Samba Spurs: Could Tottenham Hotspur line-up with four Brazilians next season?

[beats1]

Of course AVB has always done well with Brazilian players but I think the reason why we may go Samba is the financial aspect. We have signed players with the objective of promoting the tottenham brand.

Now Brazil is one of the fastest growing economies in the world which we know but more surprising to a lot of people is the fact that Neymar earned more money in sponsors than any other player in the world. Santos were willing to let neymar to leave on a free rather than sell him as they would of made more money by keeping him than to receive a transfer fee. Which is why there are rumours of his transfer being one of the highest in history.

If we were to have a brazilian contingent that were looking set to be major players for the brazil national team in a world cup year in Brazil! I think we could get some money back in sponsorship potentially with the likes of Sandro(though he isn't a starter atm for brazil due to injury), Paulinho, Bernard and potentially the most important of all Leandro(he has the least competition for a guaranteed starting spot and good year would make him the brazilian no.9).

Of course we could do a piss poor job and get nothing back but it could take our small brand in to the eyes of a massive footballing nation

 

[Knarf44]

Of course AVB has always done well with Brazilian players but I think the reason why we may go Samba is the financial aspect. We have signed players with the objective of promoting the tottenham brand.

Now Brazil is one of the fastest growing economies in the world which we know but more surprising to a lot of people is the fact that Neymar earned more money in sponsors than any other player in the world. Santos were willing to let neymar to leave on a free rather than sell him as they would of made more money by keeping him than to receive a transfer fee. Which is why there are rumours of his transfer being one of the highest in history.

If we were to have a brazilian contingent that were looking set to be major players for the brazil national team in a world cup year in Brazil! I think we could get some money back in sponsorship potentially with the likes of Sandro(though he isn't a starter atm for brazil due to injury), Paulinho, Bernard and potentially the most important of all Leandro(he has the least competition for a guaranteed starting spot and good year would make him the brazilian no.9).

Of course we could do a piss poor job and get nothing back but it could take our small brand in to the eyes of a massive footballing nation

As a Yiddo resident in Brazil I can tell you that we need all the help we can get to raise our profile. I'm doing my best to convert my soccer loving students away from Man Utd, Chelski and the scum but it's bloody hard work considering I only have Sandro and Gomes to get them to focus on. A couple more Brazilians in the team would work wonders here and we might actually start seeing Spurs shirts for sale in the sports shops here. In fact our Premier League generally could do with some higher profile marketing outside of what Sky TV do. A post season or pre season tour here with friendlies against the likes of Sao Paulo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Internacional would help enormously.

Sky TV subscribers here get all the PL games via ESPN and Fox Network's channels and interest is growing but naturally is still some way behind their own domestic league's following.

 

[beats1]

As a Yiddo resident in Brazil I can tell you that we need all the help we can get to raise our profile. I'm doing my best to convert my soccer loving students away from Man Utd, Chelski and the scum but it's bloody hard work considering I only have Sandro and Gomes to get them to focus on. A couple more Brazilians in the team would work wonders here and we might actually start seeing Spurs shirts for sale in the sports shops here. In fact our Premier League generally could do with some higher profile marketing outside of what Sky TV do. A post season or pre season tour here with friendlies against the likes of Sao Paulo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Internacional would help enormously.

Sky TV subscribers here get all the PL games via ESPN and Fox Network's channels and interest is growing but naturally is still some way behind their own domestic league's following.

indeed and it doesn't help our case that Gomes and sandro have been major players for the national team. I said in another thread that Brazil can be very unforgiving to players that leave Brazil and don't go to big club or don't do very well, players can become forgotten like Dante. Dante has been the best CB in the world this season imo, unless someone has other suggestions and yet he isn't picked for the national team because he is almost unheard of.

 

[Snarfalicious]

Allow me one moment to swoon:

---- Dembele ---- Sandro ---- (Paulinho rotating heavily)
Lamela ------ Bale ----- Bernard
------------ Whoever -----------

We'd win matches. A lot of matches.

Unfortunately, unless Levy struck oil (via a takeover or in his backyard) it won't happen.

 

[Knarf44]

Allow me one moment to swoon:

---- Dembele ---- Sandro ---- (Paulinho rotating heavily)
Lamela ------ Bale ----- Bernard
------------ Whoever -----------

We'd win matches. A lot of matches.

Unfortunately, unless Levy struck oil (via a takeover or in his backyard) it won't happen.

Signing 2-3 more Brazilians may attract the interest of Petrobras, Brazil's national oil/petroleum company, hell I'd be happy for our new stadium to be named after them if they put a few hundred million our way.

