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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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How Dry should our Powder be?

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Cranston said:
I think trying to claim a scalp like Sane, Alvarez, Olmo, Felix, Vlahovic etc.

Not that they are necessarily right for us (or good enough on current form), but I think too many of us act like we don’t have the right or status to attract the very best.

It simply comes down to wages. We can make the transfer fee work, but I think ENIC are allergic to high end wage demands.

So, instead, we’ve recast ourselves as a youth development team with the best stadium in world football.

I make absolutely no apology for wanting to see a star come to Spurs. It’s exiting. It puts a spring in your step. Forget JFK, I remember exactly where I was when we signed Van de Vaart.

Again, I’m not saying those names are right. But it feels like loads of us have just given up on transfers and accept we’ll never sign anyone in their prime.
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Wow! .What a great post

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Cranston said:
I think trying to claim a scalp like Sane, Alvarez, Olmo, Felix, Vlahovic etc.

Not that they are necessarily right for us (or good enough on current form), but I think too many of us act like we don’t have the right or status to attract the very best.

It simply comes down to wages. We can make the transfer fee work, but I think ENIC are allergic to high end wage demands.

So, instead, we’ve recast ourselves as a youth development team with the best stadium in world football.

I make absolutely no apology for wanting to see a star come to Spurs. It’s exiting. It puts a spring in your step. Forget JFK, I remember exactly where I was when we signed Van de Vaart.

Again, I’m not saying those names are right. But it feels like loads of us have just given up on transfers and accept we’ll never sign anyone in their prime.
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It's always been one or the other. Cheap/free/academy players who perform get big wages. If a player commands a high fee and is already on high wages, we have no interest in signing him.

A transfer fee is basically an asset to the club anyway. Especially with the tendency to go for players with resale value.
Wages are a straight up liability on the balance sheet.
 
Cranston said:
I think trying to claim a scalp like Sane, Alvarez, Olmo, Felix, Vlahovic etc.

Not that they are necessarily right for us (or good enough on current form), but I think too many of us act like we don’t have the right or status to attract the very best.

It simply comes down to wages. We can make the transfer fee work, but I think ENIC are allergic to high end wage demands.

So, instead, we’ve recast ourselves as a youth development team with the best stadium in world football.

I make absolutely no apology for wanting to see a star come to Spurs. It’s exiting. It puts a spring in your step. Forget JFK, I remember exactly where I was when we signed Van de Vaart.

Again, I’m not saying those names are right. But it feels like loads of us have just given up on transfers and accept we’ll never sign anyone in their prime.
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I’d legit prefer Solanke to Alvarez or Vlahovic
 
Still four weeks to go.

If anything thinks we won't end up spending some sort of cash then I don't know what to tell them.

Those 3 windows ahead on the CL final were a fucking disgrace, but there were mitigating reasons for them, one of them seemingly called "Poch", who said that the players to improve the team weren't available.
 
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