Summer Transfer Wish List

Spursidol said:

Good Your earlier posts suggest half the squad needed replacing

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danielneeds said:

We mostly don't play on the break though. When we win the ball it's usually close to the opponent's goal, so rather than someone lightening quick, we need someone who's anticipation and passing is quick and precise and can make the right decision to create a good chance.

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danielneeds said:

We mostly don't play on the break though. When we win the ball it's usually close to the opponent's goal, so rather than someone lightening quick, we need someone who's anticipation and passing is quick and precise and can make the right decision to create a good chance.

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We'llWinThePrem said:

I'd like Wanyama or Witsel for the DM position. I think we'll probably need someone like that next to Dier in Europe.

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NEVILLEB said:

Would also say we don't play on the break because we're not quick enough.

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NEVILLEB said:

We've already got that in Eriksen. Lamela is also showing that ability.

What we are really lacking outside the fullbacks is pace.

It's not just needed to play on the break. It's also useful in causing the opposition's defence to drop deeper.

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samspurs92 said:

Would love Batschuayi and Tielemans. Two young players who we could sign for about £20m each and they have incredible potential. Tielemans is going to be unreal and Batschuayi offers something different to Kane.

Add Witsel and it's the dream.

I love the Belgians!

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Hercules said:

Very goods post and well thought out points which state similar to mine. If, which is the intention we want to go up another level, we need to replicate that in the squad. Along with your post I believe we need 4 players( one to cover Toby, one to cover Dier, one to play alongside of necessary Kane, and another number 10 that will pose a massive threat, not only to our opponent, but existing first 11. I still question Davies whose pace exposed him massively. Trips I can give more time with KWP in the background.

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THFCSPURS19 said:

You've said this a lot but always we've been solid when he's played this season, bar the match against Dortmund where the whole team (bar Toby) got ripped to shreds. The only game where a pacey player has destroyed him was (imo) weirdly against Sheffield United last season where some guy tormented him.

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Hercules said:

Adidave! To give me a doh rating, what are you really on? There is nothing in my post that requires you rate it such. Each to their own I say.

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adidave said:

really dont know what you are talking about. I have never posted on here, and certainly wouldnt bother rating someones post!

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Hercules said:

Check back and you have!

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JayB said:

There's a post on Reddit today regarding the fact in the 17 league matches we've played against the current top 12, we've only managed 4 wins. In light of the embarrassment against Dortmund, that points to a real need for genuine improvement if we want to put together a respectable run in the CL and continue to challenge for the PL title moving forward.

When you consider the brilliant managers who are coming into the league and the massive sums that the likes of City, Chelsea, United, Liverpool and perhaps even Arsenal are likely to spend over the summer, we will absolutely have to make significant changes and investments in the squad if we are to keep pace at the top of the PL table. Tinkering around the margins and adding a young talent here or a rotation option there simply will not be sufficient, we need real quality and with the increase in TV revenue and CL we will have the requisite funds and pull to attract it.

So with all that said, here's the business I'd like to see us do over the summer:

OUTS:

Yedlin - He'll want better than being third choice, and if he stuck around he'd be blocking KWP's progression. We'll probably be able to turn a small profit on the tiny outlay we spent to bring him in. No brainier.

Fazio - Obviously on his way out.

Carroll - A serviceable squad player who has evidently earned Poch's trust. While I wouldn't be surprised if we kept him, at this point I think we can safely say that he'll never play more than a bit-part role for us, so it'd be in his best interests to move on. I think the club would be better served in the long run if his minutes were given to the likes of Onomah and Winks, anyway.

Mason - Basically in the exact same situation as Carroll in that Poch rates him but he has hardly set the world alight. When he's been good, he's been really good, but his performances are too inconsistent and his injury record too long for him to be counted upon. A full England international who was a mainstay in a side that finished 5th, we should be able to get a hefty fee for him.

