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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Bloodbath said:
The low wages model is an absolutely ridiculous way to run one of the supposed big clubs of Europe. Utterly ridiculous.

Pay high transfer fees to other clubs giving them money to sign other players but pay lower than top class wages meaning we can't attract the best players here. When you pay a high transfer fee it means you will usually lose money when trying to sell the player later.

For all the plaudits Levy gets for his supposed business acumen he really is out of his depth in trying to run a football club.
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My favourite post for months. Totally agree with you.
We are a massive football club. We pay big money for average players that none of the other top teams would entertain. We then can’t ever sell them on because they are not good enough. We don’t pay them big wages.
Man City can go out and buy Cherki and Alt Nouri for £70 million. We could never get those players because we won’t pay them what they want. What we will do is spend £70 million on Odobert and Gray and pay them peanuts in premier league terms.
 
nicoclaesen said:
My favourite post for months. Totally agree with you.
We are a massive football club. We pay big money for average players that none of the other top teams would entertain. We then can’t ever sell them on because they are not good enough. We don’t pay them big wages.
Man City can go out and buy Cherki and Alt Nouri for £70 million. We could never get those players because we won’t pay them what they want. What we will do is spend £70 million on Odobert and Gray and pay them peanuts in premier league terms.
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Wages also make moving players on difficult - like Grealish. No one is going to take Werner on £165k a week permanently. Sancho and Rashford will also likely still be at United next season due to their huge wages - add Casemiro to that as well.

I would drive Levy to wherever he wants tomorrow if it meant he leaves the club, and I am not saying he is 100% correct on the wages, but it’s not cut and dried either way, there is a balance
 
Geezergood19 said:
Not at all
Just because a club pays lower base wages than say a Man Utd or City doesnt mean the players are going be worse!!!!!!
And by doing what you are saying (throwing money at it) all thats going happen eventually is you'll bankrupt the club
Great businesses model right there
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It absolutely does... better players want bigger wages... theres a lot of data showing the correlation between wage spend and success...
 
We keep talking about our low wages.....
We have a low ratio of income vs wages, not low wages.
In fact, whilst our ratio is lowest in the league but our actual spend is 6th/7th in the league

Palace have a high ratio, but they make fuck all money, so it would be.

None of this isn't to say we should be looking at more established players who have proven they can do it season after season, rather than kids and punts.
I think a statement signing this summer could transform the mood around Spurs. A player in the mould of Klinsmann or Van Der Vaart, a household name who won't be on the cheap but will increase expectations.
 
Matt1882 said:
We keep talking about our low wages.....
We have a low ratio of income vs wages, not low wages.
In fact, whilst our ratio is lowest in the league but our actual spend is 6th/7th in the league

Palace have a high ratio, but they make fuck all money, so it would be.

None of this isn't to say we should be looking at more established players who have proven they can do it season after season, rather than kids and punts.
I think a statement signing this summer could transform the mood around Spurs. A player in the mould of Klinsmann or Van Der Vaart, a household name who won't be on the cheap but will increase expectations.
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We ideally need some mentality monsters in who believe we can kick on, rather than Casemiro types who have lost interested and hunger in winning.
 
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CJJ said:
We ideally need some mentality monsters in who believe we can kick on, rather than Casemiro types who have lost interested and hunger in winning.
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Not necessarily him, but I'd like to see a player like Lautaro Martinez.
331 games over 7 seasons for Inter so consistently fit and plays. 151 goals so not far off a goal every other game in a league where defenses are king.
We need to stop looking at players who have done nothing for years then have one good season.
 
djchotspur said:
Didnt son knock him out?
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Son says all is forgiven between himself and Korea teammate Lee Kang-In

PingPong-Gate has ended with Lee flying to London and everyone mollified.
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Lee Kang-in makes public apology for fighting Son Heung-min - VnExpress International

As South Korea prepare for a World Cup qualifier clash with Thailand, Lee Kang-in publicly expressed regret for involving in a brawl with team captain Son Heung-min in the 2023 Asian Cup last month.
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Lee Kang-in vs. Son Heung-min — what actually happened?

Reports of an Asian Cup altercation between Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in have dominated headlines in Korea for the last week, overshadowing even the ousting of national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann. But beyond the noise, what are the actual facts?
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