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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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MemphisWill said:
Is he joining in Jan 2025, or in the summer? Weird that they've left it vague. Born in Feb so we'll need him in the door in Jan 2025 if he's going to eventually qualify as homegrown, which I assume is our goal. But leaving him at Split to start the 2024-2025 season would be a little bizarre.
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He can still be homegrown if he comes in the summer 2025. The rules are 3 years before 21st birthday or the end of the season which he turns 21.
 
I'm still trying to remember how often we have summer recruits who become key members of the first team pretty much from their spurs debuts at the start of the season like Vicario, Van de Ven, Udogie, Maddison.

And I'm really struggling.

And to name 4 players ..... is this a first time EVER, 4 players have had such an immediate impact on first team ?
 
Spursidol said:
I'm still trying to remember how often we have summer recruits who become key members of the first team pretty much from their spurs debuts at the start of the season like Vicario, Van de Ven, Udogie, Maddison.

And I'm really struggling.

And to name 4 players ..... is this a first time EVER, 4 players have had such an immediate impact on first team ?
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Lamela, Soldado, Paulinho, Eriksen, Capoue, Chiriches, Chadli?
 
bus-conductor said:
Pretty sure at least four of them were immediate first team starters weren’t they?
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But not the same effect, and don't think they all ever lived up to their pre-signing hype (magnificent 7) even in the first matches they played.

Lamela and Eriksen possibly did, Soldado left his scoring boots in Spain, Chiriches almost a cartoon defender at times, Chadli hardworking and we needed him, but less effective than we'd like which is why I think he moved onto WBA whilst Capoue seemed to join the infamous Adebayor and Kaboul gang who were moved on.

But the fact you had to go back a decade to find this group indicates how big a jackpot we seem to have hit after being tested in NLD away ..... and coming up looking like veterans
 
Airfixx said:
"Immediate impact"?

"Key members"?
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The only one you could argue had "impact" and became a "key member" was Eriksen.

Lamlea, Chadli... Fan of both, but neither tick those boxes...... Esp. Erik who was injured for much of his first year. Capoue was the epitome of ok.

The other 3... You must be kidding
 
Spursidol said:
You'd have thought that those who marked this window at less than say 5/10 would have the grace to go back to adjust their vote (as the thread allows)
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Just changed mine from a 6 to a 7.
The impact of Vicario ,Maddison and VdV has been immense.
Certainly much more than I thought it would be.
Still worried about depth at CB though.

Anyone who voted 5 or less are either trolling, joking, on drugs, or underestimated how good some of the signings are.
 
Just voted 10.

Reserve the right to downgrade, should things fall away, but WOW we hit a batch of seeming home runs.

Still think the board sold Ange short, especially at CB with the Sanchez lateness whilst Ange said he expected another signing. Plus we didn’t invest enough given 8th, Kane and new manager.

However, we should expect about £50m was set aside for January.

Paratici and Ange, please carry this on!
 
Zest said:
Just voted 10.

Reserve the right to downgrade, should things fall away, but WOW we hit a batch of seeming home runs.

Still think the board sold Ange short, especially at CB with the Sanchez lateness whilst Ange said he expected another signing. Plus we didn’t invest enough given 8th, Kane and new manager.

However, we should expect about £50m was set aside for January.

Paratici and Ange, please carry this on!
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I always thought rating transfer windows is pointless, no-one knows how players will turn out!

I'm sure there were people rating our transfer business pretty high in 2018, turned out to be one of our worst windows in recent times.
 
Shadydan said:
I always thought rating transfer windows is pointless, no-one knows how players will turn out!

I'm sure there were people rating our transfer business pretty high in 2018, turned out to be one of our worst windows in recent times.
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Big Ange alone, makes it a 10 (*thus far).

The improvement in virtually every player already here, his obvious feel for human characteristics (not wanting certain types, beyond a players highlight reel, night and day to Poch, who seemed to believe he could shape that Character aspect himself = LoCelso, NDombele).

Big Anges effect on Udogie (faith in starting him), Porro (shaping the team around deficiencies, assigning him a defensive coaching mentor), giving Son captaincy, Romero/Maddison vice and ejecting all former leadership members without a hint of morale degradation (utterly the opposite).

Bringing in Bissouma and Sarr.

VanDerVen = 10
Vicario = 10
Maddison = 10
Johnson = TBC but gives dynamism clearly, big attribute we were short on (HG as well, which made a choice pool much narrower).

Ange matching our DNA = 10
Ange being a media pied piper = 10
Ange taking no shit, but delivering in a way that has players wanting to improve and not getting disgruntled = 10
 
Zest said:
Just voted 10.

Reserve the right to downgrade, should things fall away, but WOW we hit a batch of seeming home runs.

Still think the board sold Ange short, especially at CB with the Sanchez lateness whilst Ange said he expected another signing. Plus we didn’t invest enough given 8th, Kane and new manager.

However, we should expect about £50m was set aside for January.

Paratici and Ange, please carry this on!
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Maybe all those who voted less than 5 would like to change their vote ?

I very much doubt they will though.
 
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