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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?

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Son Spurs said:
Need to stop signing low quality forward players. I think Son is the last high quality winger/forward we signed.
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Agreed.

If you look at our current options on the wing, Johnson was signed because of who he could be, Solomon was on a free to be a squad player, Kulusevski was a good deal on a player with potential, Werner was a cheap, stopgap option.

All of them are punts. None of whom should be starting for a team with aspirations for the top four (in current form).

Our front three is poor. If Son is having a worldy and Richarlison is in form then we'll be alright. But even then there's a weakness on one flank. A 32 year old Son and a very patchy Richarlison cannot be our best options. We need a proper front three, that are of high quality, Son's current level and higher.

For a club as rich and as high a revenue as we have, (8th in the world, 1st in London) who are forecast to get even richer, there's just no excuse not to go out and get those players. The financial capability is there but for ENIC the willingness isn't. We're a spreadsheet to them, not a football club.
 
Son Spurs said:
Need to stop signing low quality forward players. I think Son is the last high quality winger/forward we signed.
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Bucket said:
That was back in 2015 :angeshock:
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Richard Arlison said:
Club really needs to hit bullseye on a transfer for a star quality forward. Wide forward imo
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Having a top class attacker is the holy grail for clubs, yet we have a strangely good record of having one for a long time.

Son, Kane, Bale, van der Vaart, Keane, Sheringham, Poyet, Klinsmann, Lineker, Gascoigne..
There's only been a few seasons in like.. 40 years where we haven't had one? (Iverson / Rebrov time probably).

We are now at a point where Son likely has a few good years left in him and some new cult hero will undoubtedly pop up.

Excites me to wonder who it will be.. youth team players seem unlikely, but so did Kane until Sherwood.
 
Zomb said:
In Lisbon and went to Sporting last night, won 6-1. Opposition were shit but Gyokeres scored 3 and set 1 up. Good touch, should be on our radar. More potential than Richy
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He’s a complete forward. You don’t see many CFs like him these days. Gyokeres has a killer finish on him, can dribble, carry, and isn’t afraid of duels. He’s also world class at holding it up, he has great strength
 
Brian Fantana said:
How the fuck did the whole of the PL miss him from right under their noses?
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Late bloomer I guess.....

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Brighton are the ones that ought to feel fucking stupid... They're the ones that had him up close for 3 years but couldn't see it.
 
Zomb said:
In Lisbon and went to Sporting last night, won 6-1. Opposition were shit but Gyokeres scored 3 and set 1 up. Good touch, should be on our radar. More potential than Richy
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My brother in-law is a season ticket holder at Coventry said he was brilliant for them.

What was the atmosphere at sporting like?
I only ask as I’m off to watch Porto v sporting next month.
 
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