Summer Transfer Wish List

[Bus-Conductor]

Players who have experience of PLO or Championship are far more of a banker to perform in the season after they join that those from overseas leagues - Lamela took 2 seasons, Son more than one season....even Modric took 18 months.

So Pritchard is more bankable than most of the wishlist that most are suggesting.....and he already knows most of the Spurs squad and how they play so 'bedding' in is far more easy

Only in Redknapp's version did Modric take 18 months. He took about 18 minutes in reality.

 

[Lighty64]

Yes but what you are not considering is that we currently play to our strengths.

By adding pace upfront we would have another threat and could choose to invite teams onto us knowing we could hurt them on the break.

The more ways you can score the better.

Hopefully Lamela and Son will be world class next year but I'd like to see us add someone who terrifies opposition defenders. Currently only Kane offers that threat.

the trouble with inviting pressure onto ourselves can equal in conceding.

don't get me wrong I agree with pace, but we would need a Bale type player, or always get that 1st goal so they have to come at us.

for this team at the moment I think 2 of Carroll, Mason and Bentaleb will need shifting plus Chadli. if we can get a Lacazette (only going by what I've read) and a defender to cover in the mould of Dier, that can cover Dier and Toby, we will be on the right track.

my only worry with the Lacazette or anyone that plays that role, will Poch rotate enough, because for every game he starts with Harry, either Eriksen, Alli, Lamela or Dembele will not get as much game time. obviously in a 2 game week Dembele can drop to the bench and Alli can drop back.

I must admit though I totally agree with that article a few pages back, our bench v Liverpool wasn't scary

 

[NEVILLEB]

This is part of my point on the previous page. Poch doesn't operate with one role as in the forward role as you write. In the front 4, there are 4 very tangibly different roles. No set of duties is exactly reflected in two players. In that perspective, it becomes far easier to see exactly why Lamela (and Eriksen) are so trusted. With Poch, one must have a basic understanding for each individual played set of duties to know how replaceable the player is.

Come again?

 

[spurs9]

the trouble with inviting pressure onto ourselves can equal in conceding.

don't get me wrong I agree with pace, but we would need a Bale type player, or always get that 1st goal so they have to come at us.

for this team at the moment I think 2 of Carroll, Mason and Bentaleb will need shifting plus Chadli. if we can get a Lacazette (only going by what I've read) and a defender to cover in the mould of Dier, that can cover Dier and Toby, we will be on the right track.

my only worry with the Lacazette or anyone that plays that role, will Poch rotate enough, because for every game he starts with Harry, either Eriksen, Alli, Lamela or Dembele will not get as much game time. obviously in a 2 game week Dembele can drop to the bench and Alli can drop back.

I must admit though I totally agree with that article a few pages back, our bench v Liverpool wasn't scary

Let's not forget that Lamela, N'jie and Pritchard were missing through injury or loan. Take Nasri, Navas and Bony off Man Citys bench or Grioud, Walcott and Chamberlain off Arsenals and their benches wouldn't look scary either.[/QUOTE]

 

[rossdapep]

I wonder if we are still interested in Salvio? He's been gradually playing off the bench for Benfica

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Let's look at the present squad from this angle:

Literally irreplaceable players (no money can buy a replacement):
Kane

Virtually irreplaceable (money could technically buy a replacement, with some doubt):
Lloris
Vertonghen, Alderweireld
Dier, Dembele
Dele Alli, Lamela, Eriksen

Preferably not to be replaced (it would be a great regret if we HAD to replace):
Wimmer,

Could be replaced if they wanted a move (it's arguable if we would benefit greatly from replacing these players):
Vorm
Trippier, Walker, Rose

Could easily be replaced (losing these players won't hurt a new campaign, and we should be able to find replacements):
Davies,
Mason, Bentaleb, Carroll
Son (?), Chadli

The jury is out on:
N'Jie, maybe Son (?),

Great potentials (should feature, but too young/inexperienced for filling a major senior role in next campaign):
Carter-Vickers, Winks, Pritchard, Onomah, Yedlin(?)

Straight holes in the squad (should be addressed):
Have 3 CBs if not counting Fazio (and Dier, who obviously is a CM), would need 4
Have multiple CMs (too many?), but several are on the easily replaced list (ie. strong in numbers, weak in quality)
Have 1 striker, need at least 2

Possible holes in the squad:
We have great options for 1st choice AMs, but Poch seems to not be able to settle on the right player when 1 of the first choices is out. N'Jie could become a contender for a starting slot, but a nifty transfer deal for an AM could be on the horizon.

