The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 9th July 2014

[Indisguise]

Don't know if I'm posting in the right section but a poster who used to post here (lookslikemodric) has said.

Both obika and prichard (alex) looks like there on the way out with a 600k and a 900k deals on the table for both.

Hmm... Obika I can see leaving, but Prichard, not a chance! 900k is risible. Hasn't LLM been outlawed for wummery?

 

[TheAmerican]

Does anyone know why Soldado is on a plane back to Spain? He's put a picture on Instagram saying Back to home! Great work this week...

Poch given the players some time off?

He has also been posting almost exclusively in Spanish for the last few months.

 

[Drexl]

Pretty sure LLM refused to confirm his source so must be treated with the ultimate amount of scepticism

Pritchard 900k? hmmmm

 

[tonyc]

won't be happy if the Pritchard rumour is anywhere near true (as posted in #820)

 

[RuskyM]

I'm glad we're waiting to make signings tbh. Let Pochettino decide his team, then who he's going to add to it. This is the way it should work.

 

[Gbspurs]

Pretty sure LLM refused to confirm his source so must be treated with the ultimate amount of scepticism

Pritchard 900k? hmmmm

Yeah he did refuse but for a while he seemed to get a lot right, and came out with some really specific behind the scenes info. We shall see I guess.

 

[KingNick]

Does anyone know why Soldado is on a plane back to Spain? He's put a picture on Instagram saying Back to home! Great work this week...

Poch given the players some time off?

Whole squad seem to have the weekend off. Zeki posted a photo saying he was off to Manchester for the weekend to spend time with his family before the US tour. Knowing our roads, Roberto will get home to Spain before Zeki hits Manchester

 

[THFC_is_my_life]

So just wondering, a pre contract means he can hang with us and train with us and go on a pre- season tour with us annd then leave to the highest bidder when he turns 18?

I'm pretty sure that a pre-contract means that he will sign a professional contract with us on his eighteenth birthday.

 

[yankspurs]

He has also been posting almost exclusively in Spanish for the last few months.

He's been posting in english alot recently and the posts this summer have been a mixture of only spanish and spanish followed by English. Some only english in there as well. There is nothing to read into him going back home, IMO. He's probably there to visit his wife and his newborn child for the weekend. Its probably the only time he's able to do it for quite a while. Preseason gets into full swing after this weekend.

 

[yankspurs]

I'm pretty sure that a pre-contract means that he will sign a professional contract with us on his eighteenth birthday.

But can he make first team appearances before then, if he is good enough? Wouldnt he count as an academy player?

 

[spursfan77]

Hmm... Obika I can see leaving, but Prichard, not a chance! 900k is risible. Hasn't LLM been outlawed for wummery?

Talk online of Pritchard going to Huddersfield.

 

[ilikeost]

Don't know if I'm posting in the right section but a poster who used to post here (lookslikemodric) has said.

Both obika and prichard (alex) looks like there on the way out with a 600k and a 900k deals on the table for both.

LLM is not considered ITK here.

 

[Danners9]

probably going back to see his wife/family before the trip to the US, I think she stayed in Spain when he came back for training and that's why he's been hanging out with Lamela and Sandro so much.

she is pregnant. He posted this a month ago: http://instagram.com/p/pJ4501prHe/?modal=true

 

[Lilbaz]

she is pregnant. He posted this a month ago: http://instagram.com/p/pJ4501prHe/?modal=true

She's ugly.

 

[Danners9]

She's ugly.

Yeah, looks a bit like a cloud mixed with mashed potato

 

[sak11]

His agent says he has signed a pre-contract.. Do we believe the agent is the question

I understand he cannot sign a contrat until he's 18 - and he';s 17 now

Is it the same guy who said we had signed Lukaku on a pre-contract?

 

[sak11]

He has also been posting almost exclusively in Spanish for the last few months.

Hi is Spanish. That is why he is posting in Spanish. On Instagram. To his Spanish friends. In Spanish.

 

[Spursidol]

Is it the same guy who said we had signed Lukaku on a pre-contract?

Don't think so.

My uncertainty over the agent is because his news that we had signed Musa Yahaya is now about 3-4 months old - but we've not had any info from any other source. Hopefully we'll see him training in pre-season - or even on the US tour which will be the first other source

 

[Spursidol]

But can he make first team appearances before then, if he is good enough? Wouldnt he count as an academy player?

No - under Pl rules he would be cpounted as an u21, for UEFA purposes (ie the Europa League) he'd need to be named in the 25 man squad

 

[spursfan77]

Juventus interested in paulinho according to the telegraph. £20 million is too good to turn down. Could be a reason for our interest in schneiderlin?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...m-Hotspur-and-Brazil-midfielder-Paulinho.html

Juventus are making a £20 million bid to sign the Brazilian midfielder Paulinho fromTottenham Hotspur.

The move is expected to pave the way for Arturo Vidal to leave the Italian champions although Manchester United, who have strongly been linked with the 27-year-old, deny they are close to agreeing a deal for the Chilean international.