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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Notabadsquad said:
That filth are the very worst of the worst. They simply buy anyone and seemingly everyone, and players appear undeterred by the fact only 11 of then can be on the pitch at any one time.

It would be great if they fell into a ditch but you know that won't be the case.
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The issue they have, similar to Villa now, is there are only so many assets you can sell off to help stablise PSR. They've sold their women's team, they've sold their hotels and will eventually end up selling the stadium or a car park. But it 2 years time, what is there left to sell? What makes it an attractive proposition to future buyers of the club if there are no assets other than a club in PSR/FFP issues?

It's a ridiculous loophole which the Premier League had tried to close but club's didn't vote on it. The only way you stop it is an independent regulator, but I can't see that happening anytime soon.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Rashford back at Utd and not moving, maybe Chavski get a more favourable deal on Garnacho, which then lets United wrap up Mbeumo.

Whenever dominos need to fall like that, I suspect agents call each other and steer things in the direction they want.

If we’re prepared to pay 60m, I guess we can get Kudus done this time.

But then again, I know literally fuck all so there is that
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They bought Gittens so I’d imagine Garnacho interest is dead. But with them who knows.

They seem to want another RW to replace Madueke, the absolute insane player eating planet that they are.
 
MCSpurs said:
How clever is Levy, really? Sanctioning this lot as 20 most expensive signings ever.

I reckon the ones with a 5 stars next to them have justified/paid back their fee, 3 stars have been ok, but probably inconsistent with it. The rest, waste of money.

  • Dominic Solanke: £65 million 3*
  • Tanguy Ndombele: £63 million --
  • Richarlison: £60 million --
  • Brennan Johnson: £47.5 million 3*
  • Cristian Romero: £42 million 5*
  • Davinson Sanchez: £42 million --
  • James Maddison: £40 million 3*
  • Pedro Porro: £40 million 3*
  • Micky van de Ven: £34.5 million 5*
  • Moussa Sissoko: £31.5 million --
  • Giovani Lo Celso: £28.8 million --
  • Steven Bergwijn: £26.7 million --
  • Bryan Gil: £22.5 million --
  • Heung-min Son: £22 million 5*
  • Kieran Trippier: £20 million 3*
  • Roberto Soldado: £26 million --
  • Erik Lamela: £25.7 million 3*
  • Nacer Chadli: £22 million --
  • Ryan Sessegnon: £25 million --
  • Sergio Reguilón: £26 million --
Only 3 top quality signings based on value and performances, plus 6 that have done ok, or ok so far.

Not a great way to spend money, is it?

How are we so bad at signing players / spending money?
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What this does prove though is that he isn't afraid to spend (albeit not his money, the clubs) - a stick often used to hit him with is lack of spending, but the proof is there.

If we're honest the spending amount has never been the issue, it's who it's been spent on a lot of the time. The recruitment side of things has been the let down.

I'm no Levy sympathiser, I hate the cunt. There needs to be a big look at the scouting department as well as the hierarchy.
 
FightingIllini said:
I mean, KWP and Tanganga got at least that. Skipp got far more than that. Their careers have revealed their level.

The truth is that Kane, from age 20, always looked promising in his appearances for Tottenham and FORCED his way into the PL first XI at 21 with his goalscoring in cup games. He was even quite successful in his loan spells when you consider his age and the fact that he wasn't really being played as a number 9. Millwall YPOY and all that.

The "no one thought Kane could play" thing is largely a product of his failed loan to Norwich as a 19 year old in the Premier League. Which, sure, fair enough, he did fail there, but the existence of a Premier League loan for a 19 year old indicates the esteem in which he was already held.

No Premier League team is interested in signing Damola Ajayi on loan.
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I don't think Kane "FORCED" his way into the PL squad any more than Bentaleb did. He was fortune to have Sherwood willing to make a point about being the academy whisperer. I'm sure we don't need to go back to posts on here, which was before you were a member, to AVB's summer window and see everyone lambasting the club for having Kane as a backup to Adebayor and Soldado, instead of signing some dud like Boly.

Note that you're cherry-picking on your list. Mason became a PL player, and was absolutely worthy of it, after 8 different loans to non-PL sides where he hardly kicked a ball and was 23 years old before he broke into the first team. Townsend was very similar and was 21 before AVB gave him a few games.