Hence, I surmise, 3 really good transfers in must be done (CB, CM, FW).
There are candidates for other deals too (LB, CM, AM, young FW potential) if additional deal/s is/are too good to pass on

 

[Shadydan]

K M8

 

[Blake Griffin]

unless bentaleb is a problem behind the scenes then selling him would be incredibly dumb.

 

[Crowedem]

I don't see why people think we need a left back when Davies is a top quality rotation option and the rotation of our full backs has been pivotal this season. Also there is no way we should get rid of bentaleb, he has ridiculous potential and has had an injury hit campaign this year. has a good career ahead of him.

 

[LDNYid]

I don't see why people think we need a left back when Davies is a top quality rotation option and the rotation of our full backs has been pivotal this season. Also there is no way we should get rid of bentaleb, he has ridiculous potential and has had an injury hit campaign this year. has a good career ahead of him.

As supporters, most of us would likely think it crazy letting bentaleb go considering the potential he has shown. However, if what has been mentioned regarding attitude is true, I personally wouldn't be surprised if see the back of him. Make no mistake: Poch is boss... And, I think that's the way it should be. See Townsend - many could argue he had/has a fair bit of potential, he's English, he's homegrown - he pushed against the grain and he paid the price for it.

 

[Lighty64]

I don't see why people think we need a left back when Davies is a top quality rotation option and the rotation of our full backs has been pivotal this season. Also there is no way we should get rid of bentaleb, he has ridiculous potential and has had an injury hit campaign this year. has a good career ahead of him.

As supporters, most of us would likely think it crazy letting bentaleb go considering the potential he has shown. However, if what has been mentioned regarding attitude is true, I personally wouldn't be surprised if see the back of him. Make no mistake: Poch is boss... And, I think that's the way it should be. See Townsend - many could argue he had/has a fair bit of potential, he's English, he's homegrown - he pushed against the grain and he paid the price for it.

plus he might even request to go if he knows he won't be 1st choice, or guaranteed more starts

 

[LDNYid]

plus he might even request to go if he knows he won't be 1st choice, or guaranteed more starts

That's something else we can't legislate for. Presumably, Poch would try his best to keep him if he really wanted him, but he may ask and if so, I doubt Poch will stand too firmly in the way of a player who doesn't wish to go his way...

 

[Damrell]

Gk : Lloris , Vorm
Rb : Walker, Trippier
Lb : Rose, Davis
Cb : Alderweireld , CCV
Cb : Vertonghen, Wimmer
Cm: Dier, KRAMMER, Bentaleb
Cm: Dembele Mason
Amr : Lamela, Son
Aml: Erikson, Njie
Amc: Alli, Pritchard
Sc : Kane, EMBOLO

Sell : Fazio (£5m), Yedlin (£3m), Carroll (£5m), Chadli (£10m) = £23m
Buy : Embolo (25m), Krammer (£15m) = £40m

 

[Trix]

Only in Redknapp's version did Modric take 18 months. He took about 18 minutes in reality.

Whilst I agree he certainly didn't take that long to settle, it was still a few months before he started to really look like a top quality player. To start with there was odd flash of brilliance, but it was at least December before he started to dominate his opponents.

 

[y1dk1d]

I certainly don't want a stupid squad overhaul where we sell 10 and buy 6 or whatever, as I'm sure most of us don't. And maybe signing 3 superstars (I'm not saying we're in the position to do so but for hypothetical reasons) would disrupt the squad and the core we have in our team. But I think those that think our squad doesn't need improving, those that think the squad could do with the addition of one striker, or those that think just sign players for the future, are incredibly naive. I think that we have to be honest, part of the reason we've had a great season (and Poch, the players and others deserve endless credit) is that we've had a bit of fortune along the way this season, and I think the squad has exceeded the sum of its parts somewhat, meaning we must improve.

A striker is essential, and with us having a world class, home grown striker as first choice, this is a position where we can afford to bring in a youngster, but one that must be good enough to rotate the squad as well as be good enough to push and replace Kane if needed. A clear choice is Embolo and his versatility will certainly appeal to Poch. I think we could do with a wide attacker, I've not seen him personally so I can't say we should be in for him but Boufal sounds like a good option. Sounds like he's exciting, he's young and will hopefully be good enough to step in when needed. Finally, we need a good DM to step in for Dier as an injury to him this season would have been devastating. A bit of experience here wouldn't be a bad thing at all so I think Witsel would be a great option if possible. UCL experience, a good player, slots into the Belgian contingency nicely and would allow Dier to slip back into defence if/when required. As for CB I think promoting CCV to the first team would be fine alongside Jan, Toby and Wimmer with Dier also available with the signing of Witsel in this scenario. 3 signings, 3 good signings that would improve the squad and that still have potential. I would quite like a young backup GK to Vorm but that would be the icing on the cake more than anything else

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

This is really key information to consider when talking about signings.

