Greg Stobart sheds some light on Tottenham’s summer transfer window

[Spurs_Bear]

He was feasible, he ended up going to a club who have a lot of money but he was feasable otherwise we wouldn't have been in for him. You could put the same argument when we lost out to Chelsea who have bottomless pit of money but we still nearly got him.
We had near enough 30 million from selling VDV, Corluka, Niko, Bassong and Piennar and another 33 million from selling Modric, so don't say the money wasn't there, because it was.

Do you think the bids we put in for Aguero/Llorente/Benzema etc during the famous wheelbarrow race round Spain were genuine bids?

 

[Shadydan]

What the hell is this would've rather had Willian business? The guy has been bang average for Chelsea and would've been even worse for us.

Not true, he's been very good for Chelsea actually, Mourinho played him in all their big matches which tells you all you need to know.

 

[Barry Mead]

What the hell is this would've rather had Willian business? The guy has been bang average for Chelsea and would've been even worse for us.

He has taken a while to settle, but still had some very good games for Chavs. Most players don't consistently shine from day one in a new team and league and need a bit of a run to show their best form consistently and it's harder to adjust in a team that has so many quality attackers that it's difficult to get that run to find your feet and settle.

Regardless that he hasn't shown his best consistently yet I'd far rather have Willian with us now than Dembele contantly meandering across the pitch slowing our attacks down and struggling to make a decision what to do with the ball assuming he hasn't already lost possession. Add to that looking at the fact that both Dempsey and Siggy have been offloaded it hardly supports any argument they were well considered additions

It seems to me Willian would have proven a far better option, certainly the option I would have chosen

 

[Mullers]

Do you think the bids we put in for Aguero/Llorente/Benzema etc during the famous wheelbarrow race round Spain were genuine bids?

I didn't hear anything about us putting in bids for those players, I just heard that we were interested in Llorente.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

I didn't hear anything about us putting in bids for those players, I just heard that we were interested in Llorente.

You don't remember the window we 'missed out' on Suarez? We put in bids for about 80 Spanish based players on deadline day.

Apparently.

Levy has previous for allegedly being in for players that are too expensive, you saying Willian was gettable because we were in for him (the first time round before he went to Anzhi) is another example of this.

 

[only1waddle]

Indeed we did, we bought Siggy when there was no head coach at the club, the money could have been used to buy Willan but it wasn't.

Siggy said in his OS interview that he spoke to AVB before he joined, so while officially we didn't have a coach it seems unofficially we did.

 

[Mullers]

You don't remember the window we 'missed out' on Suarez? We put in bids for about 80 Spanish based players on deadline day.

Apparently.

Levy has previous for allegedly being in for players that are too expensive, you saying Willian was gettable because we were in for him (the first time round before he went to Anzhi) is another example of this.

I don't remember us putting in bids for the players you mentioned I've not seen any newspaper reports that we put in bids for those players. I would agree that Levy has a habit of going after players we can't afford but in this instance we could afford it.

I'm not saying that Willian was worth that fee.
I'm not saying that I wanted him with us.
I'm saying we had enough money to pay for the transfer fee.

 

[only1waddle]

You don't remember the window we 'missed out' on Suarez? We put in bids for about 80 Spanish based players on deadline day.

Apparently.

Levy has previous for allegedly being in for players that are too expensive, you saying Willian was gettable because we were in for him (the first time round before he went to Anzhi) is another example of this.

Rossi being the famous last day 'bid' if I remember correctly, Jan window?

 

[Spurs_Bear]

I don't remember us putting in bids for the players you mentioned I've not seen any newspaper reports that we put in bids for those players. I would agree that Levy has a habit of going after players we can't afford but in this instance we could afford it.

I'm not saying that Willian was worth that fee.
I'm not saying that I wanted him with us.
I'm saying we had enough money to pay for the transfer fee.

You said he was gettable because we were in for him, which is wrong, because we've been 'in' for players we had no intention of getting.

