The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - DEADLINE DAY!

[St José Dominguez]

What will Everton want for him in January? They wanted and were getting 35m for him now so half it maybe. Think Levy will pay that for a guy with only 5 months left not only on contract but of the season too cos I certainly don't. By getting him to reject Chelsea we've put all the power in our hands and I dread to think what we'll offer cos it'll probably piss Everton off so much they just let him go for free.
Also if Everton know we've just cost them £35m now I wouldn't blame them for refusing to enter negotiations in January too.

 

[Jody]

https://twitter.com/SwansOfficial/status/903380774598176770

How they got him through the medical after drugging him like that I'll never know...

 

[chipper]

News from Brighton is that VJ has to be permanent as they have already loaned Krul and Brown

 

[not_tenth-again]

I bet your fun at parties!

Shush! Or I'll kung-fu grammar you

It all seemed quite witty and light hearted from behind these beer tinted glasses I have on. Oh well.

 

[rossdapep]

News from Brighton is that VJ has to be permanent as they have already loaned Krul and Brown

Blimey!

 

[Tucker]

What will Everton want for him in January? They wanted and were getting 35m for him now so half it maybe. Think Levy will pay that for a guy with only 5 months left not only on contract but of the season too cos I certainly don't. By getting him to reject Chelsea we've put all the power in our hands and I dread to think what we'll offer cos it'll probably piss Everton off so much they just let him go for free.
Also if Everton know we've just cost them £35m now I wouldn't blame them for refusing to enter negotiations in January too.

I doubt they will even answer the phone to us now. They will burn Barkley like WBA burned Berahino. We might get him next summer.

 

[scat1620]

Players at spurs who can play am.
Eriksen
Dele
Son
Lamela
Sissoko
GKN
Edwards
Winks
Dembele

We are not light at am.

I disagree. Of those, I would discount:

Lamela - personally I am not even counting him to be a functional part of our squad until I see evidence of him returning to the field of play which proves otherwise. I think he's a good player and would love to see him back at his best for us (he'd be at least pushing for a first team place), but he's been out for such a long time now that I just can't have any confidence that he'll properly return for us. Accept that opinions on this one are split fairly evenly across SC and have no problem with people who see the glass half-full and think he will come back to his best, but IMO it's hope rather than expectation and I wouldn't want to rely on Lamela's return to bail us out.

Sissoko - I don't consider him first team quality and will continue to be disappointed any time that we are stretched enough to include him in the matchday squad.

Winks and Dembele - I really like them both, but I don't consider either of them as attacking midfielders, even as contingency options. They're both excellent CMs in my opinion.

GKN - haven't seen enough to judge properly, but the fact that Poch is bringing Sissoko on in games before GKN doesn't fill me with any confidence.

Edwards - really excited by what the knowledgable Youth Team watchers have to say about him and I would love nothing more than to be proved wrong on timelines, but I would be amazed - AMAZED - if he made more than a couple of matchday squads at best over the course of this season. Based on what the guys who know their Youth Team shit have said, I guess he could become a big player for us in the future, but I think this season will be too early for us to count him as genuine first-team depth.

 

[DaniLeves]

News from Brighton is that VJ has to be permanent as they have already loaned Krul and Brown

not if Brown is under 21

 

[Johnny J]

So that's Lukaku, Chamberlain, Llorente and Barkley who rejected Chelsea, am I right??

the shed end must be fun right now

Plus Bonnucci.

 

[L-man]

News from Brighton is that VJ has to be permanent as they have already loaned Krul and Brown

Unclear if Brown has to be registered as he is U21

 

[THFCSPURS19]

GKN - haven't seen enough to judge properly, but the fact that Poch is bringing Sissoko on in games before GKN doesn't fill me with any confidence.

Nkoudou's been injured since the start of the season hasn't he?

