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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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Because it’s a long time since Maddison has played well for us, how long do we persist with him playing like this?
I was hoping last season he was just slow getting up to speed from his injury? He got dropped from the England squad which would have hurt his pride I’m guessing? So I was expecting him to come into preseason firing and ready to prove a point, fuck we are even playing his former club in the first match.
The purpose of pre-season is to get your fitness and rhythm up so you can arrive at the start of the season firing and ready to prove a point.

If he's still in a funk at the start of the season then we can start to talk about his form IMO. Pre-season games after 10 days of relentless training in the heat vs a team that arrived 3 days ago... not really the yardstick. Bergvall is still in midseason shape from Sweden and it shows.

We need to sign some competition for him though IMO.
 
The purpose of pre-season is to get your fitness and rhythm up so you can arrive at the start of the season firing and ready to prove a point.

If he's still in a funk at the start of the season then we can start to talk about his form IMO. Pre-season games after 10 days of relentless training in the heat vs a team that arrived 3 days ago... not really the yardstick. Bergvall is still in midseason shape from Sweden and it shows.

We need to sign some competition for him though IMO.


He looked poor vs QPR and Hearts too but I do agree preseason is mainly about fitness and he should be judged properly when the real stuff starts but the signs are not good for me something is not right with him
 
Go All out for Eze and a centre forward who can hold on to the ball this month

We ain’t buying Eze mate. He costs too much for us. Well, we can afford him but you know what we are like.

I hope some rabbits are going to get pulled out of a few hats starting asap because most of the players we are linked with seem to be hard deals to do or the players are always injured and we are using that fact to try and get them cheaper.
 
We ain’t buying Eze mate. He costs too much for us. Well, we can afford him but you know what we are like.

I hope some rabbits are going to get pulled out of a few hats starting asap because most of the players we are linked with seem to be hard deals to do or the players are always injured and we are using that fact to try and get them cheaper.
Eze definitely has the feel as this summers 'we tried' . They'll blame the payment structure and friendly journos like Gold will spin it.
 
Winning teams make good players sit on the bench. If Bernardo, De Bruyne and Foden are in the starting XI for City then Grealish, Alvarez and Doku have to keep their tracksuits on. That’s how it has to be.

Hesitating to sign Eze because it might put pressure on a fickle player like Maddison makes no sense. Maddison is not special, he has played 10 good games for Tottenham. Has no right to expect a spot in the starting XI.

Eze is exactly what we need, he plays with courage, he’s dangerous and he’s proven in the PL. It can only be a good thing for us if Maddison is forced to step up his game. Competition brings the best out of everyone.
Exactly this, the same goes for a striker we should be signing a striker regardless of Richy’s situation and if we sell Richy we should buy 2
 
So far, this transfer window has a touch of, something is not quite right behind the scenes.
I don't think it's the infamous 2018 missed opportunity window but, I don't think ange will get what he wants, B,C or D alternatives incoming.
 
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