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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.
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Dortmund are gigantic bottlers. They should win a lot more than they do. Bayern is not unbeatable every year. If Bayern somehow only finishes with 70 points, Dortmund finds a way to finish with 69
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They're always a team in transition is the issue. They get top talents at the club but just as they hit their peak they're sold for top prices. They have some good players coming in for the summer to fix their defensive issues, but now Haaland will be off. They likely replace him with someone good but someone who they need to develop, and when he peaks it will be the cycle repeating.
Bellingham has been brilliant for them but he'll be the same soon enough, off to a big English club most likely.
They are also mentality midgets mate. A bit like us. The difference there are only two big clubs plus some good ones.
They’ve won trophies in recent history though, couple of leagues when they kept their team together, couple of domestic cups too. Sure the lack of top tier competition other than Bayern helps but still.
I just think they’re a bit unstable. No defensive solidity currently, they can swarm all over teams but are so fragile. The defenders coming in should help a lot, the old Dortmund sides were lethal offensively but Subotic/Hummels were a good partnership.
True, I think they won the cup last year. I’m sure I saw picks of Haaland and Bellingham holding it. It looked like something out of Indiana Jones
As opposed to the 3 latest signings, Romero, Bentancur and Kulusevski
Has anyone seen him play or know anything about him?
Liverpool are apparently the leading candidate but I'd like for Spurs to make an offer of, say, £60m so Liverpool have to better that offer as a "thanks" for last time
Report: Liverpool Contact Aurelien Tchouameni Over Summer Transfer | Jurgen Klopp 'Loves' The Player
Whilst Jurgen Klopp is preparing his Liverpool side for (another) Champions League semi-final, reports have come out of France stating that Liverpool have made initial contact with AS Monaco midfielder, Aurélien Tchouaméni.
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Before his injury, he was destined for one of the "big" clubs...but he just came back in February after being out for a year due to a fractured ankle.
David Carmo - Injury history
This is the injury history of David Carmo from Real Oviedo. On this page injuries as well as suspensions.
I know that very well. It was luis Diaz who accidentally broke his footBefore his injury, he was destined for one of the "big" clubs...but he just came back in February after being out for a year due to a fractured ankle.
David Carmo - Injury history
This is the injury history of David Carmo from Real Oviedo. On this page injuries as well as suspensions.www.transfermarkt.com
This shows how twitter easily can fake quotes that hit the headlines...
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Man Utd: Agent of €70m-rated star rubbishes 'fake news' claiming player favours Red Devils move
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic's agent has rubbished 'fake news' suggesting that the player has been in talks with Man Utd and Paris Saint-Germain.
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Diaz got a red card for a "follow-through"....
Video: Luis Diaz gets a red card for BREAKING David Carmo's leg vs Braga! - Witty Futty
Luis Diaz gets a red card for BREAKING David Carmo's leg vs Braga in the Portugal's Cup!
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Whether Spurs finish fourth or fifth, Conte's future remains the biggest question this summer
Wherever or not Spurs make the Champions League, they will have to confront many of the same concrete issues this summer
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But even if Levy and the Spurs hierarchy are discomfited by some of what Conte says, they have come round to the fact that with Conte they have to take the rough with the smooth. Levy himself is unequivocally behind Conte and is committed to him being a success at Spurs. The very fact that Conte is Spurs manager is a triumph of Levy’s alone. (There is an assumption that Paratici brought Conte to Spurs in the autumn because the two men worked together at Juventus, but that is not true. It was Levy alone who drove the deal and presented it to Paratici as a fait accompli.)
Levy is understandably proud, then, of the fact that he has landed the best manager of his 21 years running Tottenham. And he wants to give Conte everything he needs, trying to keep him happy and at the club for next season.
So what will this mean in practice? Tottenham want a new left-sided centre-back, an upgrade on Ben Davies, and they are willing to pay for it. Neither Josko Gvardiol at RB Leipzig or Alessandro Bastoni at Inter will come cheap but they are Spurs’ top two targets in that position (now that Nico Schlotterbeck looks to be going to Borussia Dortmund). Then they want two new wing-backs, one on each side. They will want a back-up to Kane up front, a better back-up goalkeeper, and probably another midfielder too.
There will be outgoings too, of course, with Spurs hoping to make some money back on players who have not quite fitted Conte’s plans.
Perhaps the biggest question going into this window is what profile of player Spurs will look for. When Conte gave that famous interview to Sky Italia in February, he pointed out that Tottenham were “looking for young players, players to develop, not players who are ready now”. Conte even suggested that if a club actually wanted “to grow faster” or “to be competitive more quickly” then they would need “players with a lot of experience”. The previous month, Spurs had signed Rodrigo Bentancur (24 years old) and Dejan Kulusevski (21) from Juventus. Both good players, but not as experienced as the players Conte signed for his Inter team.
This is why it is so interesting to see what profile of player Tottenham will sign this summer. There is some talk that Tottenham have decided to spend every available pound on players who are ready for the first team, even if it means de-prioritising and missing out on talented youngsters who under different circumstances they would love to sign. (On the other hand, Paratici is still said to be committed to his policy since he joined the club of signing talented players in their early twenties who will improve at Spurs.)
Either way it feels set up to be another stressful summer for Tottenham. And another summer where the focus of the whole club is on right now, gearing the team up for one more big push back towards the elite.
If anything sums up the chaotic last few years at Tottenham, the three years since the new stadium finally opened, then it is this switch in strategy. Under Pochettino — and even before him — it felt that this was a club that was building for the future, and always had an eye on where they wanted to be in four years’ time.
But most of the big decisions taken since then have felt like a club trying to maximise their chances of winning right now. We saw this with the Jose Mourinho appointment in November 2019, the first attempt to get Conte — rather than a rebuild coach — in the summer of 2021, and then the second successful attempt to get Conte five months later. We have seen it in the determination to keep Kane at Spurs for his peak years rather than cashing in and spending the money on players for the future.
And we will likely see the same impulse again this summer, as Levy and Paratici try to buy the players to make Spurs competitive again for 2022-23. At some point down the line, Tottenham will have to take some time to rethink and rebuild. But when you have a coach as good as Conte and players as good as Kane and Son Heung-min, why not try to make the most of it?
Liverpool are apparently the leading candidate but I'd like for Spurs to make an offer of, say, £60m so Liverpool have to better that offer as a "thanks" for last time
Report: Liverpool Contact Aurelien Tchouameni Over Summer Transfer | Jurgen Klopp 'Loves' The Player
Whilst Jurgen Klopp is preparing his Liverpool side for (another) Champions League semi-final, reports have come out of France stating that Liverpool have made initial contact with AS Monaco midfielder, Aurélien Tchouaméni.
If Liverpool buy him, I wouldn't mind us making an offer for Keita. He's the type of allrounder - who can do a bit of everything, tackle, press, technical, energy, drive forward and doing attacks - that we need. Can play 6 or 8 in CM2 or CM3.
Injuries and a settled successful system have meant he's not found regular consistent football there, but he'd bring something none of our CM's do.
I think those of you who vouched for Spurs to sign Ginter may have over-estimated him a bit
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