Fine but even so a £70m loan up front and then paying back with interest doesn't make any sense.
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Fine but even so a £70m loan up front and then paying back with interest doesn't make any sense.
Unless we sign him.
Then you'll be hailing it as the greatest transfer coup of the century and rolling out your "Daniel Levy Apology" letter
I really don't know much about their comparative intelligence and, if I'm honest, I don't really care. Their ability to do the job they're paid handsomely to do is all I'm bothered about.
Cole Palmer makes a tree stump look like a MENSA candidate, but I'd have him here in a heartbeat. He's a prime candidate for Sketchers slip-ons, but his game intelligence is fantastic.
Nunez has that game intelligence, he's always finding good positions, but he couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo, which is a kind of important consideration for a striker.
If all 3 had been good enough they would have become 1st team regulars at Spurs. Yes, they could have been loaned out earlier in their careers but it's as if that stopped them from being EPL stars.
KWP was not playin that well when give his chances (12 games). He looked lost in defensively weak. And still is.
Onomah did ok at Villa but not so well at Sheff W. Now he not a regular even at Blackpool-
Edwards had an attitude problem
it is a critical time for a career. A lot of parents were moving their kids into other academies because of how Poch was misusing the pathway.
It's too easy to say that it wasn't good enough, but you have Maghoma playing in the PL for Brentford, Parrot is doing double-digits at the top level in NL, Madueke was pulled out of that age group into PSV, Omari Forson left for Man Utd and is playing in Serie A etc.
That's before we get onto the timeline paradox stuff of "would Marcus Edwards have improve if he was actually given game time?".
After all, we can question if Harry Kane would have been Harry Kane or more Evan Ferguson if he went to another club before Sherwood put his neck out for him. That drive to play for your team can kick players on more, and Kane looked very average on his loans. It's too easy to say "those that didn't make it weren't good enough" if they didn't get the right development.
I doubt it would be a £70M loan. As I understand it, the clause is for £60M with £8M in performance related add ons. You don't pay add ons until the player hits the performance related targets. Again, I would expect these to be factored into operating costs over the contract length.
KWP was given MOTM when he debuted for us, then got dropped for weeks. IIRC, he then got MOTM in his next game but was dropped again.
He most certainly was playing well in the rare opportunities he got. I can remember a high proportion of fans being absolutely mystified as to why he kept getting dropped after some very promising games.
This isn't me advocating us bringing in KWP by the way, but you suggesting that he was poor when he played for us is just plain wrong.
Unless we sign him.
Then you'll be hailing it as the greatest transfer coup of the century and rolling out your "Daniel Levy Apology" letter
One question.
Why did you go 'radio silent' after becoming champions of Europe. I would have thought you, as a self-confessed 'genuine spurs fan' would've been overjoyed and want to make some positive posts.
Instead you went quiet for weeks. Bit odd.
Cool, my point still stands though.
I don't hear their owners talking about building hotels and residences, income from pop concerts, or "investing in the community" all the time either.
It's almost as if the Liverpool football club owners are focused on football. How short sighted of them...
It does? How?
Pretty much had MOTM in every game Poch allowed him to partipate in
Tell me you know nothing about finance without telling me
I think he was MOTM in the first and last games of that season. Ironically, those were the only 2 PL games he started that season, although he did come on as a sub in a few other games.
He got bullied heavily defensively. He was good on the ball but he couldn’t deal with it off the ball. I remember that well and the frustration is caused, perhaps it was that he was too young but you can’t play someone if they aren’t physically ready.
My point is getting a loan whether it be £60m or £120m to pay up front is stupid considering the fact you need to pay interest on it when you pay it back.
Why do so many of you love to make fun of our players. Gooners behaviour
Xherdan Shaqiri?