Summer transfer wish list - 2018

[spursfan77]

I'll be excited if it's Bale, Malcom or martial tbh

Although it does make the Lucas signing a bit weird if any of all this talk is true

Got a feeling you answered the question there. Doubt we are after another attacker unless it’s a striker and we can/want to sell Janssen and Llorente.

Central midfield, centre back and fullback is the areas we will look to strengthen in I suspect. Maybe a big buy (like Sanchez last summer) but apart from that it will be trying to replace like for like.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Surely there is only one question with regards to whether we should want Bale and that is his long term fitness. If he is crocked then we obviously pass but if not then we would be nuts not to try and sign him. When fit he is still among the top players in the world.

You really think an ageing, waining, perennially injured, superstar, who’s lazy without the ball is what this team needs?

He’s completed something like 7 league games this year.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Here's why signing Bale doesn't make much sense to me:

-He'd cost too much and we can't afford his wages.

Fin.

 

[danielneeds]

You really think an ageing, waining, perennially injured, superstar, who’s lazy without the ball is what this team needs?

He’s completed something like 7 league games this year.

Yes, this team needs another player who can be decisive in the key moments, and Bale's shown he can do that even when having a bad time at Real.

At the moment he's like a prize-winning homing pigeon, who's on the floor with a busted wing. He just needs someone to pick him up, show him some love, and tend to him, and he'll be flying again.

Christ, has football gone so crazy that 28 is now described as ageing?

 

[rossdapep]

Lucas is only here to keep Malcom steady.

I've often thought this. It's no secret that Malcom was our number 1 target in January and once that got ruled out from happening we quickly moved on Moura.

I think Lucas has been an opportunistic signing (recalling @Hercules info at the time), someone who we've taken a relatively cheap gamble on and just to give us extra options. If PSG had insisted on £40m we'd have walked away.

Whereas Malcom is more of a desired option and we will pursue it further even if it costs us more than we originally thought.

 

[Ossie85]

Malcom > Bale

 

[Shadydan]

Yes, this team needs another player who can be decisive in the key moments, and Bale's shown he can do that even when having a bad time at Real.

At the moment he's like a prize-winning homing pigeon, who's on the floor with a busted wing. He just needs someone to pick him up, show him some love, and tend to him, and he'll be flying again.

Christ, has football gone so crazy that 28 is now described as ageing?

The problem is his injury record more than his age, if he was fit then he wouldn't be seen as a risk but he's been broken too many times to consider it not a risk.

 

[SFCS]

You really think an ageing, waining, perennially injured, superstar, who’s lazy without the ball is what this team needs?

He’s completed something like 7 league games this year.

If you watch him for Wales you'll see that the majority of that is down to the way Madrid play. Their main attackers are quite separate to the rest of the team on the pitch. For Wales Bale looks very much the same player that carried us in our final season.

The deal seems impossible to do but if it weren't I'd hope we'd be all over it.

 

[LeParisien]

Not in current ability but as a signing - absolutely.

One is an injury prone, depreciating asset on huge wages.
The other is a young, hungry super-star in the making who we will sell at a profit.

 

[Ossie85]

You really think an ageing, waining, perennially injured, superstar, who’s lazy without the ball is what this team needs?

He’s completed something like 7 league games this year.

He's also a winner, an experienced winner, that knows how to win a tournament or a cup. Something very valuable that none of our players have, and something a player like Malcom has no idea what it's like.
We need a player who knows how to win the big games. I cannot underline more how important that is in a team.
Even if he's injured 2 times a season, he will give us something extra. Malcom won't give us something that we don't already have. Not even Martial would give us what Bale can

 

[Ossie85]

Not in current ability but as a signing - absolutely.

One is an injury prone, depreciating asset on huge wages.
The other is a young, hungry super-star in the making who we will sell at a profit.

