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Mateo Kovacic

JayB

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Has there ever been any itk or all wishful thinking?
No ITK linking him to us, but Grey Fox said he'd heard that Kovacic had turned in a transfer request. People are putting two and two together because he'd be such a perfect fit for what we need, but there's no concrete link.
 

King of Otters

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I wonder if this could be one of those transfers where we wait for bigger/richer clubs to move on before we swoop in with a loan to buy offer which is promptly rejected?
 

SpartanSpur

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Could this be the CM focus that was mentioned by @rebrab and the transfer request/Marca story was the start of it moving into the open? Wonder if our interest comes out in tomorrows press.
 

tiger666

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No ITK linking him to us, but Grey Fox said he'd heard that Kovacic had turned in a transfer request. People are putting two and two together because he'd be such a perfect fit for what we need, but there's no concrete link.

That's all over Twitter anyway though. Not sure if GF means he's heard it from elsewhere.
 

Japhet

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I'd happily pass up every other player we've been linked with to land Kovacic. Would be a fantastic addition.
 

ToDarrenIsToDo

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Definitely being optimistic and taking Grey Fox's comment as we are interested.

Would take a lot of convincing if City are in for him though.

The only pull I see for him choosing Spurs over Man City is playing time, playing under Poch over Pep if that's who he'd prefer, London over Manchester and the history Croatian players have whilst at Tottenham.

Hand on heart if I'm being honest and City are in for him, I don't think he'd be joining us. I don't think those things would matter more than playing for the Champions and getting a larger slice of the pink notes in circulation
 

SpartanSpur

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That's all over Twitter anyway though. Not sure if GF means he's heard it from elsewhere.

If I knew our actual targets I probably wouldn't even bother posting in player threads with no potential.

Obviously ITKs are allowed and encouraged to post like any other fan (rightly so) so could well just be general chat.
 

Vulcan10

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He's even been on the bench for Croatia so must be desperate for playing time. Could that give us the edge over City, fingers crossed.
 

panoma

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Sign this guy and keep Toby and we're in great shape imo. So little is actually needed
 

dtxspurs

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Pleaaaase, Levy I will maybe even buy one of those hideous new nike kits if we sign this guy.

Him and Eriksen would be so damn fun to watch. I wasn't here to witness Rafa and Luka but I can imagine it would be like that, only this time they would be surrounded by other world class players this time. Forget Zaha, Martial, everyone else, keeping Toby & bringing in Kovacic and I am one happy camper.
 

glospur

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I'd happily pass up every other player we've been linked with to land Kovacic. Would be a fantastic addition.
This.

I wouldn't even care if he was our only signing in the whole window because he remedies our only really big deficiency. Like, a forward and a CB if Toby goes would be nice, but neither are massive areas of concern imo, but CM obviously is. Would be a massive signing for us.
 

JonnySpurs

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There was a tweet doing the rounds last night saying he'd handed in a transfer request BUT it stated he has a £44m release clause, which he does not.

Andrew Gaffney was talking about him saying that Spurs should go in for him. He didn't say that he knows of any interest but that if he is available then we should be all over it. I asked him about the release clause and he said he doesn't know exactly what it is but that Navas has the lowest and his is £200m euros!

The release clause doesn't come to it, you only have to look at Ronaldo fee to see that. I've seen his price range from 50m - 80m euros so maybe somewhere around 60 to 65 would do it.

It's about time we were on the right end of a deal with Real Madrid.
 
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