Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

[Mostly wrong]

mentioned this in the match thread but i think i'm more scared of the late panic buy than i am the no buy at this point. it's not just we're cheap, we're also incompetent . n'dombelly 2.0 would be a disaster

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Id sooner roll the dice on acquisitions than buy no one, not to mention all of our most egregious transfers in recent years (GLC, Reguilon, Ndombele, Richy, Solanke, Sessegnon) were all planned out and completed early window, getting players in early really should be no means of comfort for a Spurs fan tbh, some of our best players in the last 20 years arrived in the week leading to deadline day.

 

[Sir Archibald Crooks]

mentioned this in the match thread but i think i'm more scared of the late panic buy than i am the no buy at this point. it's not just we're cheap, we're also incompetent . n'dombelly 2.0 would be a disaster

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Yeah there always hits a point in a window where the names that are bandied about are so average or desperate you start to think i'd rather we did nothing rather than be lumbered with some plodder for 4 years. Getting close to that.

 

[Richard Arlison]

(Bilal El Khannouss)

I watched Leicester against us twice last season I don't remember any stand out performers (on either team).

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He scored the winner at ours from 25 yards

Looks a serious talent tbf

 

[Shotgunofmichalebrow]

United's attack will be miles ahead of ours this season.

Theyll be finishing well ahead of us as things stand.

So little ambition from us, just really disappointing.

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I seriously think we are in trouble and loads of people around and who support the club refuse to acknowledge it. So Levy knows there's a fire because of the backroom purge. I was screaming for months 'these people are not elite coaches' Levy reacts he bins nearly every last one and Munn. But he hasn't sussed Lange is also an issue he doesn't know how to build elite Epl tested teams Gibbs-White was the right player more so than Wharton. I'd have overpaid the drug dealer if that's what it took.

As it stands I think we are endanger of more of what happened under Postanoclue. We need to seriously get in a 10 a striker and a LB if they are EPL tested all the better. Levy can not penny pinch his way out of this one, more than anything we need a statement it's why I was so keen on Oshimen not just for a striker but the wider messaging to our players and the football world we need to add proven swagger to break the negative spiral.

 

[Richard Arlison]

Looks like Sesko to United is agreed!

I thought they were up against from a PSR perspective or have they done some chav style restructuring and sold the hot dog stand to themselves for £1bn?!

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Maybe they will sell us Mainoo

 

[Jaynola]

Jacob Ramsey is a good player. People seem to make out he’s shit but if you’ve watched him a lot you’d see the ability and physicality, he has a lot of potential, Injuries have stalled him which is the concern. I remember when everyone was laughing at Forest paying £40m for Gibbs White a few years ago. I think he’s got that potential personally.

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Cheers Vinnie

 

[Papafeels]

I get this, I really do, but we're a loss-making business (after tax) and owe some £300m in transfer fees. I'm not sure we have as much financial wriggle room as the headlines suggest.

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We're a loss maker because of how they lost depre

I like Garnacho.

To me he is a bit like a young Son, but maybe with more arrogance than is justified at present.

Whichever club gets him and if they can squeeze that potential, I think he could be top drawer.

Whether Frank or us is the right fit I don't know, because to me he is the kind of player who thinks he should play all the time, regardless. It can be problematic but I would love to see is take the punt. P, not C as some might feel.

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Frank said he doesn't want dickheads, and he's a top dickhead. Pass.

 

[Notabadsquad]

I'm not saying anything with confidence, but I do not believe Levy would bring in Frank, on top of hos only slightly couched 'we want to win the PL title' and fail to oversee expenditure of another 80 to 120 million pounds.

Let's see what happens but failure won't be greeted silently. Even hard-nosed Levy will know that also expect 2 or 3 permanent departures in the coming weeks.

 

[Mostly wrong]

He’s so casual and lazy. He’s been coasting at Milan for years. Great talent, but I think he’d be a disaster.

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We need talent, we dont need huff and puff cloggers "doing a job". Even without full application Leao shits on our other forwards from a great height, and our fans were the ones who really "got" Berbatov where Utd fans fucking hated his lack of running so not sùre about "disaster", i think he is much more suited to PL football than Rodrygo tbh.

 

[Play Up Spurs!!!!]

Even if we are doing this, are we confident that Lange will still be in the job longer term? It’s not only managers we go through, but Directors of Football, Chief Scouts, etc. Just seems like we can’t ever find a suitable and stable model to carry forward through to a period of settled progress.

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I'm not a hater, but it has been a major Levy weakness. In the post-Hoddle era, Arnesen helped turn around our transfer strategy, and though he was 'illegally' poached by Chelsea, he left a legacy in good "player trading", which helped develop the squad. Comolli's role and relationships were never properly defined and he was associated with the board shenanigans that did for Jol. Redknapp didn't want a DoF and did well, nor did Poch, who also did well. Arguably they were right, but...

... then came the tunnel of stadium financing, where we really needed someone at a higher level looking after the squad strength and balance, though it's true that finances and covenants (etc.) were a real issue. When Levy came out the other side, he hired Paratici, which was an excellent move, but he was unlucky with the Fifa thing and court case. Nevertheless the Paratici purchases and his continuing involvements as a consultant were all good.

Munn turned out to be a bad choice, but it seems Lange returns us roughly to where we were with Paratici, with the added benefit of Venkatesham. We must hope that all this is for the long term... As I said, my own hope that Levy has learned from experience that he should distance himself from the football side of things.

 

[enfield1985]

I seriously think we are in trouble and loads of people around and who support the club refuse to acknowledge it. So Levy knows there's a fire because of the backroom purge. I was screaming for months 'these people are not elite coaches' Levy reacts he bins nearly every last one and Munn. But he hasn't sussed Lange is also an issue he doesn't know how to build elite Epl tested teams Gibbs-White was the right player more so than Wharton. I'd have overpaid the drug dealer if that's what it took.

