The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 15th August 2016

mil1lion said:

I reckon Daniel Levy would prefer to finish just outside the European places so he doesn't have to pay for flights around Europe.

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Hot Spur said:

It seems there are some loons who don't understand the above. Let me put it more clearly. Levy wants top 4 but he doesn't want to pay the price it needs to maintain a top 4 position. Every club wants to be in the top 4, that's obvious, but it's more expensive to stay in top 4 than Levy is prepared to pay.

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C0YS said:

Look if Levy could some how know that we would be able to make top 4 every year if we spent more money he would do it, because the financial gain of qualifying is likely to offset extra squad investment. The problem is spending more money does not guarantee champions league football. Also financial fair play means we cannot afford the wages given at clubs like Arsenal, Man utd etc, until we further increase our income. Building a new stadium is a start.

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C0YS said:

Look if Levy could some how know that we would be able to make top 4 every year if we spent more money he would do it, because the financial gain of qualifying is likely to offset extra squad investment. The problem is spending more money does not guarantee champions league football. Also financial fair play means we cannot afford the wages given at clubs like Arsenal, Man utd etc, until we further increase our income. Building a new stadium is a start.

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Khilari said:

I agree.

I'm fairly certain that, as a Spurs fan, Daniel Levy would love to see us win the Premier League. However, as a businessman and a fan in charge with making sure the club stays afloat, is competitive and appeases shareholder interests, he knows that simply splashing the cash is neither a guarantee of CL football nor of a trophy.

But he probably sees the model at Arsenal as the most viable. A model that should not be reliant on CL qualification (through increased corporate and individual ticket sales revenue and bigger sponsorship) but one that can survive in spite of an absence in the CL. Staying in the CL with a new stadium will probably help us in the transfer market but absences won't consign us to the fate of Leeds Utd.

I suspect he wants us to be in a position whereby we have a strong base from which to go for the title / titles but knows full well that in today's financial climate, without massive cash-injections (Man City, Chelsea ± Liverpool) using a spend-to-win tactic is not going to be successful. I also think once he feels he has taken us far enough (which may be the stage before winning lots of things but on a sound financial footing), he will step down / sell up so he can "enjoy" the supporting side again.

Is that what I as a Spurs fan want? Don't know. If we continue to progress from frustrating "nearly" men to regular top 4 positions and start winning cups, be back in league title chases then yes.

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even steven said:

I reckon levy likes ham and cheese sandwiches but that's just my opinion.......

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Hot Spur said:

What shareholders? There's only two, no prizes for guessing who they are.

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Hot Spur said:

I've always had a suspicion that Levy doesn't want spurs to be a top 4 team. At least not yet, it's too early. We only made it last year because all the usual suspects grossly under performed. To be a top 4 team consistently is expensive, it would cost more than the 30 million or so you get for CL qualification, to stay there and maintain it. We all know that "expensive" would go against the grain with Levy. It may change at a later date but that remains to be seen.

EDIT: It seems there are some loons who don't understand the above. Let me put it more clearly. Levy wants top 4 but he doesn't want to pay the price it needs to maintain a top 4 position. Every club wants to be in the top 4, that's obvious, but it's more expensive to stay in top 4 than Levy is prepared to pay.

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Hot Spur said:

What shareholders? There's only two, no prizes for guessing who they are.

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VertongHen said:

I reckon the only reason Levy has a son is because he didn't want to spend money on condoms...

(Am I too late with the Levy jokes? )

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even steven said:

I reckon levy likes ham and cheese sandwiches but that's just my opinion.......

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dovahkiin said:

we have something resembling itk from slim shany on ftl (20 000 posts): Christian eriksen news
Him and his girlfriend are very settled in london
Just bought a nice place in Hampstead
He says he will be signing a new contract soon
Source is My friend/neighbour who is friendly with Sabrina and Christian as they lived next to her parents in Hampstead when they first moved to london
She also teaches them Pilates and just started teaching Harry Kane and his girlfriend too

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