penny-pinching, getting players out for reasonable prices, etc.
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its just frustrating because we all know we can acquire these players, then next season we cant because their prices soar and then we all say what could've been, we need to be brave and just get these deals done.
 
tommyboyspurs said:
we always leave it late thats the problem, not to mention we are the only team who takes centuries to seal a deal, too much monitoring and looking at less lets buy him now, i mean look at the ings deal completely under the radar and sealed quick. we have been looking at vlahovic all summer whats holding us up?
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southampton were looking to sell Ings. Florentina are trying sign Vlahovic to a new contract.

See the difference ?
 
tommyboyspurs said:
whoever thought lo celso was better player then fernandes god knows, but hey ho we couldve had numurous players if we coughed up the right amount dont get me started on that
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Be careful you'll get shot - there are plenty on this forum who somehow believe Fernandes is rubbish. (!!!) Don't get me wrong, Lo Celso has promise to be a useful player, but Fernandes has 100 times more influence and end product now, and pretty much since they both signed. Just goes to show how important such marginal decisions (accepting GLC rather than BF) can be. Can you imagine us last season if we just had BF instead of GLC? Top 4 definitely, maybe much more. :(
 
scarletjim said:
Be careful you'll get shot - there are plenty on this forum who somehow believe Fernandes is rubbish. (!!!) Don't get me wrong, Lo Celso has promise to be a useful player, but Fernandes has 100 times more influence and end product now, and pretty much since they both signed. Just goes to show how important such marginal decisions (accepting GLC rather than BF) can be. Can you imagine us last season if we just had BF instead of GLC? Top 4 definitely, maybe much more. :(
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fernandes is a leader also which lo celso is not, can take free kicks, pens, long range shots decent passer, all ive seen of lo celso is the injury reports.
 
scarletjim said:
Be careful you'll get shot - there are plenty on this forum who somehow believe Fernandes is rubbish. (!!!) Don't get me wrong, Lo Celso has promise to be a useful player, but Fernandes has 100 times more influence and end product now, and pretty much since they both signed. Just goes to show how important such marginal decisions (accepting GLC rather than BF) can be. Can you imagine us last season if we just had BF instead of GLC? Top 4 definitely, maybe much more. :(
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Penandes is not rubbish but he is wildly overrated, the fact GLC is also underrated doesn't help either.
 
tommyboyspurs said:
its just frustrating because we all know we can acquire these players, then next season we cant because their prices soar and then we all say what could've been, we need to be brave and just get these deals done.
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And we cry poverty or some other reason why the transfer can't happen when the true problem was not acting early and quickly enough.
 
todd1882 said:
And we cry poverty or some other reason why the transfer can't happen when the true problem was not acting early and quickly enough.
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You guys are getting dangerously close to suggesting that we have a long term plan and focus when it comes to transfers rather than the reacting to needs with short term band aids and buying guys based on their availability and the deal we can get for them.
 
tommyboyspurs said:
exactly so you can see why we are skeptical. romero is perhaps our best signing in over 6 years but we need alot more
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We need miles more. Not sure how many times I keep saying this, Sanchez and Dier are not fucking good enough. Clowns!!! Yet, we are probably going to be partnering one of these donkeys with Romero this season. A complete joke. Not to mention, we still have Aurier. The 3rd clown 🤡
 
Igula said:
I don't think it was a scouting issue, it was (shock) a financial decision.

I may be remembering this incorrectly but I think that we preferred Fernandes and he was the top target but then the financial amount became an issue so we moved onto GLC and a deal in which we could set up the finances to be better for us because Betis wanted to cut out the portion they had to pay to PSG.

It was another case of money being put above football.
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Yep, another case of Levy trying to show everyone how clever he is by getting a good deal instead of getting the best player available. Levy was able to buy Jack Clarke with the £10m he saved by getting Gio instead of Bruno. Isn’t he clever?!
 
Incomplete_usernam said:
Problem is, we have heard this so many times "wait until the end of the window" and the end of the window comes and goes and we are still desperately in need of balance throughout the squad.

It's a repeating pattern, happy to be proven wrong if we do address the remaining issues.
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Whilst it would be lovely to get all of our business done early, you have to take into account the calibre of player we are after, and the interest from other parties who are in a similar or better position to us financially. The selling clubs certainly do, as they know our position in the pecking order.

For top echelon players, we can come in with a good bid, but the selling club know that there are other clubs out there that are also looking for this type of player, so you get the inevitable leaks from the sellers, showing that the player is for sale, the deal we are offering, and putting it out there for another club to make a better offer. They can procrastinate for a few weeks to see if anyone else is interested. If no one else comes in, they'll do a deal, but it'll be late.

We do manage to get some over the line early. Despite the angst on here, Romero was actually done fairly quickly, but for a player of his quality that's the exception rather than the rule. Those that get in that kind of quality early, on a regular basis, are those that overpay.
 
Don Corleone said:
We need miles more. Not sure how many times I keep saying this, Sanchez and Dier are not fucking good enough. Clowns!!! Yet, we are probably going to be partnering one of these donkeys with Romero this season. A complete joke. Not to mention, we still have Aurier. The 3rd clown 🤡
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if us turning down laporte in a swap deal is true then thats baffling, he suits our needs more then silva, left footed cb are rare . i would honestly take 120 and him and be done with it
 
Ionman34 said:
Whilst it would be lovely to get all of our business done early, you have to take into account the calibre of player we are after, and the interest from other parties who are in a similar or better position to us financially. The selling clubs certainly do, as they know our position in the pecking order.

For top echelon players, we can come in with a good bid, but the selling club know that there are other clubs out there that are also looking for this type of player, so you get the inevitable leaks from the sellers, showing that the player is for sale, the deal we are offering, and putting it out there for another club to make a better offer. They can procrastinate for a few weeks to see if anyone else is interested. If no one else comes in, they'll do a deal, but it'll be late.

We do manage to get some over the line early. Despite the angst on here, Romero was actually done fairly quickly, but for a player of his quality that's the exception rather than the rule. Those that get in that kind of quality early, on a regular basis, are those that overpay.
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While that might be the case with some guys surely we could have a back-up striker in place already that isn't of such a high quality that the deal takes forever. With the RB links none of the guys are the calibre that should take this long.

For a few big deals I agree but we have so many needs and needs that have been clear for so long that I don't think that everything can be explained by that.
 
Igula said:
You guys are getting dangerously close to suggesting that we have a long term plan and focus when it comes to transfers rather than the reacting to needs with short term band aids and buying guys based on their availability and the deal we can get for them.
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The hell you say! No one is out here suggesting such nonsense. Where would the excitement come from? It'd be like living in southern California with 1 season, sunny and 75*. Boring! We appreciate the 4 seasons that Levy provides at Spurs. Long live the Levy way.
 
tommyboyspurs said:
if us turning down laporte in a swap deal is true then thats baffling, he suits our needs more then silva, left footed cb are rare . i would honestly take 120 and him and be done with it
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The only reason to turn down Laporte is because we know he doesn't want to come and we are breaking up with him before he can dump us.

We are not getting a better player/fit at CB than him even if we get 170m+.
 
ValenciaYid ValenciaYid , I like you as a poster and appreciate you posting on here, but your narrative of “we will spend loads of money on players” doesn’t wash with me mate. I have heard the same bullshit come out from the club and their mouth pieces every single season and every single season we are left short. I’m pretty certain Harry Kane will be sold and there will be 1 striker signing replacement and that’s it. A massive hefty profit for Levy and his team. Massive gaping holes in the Squad still and still no sign of us actually rectifying it. A joke.
 
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