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Don't think there's any deal agreed... €40m bid made according to Sky. Interesting to see if it spurs any other club into action.West Ham have agreed a deal for Paqueta and all we are served up is James Traore etc.
Better have something lined up otherwise bitterly disappointing.
Who is James Traore?West Ham have agreed a deal for Paqueta and all we are served up is James Traore etc.
Better have something lined up otherwise bitterly disappointing.
Topofmyhead lacks a bit of pace I think he'd get found out the way Conte sets up...
If spam agree a deal with Lyon for Paqueta, I'm sure we could gazzump it. The player is always going to prefer CL to Thursday night footie, Conte to Moyes, Kane & Son to M Antonio & Fornals etc etc.Don't think there's any deal agreed... €40m bid made according to Sky. Interesting to see if it spurs any other club into action.
Paqueta is shit man. If you’re impressed by that then you should head back to the forum you came from.West Ham have agreed a deal for Paqueta and all we are served up is James Traore etc.
Better have something lined up otherwise bitterly disappointing.
Paqueta has been whoring himself out all summer and slid all the way to the spam. That’s not a player I want to sign. He also looks shit. Some of you are just so desperate. I would hate to see who you buy on FIFA and FM
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I wake each day with a song in my heart that Mourinho and his unholy Mendes hookup are no longer at my club. Rejoice and be of good cheer. Another donkey dodged.![]()
Agent says Mourinho wanted Artem Dzyuba as Harry Kane replacement at Tottenham
Premier League transfer news - Jose Mourinho wanted Zenit St Petersburg legend Artem Dzyuba at Tottenham Hotspur as Kane replacement.www.hitc.com
Jose Mourinho wanted to sign Russia international Artem Dzyuba as a replacement for Harry Kane at Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur, the striker’s agent Leonid Goldman tells Sport24.
With Kane ruled out for the long-term with a serious hamstring injury, Spurs went into the 2020 January transfer window desperate to bring in a new number nine.
Chelsea had no intention of allowing to Olivier Giroud join a London rival, however. Real Sociedad did not let Willian Jose go either. And Spurs ran into yet more problems when they tried to lure the colossal Dzyuba to England, with Zenit St Petersburg refusing to let their talismanic centre-forward leave midway through their title defence.
“Early January, I flew away on New Year’s Eve. Lying on the beach, (I received) a call from colleagues from the (Jorge) Mendes agency in Portugal,” explains Goldman.
Iberian super-agent Mendes, Goldman adds, was speaking on behalf of his client, the then-Spurs coach Jose Mourinho.
“(They said); ‘Kane is broken. Mourinho wants to buy a replacement – Dziuba’. I called Artem. He did not even believe at first. I said: ‘Everything is extremely serious, go talk to Zenit.’
“The club immediately made it clear that they would not let go of their leader in the middle of the season, so there was no specific documented offer. But the story of Tottenham’s interest is a billion per cent true.”
Dzyuba, of course, would have been the very definition of a short-term, quick fix. He did score 21 goals in Zenit colours that season, however. Who knows whether Dzyuba would have helped make up the six-point gap separating Tottenham from the Champions League places at the end of that season.
“When Harry Kane got injured at Tottenham, people contacted me,” Dzyuba himself told Russia24 at the time.
“Zenit said no. And that’s all. If Tottenham really wanted to sign me then I think they would have been more insistent. That said, the interest was real.”
Dzyuba, now 31, joined Turkish outfit Adana Demirspor earlier this month.
West Ham have agreed a deal for Paqueta and all we are served up is James Traore etc.
Better have something lined up otherwise bitterly disappointing.
think it depends what he brings to the team TBH, no reason he won't have another 3-4 years of decent football in front of him. He's not a speed merchant and unlikely to be required for 90mins every week.18m is not cheap for a player they’ve openly stated is for sale… is towards 30 years of age, plays for a mid table Italian team and as we approach the last week of the window
Not relevant to the selling club but also takes another important foreign slot
If we paid anything over 10m I’d be disappointed
Put it this way …. If another PL club isn’t interested no European team is giving them more than 10m quid
It's true that was his best year. He created 10 big chances and had 9 assists.I wouldn't go as far as stupid, but people are so dumb in how they assess him. Was unreal when that team had a target for crosses in 19/20, Jiminez injury and Jota sale has stalled his output big-time. Traore could be very effective lobbing balls in for Kane, Perisic, Richarlison. Small financial risk for a backup player.
christ, have another club cancelled his contract? Or was it really short? That guy earning a wedge from his signing on fees.Aurier going to Forest on a free transfer.
- Defender Serge Aurier is set to be the latest arrival at Nottingham Forest
- The former Tottenham player is set to sign for Forest on a free transfer
- Forest remain interested in Japhet Tanganga and Sergio Reguilon from Spurs
They are certainly trying to put together a strong squad would be disappointing if he goes there.West Ham have agreed a deal for Paqueta and all we are served up is James Traore etc.
Better have something lined up otherwise bitterly disappointing.
Aurier going to Forest on a free transfer.
- Defender Serge Aurier is set to be the latest arrival at Nottingham Forest
- The former Tottenham player is set to sign for Forest on a free transfer
- Forest remain interested in Japhet Tanganga and Sergio Reguilon from Spurs
If spam agree a deal with Lyon for Paqueta, I'm sure we could gazzump it. The player is always going to prefer CL to Thursday night footie, Conte to Moyes, Kane & Son to M Antonio & Fornals etc etc.