- Jul 17, 2012
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This 110%. It's frankly embarrassing when listening to Spurs fan's whine and moan about 'getting players in' 'sign them early' 'just pay them what they want' when they can't grasp the fundamentals. Do people honestly think that given the choice between getting players into the squad early or leaving it till last minute is a concious decision to save 'a few quid'. It's not just the initial outlay it's 101 other knock on factors to consider.
In our eyes we are a big club, in reality we are a big club. Just not as big as others.
its all about the targeting of the right players ..... I dont think we have lost a player early in the window to one of the five clubs above or around us or further afield in Europe. Ings never wanted to leave the the north west where he was settled and Schneiderlin to Man U was not done early and was more about the CL football on offer and the stature of the club.
The players we have apparently lost out on early in the window was due to them deciding to stay with their 'non big' clubs
because primarily we weren't prepared to complete with them on wages.
Wages are of course a factor but if you target the right players you can get deals done early.