We have beaten Real Madrid, Dortmund, United, Arsenal and Chelsea without him this season. Of course the squad is better with him in it but if we can get £50m for him, that's pretty good business. Some people are saying we shouldn't buy someone to replace him but I disagree. Someone like Tah or De Ligt would be great.
Yeah i'm in this camp as well.My only issue with buying someone in like that is we might as well sell Foyth as well. He looks to be a real talent and no way will he be happy playing such few games again next season.
Ideal scenario would be Barcelona for £40m or soIt’s his choice. Class, class player but if he wants out, he goes. Poch not picking him at all tells us all we need to know.
Don’t buy in to the Poch project and it’s curtains.
Abroad, don’t even entertain offers from anyone in England. Simple as that.
The issue is if Vertonghen, for example, was out for a sustained period next season we'd be light in terms of experience back there.
We havn't missed Alderweireld but imagine had Vertonghen been injured at some point as well.
I'm sure Poch knows what the plan is going to be though.
He was interviewed by Roberto Martinez - and while he did not address Toby specifically, Poch made a point of saying players have to prove they are the best at their position to get selected. That implied, to me, that Poch thinks Sanchez is playing better - right now- and he is not inclined to change unless/until Toby shows he is better in training.Did Poch say anything post match, reckon most were scared to ask after last time ?
Its never that simple. You have to pay Kane, Eriksen, Dele, Son, Dier, Vertonghen, etc.I think the world of Poch..however he is biting off his nose to spite his face..we have one of the best defenders in the world & I'm convinced if Toby was playing we would never have conceded 2 in 4mins vs Juve or conceded 1st goal against Chelsea today.. If we don't start playing players what they are worth, we will never win anything.. Alderweireld can't be replaced without making team weaker..pay the man what hes worth..if that's 200g a week for him & Kane do it
Problem is this sounds like a done deal! Jan is gone like walker last year. He played for Belgium in the week so he is not injured, and yet Poch doesn’t even put him on the bench! Obviously the contract talks got nasty, just like walker he will be gone in the summer. We don’t do ransom demands and that is just the way Levy is. Don’t expect to see Toby in a Spurs shirt again!Assuming Toby goes and at some point Jan gets injured, i really wouldn’t be confident fielding a defence of Sanchez and Dier for any prelonged period of time. Saying that, I don’t see how we bring in someone like Tah. Where would he fit in, ahead of Sanchez or behind? And what happens to Foyth.
If Toby goes we will be weaker, Sanchez is incredible for his age and will be one of the best in the world, but he is not at Toby’s level and won’t be for some time. And I think playing alongside Jan helps him massively.
problem is we don’t have the money for all of them, that’s why we made an example with walker! If we pay Toby, Rose will want more, Lamela, basically any of the team who has a contract renewal. And we are not City, we just can’t pay them all. So we do what we can with the players who will stay. Maybe after a few years in the new stadium, but at the moment we just can’t complete wages wise with the big boys! And if they come calling we will loose players. It happens with walker last year, it is happening with Toby now. I just hope we can hang on to Kane, Dele and Eriksen, but it won’t be easy!! Champions league football and the new stadium will help but it ain’t everything, these players want it all, they want the wages, the cups, and the titles, and we just ain’t at that level yet. I think this is a new era in football and working your way slowly to the top is not the name of the game anymore. You have to do it all now in the millennium society, so teams with big owners and deep pockets are the only ones who can. Sadly it’s the reality of the game! You can get lucky with a one off, Leicester showed that, but as we have seen it’s not sustainable, the big boys came and picked of the players they wanted and left Leicester back as a mid table team.I think the world of Poch..however he is biting off his nose to spite his face..we have one of the best defenders in the world & I'm convinced if Toby was playing we would never have conceded 2 in 4mins vs Juve or conceded 1st goal against Chelsea today.. If we don't start playing players what they are worth, we will never win anything.. Alderweireld can't be replaced without making team weaker..pay the man what hes worth..if that's 200g a week for him & Kane do it
Was that the one about his team moving the goalposts ?Remember my post couple months ago? Toby! Has it backfired? Please
Yes! And more!Was that the one about his team moving the goalposts ?
More ?Yes! And more!