Bentaleb - I personally still rate him and it sickens me to think that an academy product with his ability will be shipped out after one bad season, but it is blatantly obvious that something has taken place behind the scenes to cause Poch to lose trust in him, and we saw last summer that Poch is absolutely ruthless in those circumstances (as he ought to be). If his problems were purely fitness related, he wouldn't have been getting regular 90-minute run-outs with the U21s. It pisses me off, but he's gone. On the bright side he should command a very sizeable pricetag.

Chadli - While very productive, he either lacks the ability, the will, or both to play Poch's pressing game for 90 minutes. We can't afford to carry any passengers, and it's an opportunity to turn a tidy profit and bolster the transfer kitty.

INS:

DM: One of the major imbalances in the squad as it stands. I could see us going in for Wanyama, who Poch rates and should come cheaply given he'll be in the last year of his contract. Failing that I'd like to see us go in for Dendoncker, who is quality and would also be cheap coming from the Belgian league. Either one of those two would slot in and allow Dier to serve as Toby's backup, rounding out that part of the squad nicely.

CM: Our performances have dropped off massively when Moussa has been unavailable, and none of Carroll, Mason, or Bentaleb are good enough or trusted enough (in the case of the latter) to replace him. As such we need to make a big acquisition to provide genuine competition and rotation at this position. Pjanic reportedly has a €30m (£24m) release clause, Kroos is supposedly on his way out of Madrid, and Schneiderlin may be unsettled at United. While all of them are almost certainly out of our league, we are surely going to be an attractive prospect to players and it's worth a shot. In the likely scenario that none of those options materialize, hopefully we can bring in a young talent with the potential to reach the very top -- someone of the ilk of Tielemans, Kovacic, Bazoer, or Diawara.

Striker: We should do everything possible to get Lacazette, who is attainable and an absolutely perfect fit.

With those three acquisitions our squad we'd be left with the following squad:

CF: Kane, Lacazette, Njie, Son
AM: Eriksen, Lamela, Alli, Lacazette, Son, Njie, Pritchard, Onomah
CM: Dembele, Alli, New CM, Onomah, Winks
DM: Dier, New DM, Ball
RB: Walker, Trippier, KWP
LB: Rose, Davies
RCB: Toby, Dier, CCV
LCB: Vertonghen, Wimmer
GK: Lloris, Worm

It's a lot to ask, but as I said out the beginning of the post we need to be bold if we want to progress. There's no room for sentimentality or complacency, and the money should certainly be available from outgoings, TV, and CL to make a big splash in the transfer market.

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adidave said:

I havnt posted for many years, if at all. I'm afraid I am a long term lurker senior citizen.

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Snuzzy said:

getting rid of all 3 of Bentaleb, Carroll and Mason is too much squad overhaul.
I think it's hard to keep all 3, so 1 should go, and maybe 2 should go to properly pave the way for a quality new addition. But certainly 1 should stay.

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Hercules said:

It is not about me suggesting needing replacing, but merely pointing what I think are problem area if we aspire to go to the next level, and I am being realistic about it. I have mentioned 6 players of the present squad as others out on loan will be gone in general such as the Fazio's of this world. Those players are; Trippier, Davies, Mason, Carroll, Bentaleb, Chadli. Something have to give amongst that lot to make room for new arrivals. We need back up for Toby of quality as imho CCV is unproven and needs to come along slowly. The other areas speaks for themselves. Reflect on my other posts and I think my points are balanced.

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Spursidol said:

I'm sure you want all the best players - as did those posters who were delighted to see a top class striker like Soldado join (which of course pushed Kane back in the starting queue. Etc.

But as I've said before, paying big bucks certainly doesn't guarantee a good player ready to go from the off.

I think we will see a mixture of academy players, bargains like Alli and Dier with maybe one or two higher priced players (as examples Berahino, Batshuayi)

And no I wouldn't regard your posts as balanced or likely to happen. Think you need to reflect on how the current squad has been put together to understand what is likely to happen in the summer TW

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THOWIG said:

On potential you'd keep Bentaleb, but Pochettino does like Mason.

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