I agree with you 100%.
If I thought ENIC would be willing to release funds to allow us to sign a player of MGW level to challenge Maddison then obviously, I’d say bring him in.
But we need to be realistic here.
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If I thought ENIC would be willing to release funds to allow us to sign a player of MGW level to challenge Maddison then obviously, I’d say bring him in.
But we need to be realistic here.
Kulusevski is the type of guy if we get serious interest in him from a club that are willing to give us the 30 odd million we paid for him, we should bite their hand off.
He obviously has talent but is an incredibly one dimensional player.
I can see a kind of Lamela situation developing with him though whereby we’re saddled with him for years in the hope that one day he comes good. But alas in true Spurs style, the day never arrives and all of a sudden he’s here 10 years and is still a nothing player.
i liked lamela but Kulu is comfortably better, he's already close to lamelas total spurs career league output just after 2 and a bit seasons
I do think though that Ange relegating a previous regimes player to a cameo bench role doesn't bold well for him long term
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........Because this info is often made available and whether one likes it or not player wages are a significant chunk of the annual playing budget for any club.
It's really little difference to talking about TRF fees.... Sources may vary, bonuses are a grey area and accounting practices mean that it's only a rough science, but the only other alternative is to close one's eyes to the financial implications of the game (inside and outside of the club) completely.
At any point if one ponders "can we sign X" immediately £££s become, in one way or another, a primary factor.
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It's started already, hasn't it
Every manager gets 1 window of spend if they are lucky and usually on the back of sales.
After that, on your own pal.
OOOOH we are keeping an eye?
Transfer voyeurists sitting in the corner wanking off whilst someone else signs him?
Or actually going hard at one of the premium talents on the market.
We will end up with Toney for 35m, Werner and possibly a young winger IMO.
String disagree. I think he's fucking class. Can play 1 touch football just as easily as carrying the ball through pressure. Has a decent shot on him and that bit of edge and nastiness that Poch coached out of Dele.
That's not the story of Lamela at all.
Damn good player, 100% down with the cause but was simply hampered by injury.
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Eze is different imo. More of a dribbler and could play with Maddison more. MGW is more of an 8 and then a bit of 10.
I'd be very happy with either. MGW has a better injury record if I had to guess.
While I'm personally less bothered about CL Vs Europa next season, it's a bad sign. We want the coaches & players to be absolutely chomping at the bit to win the remaining games this season. Doesn't sound like that's the message filtering down.
He's good. A nice upgrade on Lo Celso and is HG. Probably not the world class signing we all want though. Will be fine for keeping us top 4ish. And that's the club's aim ultimately isn't it.
Other than Kane we've barely sold any players for big money, at the right time, for years. Sometimes you just have to cash in and reinvest.
It's not even about the CL for me mate.
It's what it says about the levels of ambition in general.
Are we trying to win the Premier League or not?
Because "The Europa might be ok cos we don't have good players" isn't compatible with really harbouring any ambition to win things.
If we miss CL this year the club should take that as the final straw that they haven't invested well enough in the squad to win things. And do something about it...
I think MGW is the type of player that Alex Ferguson used to hoover up and win title after title. Honestly think he'd go up a level if he came here.
If Toney can be had for £35m that’s a no brainer to me
This source is a fraud
Absolutely, categorically, indefuckinsputeably not.
Hasn't scored for 8 games and was benched in the last one.
Provided 1 assist in 13 since coming back and Brentford aren't playing any better either.
Imagine Sonny going 9 games without a goal? When Richy has done that he's been pilloried from pillar to post.
He's cretin who overrates himself and slags off his own team.
All funded by the sale of Richarlison to some Saudi club with change to spare.
Conte was right