Why do think he wasn’t the first choice?
Confident in that belief enough to say the manager is lying?
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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024
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Why do think he wasn’t the first choice?
Confident in that belief enough to say the manager is lying?
Leave them, they think calling Levy shit in every press conference is the only path to success.
I believe Ange, Lange and the boys had a strategy.
Do I think it’s been stuck to ? Not looking that way atm
Hermoso injury prone?
Not sure about that. He’s a better passing Ben Davies. Bit faster but not loads.
How do you know, been in the boardroom lately?
Not a clue, sorry.
I reckon he’d get in ahead of Lankshear.
I’m not sure why you’re talking up United as a comparison.
They’ve massively underachieved since Ferguson retired and are, arguably, the worst run team in the Prem (with the exception of Everton) in that period.
They have an additional 100 million to spend over us each year meaning they can afford to make an Anthony-sized mistake every year (which they generally do) and still be on par with us.
They’re going to succeed occasionally because they boast five times the revenue of Bournemouth.
As it stands he’s not worth much after being out all season and only a few games for Fulham before that. A loan in the hope that he will do well so could either come back or be worth more if sold.
Would be better if, they hurried the fuck up and transform the team.
I know little about him, but he covers LB and LCB. Arguably our biggest danger zone for injuries. Bar Vicario.
I genuinely believe the list was:
1) Nico Williams - What was a difficult deal BEFORE the Euros, then became an unrealistic one… He was either only going to Barca or staying home.
2) Desire Doue - Once Bayern & PSG became involved, game over.
3) Johan Bakayoko - His recent comments in the media about wanting a team “That can win the Champions League” and Ange’s recent comments about only wanting “players who want to be at Tottenham” tells it own story.
4) Pedro Neto - Massive risk because he has appeared in less than 50% of Wolves games in the past 3 seasons. Chelsea were clearly willing to go where we weren’t and I’m ok with that.
There’s still talented players of the required profile out there, even though we’ve seen the likes of Summerville, Philogene, Gruda & Nusa all moving this summer.
I doubt we go for Coman especially at those wages, Adringa looks more likely all things considered.
I’ve seen him for Atleti live and on tv a few times. I prefer him at LCB but he’s not giving us much as Udogie style inverted FB. He could be a decent LB but he’s not a hybrid #8/LB like Udogie
I hope you’re saving 3 billion towards buying ENIC out.
But he's got to be better than Emerson, Skipp or Davies right?
Based on Ange commentary during the Euros, Neto was pretty high up. I don’t think we ever got any sniff of interest from Williams.
If I was guessing we liked Doue but only at a certain price range but Neto we really thought we could get until Chelsea offered a much longer contract than we ever would.
I do believe the early interest in Kubo as well because Ange has history but RC told them a price that scared them off.
Now it looks like we are on RW option #4 but we definitely want a RW.
But he's got to be better than Emerson, Skipp or Davies right?
Definitely
Running a club isn't a transfer dependent role ffs, you delegate that part to the right people.
You misunderstood me, I'm not suggesting he's lying and I'm not having a dig at you. I'm struggling with when to take him at his word and when not to.
Apparently when he says we're going for the title this season it's pure mind games, for who's benefit remains unclear, but when he confirms a player we've signed was his first target it's gospel.