Tanganga is a weird choice to suggest his "career revealed (his) level" considering he's been getting rave reviews at Millwall. It was injuries that hampered his time here. Equally, KWP got how many MoTM awards for us, and went on to be a PL starter. Skipp is pretty much the same, and being stuffed into a rather useless Leicester team with an amateur manager is no more "his level" than it was Maddison, Barnes, Tielemens, Perez, or Vardy's when they suffered the same fate
 
MCSpurs said:
How clever is Levy, really? Sanctioning this lot as 20 most expensive signings ever.
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I don't quite understand the train of thought in general. Is he supposed to be a scout and blocking transfers with a crystal ball, or trusting/supporting the manager and coaching staff with their decisions?

You'd be hard pushed to find decent transfers as the values go up anyway - the biggest transfers are questionably the highest risk (across all clubs) and the spread of successful ones is quite thin
 
Gatsby said:
I'd say Kudus would be an idiot to go to Chelsea, considering the amount of players they currently have. But we've seen enough players go there just to chase the money and be happy enough to tag along.

I don't really know what their strategy is. Signing a shed load of players but to protect value you have to play them. Signing the likes of Joao Felix was just a way to get past PSR in returning a favour to Atletico Madrid.
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Chelsea were huge in Ghana because of Essien. I could see him jumping at the chance.
 
Gatsby said:
I'd say Kudus would be an idiot to go to Chelsea, considering the amount of players they currently have. But we've seen enough players go there just to chase the money and be happy enough to tag along.

I don't really know what their strategy is. Signing a shed load of players but to protect value you have to play them. Signing the likes of Joao Felix was just a way to get past PSR in returning a favour to Atletico Madrid.
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7 year contracts is the attraction?
 
Smogz said:
With a dickhead
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We all have them, we all do.

Creeping Parks And Recreation GIF
 
Richard Arlison said:
End of the day, Kudus is good but I’m not losing sleep over him going Chelsea or not.

Hope we sign him but I can live with it if he chooses to end his career there
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Yeah, he’s not a player I think is the missing piece of the jigsaw for us, and there are plenty of questions about his consistency and application.

But it would be nice to have an elite dribbler again. Feels like it’s been a while since we had one.
 
Gatsby said:
The issue they have, similar to Villa now, is there are only so many assets you can sell off to help stablise PSR. They've sold their women's team, they've sold their hotels and will eventually end up selling the stadium or a car park. But it 2 years time, what is there left to sell? What makes it an attractive proposition to future buyers of the club if there are no assets other than a club in PSR/FFP issues?

It's a ridiculous loophole which the Premier League had tried to close but club's didn't vote on it. The only way you stop it is an independent regulator, but I can't see that happening anytime soon.
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Thanks.

I didn't know some of that- interesting.

I think what I struggle with most, is that players want to be part of such a scattergun club,where it seems less about anythjng of substance, and much more about vacuous endeavour.

Hatred is a bad word, amd should br contained to something more tangible, but on that abstract way. I detest everything they stand for, whatever that might be.

That other clubs say nothing is the surprise.
 
KingstonSpur said:
I think it's ridiculous that we're not going balls out to get Eze. He's well worth the release clause.

The club's lack of ambition drives me absolutely crazy.
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Why's no one else going for it then? Sounds like he'd be cheaper than Mbuemo for United, very local and HG for the Chelsea stockpile, and should be easily affordable for Woolwich.

I'd say there's something not quite obvious and straightforward - not least that the manager/lange might not agree that he's worth it
 
Whilst it might be good not now to be linked to Eze,mostly it seems that many think he is not in a position of need,I think my bigger concern is that it's arguably impossible to know or have a real idea on what is seen as that/,those positions of need.

As to what we will be willing to spend in any pursuit is probably another 980 pages plus of unknowns.

Ultimately the message from any action is the results it brings,so in that regard, it's going to have to be W8 and C.
 
Kudus is player that would excite us at times because he’s got brilliant ability. He’s what I always want in a Tottenham player. Can do all the things you want from a midfield/forward type player when attacking. It’s the other side of the game that would be the worry. He maybe just needs a new challenge and we might be the spark he needs if this turns out to be true.
The spammers have three players I’d take in a heartbeat and he’s one of them long with Bowen and Paqueta. He can play in more than one position which helps too.
Does he have this shit attitude that we hear about or is it just made up?
 
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