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None of the best GKs in the Prem were tried and tested before they ended up at their current club. The money we pay for ‘tried and tested’ gets us a middling player whose ceiling we know and it’s not likely to be UCL standard. I take my chances with a highly rated import in this case, available discounted because his contract was running down.
Fucking Levy, man. Trying to save almost 40m on a couple of transfers and us not getting the players as a result...
Oh, wait...
I dont disagree. But with the backups we have I would prefer one tried and tested EPL keeper. If two years ago we got Vicario, that he might ultimately take over from Lloris I'd have been Happy with Vicario.I doubt anyone would have been upset if we got Raya. There’s more than one option at any given position though.
Or signing players to replace what we'd be losing with Kane leaving. Signing a player will not be what makes Kane want to stay. He's not that simple.Levy trying to sign players up now to change Kane's mind? Kane situation actually doing us fans a favour here.
And finally a worthy replacement for Christian Eriksen.Fuck yes.
Finally we can get excited when a player steps up for a free kick.
Leave it out, mate... I'm still seething that we didn't pay an additional 40/50m by showing some balls and meeting the asking price on Ndombele & GLC.
Or signing players to replace what we'd be losing with Kane leaving. Signing a player will not be what makes Kane want to stay. He's not that simple.

Lee McQueen is insufferable. Talks bollocks all the time and is woefully uninformed. I love Jason McGovern. Always gives the reasonable, non knee-jerk perspective. Unfortunately, since Ricky went big time with the pod he features very rarely.I do listen to LWOS quite regularly and Ricky is a nice enough bloke, but gotta admit some of the panel are downright irritating.
Ricky Norwood is a tool, so full of himself. That Matty Hayes kid knows eff all, doesn't even watch full games! Patrick Tyrant brings very little to the convo whenever he's on. Darren Hartmann makes me laugh, but he's just on for his mad positivity. Even Crackers & Macca can bore/annoy me sometimes.
Jason McGovern is the best of the lot. Proper Spurs fan. Always pretty balanced. Though barely knows any player outside the PL.
I think the keeper debate should probably go on the back burner for now, mate.I dont disagree. But with the backups we have I would prefer one tried and tested EPL keeper. If two years ago we got Vicario, that he might ultimately take over from Lloris I'd have been Happy with Vicario.
Milan, Inter, Bayern. That's the list.There werent any. I didnt say there were. There were rumours other EPL clubs had enquired about Raya. If ita true I dont know. If you didnt understand and I wasn't clear, "I believe it better to sign a 40 million tried and tested EPL keeper, than to sign a 19 million keeper that hasn't played in the EPL."
Now your turn. If Vicario is such a brilliant buy, where there any other bids on him at a mere 19 million?
We probably tried that with Gollini and it didn’t work out. Ambitious keepers aren’t coming to sit on the bench for two years while we fall out of love and contract with Hugo. Foster is an adequate (and HG) backup — in line with the standard of most Prem backups. Raya, FWIW, I’ve read was beaten by more shots from outside the box than any other keeper.I dont disagree. But with the backups we have I would prefer one tried and tested EPL keeper. If two years ago we got Vicario, that he might ultimately take over from Lloris I'd have been Happy with Vicario.
Dude no one talks about players 3 or 4 years after their transfer fee still being part of that years budget.Exactly. Just how Levy operates. We'll be hearing about Porro and Deki being bought for the next 3 or 4 seasons. Some fools will buy into that shit.
The more I'm reading and thinking about the signing of our new Italian keeper.. the more I'm thinking it's a bloody good signing.. If there's one thing the Italians do really well and know inside out, is how to defend and this boy has bust his way into the Italian squad from a low end seria a team....NOT an easy thing to do... As for Raya ... Tbh I'm dubious of buying players from the likes of Brentford or Brighton.. these teams are built on specific systems , And in their systems players can shine but out of that system theyve been known to struggle to adapt... look at our latest signing from Brighton... Looks a quality footballer... BUT has he adapted well...NOT as yet, will he? .. I'm hoping ... But given his performances, there has,v unfortunately, to be a question mark .None of the best GKs in the Prem were tried and tested before they ended up at their current club. The money we pay for ‘tried and tested’ gets us a middling player whose ceiling we know and it’s not likely to be UCL standard. I take my chances with a highly rated import in this case, available discounted because his contract was running down.