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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Nobody3 said:
I don't think its to unrealistic to think our 4 front players (Solanke, Johnson, Tel, Oderbert) couldn't notch up somewhere near 40 goals between them, then Kudus, MGW?, Kulu and a few defenders from set plays to add another 20-25.
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65 goals would be our 3rd worst tally in a decade, and 2nd worst since 2020....so...not really proposing a big season here, are you?

Real target should be >75 GS and <40 GC. That puts us back in the top 4 probably and gives us something to build towards a real challenge with in subsequent seasons.
 
MemphisWill said:
65 goals would be our 3rd worst tally in a decade, and 2nd worst since 2020....so...not really proposing a big season here, are you?

Real target should be >75 GS and <40 GC. That puts us back in the top 4 probably and gives us something to build towards a real challenge with in subsequent seasons.
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It's at the other end we have to improve. Concede 35-45 goals and we are cooking
 
spids said:
It is nothing to do with Spurs. It is to do with the player and Forest. Beating our own club with this stick is quite pathetic TBH.

I would suspect that Spurs and the player's agent are in contact and doing everything they can to get this across the line and prevent the player needing to go on strike and end up in a court case against the Forest owner.

One hypothetical 'for instance'... what if MGWs clause said he could be sold for £60m if Forest did not qualify for the Europa League or the Champions League. And the day we made our bid Forest got elevated to the Europa League as a result of Palace's misfortune? Is his clause still activated or not? What we can't do is ignore Forest's refusal to do a deal and request to stop contact with their player.
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Who gives a fuck if it’s to do with Spurs, Forest or MGW?

There always mysteriously something with Spurs. Always a valid excuse.

Meanwhile Liverpool drop 300m in a window with no drama.
 
PatagoniaPhil said:
Hearing as much as £500m over 20 years. That effectively takes care of most of the stadium debt re payments.

Meaning more cash for transfers and wages
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Err..Phil, mate...Come here .

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We need to chat .
 
LeParisien said:
Im not sure I’d associate either of those adjectives with Shadydan Shadydan but we can put that down to cultural differences ;)

In my experience, internet heroes are not the most … uh… rounded people in real life. Xx
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Well they do say you should never meet your heroes ...
 
Jaynola said:
They bring in Frimpong and Kerkez, we extend Ben Davies.

They sign Wirtz, we sign Tel.

They get Ekitike, we keep Richy.

They'll sign Guehi or similar, we got Takai.

They got MacAllister/Gravenberg/Szobo, we have Biss, Bentancur & Sarr.

But woohoo, we signed Kudus.

One true big club with genuine ambition and respect for their fans vs a money-printing scam openly mugging off its customers.
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Fucking nailed it

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spids said:
£500M for a stadium naming rights deal for 20 years is not in the realms of impossibility. £25m per year for a PL stadium of a team in the CL 50% of the time (which you think would increase with more investment), that hosts 30 non-football events (World Title Boxing fights, massive music concerts, NFL games etc.). Really surprised the club were not able to find a sponsor before and that Levy has allowed us to go 5 years without that income stream.
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Yes it is. Stadium naming rights are a dog shite investment, no one really has any interest in that market these days. £25M/yr would make it by far the most lucrative deal ever, for a stadium that is many years old now and so gaining traction with a name would be difficult.

Everton had to sell their naming rights to a law firm for £5M/yr. We'd be lucky to get £10M/yr, at that rate its not much of a benefit in the grand scheme of things vs. the value of controlling and promoting the brand. At the end of the day, currently, any value a sponsor could expect to derive from the naming rights is going directly to the club in terms of promoting Tottenham Hotspur globally.

Also, a 20 year contract is a terrible idea. Inflation renders what is an already a minor benefit completely moot within 5-7 years and then you're just stuck with it for over a decade.
 
Nobody3 said:
I don't think its to unrealistic to think our 4 front players (Solanke, Johnson, Tel, Oderbert) couldn't notch up somewhere near 40 goals between them, then Kudus, MGW?, Kulu and a few defenders from set plays to add another 20-25.
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Last season our top 5 players goal involvements across all competitions :
23 Heung Min Son (11 g, 12 a)
23 James Maddison (12g, 11a)
22 Dejan Kulusevski (10g, 12a)
22 Dominic Solanke (14g, 8a)
21 Brennan Johnson (17g, 4a)

Whilst Son is unlikely to get those numbers again, new arrival Kudus plus Odobert who was injured for most of last season should be contributing as should Richarlison (or his upgrade if Richarlison leaves) ...... and then you have wildcards such as Vuskovic who was 2nd highest goalscorer at Westerlo last season.

I'd guess there will not be one very high scorer (such as we used to have Kane), it will be a number of players who all get 10+ goals and/or 20+ goal involvements,

But I don't see goalscoring as being a problem in 2025/26 any more than it was in 2024/25 when we were not that far away from being one of highest scorers in PL - what let us down last season was goals conceded which was high
 
MemphisWill said:
65 goals would be our 3rd worst tally in a decade, and 2nd worst since 2020....so...not really proposing a big season here, are you?

Real target should be >75 GS and <40 GC. That puts us back in the top 4 probably and gives us something to build towards a real challenge with in subsequent seasons.
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MemphisWill said:
65 goals would be our 3rd worst tally in a decade, and 2nd worst since 2020....so...not really proposing a big season here, are you?

Real target should be >75 GS and <40 GC. That puts us back in the top 4 probably and gives us something to build towards a real challenge with in subsequent sea
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MemphisWill said:
65 goals would be our 3rd worst tally in a decade, and 2nd worst since 2020....so...not really proposing a big season here, are you?

Real target should be >75 GS and <40 GC. That puts us back in the top 4 probably and gives us something to build towards a real challenge with in subsequent seasons.
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Woolwich finished 2nd with 69, Chelsea 4th with 64, So I'm not sure what you mean?
 
Spursidol said:
Last season our top 5 players goal involvements across all competitions :
23 Heung Min Son (11 g, 12 a)
23 James Maddison (12g, 11a)
22 Dejan Kulusevski (10g, 12a)
22 Dominic Solanke (14g, 8a)
21 Brennan Johnson (17g, 4a)

Whilst Son is unlikely to get those numbers again, new arrival Kudus plus Odobert who was injured for most of last season should be contributing as should Richarlison (or his upgrade if Richarlison leaves) ...... and then you have wildcards such as Vuskovic who was 2nd highest goalscorer at Westerlo last season.

I'd guess there will not be one very high scorer (such as we used to have Kane), it will be a number of players who all get 10+ goals and/or 20+ goal involvements,

But I don't see goalscoring as being a problem in 2025/26 any more than it was in 2024/25 when we were not that far away from being one of highest scorers in PL - what let us down last season was goals conceded which was high
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We played a lot of matches - some against minows. PL stats would be more relevant
Only Son and Maddison are par or above for PL
 
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