Pape Cheikh Diop

[doctor stefan Freud]

Every time I see his name on this site, my brain autocorrects it to Pork Chop Drop

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Every time I see his name on this site, my brain autocorrects it to Pork Chop Drop

Boss Rarkley approves

 

[GetSpurredOn]

Bizarre thing is, the reports say Lyon outbid us, but you watch him get announced there for a significantly lower fee that previously quoted, like Toljan priced at €13m to us, actually goes for €5m to Dortmund.

 

[double0]

There quite clearly is a european price and a UK price when it comes to players.

 

[gilzeantheking]

Lowdown on him from Andrew Gaffney

http://www.football.london/tottenha...news/spurs-transfer-pape-cheikh-diop-13490209

 

[Snarfalicious]

Lowdown on him from Andrew Gaffney

http://www.football.london/tottenha...news/spurs-transfer-pape-cheikh-diop-13490209

Yeah, he seems like an absolutely awesome fella. Would be a nice addition to our lovable bunch.

***Not Andrew by the way. He seems nice too, though.

 

[Hotspurious]

Every time I see his name on this site, my brain autocorrects it to Pork Chop Drop

I think Pepper Chicken Dip

 

[DaniLeves]

Been a day and a half... What's the likelihood of him replacing Barkley in Poch's 4? And with word of Foyth potentially arriving as well, how possible is it we buy the both - each pair of CB and B2B CM?

 

[daryl hannah]

Been a day and a half... What's the likelihood of him replacing Barkley in Poch's 4? And with word of Foyth potentially arriving as well, how possible is it we buy the both - each pair of CB and B2B CM?

I don't think we should take Poch's "4 in" at face value. Things change in the transfer window and players suddenly become gettable again (like Martial).

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Not in Celta Vigo's squad today.

 

[Ben1]

I wonder if it was him or foyth, with similar fees talked about for future players. Maybe a separate budget, plus someone said foyth can play dm.

 

[WoodyforSpurs]

I wonder if it was him or foyth, with similar fees talked about for future players. Maybe a separate budget, plus someone said foyth can play dm.

It would make since to have a first team budget and a separate budget for players that are a season or 2 away from first team. Perhaps a 60/40 split or something.

 

[Hercules]

It would make since to have a first team budget and a separate budget for players that are a season or 2 away from first team. Perhaps a 60/40 split or something.

There is

 

[WoodyforSpurs]

There is

Any idea or ball park for what was/is available in the war chest? Wishful thinking to get an answer I know.

 

[Hercules]

Any idea or ball park for what was/is available in the war chest? Wishful thinking to get an answer I know.

Come on now.

 

[Ben1]

There is

This makes me think even more that the foyth and diao deals were linked, with jj saying this was unlikely at the same time foyth reappeared on the radar.

 

[WoodyforSpurs]

Come on now.

I know, I know. Sorry.

 

[DaniLeves]

Any idea or ball park for what was/is available in the war chest? Wishful thinking to get an answer I know.

Let's do the math: assuming we wouldn't move forward with both Foyth and Diop (both rumoured around £10m), you can take it to mean our budget falls close to Gazza + (Foyth or Diop). I believe around £15m, though can't say for certain. Anyone know what the GK fee might be?

For the first team, we can confirm Sanchez right away. Fee is £42m, but I think it's fair to only consider (if we're budgeting here) to account for the expenditure on this year's books - reported at around £30m if memory serves.

Then we can add Barkley for £20m (If the ITK is to be believed), as he's the next most-likely signing. The injury complicates things: either the move may be held off until Jan or the price may drop, but we can comfortably claim a move was to be made, and therefore the verbal agreement for £20m can be added to the subtotal (Again, pinches of salt as necessary).

This leaves us with the two other widely-agreed upon needs, WF and RB. Most of the RBs we've been after have been poo-poo'ed for various reasons, and Aurier seems to be nearly the last man standing. The number associated with him is again £20m. (A wild pattern appeared!) If initial reports on Martial at ~£25-35m are to be believed, this puts the first team budget right around the £100m mark. Whether -- or, more likely, how -- this number was shaped by Walker's transfer I can't say. Nor can anyone confirm with much certainty if those are the planned-on "Poch 4" or not, if all will be pursued let alone bought, or even if that is a fair reflection of the budget or just some arbitrary number that is left in the burning wreckage of a panic-induced barnstorming buys.

 

[Frozen_Waffles]

Any idea or ball park for what was/is available in the war chest? Wishful thinking to get an answer I know.

Pretty easy to work out - net spend=0

So if you take 50 from Kyle and about 30 from Fabio and Bentaleb, add another 15 for Wimmer take 30 off for Sanchez.....

We are going to spend around 65m more.

Although with all the extra dosh we may even go above this.

 

[daveduvet]

Let's do the math: assuming we wouldn't move forward with both Foyth and Diop (both rumoured around £10m), you can take it to mean our budget falls close to Gazza + (Foyth or Diop). I believe around £15m, though can't say for certain. Anyone know what the GK fee might be?

For the first team, we can confirm Sanchez right away. Fee is £42m, but I think it's fair to only consider (if we're budgeting here) to account for the expenditure on this year's books - reported at around £30m if memory serves.

Then we can add Barkley for £20m (If the ITK is to be believed), as he's the next most-likely signing. The injury complicates things: either the move may be held off until Jan or the price may drop, but we can comfortably claim a move was to be made, and therefore the verbal agreement for £20m can be added to the subtotal (Again, pinches of salt as necessary).

This leaves us with the two other widely-agreed upon needs, WF and RB. Most of the RBs we've been after have been poo-poo'ed for various reasons, and Aurier seems to be nearly the last man standing. The number associated with him is again £20m. (A wild pattern appeared!) If initial reports on Martial at ~£25-35m are to be believed, this puts the first team budget right around the £100m mark. Whether -- or, more likely, how -- this number was shaped by Walker's transfer I can't say. Nor can anyone confirm with much certainty if those are the planned-on "Poch 4" or not, if all will be pursued let alone bought, or even if that is a fair reflection of the budget or just some arbitrary number that is left in the burning wreckage of a panic-induced barnstorming buys.

Budget talk - I'm gone .............