Get ready for the Romero narrative switch as soon as he joins them.in the media he will go from liability to best ball playing centre back in the world.
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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread
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Dunno about you but, in this case, I’m happy to sell domestically if we can extract an extra 5-10m EPL Tax whereas it would have killed me inside to sell Bale or Harry to a rival English club.
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Some clubs PULLED OUT of a deal for Jan Paul van Hecke due to #thfc’s interest and the player’s focus on only joining Spurs.“ He is almost like De Zerbi’s son, he’s so enthralled by De Zerbi. “Some of the clubs who are interested in him have just backed away, they feel it’s not worth trying to get him whilst De Zerbi is trying to get him.”
Tottenham to make club-record £73.5m bid for Liverpool star who wants to go
Record-breaking Tottenham bid inbound, according to a report
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We're dumb as rocks if we pay 70m+ for Gakpo. Although I don't believe that link is true anyway.Goals galore??Tottenham to make club-record £73.5m bid for Liverpool star who wants to go
Record-breaking Tottenham bid inbound, according to a report
Is Van Hecke better than Romero? I've not watched enough Brighton to judge.
How accurate is Football365 generally?
the implication is he only wants to come to us this summer, if we dont finish the deal he has other options. Its a big ask for him to stay for a season with risk of injury and loss of form stoping a step up.
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AFAIK they're basically just an aggregator/rumour mill and repurpose any random links, articles and tweets to generate clicks, rather than having their own sources.
So they're basically only as good as their source, which in this case is 'a stunning report out of spain'...whatever that means.
Unless they're quoting a proper established source it's basically just sub-tabloid garbage.
There is no one who wants RDZ backed more than me but paying 70 million for Van Hecke with one year on his contract when we sold Kane for 86 million in similar circumstances is just crazy.
Obviously the prices quoted could be complete bollocks
Doubt it will be 70m
This will probably age poorly, but I think we're just gonna spend pretty big this summer and back De Zerbi. His number 1 target appears to be Van Hecke and it seems we're backing him by overpaying a bit to get him. Matt Law says the owners are injecting more money into the club and all the talk in Jan was that we were holding fire so we could spend bigger in the summer. It, quite literally, won't be business as usual a la Levy. The new owners have backed themselves into a corner by promising investment and now they need to put their money where their mouth is.
Waiting a year to sign Van Hecke opens up a big element of risk and other potential issues: we're not backing the manager (we know how that usually ends), we risk losing Van Hecke if the situation changes or he gets a better offer, we're forced to compromise at RCB for an entire year against the manager's will.
As for Romero - no chance is hell we get 70m. If anything I think we'll sell him for less than we're rumoured to be paying for Van Hecke. Clubs will know we want rid and, given his high wages and poor rep in the PL, there are probably only about 5-6 clubs that can realistically afford him. I'd guess a loan with an obligation to Atleti or an Italian club for around 40-50m? Something along those lines.
Gakpo is shiteGoals galore??Tottenham to make club-record £73.5m bid for Liverpool star who wants to go
Record-breaking Tottenham bid inbound, according to a report
So don’t buy van Hecke even tho the manager clearly wants him? Or keep him as fifth choice behind VH, VDV, Senesi and Danso? He might get ten mins before Xmas
I think both have their issues tbh.
Gakpo would cost a lot of money and irritate the shit out of everyone once the hype wore off. He gets some goals but he's a predictable cut-in merchant and is the main scape-goat in the Liverpool fan-base atm. He'd be an upgrade on our current options but we'd be paying premium for a 27 year old that we'd probably want to replace within 2 years anyway. Just don't think he's worth it tbh.
Marmoush is, imo, the better player and would be an exciting signing, but I don't really know where we fit him in. His insane run of like 15 goals in 18 games at Frankfurt which led to City buying him was when he was playing in a front 2 and I think he's struggled to match that form being used out wide or as a conventional number 9 at City. Unless we built around him I think he'd be an awkward player to slot into the team.
Romero given Woolwich level protection from refs is actually a dangerous player. Bet Neville will suddenly pretend like he has changed his ways or some shit, no more ‘oooooooo’ noises from him when he does a tackle Van Dijk does each game.
Don’t want either as wide players. I’d take Marmoush as a striker