To paraphrase Yoda, “Transfer windows do not make one great. Good coaching and patience, though…”
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Thread 2025
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Today is 1 July, most of the players involved in internationals in June will arrive back to Spurs over next few days (possibly next Monday for some) to meet those players who were not involved in internationals and came back in late June.
So I'd guess will be talking to a lot of players this week to see if any want to move on, have demands on playing which Frank will not meet, and, on a positive note, those who are delighted to work with Frank and just want to know where in his team he wants them to play.
So this week, behind closed doors, might be a fairly decisive week to be followed by some transfer activity.
Of course players such as Gray, Moore, Tel and Odobert ,might not arrive back for a week or two after their internationals. But this week Frank will have met and discussed the future with vast majority of players.
So I'd guess will be talking to a lot of players this week to see if any want to move on, have demands on playing which Frank will not meet, and, on a positive note, those who are delighted to work with Frank and just want to know where in his team he wants them to play.
So this week, behind closed doors, might be a fairly decisive week to be followed by some transfer activity.
Of course players such as Gray, Moore, Tel and Odobert ,might not arrive back for a week or two after their internationals. But this week Frank will have met and discussed the future with vast majority of players.
Agreed, in hindsight we sold Elvis and bought Brotherhood Of Man . But Bale wanted out and only Eriksen worked out as hoped for ,I think we were unlucky with injury plagued Lamela though
They trade a lot and do deals to help each other too often imo
Usually, for most if not all cases, it is a desire to sign 4 or more first-team players in one lump, then the realisation that adding 4+ strangers into a team of 11 doesn't particularly work very well in the short term.
Sure, but I mean the next season under Poch when he'd been slotted behind Soldado and Adebayor again.
He scored 9 goals in 8 cup games before getting his first PL start under Poch. And was pulling up trees every time he was playing at youth level for club and country as well.
And even during that Sherwood period (which was a grand total of 5 starts in the last 6 games) he scored, playing as a second striker, in his first three PL starts. At age 20.
His loans were a mixed bag but Kane was beating the door down from a very young age in a Spurs shirt.
Just to note, I think those players, and Kane, are evidence of the value of loans, which some "play the academy kids" devotees tend to look down their nose at.
A player who reaches 19-20 needs to be playing senior football and can really build their game and their professional understanding in that period.
Tanganga, KWP, and Skipp are all good enough to be backup squad players here, and in some sense I wish they were, but as anything more than that in this league they are pure relegation fodder and would stick out like a sore thumb in our side in the biggest most competitive games.
In the case of Skipp and KWP though, we got real value in the transfer market for them, which is an important goal of youth development, it's not only contributions for the senior team. Tanganga somewhat less so, I do think that's probably the best example of a youth player since Kane we failed to get the most out of.
The Pikey's point of view on Kudus.
This stands out - honestly - I would trust the manager on this - if he thinks he can get the best out of him, he has shown he can with plenty of other players so I don't see the problem - we have a lack of depth at RWF, and this would give us something very different to Jonson, or Kulu if he was to be played there.
Im actually all for it.
I think if I’d played for West Ham over the last two years, I’d have a bad attitude.
Manager you signed for and played well under is quickly undermined by higher ups and ushered out of the door. Manager put in who was, let’s be honest, quite a way off from good is installed and plays you in a way that doesn’t suit you. Guy who signed you shown the exit and is blamed for lots of the shortcomings of the actual football club. Locker room fights. 3 managers. Steady circling of the drain. Everyone miserable.
Honestly, is it any wonder that some players are less than enthusiastic about working for an organisation that looks so chaotic, and so badly run?
Fuck me, if this doesn’t sound familiar.
Just change the name and it sums up most of the 2020s for us so far…
Agreed but by all accounts, our dressing room was pretty tight-knit - main difference I think.
Im sure had we gone out of Europa and not had a single thing to play for the rest of the season though, we could've heard of more tension between he players - but one good thing Ange did was unite them around winning the Eurpoa.
Solanke might have a better season.
He is not the area of concern but we 100% need another striker.
But if Solanke isn't better next season,let's not then say he needs a manager who plays a system that suits him.
Top players need to produce. Top players do produce. Simple.
Couldn’t be more serious
Sorry we paid around £4 million for Tripps, not £20 mill. That was fantastic business. 4 stars for me. If anything we got rid of him way too soon after an injury riddled season.
Fucking well said.
I've woken up in a parallel universe where I'm praising harry7...fuck me. That or I got spiked with some serious hallucinos.
He’s undoubtedly got the talent. I’d argue his ceiling is higher than Eze, Mbeumo and Semenyo - it’s just a case of application.
Frank seems like a decent motivator.
This would genuinely be an exciting signing.
He was always considered a talent and klopp stole him away early doors ….we rightly don’t like him because he mocked harry
He did however play a good number of games under klopp as still a kid really
Hes busy, hes technical enough to hold his own in the final third, got vision a good pass and an irreverent attitude
If he leaves pool he’ll have a point to prove
I’d swap him with kulu tomorrow
I’ll consult the internet
Hold on
3 years … almost exactly.