As it stands I think we are endanger of more of what happened under Postanoclue. We need to seriously get in a 10 a striker and a LB if they are EPL tested all the better. Levy can not penny pinch his way out of this one, more than anything we need a statement it's why I was so keen on Oshimen not just for a striker but the wider messaging to our players and the football world we need to add proven swagger to break the negative spiral.

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Levy seems to be missing the bigger picture. We're in a difficult position, especially with Romero yet to sign a new contract, and both Bentancur and Bissouma entering the final year of theirs. We urgently need to either secure extensions for at least one of them or line up suitable replacements. This situation highlights just how poorly the 2022/23 transfer window was managed.

 

[Rebrov_Likes]

We need talent, we dont need huff and puff cloggers "doing a job". Even without full application Leao shits on our other forwards from a great height, and our fans were the ones who really "got" Berbatov where Utd fans fucking hated his lack of running so not sùre about "disaster", i think he is much more suited to PL football than Rodrygo tbh.

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Talent without application means nothing really.

 

[CJJ]

So, didn't actually address my first post in your original reply, then offer up an option C to your own A/B choice in your follow up.

I can see engaging with you and expecting a straight answer is wishful thinking.

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Sometimes I feel like it is like communicating with a parallel universe on here.

You heavily, if not directly, implied Levy should be sorting out transfers. You then asked if I think he should be involved, which is where you were trying to lead an answer to a non-binary question.

A chairman is, of course, involved in any and all multi-million pound transaction in some extent.

But not to any extent where they need to be in the office, like it's the 90s. Which is completely what you were saying.

 

[ElTel]

Quality player, 1 on 1s, great left foot, non stop engine, already better than Johnson ... Juve only sold last yr as they were desperate for cash

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Plays wide right attack,but now we have Kudus so I think this is a non starter

 

[CJJ]

Apart from Palinha (which will be a loan option after we sell Bissouma, so probably 2/3 weeks away), are we stringly linked with anyone else? It all feels so cold. We lost 14 days waiting for MGW and came out the other side with no alternatives.

This narrative that Lange works in silence and that the media don't know anything is running out of steam. I think the reality is Lange plays up to this narrative so he can get away with doing nothing!

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Not the narrative, the reality.

Where were the links to Takai, Kinsky, Gray? They were reporting the opposite of what happened with Tel.

The media and "ITKs" will always try and guess something, partly because they want the attention that is very clearly on offer. But I think we all know they know absolutely nothing.

The only thing that even remotely leaked was Kudus, and that was because West Ham were so desperate to get another club interested

 

[FightingIllini]

Sometimes I feel like it is like communicating with a parallel universe on here.

You heavily, if not directly, implied Levy should be sorting out transfers. You then asked if I think he should be involved, which is where you were trying to lead an answer to a non-binary question.

A chairman is, of course, involved in any and all multi-million pound transaction in some extent.

But not to any extent where they need to be in the office, like it's the 90s. Which is completely what you were saying.

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Mate you're willfully confusing this.

Levy's personal involvement should not be needed to do transfer business. BUT AT SPURS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN IN PRACTICE.

This has thankfully waned in recent years, but it's still very much a question of whether we can meaningfully progress on the badly needed major transfer business with Levy on the other side of the world.

(Did Lange make the trip?)

 

[Matt1882]

Ah there's that Ange ball I know and love....

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It's just who we are, mate.

I seriously think we are in trouble and loads of people around and who support the club refuse to acknowledge it. So Levy knows there's a fire because of the backroom purge. I was screaming for months 'these people are not elite coaches' Levy reacts he bins nearly every last one and Munn. But he hasn't sussed Lange is also an issue he doesn't know how to build elite Epl tested teams Gibbs-White was the right player more so than Wharton. I'd have overpaid the drug dealer if that's what it took.

As it stands I think we are endanger of more of what happened under Postanoclue. We need to seriously get in a 10 a striker and a LB if they are EPL tested all the better. Levy can not penny pinch his way out of this one, more than anything we need a statement it's why I was so keen on Oshimen not just for a striker but the wider messaging to our players and the football world we need to add proven swagger to break the negative spiral.

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Feels like people ranting on about mystery money were so wide of the mark it was the opposite. It almost feels as though we have a problem at the moment that isn't being talked about.
All signs are that we make more money than most teams in Europe, but we're giving off vibes of a team who can't afford to run the spot lights during winter.

 

[Richard Arlison]

Sometimes I feel like it is like communicating with a parallel universe on here.

You heavily, if not directly, implied Levy should be sorting out transfers. You then asked if I think he should be involved, which is where you were trying to lead an answer to a non-binary question.

A chairman is, of course, involved in any and all multi-million pound transaction in some extent.

But not to any extent where they need to be in the office, like it's the 90s. Which is completely what you were saying.

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Levy went on the last Asian tour and no transfers happened during that tour either

I’ll make a wager with you now, we won’t sign a senior, male player until after the tour.

Loser logs out until January 1st

Deal?

 

[JimothyCF14]

Spurs fans: "Levy should have nothing to do with signing players"

also spurs fans:

Spurs fans: "Levy should be signing players"

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I mean this is a silly argument.

I want him far far away from player identification and raking around the bargain basement looking for a sweet, sweet opportunistic signing.

But he sets the budgets, the direction of travel and signs the cheques, so he's involved to some degree and will be until he's no longer chairman.

So yes the bald fucker can get on with opening his wallet.

 

[1882]

The sad truth is we probably have swung and missed on multiple players during that time.

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We swung on MGW, but Marianakis moves ate the goalposts!