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eddiev14

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I think the last thing we needed was to add a load of kids from all over the world this summer. We've got a young squad, Poch is clearly looking to add some players who know the league while the the reshape continues.

Having said that N'Jie is clearly a new scouting network signing. Let's see how he does...

Not kids. I'm old fashioned (or just old maybe!) I still think of anyone under 25 as young, and at least 2 of those guys are that sort of age.

Age is a red herring though, it's surely all about the qualities of the player. That's ultimately what matters. Find a player who does what you are lacking.

E.G. What player can we bring in with pace and trickery who is used to playing off the right of a front three, left footed?

E.G. What player can we bring in who has good feet, can hold it up and would be happy to challenge Kane, wants to play in EPL. Hungry to prove he can.

We're not a Chelsea/City. We can't answer these questions with players that require top dollar, so why not do what many others do and reduce the fee drastically for 1-2 players by adding some risk.

If it works out, we win. If it doesn't, we do what we did with Holtby.

I take your point with N'Jie though, looking forward to seeing what he's about.
 

gibbospurs

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We require a players that have a better ability currently. When Leicester signed Mahrez, they were in the championship and last season he only got 4 goals and 3 assists. If we signed a player of Mahrez's ability when Leicester signed him, he wouldn't have gotten the game time to develop. N'jie is the same age as Mahrez was when Leicester signed him and had 7 goals and 8 assists in Ligue 1 compared to Mahrez's 2 goals and 5 assists in similar mins in Ligue 2. Maybe the same scout found both?
But mahrez cost 350k and Nigel was £8m+. It's hardly finding an unknown. Not digging you out mate just saying.
 

spurs9

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But mahrez cost 350k and Nigel was £8m+. It's hardly finding an unknown. Not digging you out mate just saying.
But Mahrez was Championship standard when they paid 350k. We aren't looking for that standard. Our scouts have to find players that can do a job in our push for the top 4 and have potential to improve, it's not an easy task, there are not that many players that fit the bill and we are not the only or most attractive team looking.
 

Ndombers

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On Illarrammendi: "Madrid encouraged us to bid" - fuck sake, seems a good place to start.

Not knocking Grey Fox, grateful for the info but increasingly exacerbated by Levy's fucking about. You'd think we would have bid for AI by now?
 

HappySpur

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On Illarrammendi: "Madrid encouraged us to bid" - fuck sake, seems a good place to start.

Not knocking Grey Fox, grateful for the info but increasingly exacerbated by Levy's fucking about. You'd think we would have bid for AI by now?

What?
 

spurs9

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On Illarrammendi: "Madrid encouraged us to bid" - fuck sake, seems a good place to start.

Not knocking Grey Fox, grateful for the info but increasingly exacerbated by Levy's fucking about. You'd think we would have bid for AI by now?
What are you talking about? ITK's are saying all details are sorted, it's the player waiting to see if a CL club comes in for him first or have I misread your post?.
 

spurs9

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Still 6m out. That's a pretty massive discrepancy. And you still wonder how much of that was fee and how much add-ons. If reporting is 6m out on Berahino we've bid 16m.
Yes, plus Roma actually announced the fee for Lamela as 30m Euro's yet some reports still say 30m pounds. If they can't get the fee right when a club actually announces it, when can they.
 

spurs9

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Hah. Did a bit of searching through his tweets. Seems our scout Esparraga has already left. Wasnt he just hired in like March?
Where did you get that from? Esparraga still has Tottenham in his Twitter bio.

Edit: Your right, I miss read it, he is at Betis now.
 
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