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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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In all honesty, with what Sonny has given us I think if he wants the move we take the £20m. I know £50m does us a massive favour but I think he's completely earned the right to go wherever he wishes after the impact he's made.

£20m, he can join Hugo for a couple of seasons, bow out and enjoy the twilight of his career. No issue with the fee at all.

I don't think even Saudi pays us 50m for 'last hurrah' Sonny.
 
I don't think even Saudi pays us 50m for 'last hurrah' Sonny.

Yeah you're probably not wrong there. He's a funny one with his commercial appeal but from a purely footballing perspective I don't make you wrong.

I'd gladly take the 20m and leave things on a good note with a top pro and a genuinely legendary Spurs player departing.

Also, hope all is well pal, been ages since I caught up with any of the old guard on here. Hope you're all doing well 👍
 
Trigger: If player agrees, then the parent club have no recourse.

Outside of a clause triggering scenario, my understanding would be that; until an owner accepts a bid, it's not binding... Just a number 'sat' on the table.

I am not quite understanding this. Isn’t a buyout clause paid by the player?

In other words, Tottenham plays the player who then pays his current club to terminate the contract.

Is this not how it works?
 
I am not quite understanding this. Isn’t a buyout clause paid by the player?

In other words, Tottenham plays the player who then pays his current club to terminate the contract.

Is this not how it works?

That's how Neymar's worked, but in Spain typically the player pays La Liga itself, who then pay the selling club. Neymar's was different because La Liga refused to accept the payment.

In England, I think there's more variety in term of how these clauses are structured.
 
If we get a good DM in (Stiller, Baleba, Wharton) and Gibbs-White then it is still a good window imo. Our young players Gray, Bergvall, Tel, Moore and Odobert should all improve significantly on last season. We finished 5th two seasons ago with a much worse squad than this and we should be back around there this season.
 
Am I on an island all by myself in thinking it might be fun to try and poach De Ligt from Utd?

I reckon 50m would do it, and offering Champions League football...

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MLS has paid more than 10M GBP for a player several times, though always for younger players than Son.

Son's a big deal though, and LAFC plays a stone's throw from LA's famous Koreatown, so who knows

Hugo's there, Bale played there, they've got CWC money, you can see it.
$16M (£11.7M) is the MLS record.

There's really no point selling him to the MLS, unless he specifically asks us to do so.

With the WC coming up, I don't think he would do so until January.

I maintain that its likely he moves on to the MLS or K-League next summer on a free.
 
$16M (£11.7M) is the MLS record.

There's really no point selling him to the MLS, unless he specifically asks us to do so.

With the WC coming up, I don't think he would do so until January.

I maintain that its likely he moves on to the MLS or K-League next summer on a free.
That isn’t true, Wikipedia must just not be updated.

Emmanuel Latte Lath broke the record for Atlanta United for like $22M

Anyway, for us I think the question is really what the value of a clean slate is.

If we want Sonny to stay as a prominent player and likely the captain, retirement leagues can wait.

If not, well, then maybe they can’t.
 
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