Eze is a superstar in the making
Grealish is the warning that Cherki forgot to listen to
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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Eze is a superstar in the making
Grealish is the warning that Cherki forgot to listen to
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Eze by a country mile
Can someone clear this up for me, 'cause I might be wrong.
But didn't we build a multi-event stadium so we could support paying higher wages to get higher calibre players and compete at a high level in a sustained way at the top end of the table?
Wasn't that the plan?
Wasn't that how it was sold to us?
But didn't we build a multi-event stadium so we could support paying higher wages to get higher calibre players and compete at a high level in a sustained way at the top end of the table?
Wasn't that the plan?
Wasn't that how it was sold to us?
Yup. Plan was to move Kane up to 300K a week plus and then build around him. Kane didn't sign and the club just went full rebuild mode. All youngsters on cheap wages. Think only three players in our current squad are on more than 100K a week.
Ideally we should move Romero up to a 200k a week contract and start buying players at that level.
But we won't. We will sell Romero and replace him in the team with Kevin Danso who is on 25k a week. Back on this cycle again. Selling our best players never helps. Just kicks everything back.
For a number of years that followed; that money was spent badly.
We're still spending more on players than before however.
Yup that's true of Kane and Bale sales towards end of windows (don't think anyone else called them dregs though).
And its still probably true 50%+ of all transfers happen in last few weeks of windows.
So sweet that you must be a transfer window virgin with all this to learn !
I copied this from another Spurs forum because it kind of explains why, in spite of our parallel size and wealth, we refuse to compete with our rivals
If Son and Romero leave this summer I think that will leave only 2 players on wages above £100K - Maddison and Kulusevski. For reference, with an almost equal turnover, Woolwich have 17 players over £100K, including 6 on over 200K a week. It will be interesting to see what calibre of player we look to bring in this window. The signing of Solanke on 90K a week was as high as we were prepared to go last summer.
Business first.
Ambition to compete at the top a distant second
If Son and Romero leave this summer I think that will leave only 2 players on wages above £100K - Maddison and Kulusevski. For reference, with an almost equal turnover, Woolwich have 17 players over £100K, including 6 on over 200K a week. It will be interesting to see what calibre of player we look to bring in this window. The signing of Solanke on 90K a week was as high as we were prepared to go last summer.
Business first.
Ambition to compete at the top a distant second
Eze is a must if we can get him... I know there are concerns about Gomes but he's free, and he covers every blade of grass in a match, remember Charlton Palmer? Not particarilly talented but work rate was second to none, for me Gomes is a must... Eze too... If Sane comes as well on a free, can't go wrong... Then we need a pucker DM and Top quality defender if Romero makes the wrong decision and leaves
until we get a new owner we wont move up to the level we could be at, the foundations are ready.
just hope the rumours are true.
And £200k isn't that big nowadays.
The plan was to put Kane on £300k at least. Kane was a knob to stay on at THFC he won nothing .
Now then did I hear Grealish is on £300k or £400k how we doing to deal with that?
The plan was to put Kane on £300k at least. Kane was a knob to stay on at THFC he won nothing .
Now then did I hear Grealish is on £300k or £400k how we doing to deal with that?
You honestly think we’ll pay the fee for Eze and pay him accordingly and pay Sane £200k a week? Have you just landed on planet Tottenham?
We won’t sign Eze
Sane has never been an option because of wages.
Gomes is a possibility because he’ll cost us nothing and low wages. This is how we operate.
It's also just a genuine misallocation of the funds we ARE spending.
Big fee, lower wages can get you good players, particularly younger ones with sell-on value, which is all to the good and what any smart club would do. But you can't build a whole squad that way, it only scales so far.
We sorely lack the veteran nous that only paying top wages is going to get us.
Sane is free so 200k... Yes I think we will pay it... Eze... I was saying we should make sure that whatever it costs... We should do it... If not.. Give us your alternatives?You honestly think we’ll pay the fee for Eze and pay him accordingly and pay Sane £200k a week? Have you just landed on planet Tottenham?
We won’t sign Eze
Sane has never been an option because of wages.
Gomes is a possibility because he’ll cost us nothing and low wages. This is how we operate.
You mean the rats that share their basements with them?
........Fear not; they're quite happy feeding off the Dorito crumbs that adorn the jizz-stained carpets.