 

[Deleted member 22380]

---------------Gomes------------
Walker-Doria-Vertonghen-Rose
----------Sandro-Paulinho-----------
Hulk----------Bale----------Bernard
---------------Damiao---------------

 

[ClintEastwould]

---------------Gomes------------
Walker-Doria-Vertonghen-Rose
----------Sandro-Paulinho-----------
Hulk----------Bale----------Bernard
---------------Damiao---------------

poor gareth

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

Only Bernard is worth a punt out of those three to be honest. Paulinho is a good player but not what we need. Damiao has gone so far off the boil in Brazil that I think it would be financial suicide going in for him now.

 

[brasil_spur]

its also mancini style pragmatism. 3 DM-esque players when we are already crying out for more creativity and passing range? no thanks

Have you not been watching the Confederations Cup? Clearly Paulinho can play more attacking football or at least be classed as an attacking threat. Same with Dembele and Holtby, both of them offer an attacking threat.

Plus if we're going to switch to 4-3-3 or something on that nature then with Bale played as one of the front 3, with another wide man and a striker you really don't want another attacking midfield player, as essentially you'll then have 4 attacking players out of 6.

Having a selection of quality and versatile midfield players, some more attack minded, some more creative, some more box to box workhorses seems like an ideal mix to me.

 

[tototoner]

Are Leonardo , Bernard and Paulinho owned by their clubs or by third parties, if the later is the case then no chance we will sign them as that has always been our stumbling block in the past win Leonardo.

Also has the work permit criteria in the Premier League been eased recently, I presume it has as the likes of Man Utd and Wigan have had no issues signing players from central and South American teams recently

 

[alan brazil]

Lets hope if we do sign any Brazilian players they are more like Sandro and not like the useless Gomes or even worse Gilberto.

 

[tototoner]

Gomes wasnt useless at all

 

[alan brazil]

Gomes wasnt useless at all

Are you sure?
He threw more in the back of his own net than any keeper in recent memory (spurs keepers), he was a brazilian Bobby mimms

 

[myhartlane]

Are you sure?
He threw more in the back of his own net than any keeper in recent memory (spurs keepers), he was a brazilian Bobby mimms

What a load of crap.

 

[myhartlane]

---------------Gomes------------
Walker-Doria-Vertonghen-Rose
----------Sandro-Paulinho-----------
Hulk----------Bale----------Bernard
---------------Damiao---------------

It's a bit light on home-grown talent. That's one of the things that I've liked about our club over the past 10 year or so in comparison to the other 'top' clubs.

 

[alan brazil]

What a load of crap.

So why has he not played for us in two years? Why has no other club bought him?
Name another spurs keeper in recent memory that has made as many mistakes as that clown Gomes

 

[TheGreenLily]

Allow me one moment to swoon:

---- Dembele ---- Sandro ---- (Paulinho rotating heavily)
Lamela ------ Bale ----- Bernard
------------ Whoever -----------

We'd win matches. A lot of matches.

Unfortunately, unless Levy struck oil (via a takeover or in his backyard) it won't happen.

What's he like as a player ?

 

[tototoner]

Are you sure?
He threw more in the back of his own net than any keeper in recent memory (spurs keepers), he was a brazilian Bobby mimms

don't believe everything you read in the media, Reina and De Gea in recent years made just as many gaffs as Gomes did, but nowhere near the same media attention.

I rate Gomes way above the likes of Friedel, Sullivan, Walker , Cudicini, Cerny, Fulop and Baardsen but not at the level of Lloris who is our best GK since Jennings IMHO

As for why has no one bought him, loads of clubs in Holland and Brazil wanted him but couldn't either match what Levy wanted for him or match his wages

 

[bigfrooj]

Gomes is capable of sheer brilliance nobody else can pull off and moments of, well, goalkeeping idiocy. I can't believe that the coaches haven't try to coach him out of the bad mistakes so I think you have to settle for what he is. Thats a bit hard on the nerves though for most. I've met Gomes (we used to use the same barbers!) and he really is a lovely bloke, so I wish him all the best for the future but unfortunately not at Spurs.

 

[TheGreenLily]

Only Bernard is worth a punt out of those three to be honest. Paulinho is a good player but not what we need. Damiao has gone so far off the boil in Brazil that I think it would be financial suicide going in for him now.

He may of gone of the boil, but what are the reasons why?

Maybe he really wants to come to us but the clubs owner and his agent are being useless twats and screwing him around... and done so for 2-3 years. I would find it hard, if that was case.

Coming to us, might be a good thing for him, who knows.