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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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Richard Arlison said:

View: https://x.com/thespurswatch/status/1773346391181439378?s=46&t=fbqxNuG9CT4qTaiJx8mBjg

Most likely Spurs baiting from Fab but if the summer passes and we haven’t added a genuinely elite WF and CM, there’s arguments left, this isn’t a club interested in winning
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It is exactly what will happen. Come on, we've all been around long enough to know the deal here. Even Ange has said similar in that he thinks there isnt much difference in value at the top level and it is down to mentality that separates the greats from good top players.

I suspect we will see a lot of movement in and out but we wont be going out and spending £70 million on a player.
 
More reports of this bloke being on our radar....although going by the title of the piece they arent familiar with our work!

sportwitness.co.uk

Tottenham 'in a hurry' to get transfer deal done - Want 'priority' to avoid 'crazy auctions'

Tottenham are ‘in a hurry’ to wrap up a deal for Bologna’s Riccardo Calafiori and avoid getting involved in an auction for him this summer. That’s according to Il Pallano Gonfiato, who say they are ‘very interested’ in the defender and keen to get a deal over the line. They explain that...
sportwitness.co.uk sportwitness.co.uk
 
Brian Fantana said:
It is exactly what will happen. Come on, we've all been around long enough to know the deal here. Even Ange has said similar in that he thinks there isnt much difference in value at the top level and it is down to mentality that separates the greats from good top players.

I suspect we will see a lot of movement in and out but we wont be going out and spending £70 million on a player.
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To dare is to do what we always do
 
Starks said:
Yep. Sadly we might end up with cheap options like Vicario, Udogie and Sarr and second tier options like van de Ven.

Blasted club.
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And if another 3 Vicario's, Udogie's, and Sarr's all show great promise but are still a season or 2 from being top class, we will still finish 4th. Another plucky, valaint, underdog 4th with our small club wage structure that can't compete with the big boys.

Oh did I mention the club shop is open?
 
Richard Arlison said:
Williams is a superstar mate.

He is in Spain at least.
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He definitely isn't a superstar anywhere else.

He's a talented winger, a supreme dribbler with pretty average numbers across his career. With huge potential be a superstar.

The sort of player we should be signing and one alot more realistic than actual superstars like Rafael Leao who's being touted as being available for 150m
 
Sir Archibald Crooks said:
The ambition of the manager is admirable but pretty irrelevant as we've seen plenty of times. I'm sure Poch and Conte amongst others wanted to win things, compete for the title and not settle for a fight for 4th but its always that final step when we're in a position of relative strength that is the issue.
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Perhaps.

But Pochettino couldn't help but offer his services to other clubs, even on the eve of a Champions League final and Conte quite clearly never wanted to be here. So I question both of their true ambitions and intentions here.

I'm watching Woolwich top a table with Ben White, Raya, Zinchenko, Gabriel and Havertz making up half of their fucking outfield team. With a manager and fanbase that has ambition to believe what they can do.

Hopefully one day, our fans and manager will be on the same page.
 
Starks said:
Perhaps.

But Pochettino couldn't help but offer his services to other clubs, even on the eve of a Champions League final and Conte quite clearly never wanted to be here. So I question both of their true ambitions and intentions here.

I'm watching Woolwich top a table with Ben White, Raya, Zinchenko, Gabriel and Havertz making up half of their fucking outfield team. With a manager and fanbase that has ambition to believe what they can do.

Hopefully one day, our fans and manager will be on the same page.
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Woolwich is a decent example. They were 8th twice but absolutely backed their manager and spent big when not in Europe and whilst making no money on sales. They also nearly won the league last season and went and spent £100m on a midfielder despite Partey and Xhaka having easily their best seasons for the club. I think you've got to be fairly rose tinted to think we'd sanction a deal like that in those circumstances.

As for Poch, yes at the end he was done, clearly dissallusioned as he hadnt been backed. I'm amazed he didnt quit after the non 2018 summer window after asking for a painful rebuild.

I hope they really back Postecoglou, i mean if not now then when? Klopp leaving, City possibly punished, Utd still rebuilding others struggling with FFP. The next 2 seasons are a huge opportunity and i hope they prove me wrong.
 
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Richard Arlison said:
Ange i don’t doubt
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Ultimately, it's going to be Anges ambition that sees us compete (if we are to do so). Building a squad singing from the same hymn sheet and wanting them to run through brick walls for him and the club. But the fans have to be on it too.

Liverpool and Klopp are a good example of this. Who's the last "superstar" they signed (at the time of signing?)

Thiago, perhaps? And he was a complete flop.

What Klopp has done and been allowed to do is build a side with the right personalities, the right profile for what his team needs. It took a while, sure. But that's the point of a rebuild.
 
Sir Archibald Crooks said:
Woolwich is a decent example. They were 8th twice but absolutely backed their manager and spent big when not in Europe and whilst making no money on sales. They also nearly won the league last season and went and spent £100m on a midfielder despite Partey and Xhaka having easily their best seasons for the club. I think you've got to be fairly rose tinted to think we'd sanction a deal like that in those circumstances.

As for Poch, yes at the end he was done, clearly dissallusioned as he hadnt been backed. I'm amazed he didnt quit after the non 2018 summer windiw after asking for a painful rebuild.

I hope they really back Postecoglou, i mean if not now then when? Klopp leaving, City possibly punished, Utd still rebuilding others struggling with FFP. The next 2 seasons are a huge opportunity and i hope they prove me wrong.
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Ange has been backed and I see no reason why he won't continue to be.

But we aren't going to change our recruitment model for him or anyone.

What we can hope for is we continue recruiting as well as we have been over the last 3 years. Because our squad is really becoming quite something.

We will add depth for our full backs in the summer, we'll bring in a central midfielder and an attacking player or two. We just need to make sure we get them right.

More Van de Ven, more Maddison. Less Ndombele, less Lo Celso.

Think the new financial rules aren't going to give us any sort of advantage though now it's clear City will be allowed to spend up to 500m every season now under the new rules.
 
Starks said:
Ange has been backed and I see no reason why he won't continue to be.

But we aren't going to change our recruitment model for him or anyone.

What we can hope for is we continue recruiting as well as we have been over the last 3 years. Because our squad is really becoming quite something.

We will add depth for our full backs in the summer, we'll bring in a central midfielder and an attacking player or two. We just need to make sure we get them right.

More Van de Ven, more Maddison. Less Ndombele, less Lo Celso.
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Less Dragusin less Solomon
 
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