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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Of course there are still clear gaps but I sense that a lot of our issues have been addressed. It is obvious what we are lacking but now some of the players like Odobert and Tel have to step up.

If not, then it is pretty clear what we need to focus on in January and during the summer. Obviously there is always a risk that Daniel will let us down but for now I want to see it positive.

Btw, I still think that a playmaker is something that we are missing, a player with the profile like Modric, Tielemans,... Someone who gets the balls from defenders to attackers.
 
Gazzapen said:
Another season of praising "The Young Players", while Woolwich, Chelsea, City, Liverpool are fighting for Glory. Don't you feel crappy being, along with United,one of the top six step children? What's worse is that Dad (Levy) keeps promising Us the World.

Levy and ENIC out!!!!!
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You might have missed it, but last season we fought for and attained glory whilst Woolwich won the 'best team in europe' sash and city won the charity friendly.
 
Here are goal-scoring and assist leaders last year in the Premier League. The characters are so tiny because I wanted to include Isak in both measures. Left side is goal-scoring. Right side is assists. Look at the very top first. There is Salah who last year was both the top goal-scorer and the top assist-maker in the Premier League. And look at where Isak is when it comes to assisting. What that shows is that he can't pass or that he doesn't pass. And he will now play at Liverpool. He will share the pitch with Mo Salah. And who should Liverpool players give the ball to? To him or to Salah? At Newcastle all balls went to Isak. Every single one. And will that be the case at Liverpool? What an idiotic transfer. So much money. And for what?

 
nigel6305 said:
Well....the 4 players signed are good players who all improve our team, for a change...
But it's not enough and we all know we needed more as our squad is woefully short...no backup left back, no left winger worth playing as the 2 we have are shit...no real centre back cover and no cover for palhinha either....so more of the same old shit, we wasted 3 months and still didn't get enough players...wasted too much time on players we didn't sign........joke
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Oh ffs.

You are one whinging boring fuck.

No offence.

Actually offence meant. Be offended. Cuck.
 
TellMe said:
Here are goal-scoring and assist leaders last year in the Premier League. The characters are so tiny because I wanted to include Isak in both measures. Left side is goal-scoring. Right side is assists. Look at the very top first. There is Salah who last year was both the top goal-scorer and the top assist-maker in the Premier League. And look at where Isak is when it comes to assisting. What that shows is that he can't pass or that he doesn't pass. And he will now play at Liverpool. He will share the pitch with Mo Salah. And who should Liverpool players give the ball to? To him or to Salah? At Newcastle all balls went to Isak. Every single one. And will that be the case at Liverpool? What an idiotic transfer. So much money. And for what?

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Now you've gone and done it. He'll assist against us now
 
nigel6305 said:
Well....the 4 players signed are good players who all improve our team, for a change...
But it's not enough and we all know we needed more as our squad is woefully short...no backup left back, no left winger worth playing as the 2 we have are shit...no real centre back cover and no cover for palhinha either....so more of the same old shit, we wasted 3 months and still didn't get enough players...wasted too much time on players we didn't sign........joke
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Maybe one day you can take over as chairman and show everyone how it should be done. Your programme notes alone would be simply inspiring.

:mourweird:
 
Liverpool seem to believe that loading up their front line with tallish, speedish, selfish strikers (Gakpo, Ekitike, Isak) is a recipe for scoring goals.

You guys know about Luis Diaz. The best Colombian football player. Liverpool had him under contract for two more years. And they got rid of him. Luis Diaz.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Much bigger concern for me than left wing

Archie will need to play like second half vs Burnley and force his way into that team
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Yea, agreed too!
I remember arguing you about Palhinha and midfield options - I still stand my ground that Palhinha was very much needed addition. But IN ADDITION to him we would have needed one more CM whose main weapon would be good passing range and vertical passing, specially now that Bissouma is (rightfully) frozen out of the side. I feel that leaving that mostly on Benta and Bergvall might be bit dangerous.

I guess we have to compensate it with Sarr (+ our fullbacks) carrying ability, Simons dropping deeper + CBs playing ball out with more urgency compared to what we saw in Bournemouth game.
 
The Athletic had a crack at rating all 153 Premier League transfers from worst (Marcus Bettinelli - who?) to best. This is how they ranked our signings - Kudus and Simons should be higher, but Spurs also took out their number 1 spot...

141. Kota Takai, Kawasaki Frontale to Tottenham Hotspur​

The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £5m

Contract length: Five years

Promising 6ft 4in Japanese centre-back whose fee is a record for a homegrown player leaving the J-League. The 20-year-old is currently around Spurs’ first-team squad covering for long-term injury absentee Radu Dragusin, but will likely head out on loan before long.

121. Mathys Tel, Bayern Munich to Tottenham Hotspur​

The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £38.9m (with add-ons)

Contract length: Six years

The initial agreed fee of £47.6million when the French forward arrived on loan in last season’s winter window was negotiated down after an underwhelming few months. Huge potential, a really high ceiling and still very young having turned 20 in April, but potential is all it is for the moment.

78. Kevin Danso, Lens to Tottenham Hotspur​

The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £20.9m

The Athletic’s reported contract length: Five years

Will be Spurs’ third-choice centre-back, but given the injury records of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven, he’ll play plenty and in the meantime is excellent backup compared to the club’s recent standards in that role. Limited as a player but very solid and a great character in the dressing room, plus he’s already a bit of a hero for the part he played in helping them win the Europa League while on loan last season.

52. Mohammed Kudus, West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur​

The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £55m

The Athletic’s reported contract length: Six years

On his day, a maverick with the dribbling ability to light up and win any match, but inconsistency and his temperament have been issues, even if he has kissed and made up with new team-mate Micky van de Ven over the slap that got him sent off in a Spurs-West Ham game last October.

20. Randal Kolo Muani, Paris Saint-Germain to Tottenham Hotspur​

Transfer fee: Loan

Contract: One year

Bit of a statement signing. So quick, so dangerous in the final third and surely so motivated to revive his career in a World Cup year. Nicely done.

13. Xavi Simons, RB Leipzig to Tottenham Hotspur​

The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £52m

The Athletic’s reported contract length: Five years

Tough to judge, this one. An all-encompassing No 10 who put up great numbers (10 goals and six assists in 25 Bundesliga league appearances) in a struggling team last season. Intelligent, agile, an expert ball-carrier and a supreme creator in the final third. The 22-year-old Dutchman has had a weird career path and needs a permanent home and a bit of love, but he could be a game-changer for Spurs if new coach Thomas Frank can mould the attack around him.

1. Joao Palhinha, Bayern Munich to Tottenham Hotspur​

Transfer fee: Loan

Contract length: One year

For two years with Fulham, Palhinha was arguably the Premier League’s best hairy-a***d ball-winning anchorman, and possibly one of Europe’s best too. For Spurs to bring him back to England for peanuts adds a layer of steel to their midfield that has been missing for some time. Palhinha will not only shore up their defence, but will also help allow their creative talents to shine.
 
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