Hengy1
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We'd still have to pay Newcastle £30m even if he left in Jan.
Paul Mitchell and recruitment in the future.
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spursfan77
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We'd been linked with him a couple of times before in the previous 12 months too so I'd suggest Poch liked him or we were scouting him for quite a while.
In terms of generally scouting players. I think there needs to be 4 or 5 people who decide on what players we should be after (including the chairman) but the final decision should always 100% be left to the manager. It's his neck on the line after all. If he doesn't want a player then he shouldn't be signed.
Gaz_Gammon
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JUSTINSIGNAL
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I'm surprised everyone keeps quoting this. Pretty much every transfer deal is structured this way - hardly any club pays up front. But whatever happens we will still end up paying £30 million.
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According to press and @JJetset im sure he confirmed that Pocchy himself wanted him. So if you want him tarred and feathered who would you like as our manager?
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Very likely that the Standard got overexcited and confused about perfectly standard terms and conditions on payment; also very likely that the deal is structured in such a way that we don't pay anything like £30m should Sissoko disappoint.
Adam456
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Without turning this into a Sissoko thread I was also a bit surprised and thought he was a little one-dimensional. But let's give him a season before we write him off. Not least to get 'Pochettino fit' rather than Newcastle fit. Again I'd like to think that this also sent a statement to players and fans that we are willing to invest.
Back to the point - I don't think you ever stop wanting to unearth the next star before they cost £30m. There is a question of how much resource you throw at it if you are already a top-tier side and can't really offer first team chances to non-established talent. Madrid can afford to pick out the best players from other sides in the knowledge that it continually weakens them. Is it really worth the effort to find them when they cost less but are still a financial punt ?
For us right now we still need to shop cleverly and I doubt that the cost of PM and team is anywhere near what we are able to save/make bringing players in that benefit the match day squad.
However, as we become a 2nd tier super-club, just below the RM, Barca, MU, BM tier, which I think is inevitable with the new stadium, I am reasonably happy to leave the manager to pick 2 or 3 top players every summer to freshen the squad (even if he chose Sissoko
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It's picking out the youth prospects 10-19 years that really brings the biggest gains and means you can punch above weight and I honestly don't know whether this will be damaged or not. Much of our first team squad were probably brought in before PM but then also a lot were not really home grown either.
If only we had a complete listing of who found who then we'd be able to find the common denominators
Back to the point - I don't think you ever stop wanting to unearth the next star before they cost £30m. There is a question of how much resource you throw at it if you are already a top-tier side and can't really offer first team chances to non-established talent. Madrid can afford to pick out the best players from other sides in the knowledge that it continually weakens them. Is it really worth the effort to find them when they cost less but are still a financial punt ?
For us right now we still need to shop cleverly and I doubt that the cost of PM and team is anywhere near what we are able to save/make bringing players in that benefit the match day squad.
However, as we become a 2nd tier super-club, just below the RM, Barca, MU, BM tier, which I think is inevitable with the new stadium, I am reasonably happy to leave the manager to pick 2 or 3 top players every summer to freshen the squad (even if he chose Sissoko
). It's picking out the youth prospects 10-19 years that really brings the biggest gains and means you can punch above weight and I honestly don't know whether this will be damaged or not. Much of our first team squad were probably brought in before PM but then also a lot were not really home grown either.
If only we had a complete listing of who found who then we'd be able to find the common denominators
Gaz_Gammon
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Well if JJetset said that then it must absolutely, one hundred percent be true..................
Everlasting Seconds
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I think there can be no doubt that we need to have more hits and fewer misses in the transfer market going forward. Last season we didn't win the league mainly because we didn't quite nail it during the preceding summer. History may very well repeat it self this season.
Gaz_Gammon
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So we spent 30 million on the basis of a players performance in half a dozen games?
Makes sense i guess...
Everlasting Seconds
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Sissoko was a panic buy, and so far we are still in panic. End of story.
chrisd2k
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Undefeated... OK we wanted and probably should have beaten West Brom and Bournemouth but still hardly a panic
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bceej
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Little bump on this
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co....o-pochettino/story-29971401-detail/story.html
Pochettino also revealed that the club will be looking for somebody to take on the role of Head of Recruitment, replacing Paul Mitchell who is still officially employed by the club.
"Paul Mitchell is still working for us. it's a normal process to find another person who can cope with his job in the future.
"It is true here at Tottenham we need to replace him. The club believe that, not only me."
Any directors of football/heads of recruitment on wish lists? Monchi is an obvious call - any others?
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co....o-pochettino/story-29971401-detail/story.html
Pochettino also revealed that the club will be looking for somebody to take on the role of Head of Recruitment, replacing Paul Mitchell who is still officially employed by the club.
"Paul Mitchell is still working for us. it's a normal process to find another person who can cope with his job in the future.
"It is true here at Tottenham we need to replace him. The club believe that, not only me."
Any directors of football/heads of recruitment on wish lists? Monchi is an obvious call - any others?
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Wick3d
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He is at Sevilla. However, he does want to leave. His contract has a 5 million euros buyout clause.
SandroClegane
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Monchi bought Federico Fazio at Sevilla. Can't be having that.
Lemon
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He bought Fazio for peanuts, got good use from him, then sold him to us for £8m is the inverse view. Think Monchi is definitely not the fool in that scenario, he's had lots of hits and misses, but Sevilla always look well balanced and capable of challenging on dual fronts (challenging the top half mostly, granted).
Think with our much higher wage and transfer budget he is the right choice (as said already, coupled with a longer track record which I'm drawn to).
