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Don't forget a £35m training ground - there is only one pot of money so its come from the same pot as the players - but there should be long term returns from that.
Add another £10-15m on top of that.
Don't forget a £35m training ground - there is only one pot of money so its come from the same pot as the players - but there should be long term returns from that.
unless somethings changed since fri there have been no bids for him,he has 2 yrs left on contract so last chance to cash in for us,its no secret he wants to play reguarily,something could well happen on this
Dragon1 on FTL re: rumours that a fee has been agreed with QPR for Defoe:
Don't forget a £35m training ground - there is only one pot of money so its come from the same pot as the players - but there should be long term returns from that.
Levy went through a massive loss? why? was he Defoe's cousin's biological father??Makes sense. Levy just went through a massive loss. I doubt he'd sell a player while they are dealing with a death in the family. I imagine he will move, but not right yet.
his mother died, during the euros. Harry was on TV talking about his new contract on the day of the funeral.Levy went through a massive loss? why? was he Defoe's cousin's biological father??
So we could well be down to Harry Kane as our lone senior striker in a couple of weeks!
AVB must think the lads got it to carry such a load on his own!
No problem! But then we need 3 strikers!Dragon1 on FTL re: rumours that a fee has been agreed with QPR for Defoe:
Are you sure it would come from the transfer pot? A lot of companies have an operating budget and a capital budget, it may be that the long term training ground project has been budgeted for out of the usual operating costs since the planning stage.. operating costs such as pitch maintenance, stewarding, catering, that sort of thing.. a few million a year diverted away from profit into that.
Or through loans, like the kind they took out to purchase land adjacent to the stadium.
I don't think it's necessarily money taken from the transfers.
Just a guess. I worked at a council that had 2 budgets from an overall annual income. One was used for things like salaries and short term projects throughout the year and the other for longer term developments.
People have mentioned us struggling in terms of wages ect. But we've just sacked our manager, bought in a new manager with a new coaching staff, this sends out the wrong signals for me. Also making noises about being interested in Moutinho, a player who had a 30m transfer clause.
Modric - 33m plus?
Crouch - 10m?
Pav - 10m?
Pienaar - 4.5m?
Bassong - 4m?
Bentley - 3.5m?
JJ - 3.5m?
Defoe - 10m?
Ade - 5m?
Dembele - 8m - 12m?
Lloris - 12m?
CF - who else have we been linked with? Are we going for a younger talent, or someone like Llorente?
Remy/A Johnson - 12m - 15m
I don't believe Levy will offer anyone beyond 80k a week, strikers only cost big money if they have an ego. We buy young talents, who could potentially become top, top player i.e Modric. Would Levy cripple our wage bill if it meant not being able to afford more than one striker?
Regarding our books, we are not a public listed company anymore so I wouldn't be able to make a realistic assumption on what we can, and can't afford. But if Levy sacked Harry because he didn't believe he could take us to the next level, than he's in dreamland if he believes AVB can lead us to fourth without investment into the first 11.
Congratulations. You just earned my first ever 'dumb' rating.Levy went through a massive loss? why? was he Defoe's cousin's biological father??
maybe just a joke but still not very nice mateLevy went through a massive loss? why? was he Defoe's cousin's biological father??
Are you sure it would come from the transfer pot? A lot of companies have an operating budget and a capital budget, it may be that the long term training ground project has been budgeted for out of the usual operating costs since the planning stage.. operating costs such as pitch maintenance, stewarding, catering, that sort of thing.. a few million a year diverted away from profit into that.
Or through loans, like the kind they took out to purchase land adjacent to the stadium.
I don't think it's necessarily money taken from the transfers.
Just a guess. I worked at a council that had 2 budgets from an overall annual income. One was used for things like salaries and short term projects throughout the year and the other for longer term developments.
I find it interesting that the ITK information seems to have dried up recently. I wonder why? I'm also a little concerned that discussions on players to come to Spurs have moved from ones like Falcao, Lewandowski, Moutinho and the like to players such as Allen and Dembele. High quality to average players. What's up? Are Spurs fans lowering the bar or is there a sense from the Club that we just can't aim as high as we thought we could? Thoughts?
Are you sure it would come from the transfer pot? A lot of companies have an operating budget and a capital budget, it may be that the long term training ground project has been budgeted for out of the usual operating costs since the planning stage.. operating costs such as pitch maintenance, stewarding, catering, that sort of thing.. a few million a year diverted away from profit into that.
Or through loans, like the kind they took out to purchase land adjacent to the stadium.
I don't think it's necessarily money taken from the transfers.
Just a guess. I worked at a council that had 2 budgets from an overall annual income. One was used for things like salaries and short term projects throughout the year and the other for longer term developments.
I just hope this business gets done soon. The coach will be implementing a new playing style and that may take time to establish. A settled squad needs to be in place sooner rather than later. I'm hoping that the watchword will be quality.A number of posters have talked about Falcao, Hulk etc but never any ITK ro back it up - indeed JJSet has openly said the wages are too high.
ITK has dried up as until Modric and Ade (or another good striker) are done, probably noit a lot more else will get progressed (which would possiblyu generate ITK)
What matters is not budgets and pots but what funds the Club has, is able to generate, or is able to borrow in order to fund what it needs to.....
I agree and take the point of the rest, but this is the bit I want to reply to.
The training ground will have been paid for over time, it will mean the money to play with is lowered for a few years (and probably has been for a while already), but what I was originally replying to was the point of view that maybe it will affect the spending this season.. I don't think that is the case at all. Maybe the CL revenue went towards it, or it was a 'bonus' to pay off the loan early.
Earlier in this thread (I think, or the twitter one) someone says how the Niko, Corluka, Pienaar money almost equals the fees for Vertonghen and Sigurdsson. So, even if we had no money in reserve for transfers, it's still almost balanced.. and with Modric going, that ~£35m is in play for reinforcements. Midfield, forward, maybe a goalie. Smart squad building anyway, upgraded with players that will play rather than those who sit on the bench or in the stands.