Laughing at you claiming you cant remember the wheelbarrow full of cash incident.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

Rossi being the famous last day 'bid' if I remember correctly, Jan window?

Rossi, Aguero, you name it, we threw the wheelbarrow at it.

 

[Mullers]

Siggy said in his OS interview that he spoke to AVB before he joined, so while officially we didn't have a coach it seems unofficially we did.

I'll take your word for it.

 

[only1waddle]

I don't remember us putting in bids for the players you mentioned I've not seen any newspaper reports that we put in bids for those players. I would agree that Levy has a habit of going after players we can't afford but in this instance we could afford it.

I'm not saying that Willian was worth that fee.
I'm not saying that I wanted him with us.
I'm saying we had enough money to pay for the transfer fee.

At the expense of other squad positions though?
I seem to remember AVB stating the market price for Willian was too high and unrealistic, again, Moutinho should have been signed early as a statement, bash Levy all you want for that one.
When talking about that window we need to account for the training facility too, £45m spent and then talks of a single player for £35m, not a chance.

 

[Mullers]

You said he was gettable because we were in for him, which is wrong, because we've been 'in' for players we had no intention of getting.

Whilst that is true, we did have the money to get him and he was for sale.

Laughing at you claiming you cant remember the wheelbarrow full of cash incident.

I don't, can you refresh my memory?

 

[only1waddle]

Rossi, Aguero, you name it, we threw the wheelbarrow at it.

If only we had kept more possession of that wheelbarrow, we might just have signed one of them..

 

[Spurs_Bear]

Whilst that is true, we did have the money to get him and he was for sale.


I don't, can you refresh my memory?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...enham-make-38-5million-bid-Sergio-Aguero.html

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/19494/6712326/spurs-fail-in-aguero-bid

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/31/spurs-atletico-madrid-sergio-aguero

 

[Mullers]

At the expense of other squad positions though?
I seem to remember AVB stating the market price for Willian was too high and unrealistic, again, Moutinho should have been signed early as a statement, bash Levy all you want for that one.
When talking about that window we need to account for the training facility too, £45m spent and then talks of a single player for £35m, not a chance.

That was the party line.
AVB does not strike me as a lunatic, it seems he was led to believe that we could get certain players and he isnt the first coach to be misled. Sooner or later the spotlight has to fall upon Levy.

 

[Mullers]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...enham-make-38-5million-bid-Sergio-Aguero.html

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/19494/6712326/spurs-fail-in-aguero-bid

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/31/spurs-atletico-madrid-sergio-aguero

I wish I could have given this a funny rating as well.

 

[only1waddle]

That was the party line.
AVB does not strike me as a lunatic, it seems he was led to believe that we could get certain players and he isnt the first coach to be misled. Sooner or later the spotlight has to fall upon Levy.

I don't doubt that Levy is sometimes the problem, but AVB's magical scouting list he had put together after the Chav balls up was meant to contain young exciting talents from across the globe, yet all his targets ended up with £20m to £50m price tags.
Lunatic he wasn't but certainly deluded at times.

 

[prawnsandwich]

Looking at that I'd have rather had Willian than Dembelle, Siggs and Dempsey. Obviously at that point we wouldn't have known that Sandro would have gotten injured and with him, Hudd, Parker and Jake we had good cm options (and Holtby arrived in Jan) as attacking mids/wingers we had Bale, Lennon, Andros, Falque if needed and of course Willian if we had gone that route
Water under the bridge now but that would have been the route I'd have preferred

Dempsey was a cracking signing for the club. He helped us beat Man Utd away from home for the 1st time since god was a lad and for that alone he almost deserves legend status.
He is a big game player who we could have done with during those collapses last season against the top clubs.

 

[Barry Mead]

Dempsey was a cracking signing for the club. He helped us beat Man Utd away from home for the 1st time since god was a lad and for that alone he almost deserves legend status.
He is a big game player who we could have done with during those collapses last season against the top clubs.

He added some goals but for the most part he was disappointing and offered little else and never really fitted the team well. It was hardly a surprise that he was sold