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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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LeParisien said:
Well factually Eze was less productive than Maddison last season.

So what do you like about him? Is he a better passer? I don’t think so.

He’s a better dribbler but kudus is the best in the prem for that….

Eze is a great player but he’s not what we need. I don’t understand why you think dropping 70m on him wouldnt impact what we could spend on areas of much greater need.
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Depends what you call a better dribbler. Eze does it effectively for the team. Might beat one, open up space and release it. Kudos just dribbles for himself. Might look better on stats but frustrating to play with and watch and definitely not as effective
 
Bill Madrid said:
I think any potential candidature on my part is probably wishful thinking at this stage.

:porrosmile:

Now the follow-up, which I've just started, that's another story, in a very real and meaningful sense.

:frankpoint2:
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Good luck to you Bill. Everyone has a story in them, just that most of us never write it.

I started my own novel about 15 years ago. Then I read a series by an author called Mark Chadbourne, which was practically the same premise as mine so, in a fit of despondency, I quit.

My daughter has encouraged me to take it up again as she loves the plot, but work prevents me from devoting the time it deserves.

Maybe when I retire ...
 
LeParisien said:
I don’t understand why you think dropping 70m on him wouldnt impact what we could spend on areas of much greater need.
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Of course it would, but such is the proven-ness and certainty premium of Eze over all available alternatives (because he COMBINES creative passing, dribbling ability, and goal threat, and has done so in the PL for many years) that I'm locking that move in and taking my chances elsewhere.

If there were a Rolls-Royce 6 sitting there waiting to be bought for 70M I'd be singing a different tune. But there isn't. What Eze offers isn't fungible that way.
 
FightingIllini said:
Of course it would, but such is the proven-ness and certainty premium of Eze over all available alternatives (because he COMBINES creative passing, dribbling ability, and goal threat, and has done so in the PL for many years) that I'm locking that move in and taking my chances elsewhere.

If there were a Rolls-Royce 6 sitting there waiting to be bought for 70M I'd be singing a different tune. But there isn't. What Eze offers isn't fungible that way.
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You’ve made a good case for him.
 
FightingIllini said:
That matters! Decent chance that swamps his ability as a player over the course of his career. That's already the case for his PL career thus far, and honestly may be a significant reason such an exciting player is at West Ham in the first place.

We should of course do our research, maybe he's just a bit misunderstood. But if that's true, why are we the lucky club getting a cut-price deal? This reeks of Levy penny-wise, pound-foolish decision making.


Again, I don't want to TOTALLY disregard concerns around positional fit and dominant feet and all of that. I just feel strongly that given the choice between "is Kudus a shithead?" or "is Eze going to be out of position?", I am taking the latter concern every day of the week.

And I think that's ESPECIALLY true with Thomas Frank, well documented for both his work with interchanging and flank-swapping with jack-of-all-trades type forwards and his "no wankers" policy.

If I was getting Kudus for 20M or something where I get a huge chunk of money to put towards a 6 or whatever I would be tempted, because Kudus is a top talent. But for vaguely similar money? Easy decision, IMO.
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Is Kudus a top talent
 
LeParisien said:
You’ve made a good case for him.
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I've worked out that our fans like players with a certain type of skillsets without taking into account whether they're a good fit or not , they had the same love affair with Maddison before we actually needed him, although at the time we were looking for a Number 10 , I don't see the need for another number 10 this summer.

I guess we have always fallen in love with a maverick type player at Tottenham, its tradition that we historically have that bums off seats player who is a little different and off the cuff and I think Eze probably represents that tbh.
 
On the shelf said:
Is Kudus a top talent
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Talent? Sure. Scouts scour the known universe to find players with the ability to beat a man with a dribble the way he can.

Is he actually a top player? Trickier question.

Shadydan said:
I guess we have always fallen in love with a maverick type player at Tottenham, its tradition that we historically have that bums off seats player who is a little different and off the cuff and I think Eze probably represents that tbh.
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To Dare Is To Do
 
PointToPatrik said:
I am not 100% against Kudus because with his head screwed on straight he's a very good player.
The big question would obviously be if Frank and his staff can get through to him and have him perform to that level consistently.
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I think he would be a good fit in the squad, and for sure Frank would improve him.

Of the two I'd sooner see Eze in a Spurs shirt, but Kudus would be a very good second option.
 
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