The Daily ITK and Transfer Discussion Thread - 12th August

[Teddy Klinsmann]

 

[Pochie]

Our midfield is so interesting - probably where we're the most well off - but just haven't hit the right partnerships yet!

It's great to hear ITK on the fact that we're looking to strengthen here - thanks for the insights!

The question becomes is PEH the CDM? It seems to me that they are looking at both box-to-box and CDMs to see where they can get the best value/player. If they can get a better box-to-box CM then PEH will sit, if they can get a class CDM, they they can push PEH further forward.

If the quoted amount for JWP is correct, I'd rather us look across Europe for a big name if we are to get the Kane money in. Tomiyasu, Kounde, Gravenberch/Renato Sanches, Martinez and Vlahovic for me to finish off the rebuild. Might be dreaming but all young players that can increase in value and be bought way cheaper than they will be any other Summer.

Yep, we're looking for that perfect partnership. I yearn for a Sandro-esque individual x

 

[Cochise]

I've been given shit this year for saying that selling Kane this summer made sense.

Now the ITKs say Paratici feels the same and you lot are all praising him lol.

 

[Flashp]

I've been given shit this year for saying that selling Kane this summer made sense.

Now the ITKs say Paratici feels the same and you lot are all praising him lol.

While some might have flipped their opinion after Kanes antics, It's still my feeling that a majority on here agree with Levys stance on this one, no matter what Paratici and Hitchen might think. I know I do.

 

[sausage]

I was apathetic before, apathetic during, and I'm still apathetic.

Aside from a silky nutmeg from a team he played for several years ago, I've not seen him play - but the general consensus seemed to be that he was not the Kane-a-like we're looking for.

 

[Guntz]

He's a midget with a shit haircut

Always wanted Vlahovic anyway

 

[Metalhead]

Football Insider claimed that he wanted to come to Spurs - it's all very confusing!

 

[Guernman]

100% agree with this. And there will always be friction between the holder of the asset and the person wanting to spend the money.

Strange analogy I know but if you had a family heirloom and you promised your wife that you would sell it so she could upgrade the kitchen.

You know it’s worth 150m. But your wife is only interested in a new kitchen and is begging you to sell for 100m so she can have a new kitchen.

You know that a new kitchen will increase the price and desirability of your home. But you will not sacrifice 60m just so you can get the new kitchen.

that must be one hell of a kitchen....

 

[carpediem991]

Football Insider claimed that he wanted to come to Spurs - it's all very confusing!

Sounds like a brillant source

 

[carmeldevil]

I think it's right Levy has control over the Kane situation. He knows what his value is, and he won't back down from it. People would moan if he sold for less.

Yep - Levy is the one with his ass on the line when Kane is sold not Hitchen or Paratici. Of course he wants to make sure the club gets its fair value.

 

[newbie]

People need to consider that Kane is not only our best player, but our most marketable asset at a time where we are working on 15+ year deals with tens of milllions a year at stake…

you have forgotten Son, if we sign the Japanese lad it could be br huge

 

[Gspurs11]

I've been very much on the 'maximise the amount of money we can get for Kane at all costs' (a long train, albeit) but theoretically if we had sold early like Paratici and Hitchen wanted to, per Trix's ITK, we could've got Martinez and Vlahovic in already with the same outlay we would've received for Kane. Now we may end up with neither.

 

[Parkie]

Hitchen/Paratici and Levy are Good Cop, Bad Cop-ing the shit out of City.

Give us the £150m, or Levy will slam your head through a desk.

And that is what we have been missing: where is the A&C opening monologue on this saga?! Where are the tales of debauched lechery and perversion to add to the ITK?

 

[Flashp]

I've been very much on the 'maximise the amount of money we can get for Kane at all costs' (a long train, albeit) but theoretically if we had sold early like Paratici and Hitchen wanted to, per Trix's ITK, we could've got Martinez and Vlahovic in already with the same outlay we would've received for Kane. Now we may end up with neither.

This is pure speculation though, and I really don't remember Trix (or any other ITK for that matter) confirming this to be the case.

If we had sold early it would obviously also impact the asking prices for the replacements, so it isn't that simple.

Really there are so many unknown variables in play, that no one can really determine what the best course of action is/would have been.

Personally I'm with Levy on this one. We insist on any transfer being on our terms and at our price, or we keep our most prized asset.

 

[FloridaSpur]

? Citeh back again…FFS…
Fed up of all this. Only way we know is our way and terms!

If they are back in yet again, then i believe that they will offer what Levy wants. If there was no chance then they would either go for a secondary target or simply sign no one.

If Kane does end up going, it will be for every penny Levy wants, my only concern is that with covid regulations will Paratici be able to bring players in before September (quarantine time) in the position to actually start?

 

[ProfCalculus]

Sounds like a brillant source

I think I saw in the player thread that Romano edited out the ‘today’ at the start, as in ‘today he is not leaving.’ Which makes the statement the exact opposite of the one he’s tweeting with his little low light turned up collars Bergman by way of wetherspoons photo. u_u

 

[carpediem991]

If they are back in yet again, then i believe that they will offer what Levy wants. If there was no chance then they would either go for a secondary target or simply sign no one.

If Kane does end up going, it will be for every penny Levy wants, my only concern is that with covid regulations will Paratici be able to bring players in before September (quarantine time) in the position to actually start?

There is the small chance that City just come now to unsettle us and Kane before our match.

 

[Metalhead]

Sounds like a brillant source

It's my go to after the Daily Express.

 

[Gspurs11]

This is pure speculation though, and I really don't remember Trix (or any other ITK for that matter) confirming this to be the case.

If we had sold early it would obviously also impact the asking prices for the replacements, so it isn't that simple.

Really there are so many unknown variables in play, that no one can really determine what the best course of action is/would have been.

Personally I'm with Levy on this one. We insist on any transfer being on our terms and at our price, or we keep our most prized asset.

Yeah, for the whole I do agree on what you say and we could've sold Kane for less and the prices of the other two be unobtainable. Just supposition on my part

 

[wiggo24]