Sorry, but I care more about football than financials.
We are already a very young team with a lot of potential. We need Bale more than we need Malcom. Depreciation and profit are two words that shouldn't matter here. I want to sign players to win trophies, not to sell at a profit

 

[TheGreatCoys]

If we're spending big on a player then lets just spend big on a position we could do with that quality in like CM instead of another AM

 

[Japhet]

We had some ITK back in the last window that we had something special lined up for the summer, but I don't think it's Bale. There was talk of something that made great sense commercially as well and although Bale would tick that box, I still don't think he's such a good fit. His age, wages and injury record all go against him and there's no sell on value. Knowing how canny Levy is I wouldn't be at all surprised if we didn't put together a big bid for Pulisic. We have the NFL hook up and Levy is very excited at the potential revenue from the USA.

Edit; I also don't think AM is an area that needs any tweaking and that CM is our top priority. I just think Pulisic might be a major target.

 

[LeParisien]

Sorry, but I care more about football than financials.
We are already a very young team with a lot of potential. We need Bale more than we need Malcom. Depreciation and profit are two words that shouldn't matter here. I want to sign players to win trophies, not to sell at a profit

That’s fine. But the reality is we live in a world where financials matter. Spunking 70m on a 31 y old Suárez and paying him 300k a week would also give us something extra and the mindset of a winner but the financials just don’t make sense.

The same claim is being made about Bale. All deals must be seen in the context of their costs and benefits. His wages would be huge, the price tag large and the game time hindered by injury. His value to the team and the club are likely to be less than Malcom’s by the end of their respective contracts.

If all you want is some winners with big game experience then you could get several in for less money.

 

[WiganSpur]

He's also a winner, an experienced winner, that knows how to win a tournament or a cup. Something very valuable that none of our players have, and something a player like Malcom have no idea what it's like.
We need a player who knows how to win the big games. I cannot underline more how important that is in a team.
Even if he's injured 2 times a season, he will give us something extra. Malcom won't give us something that we don't already have. Not even Martial would give us what Bale can

I am in the same boat as you regarding Malcom but not regarding Bale, or Martial to a certain extent.

The only attacker I feel we need is one that can deputise as a striker or vice versa. I also don't believe it should be someone high profile like Bale, Malcom or Martial simply because we don't have the space in the squad to accommodate players coming here looking to play every week.

It's different for a striker/winger because they would likely take Llorente's place in the squad. Still though that replacement will get a few minutes but nothing like a high profile signing would demand.

Martial fits the profile in terms of the type of player we should be looking for ability wise but he's too much of a big name just to fulfill a squad role.

Imo it should be someone young and promising or a squad player not dissimilar to Kuyt used to be at Liverpool, someone who just comes in and does a job in the cups. I don't think Son is quite enough as a striker backup as if both him and Kane were to get injured we'd have zero options.

It might sound mental but even fucking Jay Rodriguez would fill that role. Nothing special but good for backup and will work hard for the team. Can play left right or striker comfortably. An ideal backup who wouldn't demand loads of minutes. Either him or someone young and promising.

The big money needs to be spent in the centre of the midfield.

 

[danielneeds]

I am in the same boat as you regarding Malcom but not regarding Bale, or Martial to a certain extent.

The only attacker I feel we need is one that can deputise as a striker or vice versa. I also don't believe it should be someone high profile like Bale, Malcom or Martial simply because we don't have the space in the squad to accommodate players coming here looking to play every week.

It's different for a striker/winger because they would likely take Llorente's place in the squad. Still though that replacement will get a few minutes but nothing like a high profile signing would demand.

Martial fits the profile in terms of the type of player we should be looking for ability wise but he's too much of a big name just to fulfill a squad role.

Imo it should be someone young and promising or a squad player not dissimilar to Kuyt used to be at Liverpool, someone who just comes in and does a job in the cups. I don't think Son is quite enough as a striker backup as if both him and Kane were to get injured we'd have zero options.

It might sound mental but even fucking Jay Rodriguez would fill that role. Nothing special but good for backup and will work hard for the team. Can play left right or striker comfortably. An ideal backup who wouldn't demand loads of minutes. Either him or someone young and promising.

The big money needs to be spent in the centre of the midfield.

The only reason we need to bring in a dedicated centre forward this summer is if Harry tells us he'll give us one more year, and then he's off to Real. Bring in someone to develop for the future.

