My guess is we were also looking at other strikers who were less keen- hence Ange emphasised yesterday the importance of a player being desperate to come.
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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024
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Don't worry...in a few days he will tell us how much Solanke fits our system (despite telling us already he doesn't even rate him) and it will still be ignored.
I'm an equal opportunist kind of guy. If one (Ben Jacobs) correctly gets slagged off for being an absolute chancer then so should this guy.
Ange had to assess our squad and options - despite already being here a whole season
Splash out on a winger now and I’ll turn down my anti ENIC vibes for a bit
Yep keeper is a must. We cant go in with Forster and Austin as cover. Then a quick left sided defender who can cover lb/lcb and obviously a winger.Not adding much new, but this is our squad as it is... (excluding youth team players and Gil/Solomon/Lo Celso who we actively want to sell):
Imo the next urgent priorities has to be a new RW and a back up for Vicario. Kulusevski is better suited to playing in midfield in this system, while Johnson is far too erratic.
Move on Reggie, Lo Celso, Skipp and Solomon. Whether thats enough i doubt but a lot will come down to the quality (and fitness) of the winger.
Just a reminder that the capacity of our south stand is bigger than Bournemouth’s whole stadium
I don't think O Keefe rates him but he did say he was on the list back in May
He hasn't really said much about Solanke probably for that reason.
Maybe we were hoping to get a deal for Richy done first and he’s finally decided to stay
POK’s opinion and Spurs’ opinion can be different.. he can say he’s a top priority for spurs but not for him and be correct.
Tbh of all people to target Paul O’Keefe is a strange one.
Gazza definitely in the convo
Gray and Solanke are both players that POK has been on record as to saying he doesn't particularly rate based on fees quoted for them before we signed them.
Like every football fan, his mind will change when they play for his club and they perform on the pitch.
I think this ties, with the noises about him being first choice being spin from the club to placate the fans
don’t even like this being a conversation
The fact it’s even debatable is on spurs
You don't need to be a chief detective to figure that out.
Your second sentence doesn't actually make sense. He hasn't said much about Solanke because he's on the list? what?
He is telling us today that Solanke was identified as the number 1 target 7/8 weeks ago. If he is aware of this then why didn't he tell us this (or even indicate it) then.
I don't even think he's the best Welsh player, much less British.
That weakens your argument so much. Like saying Usyk is better than Ali because you never saw Ali.
Why do we wait for the window to open before we start thinking about who we want as well?
why? because he's spurs?
I don't care that he doesn't rate him (he's entitled to his opinion).....that's not the point i'm making. I'm saying why is he telling us now that nearly 2 months ago we made him the main target when none of his tweets ever indicated or implied that.
Don’t take the piss out of Chris Armstrong. He was nice enough to hold a 10 minute conversation with a 12 and 8 year old after a Wimbledon away match.