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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 15th January 2019
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I dont mind if he isnt tricky, what I think we need more of is pace which is evident he has in abundance.
Paolo10
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Pretty sure there are quite a few Romanian footballers who play out wide.
Werner would be a great signing but I'm at a point where whenever we are linked to any player with any great potential who will be in demand, I'm pretty much expecting the standard 'we tried but were outbid on fee/wages/agent sweeteners'. Expecting Werner to be filed under that alongside the likes of Pulisic, N'Dombele, De Jong and De Ligt.
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His thread is now open...
mark87
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Shame Danny's cheque book isn't.
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I agree with you but the thing that makes Werner a bit more possible is that there is real chance of us falling out of the top four.
He fits our MO for transfers and is versatile.
Imagine we don't sign anyone, and Llorente, or later Son, picks up a serious enough injury, we'd be literally fucked.
And the way our luck has been going this season it wouldn't surprise me.
We need to act now or we increase the chances of not making top four come the end of the season, let alone dreaming about winning any cup.
mattyspurs
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For all of his faults, and he has many. Levy has done this before. Ok it was with the ‘threat’ of relegation but he spent big in January.
Top 4 means as much to Levy now as that window did back then. New stadium, potential sponsors for it. He needs CL. He may well realise the dangers of not getting someone in.
Hopefully that someone is Werner or someone of the ilk.
Top 4 means as much to Levy now as that window did back then. New stadium, potential sponsors for it. He needs CL. He may well realise the dangers of not getting someone in.
Hopefully that someone is Werner or someone of the ilk.
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As much potential as Werner has, if we've hypothetically got £60m to spend, would a striker/attack-minded player really be the priority over a top-class CM? Leaving the Kane injury to one side for the minute, we're pretty well stocked with forward thinking players, but still lack quality in the middle.
SpartanSpur
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Even better, it's a player we have tracked before, still young and with potential to improve, and his club is open to sell. Due to change of style we have more use for another pacey forward, plus Llorente will be off in the summer.
Still can't see it though!
SpursSince1980
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ITK is thankfully implying a sense of urgency from the club at the moment. There’s a significant risk of a lamentable domino effect should we fail to strengthen, neglect the manager’s demands and then we end up outside of the top four and trophyless again. Poch feels annoyed, and maybe leaves, followed by some of our best players. We lose CL money and negotiation leverage with potential sponsors. Etc etc etc.
If Levy doesn’t see the potential short term risks confronting his club and the long term effects they might have, then he’s not living up to his reputation as a shrewd and brilliant business man.
The time has come for Daniel to shit or get off the pot.
If Levy doesn’t see the potential short term risks confronting his club and the long term effects they might have, then he’s not living up to his reputation as a shrewd and brilliant business man.
The time has come for Daniel to shit or get off the pot.
ITK is thankfully implying a sense of urgency from the club at the moment ..." how do u know
JayB
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While I agree that CM needs to be the first priority, if we're able to do a deal for Werner then we need to go for it. We've been trying to find a suitable rotation option for Kane for years now, and most of the names we've been linked with in that time (Balde, Martial, Zaha, etc.) are pacey wide forward types who can slot in up top, so Werner would not be a panic signing so much as someone who fits the template of what we have been in the market for for a long time now.
Considering we're one of the ten or so wealthiest clubs in world football you'd think we'd be able to find room in the budget for both a forward and a CM. We've pretty consistently had ITK that it's not the money that's the issue, it's finding the right players. If Werner is available and ticks the boxes that Poch is looking for, we need to go for it.
Lilbaz
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If eriksens off in the summer it might be.
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Werner and a decent CM is what would perfectly fit us.
The last transfer windows tell me we wont sign anybody of note though.
The last transfer windows tell me we wont sign anybody of note though.
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Why the fuck would we want proven shit? We’ve already got Janssen
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Bang on, we require both at the end of the day. Janssen, gkn, Llorente sale funds cover off half of the forwards fee.
CM would effectively replace Dembele and Wanyama
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