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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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FightingIllini said:
Yes. Son was bought for what he was, not purely what he had the potential to become. He'd been a full on starter for a Champions League club for two seasons.
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Yet there were more than just a few fans writing him off after his first season. Plenty of "he's just here to break into the Asian market" comments across social media. He wasn't initially made to feel welcome by the fan base, which was a contributing factor to him not feeling comfortable and wanting to go back to Germany.
FightingIllini said:
By the standards of 2012 and goalkeepers, Lloris was a significant investment, owing to his already big statute in the game at that time. He had recently been named France captain and Lyon were a regular CL knockout stage participant in those days.
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Lloris cost £12M or so. At the time the comments were that we'd pulled off a major coup by getting him for that price. It wasn't a significant investment at all, most actually thought it was daylight robbery.
 
FightingIllini said:
Yes. Son was bought for what he was, not purely what he had the potential to become. He'd been a full on starter for a Champions League club for two seasons.

By the standards of 2012 and goalkeepers, Lloris was a significant investment, owing to his already big statute in the game at that time. He had recently been named France captain and Lyon were a regular CL knockout stage participant in those days.
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Jan came with big rep and pedigree too.
Dembele had already passed his PPL audition at Fulham.
+ Lloris.

Fucking sweet trf window that was...... And in 2012 money, none of them were cheap punts... Such bollocks from the OP.
 
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Ionman34 said:
Lloris cost £12M or so. At the time the comments were that we'd pulled off a major coup by getting him for that price. It wasn't a significant investment at all, most actually thought it was daylight robbery.
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12M + 4M add ons. Which to the extent the add-ons were met made him our priciest acquisition of that summer in which we were replacing Modric.

And if you recall it was a classic "Sky Sports tracking vans going into the training ground in the dark" one, a true last-second deal.

Also a little awkward since Brad Friedel was still active in his PL-record consecutive games streak.

But yeah, definitely a good an exciting deal, but precisely because it was a then-significant outlay.

Sonny for 22M was a fair bit of money at that time too.

Airfixx said:
Fucking sweet trf window that was...... And in 2012 money none of them were cheap punts...
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Would be my pick for Levy's best probably. It was a personality change at the club, we became a more serious outfit with Hugo, Jan, and Dembele.
 
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View: https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1952785384070389967?s=46&t=fbqxNuG9CT4qTaiJx8mBjg

Villa about to start doing more business than us now
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What happened to your insistance upon #ContreteEvidence ?????


Yasin ÖzcanKasimpasaKasimpasa€7.00m

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Mohammed KudusWest Ham UnitedWest Ham€63.80m
Mathys TelBayern MunichBayern Munich€35.00m
Kevin DansoRC LensLens€25.00m
Luka VuskovicHNK Hajduk SplitHajduk Split€11.00m
Kota TakaiKawasaki FrontaleKawasaki Front.€5.80m
João PalhinhaBayern MunichBayern MunichLoan fee:
€5.00m


(Couresty of TFM.)
 
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Of all the business we need to do in this window. Loaning out Vuskovic to sign another centre back is not one of them!

Another midfielder, left back, left winger and another striker (if we sell Richarlison) arr all priority moves. You'd have to seriously question the plan at this rate!
 
Airfixx said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Ademola Lookman: Atalanta winger hands in transfer request

Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman says the club has reneged on their promise to let him leave if a "fair" offer arrived.
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Nigeria winger Ademola Lookman says he has handed in a transfer request at Atalanta after accusing the club of "breaking promises" to him.

The 27-year-old, a reported target for Serie A rivals Inter Milan, said he had reached an agreement with the club's board that he could leave if a "fair" offer arrived this summer. However, the England-born winger says Atalanta have reneged on that promise after "receiving an offer in alignment to what I believe had been discussed".

"I feel I have no choice but to speak out for what I believe is right and I feel that enough is enough," Lookman wrote on social media...... I can confirm I have now handed in a formal transfer request."

Lookman said Atalanta were "blocking the opportunity" of him leaving the club "for reasons I do not understand". The Nigeria international joined Atalanta from RB Leipzig in 2022. He scored his first career hat-trick in the 2024 Europa League final victory against Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin. Lookman has scored 52 goals in 117 appearances for the Italian side. Atalanta have been contacted for comment.
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Amazingly its got to be about 10 years ago since Lookman, then at Charlton, was someone that Spurs were 'looking ' (pun intended) at.
 
FightingIllini said:
12M + 4M add ons. Which to the extent the add-ons were met made him our priciest acquisition of that summer in which we were replacing Modric.

And if you recall it was a classic "Sky Sports tracking vans going into the training ground in the dark" one, a true last-second deal.

Also a little awkward since Brad Friedel was still active in his PL-record consecutive games streak.

But yeah, definitely a good an exciting deal, but precisely because it was a then-significant outlay.

Sonny for 22M was a fair bit of money at that time too.


Would be my pick for Levy's best probably. It was a personality change at the club, we became a more serious outfit with Hugo, Jan, and Dembele.
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The roots for what eventually became Poch's team.

Add Eriksen (summer 2013) & later Kane and that's one hell of a spine.


..........Then Walker & Rose coming of age.
 
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Papafeels said:
It is, in that Tel was here, looked absolutely dreadful and then they still spent large sums of money on him.

I'll also caveat that with, Son was a rotation player when he came in, hardly played very much. Tel is now our LW, which is ludicrous.

So in short, yes, extremely different.
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Tel hasnt looked “absolutely dreadful” for a 20 year old in a new league. That’s nonsense.

Son was a rotation with Chadli. Let’s not exaggerate. Tel is in rotation with Odobert.

What similarities do you see between the Tel and Son signing?

This one simple question exposes narrative-driven agendas.
 
FightingIllini said:
Yes. Son was bought for what he was, not purely what he had the potential to become. He'd been a full on starter for a Champions League club for two seasons.



By the standards of 2012 and goalkeepers, Lloris was a significant investment, owing to his already big statute in the game at that time. He had recently been named France captain and Lyon were a regular CL knockout stage participant in those days.
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Lloris’ status is exactly why his transfer fee was low. It wasn’t a lot for a player of his caliber, even at the time. It’s what the misery merchants would now call an opportunistic signing.

What Son was, is not very good in his first season. He was about as good as Chadli. He could easily have been solved. It’s with hindsight that hes a Spurs legend.
 
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