It's very likely that City will be serious title contenders next season with Pep coming in and De Bruyne back to full fitness plus whatever big money signings they make over the summer.

Chelsea will likely continue their current form or improve on this, which will mean they are in the top 4 again.

Man Utd will depend on whether they bring in a new manager and what signings they make, but certainly they have the potential to trouble the top 4.

And Liverpool seem to be getting up and running with Klop and again should be pushing for top 4-5 next season.

Assuming the scum are top 4 contenders, even if Leicester fall out of the top 4 race, that's likely to be 6 teams going for 4 spots next season.

We really do need to look seriously at our squad next season, and i just don't see the current academy players as being anywhere near the level we need to step up and become CL quality squad players.

What you have negating to realise is that our young squad will be better next season. Having come off the back of a title challenge with an extra years experience and development . The club have said many times they are dedicated to buying young players to develop and providing a pathway to the first team for academy products - this means looking long term. Not constantly looking to upgrade the team by trying to spend big money and going toe to toe with the big clubs. We can't afford that when we're just about to build a stadium.

I may be wrong but I highly doubt we will sign more than 3 players and from those 3 I will imagine only 1 of them will be established first team player.

 

[NEVILLEB]

We need another player like Kane who is going to scare defenders

 

[Tyler24durden]

I see no reason for another CB as we have Toby, verts, Wimmer and CCV with Dier able to cover if need be.

Fazio and Yedlin to be sold.

We need to resolve the Bentaleb situation and if he isn't going to be played then sell him but he certainly showed promise the season before.

Carroll should be moved on.

Dembele and Dier both play the holding midfield role but Dier drops back more often.

We need a back up for Dier but ideally, someone who can also dictate play too.

I think we need a quality winger, someone who can score 15 goals + and get the same amount of assists.

I'd go all out for Mahrez personally but Yarmolenko is another who could certainly improve us.

Jury is out on N'jie, Son and even Chadli for his inconsistency.

We also need a quality striker to keep pressure on Kane to perform well but also to be able to relieve the over reliance on him.

Batshuyai (sp?) at Marseille seems a good option but I'd also look at Rashford at Utd as I imagine they'll bring in another expensive striker and push him down the starting order.

I think he's shown tremendous ability in his all round game and would snap him up given the chance.

Ultimately, we need to add quality rather than quantity to supplement our young team that are still developing.

 

[brasil_spur]

I may be wrong but I highly doubt we will sign more than 3 players and from those 3 I will imagine only 1 of them will be established first team player.

This is my point also, however i think we need 4 (with a backup CB), but IMO 3 likely signings with two rotation players and 1 first teamer.

 

[Japhet]

I certainly don't want a stupid squad overhaul where we sell 10 and buy 6 or whatever, as I'm sure most of us don't. And maybe signing 3 superstars (I'm not saying we're in the position to do so but for hypothetical reasons) would disrupt the squad and the core we have in our team. But I think those that think our squad doesn't need improving, those that think the squad could do with the addition of one striker, or those that think just sign players for the future, are incredibly naive. I think that we have to be honest, part of the reason we've had a great season (and Poch, the players and others deserve endless credit) is that we've had a bit of fortune along the way this season, and I think the squad has exceeded the sum of its parts somewhat, meaning we must improve.

A striker is essential, and with us having a world class, home grown striker as first choice, this is a position where we can afford to bring in a youngster, but one that must be good enough to rotate the squad as well as be good enough to push and replace Kane if needed. A clear choice is Embolo and his versatility will certainly appeal to Poch. I think we could do with a wide attacker, I've not seen him personally so I can't say we should be in for him but Boufal sounds like a good option. Sounds like he's exciting, he's young and will hopefully be good enough to step in when needed. Finally, we need a good DM to step in for Dier as an injury to him this season would have been devastating. A bit of experience here wouldn't be a bad thing at all so I think Witsel would be a great option if possible. UCL experience, a good player, slots into the Belgian contingency nicely and would allow Dier to slip back into defence if/when required. As for CB I think promoting CCV to the first team would be fine alongside Jan, Toby and Wimmer with Dier also available with the signing of Witsel in this scenario. 3 signings, 3 good signings that would improve the squad and that still have potential. I would quite like a young backup GK to Vorm but that would be the icing on the cake more than anything else

Witsel isn't much like Dier at all. He's probably better defensively than what we have but defence isn't his strongest suit. Wouldn't be surprised if we had a shot at Wanyama.