Otherwise we've seen that Son can step in, and even Lamela is showing good things as a false nine. If we could put together a deal for Bale, he could play with Harry giving us unbelievable goal threat, then play up top if the latter was out too. We'd be fully covered as a squad.

God, just the thought of Eriksen putting in those deep crosses on Bale's head is enough to make me salivate. He's as good in the air as Harry, if not better, we'd just have tremendous weapons to hurt teams.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Solution to signing Bale? Make Eriksen and Dele play in a CM3 with a pure DM, it gives us quicker passing from that part of the pitch, means we don’t have an extra AM to compete for just 3 places, future proofs against Dembele by removing reliance on him and gives us a shitload of pace up front.

Dier
Eriksen Dele
Bale ____________ Son
Kane

Llorente
Moura _________ Lamela
Dembele Winks
Wanyama
​

Regardless of Bale, I’ve beem desperate to see this for ages. I genuinely think that gets the best out of all players involved. Eriksen gets more space to roam to wherever the ball is, Dele gets more opportunity to make forward runs but all take advantage of his athleticism, the ‘wide’ players have less defensive work to do and can pin themselves higher up the pitch and the fullbacks are less exposed. Only player who might suffer a tad is Harry as he’d end up sharing the goals more.

 

[WiganSpur]

The only reason we need to bring in a dedicated centre forward this summer is if Harry tells us he'll give us one more year, and then he's off to Real. Bring in someone to develop for the future.

Otherwise we've seen that Son can step in, and even Lamela is showing good things as a false nine. If we could put together a deal for Bale, he could play with Harry giving us unbelievable goal threat, then play up top if the latter was out too. We'd be fully covered as a squad.

God, the thought of Eriksen putting in those deep crosses on Bale's head is enough to make me salivate. He's as good in the air as Harry, if not better, we'd just have tremendous weapons to hurt teams.

I just think Bale is overkill because we'd have about 4 world class players all demanding first team football. We can't drop Eriksen, we can't drop Alli, so that would leave Bale competing with Son, Lamela and Lucas for effectively one position most weeks. The only possible way it could work is if we change the shape and play Dele and Eriksen as number 8s in a 4-3-3 in my opinion.

I just think this would all be an unnecessary accommodation to sign an ageing Bale though. We don't need him at this stage, we need a midfielder or two to make us tick.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

He's also a winner, an experienced winner, that knows how to win a tournament or a cup. Something very valuable that none of our players have, and something a player like Malcom have no idea what it's like.
We need a player who knows how to win the big games. I cannot underline more how important that is in a team.
Even if he's injured 2 times a season, he will give us something extra. Malcom won't give us something that we don't already have. Not even Martial would give us what Bale can

I can't stress enough how wrong this theory is when applied to Bale. Bale's mentality isn't what turned Real into a winning team. Bale's a "winner" because he went and played for a winning team, full of outstanding players. He didn't turn Real into winners and his lazy unwillingness to work for the team is why Real were great in cups but invariably fell short in the league in the last few years.

We have already beaten Real, Chelsea away, ManU, Liverpool and outplayed Juve. It's good coaching, good tactics, combined with good players that will win us games, not a very expensive lucky charm.

 

[RichieS]

Got a feeling you answered the question there. Doubt we are after another attacker unless it’s a striker and we can/want to sell Janssen and Llorente.

Central midfield, centre back and fullback is the areas we will look to strengthen in I suspect. Maybe a big buy (like Sanchez last summer) but apart from that it will be trying to replace like for like.

@danielneeds has covered this in the post above mine, but having a backup out and out striker is a waste of time for us. Fielding Son or Bale or both when Harry is out is an incredible option. I actually think Bale could play a very similar role to Harry but we all know Son is a different sort of striker.

He's also a winner, an experienced winner, that knows how to win a tournament or a cup. Something very valuable that none of our players have, and something a player like Malcom have no idea what it's like.
We need a player who knows how to win the big games. I cannot underline more how important that is in a team.
Even if he's injured 2 times a season, he will give us something extra. Malcom won't give us something that we don't already have. Not even Martial would give us what Bale can

Have a winner rating for using "winner" or "win" so many times in one post.