The Daily ITK and Transfer Discussion Thread - 12th August

[Nayim60yards]

Think Dunk would be an excellent buy.

You're jush dunk that's why! Shober up!

 

[Hoopspur]

Maybe because he's Italian or perhaps because we want paying in Euros to go into our Euro account out of which we pay for our replacements.

Heard an advert saying that the Post Office would refund you all your cash if you had a legit reason for not using it within a month. Just saying ??

 

[Nayim60yards]

Why are City bidding in Euros? Both clubs are in the UK!!

They think if they say 150 loud and Euros quietly it might fool Levy into accepting the bid and then they can say no backsies once he realises and tries to backtrack.

 

[Aay_Jay_Dee]

This. I seem to remember an ITK a couple of windows ago saying that we use a Euro bank account for the transactions (rather than converting and paying fees to a bank) so it would make sense that any deal would actually be in Euros - the replacements are all being touted from outside the UK.

Are Spurs using Revolut?

 

[heinsmit]

I think everyone is way overthinking this euro thing. Fab writes for Sky Italia i.e. a European audience so he converts £125m into EUR150m. Simple really. Haven't you ever watched football on US TV and they talk about transfer fees in dollars?

 

[HNIM]

It looks like we’re playing 3 in the middle this year, 2 holding and one more attacking (possibly that flips to two attacking and one holding at home vs weaker sides). That gives us Dele, PEH, Skipp, Lo Celso, Ndombele, Winks, Sissoko + youth (e.g: John) for three positions.

You would think that if we are going for one or two more midfielders as per the Nandez updates today, we’d need to be confident of shifting at least two of Sissoko/Winks/Ndombele. Odds on we get some news on outgoings there in the next few days IMO.

I need a larger sample size of games to decide on what formation we're playing and how many midfielders are involved. So... as this pertains to what we are hearing from reliable sources, the targets that are ultimately brought in may provide insight into how flexible Nuno will be in that regard. I wouldn't read too much into any individual link to one possible incoming. But I'm pretty excited as to how it all works out.

 

[Adam Zampa]

Why are City bidding in Euros? Both clubs are in the UK!!

Euros are realistically more valuable to us then pounds, we'll be spending euros, so may as well receive euros. I'm no expect In currency exchange fees, but I'd assume it would be a laaaarge amount to convert the 100 mill euros were rumoured to spend from pounds.

 

[JeremyPaxton]

Euros are realistically more valuable to us then pounds, we'll be spending euros, so may as well receive euros. I'm no expect In currency exchange fees, but I'd assume it would be a laaaarge amount to convert the 100 mill euros were rumoured to spend from pounds.

Nope, by the time you're converting hundreds of millions the fees/spreads involved become tiny. We're talking a £10k fee for a £100m deal kind of thing.

 

[Matthew]

2 weeks left to get all our business done then, incomings/outgoings - you'd think its gonna be 3/4 more out and hopefully as many in. Struggling to see how we get that much done in such a short space of time, it really does feel like we're waiting on a harry Kane shaped windfall before pulling any triggers.

 

[CAS_GG]

Why are City bidding in Euros? Both clubs are in the UK!!

They are not, not even sure they have actually bid anything, the €150m amount comes from Romano who I believe works for Sky in Italy so makes sence for him to tell the Italian Viewers the Fee he believes has been submitted in Euros

 

[kursaal]

I started the week with such optimism regarding our transfer dealings. I'm now currently out on the window ledge staring down at the traffic.

 

[sweyid]

I started the week with such optimism regarding our transfer dealings. I'm now currently out on the window ledge staring down at the traffic.

It’s Tuesday, the week started yesterday ?.

 

[Kalim]

I started the week with such optimism regarding our transfer dealings. I'm now currently out on the window ledge staring down at the traffic.

Getting the feeling everything is linked to Harry.

He stays and we have no money to spend, he goes early enough and we might see the first choices incoming. Possibly our unconfirmed source of funds never materialised.

 

[kursaal]

It’s Tuesday, the week started yesterday ?.

Indeed. Its already been a long week.

 

[Kalim]

It’s Tuesday, the week started yesterday ?.

Hoping it's still funny in two weeks time.

 

[spursfan77]

Getting the feeling everything is linked to Harry.

He stays and we have no money to spend, he goes early enough and we might see the first choices incoming. Possibly our unconfirmed source of funds never materialised.

The last sentence is regularly mooted in summer transfer windows but never happens.

 

[spids]

Getting the feeling everything is linked to Harry.

He stays and we have no money to spend, he goes early enough and we might see the first choices incoming. Possibly our unconfirmed source of funds never materialised.

ITK suggests that you are incorrect. We've been told that we do have money to spend and ideally want four more in. But that if Harry is sold this means we can increase the quality of player we are looking at in some of these positions, in addition to needing an additional CF. So Harry's situation is key, and which is why you would imagine a deadline should (or has) been set. ITK not so clear on that though as far as I am aware.

 

[wadewill]

ITK suggests that you are incorrect. We've been told that we do have money to spend and ideally want four more in. But that if Harry is sold this means we can increase the quality of player we are looking at in some of these positions, in addition to needing an additional CF. So Harry's situation is key, and which is why you would imagine a deadline should (or has) been set. ITK not so clear on that though as far as I am aware.

Hopefully they are right and haven’t been peddled the usual Spurs transfer bull that we get every year, time is running out though

 

[mr ashley]

Getting the feeling everything is linked to Harry.

He stays and we have no money to spend, he goes early enough and we might see the first choices incoming. Possibly our unconfirmed source of funds never materialised.

The good thing is, if we were selling Kane you’d expect us to do what Vila did and get their deals done before the announcement (so that we didn’t pay a premium).
That’s not happened so as things stand you’d expect that he’s staying (whether that’s a positive thing for people is a different matter).
Either way you’d expect by the end of the week we’d see some movement.

Players need to arrive regardless of Kane though. Not sure what’s holding up the Tomiyasu deal for example

 

[jazz15c]

Players need to arrive regardless of Kane though. Not sure what’s holding up the Tomiyasu deal for example

Massively this.