Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

[bk_spur]

Unless you are a THFC season ticket holder who decides to renew of course.

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I will believe it when I see it. Sadly there are a number of boobs willing to pay for and attend this shit no matter the price.

If it happens though, I can see it applying pressure on Levy- but again, we’ve yet to really see it.

 

[SH1M1]

Best to just prepare urself for disappointment this window.
Levy ain’t ever gonna change, no matter what PR bs he spins.

 

[Ionman34]

Net spend yes, wages no.

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Just did a wage per player comparison between Spurs and Chelsea.

Their wage bill is circa £172M per year, spread out between 43 players. That's an average of £4M per player per year.

Spurs bill is £116M spread over 33 players. That's an average of £3.5M per player.

As near as I can make out, their highest earners are Reece James and Raheem Sterling on £250K/wk and £200K/wk respectively. Ours are Son and Madison on £190K/wk and £170K/wk respectively.

All told, there's not a huge difference between what each club pays their players, so banging on about us "not paying the wages," and using Chelsea as the comparison, appears to be just a tad wide of the mark.

 

[AberdeenYid]

And what are you basing this belief on lol

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I don’t believe what journalists, ITKs or clubs say. All have as much of a reason to lie and misdirect than they do to tell the truth.

Do you believe everything you read and hear? If so, great for you. If not, how do you choose?

 

[FightingIllini]

banging on about us "not paying the wages," and using Chelsea as the comparison, appears to be just a tad wide of the mark.

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Their wage bill is circa £172M per year

Spurs bill is £116M

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[bk_spur]

Just did a wage per player comparison between Spurs and Chelsea.

Their wage bill is circa £172M per year, spread out between 43 players. That's an average of £4M per player per year.

Spurs bill is £116M spread over 33 players. That's an average of £3.5M per player.

As near as I can make out, their highest earners are Reece James and Raheem Sterling on £250K/wk and £200K/wk respectively. Ours are Son and Madison on £190K/wk and £170K/wk respectively.

All told, there's not a huge difference between what each club pays their players, so banging on about us "not paying the wages," and using Chelsea as the comparison, appears to be just a tad wide of the mark.

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It’s all relative at the high end of the market- all they have to do is be willing to pay more.

 

[bk_spur]

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We might be one of the only teams on that list that is truly self-sustaining at this point.

 

[Teach]

It’s all relative at the high end of the market- all they have to do is be willing to pay more.

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Chelsea put them on long term deals (7 years), pay bigger agents fees and likely do better signing on bo uses

 

[Teach]

We might be one of the only teams on that list that is truly self-sustaining at this point.

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Think Utd, Goons and Liverpool are

 

[SirTottingham]

View: https://x.com/chelseafc/status/1941498321346142301?s=46&t=LZlJuZ1uaIN4QMovCQVkvQ

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a GIT for tha GITS

 

[Ed Vanderlay]

I wouldn't. Most modern day football fans would probably agree with you but there is something so soulless about all of their success. An emptiness to it. I feel numb to Chelsea. They don't even wind me up when they beat us or win trophies. Woolwich is totally different. I hate them. Chelsea I just feel nothing. I think there is nothing there. Just a soulless club

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Well I am working on the basis that in my opinion our owners are pretty scummy , not as scummy, but scummy enough that I see no moral high ground in their ineptitude and penny pinching .

 

[Ionman34]

Johnson does fuck all aside from the two moments per match when he gets the ball to run onto inside the box.

Kudus would run the show, set up others, take on, take on, take on, dribble, contribute to all phases of play.

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Bullshit. I've already put that myth to bed.

 

[Kosher Kid]

Just did a wage per player comparison between Spurs and Chelsea.

Their wage bill is circa £172M per year, spread out between 43 players. That's an average of £4M per player per year.

Spurs bill is £116M spread over 33 players. That's an average of £3.5M per player.

As near as I can make out, their highest earners are Reece James and Raheem Sterling on £250K/wk and £200K/wk respectively. Ours are Son and Madison on £190K/wk and £170K/wk respectively.

All told, there's not a huge difference between what each club pays their players, so banging on about us "not paying the wages," and using Chelsea as the comparison, appears to be just a tad wide of the mark.

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Isn't an overall Chelsea wage bill of 172 mi££ion 56 mi33ion more than THFC's?

Spurs are paying out 2/3rds of Chelsea's overall wage bill.

How is that acceptable to any Spurs supporter?

 

[ginola92]

I don’t believe what journalists, ITKs or clubs say. All have as much of a reason to lie and misdirect than they do to tell the truth.

Do you believe everything you read and hear? If so, great for you. If not, how do you choose?

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So you have absolutely nothing to base you saying we aren’t in for a right winger this summer got it.

You don’t have to believe every journalist itk or whatever but there are clearly a few who know a thing or two otherwise we would only hear about signings when clubs announce them, which isn’t the case. If basically every journalist is linking us with right wingers I think it’s pretty safe to say we’re in for a right winger .

 

[The Swellhead Spur]

In before the Bakayoko links, he's shit.

 

[Ionman34]

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Your point?

 

[Ionman34]

Think Utd, Goons and Liverpool are

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The filth and the dippers yes. If Utd are so self sustainable, why is Ratcliffe laying off staff like they're going out of business?

 

[FightingIllini]

We might be one of the only teams on that list that is truly self-sustaining at this point.

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"Invest nothing in the team and collect BILLIONS in growth of the asset value of the club" as "self-sustaining" is such an absurd canard that it's astonishing and disappointing that so many fans fall for it.

We do agree that one business model among those listed clubs stands apart from every single other one. We're together on that point.

 

[Bill Madrid]

I wouldn't. Most modern day football fans would probably agree with you but there is something so soulless about all of their success. An emptiness to it. I feel numb to Chelsea. They don't even wind me up when they beat us or win trophies. Woolwich is totally different. I hate them. Chelsea I just feel nothing. I think there is nothing there. Just a soulless club

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Yeah, I can see your point and half agree with it.

My sort-of difference of opinion goes back to the very early 70s and a horrific experience at the Bridge with my mum, then a horrific experience at Orient c. 1982 with my flat mate, a hippy Chelsea fan, being sat in the main stand with blokes who must have fought in the war (we were in our early 20s, these cunts were 40 or so years older), them all zieg heiling (we left at HT, only time in my life I have done).

So I can understand it as my hatred for Arsen@l is sort of in my DNA, but my hatred for Chelse@ is based on personal experience, real fact.

Does that make sense?

 

[Dudski]

ok?

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Just kidding. It's interesting how intense the discussions were about Ange and now you see the name and it seems like that was quite some time ago already.