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Fair, but if the alternative is wanking yourself to death and convincing the fanbase that this guy is a faster Jan Vertonghen, I’m not so sure my position is all that bad.
Fans tend to only look at the rosy positive side of transfers, and that leads to overrating players. Again, everyone thought Djed Spence was the second coming of Kyle Walker last summer and would solve all our issues at RB.
Don't worry, no danger of me doing this!
Some would call me a pessimist, I have also been known as a miserable fuck ...I don't know what they mean.

Was it a female that said you were a miserable fuck?Don't worry, no danger of me doing this!
Some would call me a pessimist, I have also been known as a miserable fuck ...I don't know what they mean.
Probably meant not well enough, often enough, and likely why he's out of favour at his club.
Is there a reliable source to say we could have had Tielemans on loan or is that supposition? And/or that Poch turned it down as an option when he knew Dembele was being sold to a Chinese club?That's much been my view since the beginning of this exchange.
We could have had Tielemans on loan that Jan; which would have been perfect (an eager to impress Tielemans is a good player; a Tielemans who's subsequently granted a contract is a lazy man)..... Poch wasn't interested.
My guess is that Tapsoba is more expensive still.Fuck, that’s a lot of money.
You would have thought Tapsoba might be more attractive in that range.
Is there a reliable source to say we could have had Tielemans on loan or is that supposition? And/or that Poch turned it down as an option when he knew Dembele was being sold to a Chinese club?
I’m struggling with google tbh
Is there a reliable source to say we could have had Tielemans on loan or is that supposition? And/or that Poch turned it down as an option when he knew Dembele was being sold to a Chinese club?
I’m struggling with google tbh
m.allfootballapp.com
Kempes?
Never knew that, first time I've ever seen that photo.
Carrying a little timber there too, by the looks of it. Mind you, he's standing beside Ardiles, who'd make Jermain Defoe look like Arnie!
Because he won’t go.If you don’t trust Dier to play 10 games, why is here? Should be replaced by a young un
Probably meant not well enough, often enough, and likely why he's out of favour at his club.
Herc, Trixie & co knew about it all along, they just couldn't say snatching til it's signed in order to protect their sources.Any reaction from the ITK legends ?
They gotta be scrambling over this
Porro joined Sporting for 8m when they triggered to loan option. We bought him the next window — 4 months later — for 40m and most Spurs fans were screaming to get it done.VdV joined Wolfsburg for 3 mill only two years ago. He hasn't really done anything special to now be valued at 40 mill. We are getting rinsed
To dare is to do lateThis had better be with the intention of signing both, it's too late in the day to still be pissing about with this will we/won't we scenario of weighing up which is our preferred move...
If I was a player I'd be pissed off being strung along like this too, I suppose vast sums of money could soften that blow but it would certainly dampen my enthusiasm for the move and that could potentially have a knock on affect on attitude going forward.
Football Fancast counts as a reliable source to you now? It's from NewsNow too, you've consistantly complained about me posting links from there.Probably........ 4 1/2 years deep on Twitter or TFC perhaps; but a trail is pretty easy to find:
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Tottenham make shock loan enquiry for midfield target
Leicester are ready to pay £20m to sign the Belgian midfielder with Spurs seeing him as a potential loan additionwww.mirror.co.uk
Tottenham make Tielemans loan enquiry as Leicester face competition for transfer| All Football
Tottenham have enquired about signing Youri Tielemans on loan from Monaco.m.allfootballapp.com
Like you said; the final is done and "moot"; but with enough leg work...... I'm sure one can come up with a source more compelling than The Mirror.
About to wade through 60 pages of this thread.
There better be a close signing at the end of it!