Yeah but the two clubs hate each other
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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Yeah but the two clubs hate each other
If we signed Laporte , we could play VDV2 at LB, allowing him time to adapt to the pace of the PL.
We all know Verts became a better player alongside Toby, because there was better communication & cohesion at the back.
Toby was good but not elite in terms of his defensive skillset, but he was a great organiser & calming presence.
Frankly, a back 4 involving the likes of Porro, Romero, VDV2 & Udogie is sorely lacking a leader & organiser Romero would be the senior player, but he tends to play his own game regardless of what's going on around him.
Slot Laporte in there at LCB, as the organiser, with Romero to his right, and VDV2 or Udogie on the left flank, and our defence would look a lot stronger.
I reckon we're waiting for the right moment to bid on Tosin, final year of his deal so they may end up selling him to make sure they don't lose out on a fee. The Monaco links have gone silent, reckon he wants us over them and that's why he's not gone.
Laporte is 29/30.
He wouldn't need to play every week.
I think if you are starting a project with Romero and VDV you play them together as much as you can but maybe against City or woolwich, even UTD, Laporte at LCB is a good shout next to Romero. Also, whoever the 3rd CB is, they have to be as good playing RCB when Romero isn't available.
VDV at LB might happen a few times as well I agree but not as your main starting 11 option?
Fair enough.
Big time for Brighton.
Woolwich were in hard but maybe done their nuts and can't afford the 40m if they want Raya.
This is the fucking player I wanted Spurs to sign for about a fucking year now.
If we can get someone like Laporte it would add much needed experience and balance.
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True although Verts was just so smart, would kill to have a player of his level again.
Don’t doubt his ability but I want players we can build around. He’s more or a stop gap.
That will be next season for 80m
Yeah that’s I think an underrated aspect of team building we need. In Kane, Lloris, and Son, we’ve had established international captains and worldwide figures, big voices and examples of true top class professionalism.
Assuming Kane goes, our oldest starting player after Son would be… Maddison, who’s only 26 and really hasn’t led a team ever.
It would be good to get a proper top class professional to show the team the ropes, the sort of impact that a William Gallas had on the team in 2010-12. Dier does his best to be that, and I do think he’s a natural leader, but he’s unfortunately quite shit.
Pretty sure he said he didn't want to to come here at the beginning of the window. May have changed now but it was widely reported
Bobby PeruAny flight-trackers???
We should be in for him. Great signing but I cannot see that price tag being ignored by other clubs.
Why wouldn’t City sell to us?
Are they worried about competition for the conference league?
Prem is awash with cash and this league dominates now. It’s why even Brighton and Villa can get top players across European.
Next season the top 4/6 will be the top 10. City, Arse, United, Liverpool, Chavs, Villa, Brighton, us, Newcastle even Brentford. All good sides, I have honestly never seen anything like it in any league. 50% of games very hard.
Brighton baring down on our goal with Mitoma, Ferguson/Pedro and Kudus is actually a terrifying prospect.