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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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We have 8 central midfielders.

It'd been a colossal waste of time for this season. Let him go and start each week at Betis (which right now he can't even manage)

If he does well enough, I imagine one of Bentancur/Bissouma will be sold next season (year left on contracts) and he'll come in.
Devine is in our 25 man squad and he was supposed to go on loan but it fell through. Moore is in the squad. Only really experienced ones are Madison, Bissouma and Bentancur.All the others are youngsters. Moore is there. There are 8 midfielders listed although Dejan down as a forward could technically be counted as a 9th. Bentancur is an injury risk. Bad feeling.
 
Devine is in our 25 man squad and he was supposed to go on loan but it fell through. Moore is in the squad. Only really experienced ones are Madison, Bissouma and Bentancur.All the others are youngsters. Moore is there. There are 8 midfielders listed although Dejan down as a forward could technically be counted as a 9th. Bentancur is an injury risk. Bad feeling.

The guy can't get in the Betis starting eleven this season.

It'd been stupid to sign him. IF he can get back into that Betis team, show more promise and his numbers improve over the course of the season then yeah 25m next summer may be smart.
 
Here is the current 22 man EPL squad:

NHGHG
1VICARIO1AUSTIN
2PORRO2WHITEMAN
3REGUILON3FORSTER
4UDOGIE4DAVIES
5ROMERO5MADDISON
6DRAGUSIN6JOHNSON
7VDV7SPENCE
8BISSOUMA8SOLANKE
9SARR
10BENTANCURU21
11WERNER1DEVINE
12KULUSEVSKI2BERGVALL
13SON3GRAY
14RICHARLISON4ODOBERT
 
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So how are we supposed to express our displeasure?

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The guy can't get in the Betis starting eleven this season.

It'd been stupid to sign him. IF he can get back into that Betis team, show more promise and his numbers improve over the course of the season then yeah 25m next summer may be smart.
I visited a Betis Forum yesterday after it came out we have an agreement in place and the general consensus was that he was exceptional last season. He then picked up an injury and had zero pre season and put in a shocking performance in his first appearance this season. They're all putting it down to tge injury and zero pre season.
 
I visited a Betis Forum yesterday after it came out we have an agreement in place and the general consensus was that he was exceptional last season. He then picked up an injury and had zero pre season and put in a shocking performance in his first appearance this season. They're all putting it down to tge injury and zero pre season.

Glad to hear it. I was impressed with some of the threads I saw on him but have never seen him play a minute. Betis play Madrid tomorrow so may give it a watch if he's on.

We are pretty data driven nowadays so I would expect this played into that and it wasn't just a random player plucked out of the squad just to get rid of Lo Celso.
 
I visited a Betis Forum yesterday after it came out we have an agreement in place and the general consensus was that he was exceptional last season. He then picked up an injury and had zero pre season and put in a shocking performance in his first appearance this season. They're all putting it down to tge injury and zero pre season.
His numbers last season were ridiculous. I’m hoping he plays vs Real tomorrow night because I’ll get a chance to watch him
 
The guy can't get in the Betis starting eleven this season.

It'd been stupid to sign him. IF he can get back into that Betis team, show more promise and his numbers improve over the course of the season then yeah 25m next summer may be smart.
Preferably should had another midfielder. Never heard of him but clearly Lange’s data based system has spotted him. We have the money to buy someome else.
 
He's played about 18 games in La Liga in half a season, and according to many been an amazing player.

But half a season in La Liga is a very short time, so doubt if we want to buy him right now, as that also means that as he have a full squad now, we would need to offload a player - so for example if the long term plan is for him to replace Bissouma then bring him in now means selling Bissouma now to create a space for him.

So if we do that and find that his half season experience in La Liga, its self a big leap in quality from where he was playing before, is not a solid platform to make a 2nd leap to PL then Spurs run the risk of having no senior DM to rely on.

However if we wait so he gets a full season in La Liga and he's still showing he's a top DM, its a relatively low risk to sign him and expect he becomes a good DM at Spurs.

NB. Most pundits, whilst they may not love Bisssouma, have struggled to name a better one (other than Rodri) which is why we haven't signed an alternative DM.
Werner won't be with us next season, not will Reguilon I believe, so room to move him in and keep Bissouma.
 
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