The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - Or is it? 28th July 2014

[THFCSPURS19]

@danielneeds - You sick bastard

 

[danielneeds]

Poor Koeman.

Somewhere David Platt and Graham Taylor are laughing heartily...

 

[Wick3d]

Great we are signing some great players hopefully, but you can't help but feel sorry for Southampton. They are getting mugged off big time.

 

[danielneeds]

Great we are signing some great players hopefully, but you can't help but feel sorry for Southampton. They are getting mugged off big time.

Ah, sod them, their fans hate us from the Hoddle & Richards poach years ago.

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

Great we are signing some great players hopefully, but you can't help but feel sorry for Southampton. They are getting mugged off big time.

True. We've had it bad in terms of losing our best players, but never at once in this manner. Don't think any club has. Losing Berbatov and Keane in the space of a month was as bad as we had it.

 

[Wick3d]

Ah, sod them, their fans hate us from the Hoddle & Richards poach years ago.

Ahahaha.

 

[CockOnBall]

Fees haven't yet been agreed and I am guessing that'll be the major stumbling point. One is being valued at 27m and the other is currently out injured. I wouldn't call it "close" knowing Levy's involved.

 

[Ossie85]

I get that Pochettino may want to have some players that he already knows, but we have our own versions of Schneiderlin and J Rod imo. Capoue is just like Schneiderlin, and Chadli is the same as J Rod.
Spending so much money on 2 players that won't change much makes little sense to me, specially J Rod as we can't know if he'll be the same player again

 

[ohwhenthespurs]

I get that Pochettino may want to have some players that he already knows, but we have our own versions of Schneiderlin and J Rod imo. Capoue is just like Schneiderlin, and Chadli is the same as J Rod.
Spending so much money on 2 players that won't change much makes little sense to me, specially J Rod as we can't know if he'll be the same player again

I'm with you there mate. While I appreciate the value of giving the new manager the tools he wants in order to do the job, one would hope he has a broad enough knowledge of the footballing world to either know that there are players who can do those jobs in the Spurs squad already, or that there are alternatives elsewhere in the world that wouldn't cost upwards of £45 million the pair.

 

[Indisguise]

True. We've had it bad in terms of losing our best players, but never at once in this manner. Don't think any club has. Losing Berbatov and Keane in the space of a month was as bad as we had it.

Speaks volumes for how much of the team was of Poch's making.

 

[Drexl]

Hope Rodriguez is cheap given his injury, lack of time left on his contract and doubts he will be same player again, £5-7m would be a fair price

 

[murichej]

we could send Benny to Soton as a free gift, what do you say?

 

[allatsea]

Fees haven't yet been agreed and I am guessing that'll be the major stumbling point. One is being valued at 27m and the other is currently out injured. I wouldn't call it "close" knowing Levy's involved.

Are you ITK on this or guessing?

 

[wadewill]

I get that Pochettino may want to have some players that he already knows, but we have our own versions of Schneiderlin and J Rod imo. Capoue is just like Schneiderlin, and Chadli is the same as J Rod.
Spending so much money on 2 players that won't change much makes little sense to me, specially J Rod as we can't know if he'll be the same player again

But they are signings God damn it..... shiny new SIGNINGS

 

[RichieS]

Fees haven't yet been agreed and I am guessing that'll be the major stumbling point. One is being valued at 27m and the other is currently out injured. I wouldn't call it "close" knowing Levy's involved.

I would've thought we could get both for £30m.

 

[thinktank]

Speaks volumes for how much of the team was of Poch's making.

It's hugely symbolic of his influence - both, in that the players being snapped up thus far have largely attributed their advancement to him and/or want to follow him here - and also a testament to his techniques/method.

 

[CockOnBall]

Are you ITK on this or guessing?

I am going by Simon Peach's tweets. Mentions fee is still to be agreed.

 

[Drexl]

I would've thought we could get both for £30m.

We can sign Rodriguez on a pre contract for free in January, he must be a cut price deal surely

 

[Farms14]

We can sign Rodriguez on a pre contract for free in January, he must be a cut price deal surely

Pre contracts are for transfers to another country I believe and not same league transfers. Either way yes it should be a cheaper deal as contract running down

 

[VegasII]

we could send Benny to Soton as a free gift, what do you say?

LOL