So judging from the latest ITK, we’re losing a player to a rival for £70m, and buying a player for around £50m which will make us ‘title contenders’. We surely need at least 3 £50m players to make us anywhere near that!?
We’re told that we’re not far from the top table, yet the best players are moving for much more than £50m these days.. I’m really struggling to see much in alignment at moment personally.
Also, if only United are interested now, why wouldn’t we wait until after the World Cup? A world class defender will be more in demand later in the window surely!? What’s the hurry?
Is Gards considered ITK on here anymore?
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I take it to mean the fee will be 50 but with add-one it will be much higher. The higher amount will be what’s leaked to media?This part of Hercules post is interesting....
"I believe we will make 1 statement signing, in the region of 50m-packaged up to look more. "
Any idea what this means? Are we talking clauses that will never be met? Could we be doing the same thing with Toby to make it look like we're getting more for him than we are? Hence the €80m valuation?
I guess it's the injury concern. If he plays at the world cup and gets injured again the deals off.
Yes, but don't post his Twitter stuff in here.
If the ITK is correct let em have Toby. It will make finishing above them even sweeter next season.The fact we don’t want to keep Toby should make this easier to take but it isn’t. Selling to Man Utd just doesn’t sit well with me, regardless of price. My Man Utd associates will be saying the usual ‘feeder club’ bollocks and will ignore the fact we’ve left him to rot on the bench for half of the season. I can’t help but feel we are cutting our nose off to spite the face with this one. We’ve just helped them get stronger.
We have circa 150m to spend! That is NOT reliant on sales!
Our net spend we want to be very favourable by close of window!!!...
Or he is watching, Watchmen!Gards could just be really into Dylan right now.
Arsenal got Mkhitaryan in return for SanchezWould doubters prefer we do what Arse did with Sanchez and let TAs contract run down two years and get nothing? He's not even a guaranteed starter next season. If MP wants four at the back who drops out to give him a place? Sanchez was bought for the next four/five years so it's not going to be him. Vertonghen? Don't see that either. Or we go with three at the back just to fit him in the starting XI?
Selling him for the right price now makes sense. And if there's only one potential buyer, that's where the player's going to go. You can't just magic up a PSG/Barcelona/Madrid bid from nowhere because you don't like the idea of him playing somewhere else in the PL.
I take it to mean the fee will be 50 but with add-one it will be much higher. The higher amount will be what’s leaked to media?
That's how I read it as well. Not sure it's a great idea to make fans and other clubs think we're spending more on players than we actually are though.
Would you say it was "red, red wine"?Right, I’m fucking off to bed now. I’ve imbibed fine wine and sparkling repartee on SC and now it’s beddy byes. Big thanks to @Archibald&Crooks and the itk boys. It’s been a taxing evening, full of the good and the woeful. Doctor out
Disagree with this interpretation.2. Our net spend we want to be very favourable by close of window!!!... Translated: We want to spend money received from player sales in addition to the original £150m.
There does seem to be a lot of confusion about this post by Herc. I just don't understand why.
1. We have circa 150m to spend! That is NOT reliant on sales! Translated: We want to spend £150m irrespective of what we receive from sales.
2. Our net spend we want to be very favourable by close of window!!!... Translated: We want to spend money received from player sales in addition to the original £150m.
Jesus. There is some serious oestrogen in here tonight.
I can’t quite understand how seasoned spurs fans and spurs community members are losing their shit so quickly.
We are going to lose our sources again if you lot don’t just STFU and enjoy the ride.