 

[tiger666]

What will Everton want for him in January? They wanted and were getting 35m for him now so half it maybe. Think Levy will pay that for a guy with only 5 months left not only on contract but of the season too cos I certainly don't. By getting him to reject Chelsea we've put all the power in our hands and I dread to think what we'll offer cos it'll probably piss Everton off so much they just let him go for free.
Also if Everton know we've just cost them £35m now I wouldn't blame them for refusing to enter negotiations in January too.

If Barkley is so insistent on coming here then he will, Everton either accept a fee in January or he leaves for nothing in the summer.

 

[Saoirse]

Wonder what the legality is of a "permanent" deal with a compulsory buyback after one appearance? #levy

 

[Matthew]

Not when he is blatantly available to buy.

Yeah, but surely we haven't been given permission to talk to,him? Everton refused to deal with us?

 

[rossdapep]

What will Everton want for him in January? They wanted and were getting 35m for him now so half it maybe. Think Levy will pay that for a guy with only 5 months left not only on contract but of the season too cos I certainly don't. By getting him to reject Chelsea we've put all the power in our hands and I dread to think what we'll offer cos it'll probably piss Everton off so much they just let him go for free.
Also if Everton know we've just cost them £35m now I wouldn't blame them for refusing to enter negotiations in January too.

I'd be concerned with Barkley playing zero football for an entire season if that's the case. Can't see Everton picking him if he's already out the door in his mind. Shame he got injured as maybe we would have gone further and we could really do with him.

 

[theShiznit]

Do you think that Levy sat there at the signing of Llorente with his little finger to the corner of his mouth and said "I told you six years ago, I always get my man..."


(when he retires he'll hire Moutinho, Willian and Damiao to mop his little sweaty head in different locations, Moutinho at his swimming pool, Damiao at the brothel and Willian in the toilet during particularly strenuous shits.

 

[Indacupfortottenham]

Shush! Or I'll kung-fu grammar you

It all seemed quite witty and light hearted from behind these beer tinted glasses I have on. Oh well.

Just seemed a really pesermistic post to me, I think we have improved the best squad we have ever had, so happy days.

 

[razor1981]

News from Brighton is that VJ has to be permanent as they have already loaned Krul and Brown

Maybe we could do a 'permanent' deal with a buy-back clause.

 

[lgsbigal]

Thats where you're going wrong mate.
It can give an indication, you need to stop taking it as gospel, no wonder you're disappointed.

It's hard not to be disappointed when all the 'itk's' were so positive and this wf or at least a back-up was basically guaranteed. This window was different in that it turned out waiting until DD meant crazy prices and teams not able to find replacements... oh wait that's every window!

 

[lukespurs7]

I disagree. Of those, I would discount:

Lamela - personally I am not even counting him to be a functional part of our squad until I see evidence of him returning to the field of play which proves otherwise. I think he's a good player and would love to see him back at his best for us (he'd be at least pushing for a first team place), but he's been out for such a long time now that I just can't have any confidence that he'll properly return for us. Accept that opinions on this one are split fairly evenly across SC and have no problem with people who see the glass half-full and think he will come back to his best, but IMO it's hope rather than expectation and I wouldn't want to rely on Lamela's return to bail us out.

Sissoko - I don't consider him first team quality and will continue to be disappointed any time that we are stretched enough to include him in the matchday squad.

Winks and Dembele - I really like them both, but I don't consider either of them as attacking midfielders, even as contingency options. They're both excellent CMs in my opinion.

GKN - haven't seen enough to judge properly, but the fact that Poch is bringing Sissoko on in games before GKN doesn't fill me with any confidence.

Edwards - really excited by what the knowledgable Youth Team watchers have to say about him and I would love nothing more than to be proved wrong on timelines, but I would be amazed - AMAZED - if he made more than a couple of matchday squads at best over the course of this season. Based on what the guys who know their Youth Team shit have said, I guess he could become a big player for us in the future, but I think this season will be too early for us to count him as genuine first-team depth.

Agreed. We are light by one.