The Daily ITK Discussion Thread

[F_AN2CE]

Wasn't that a band?

A Beach Boys song, might have been a band as well, wouldn't know. On a sidenote it might be one of the worst Brian Wilson songs ever.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Trix in Berahino thread:

Others being looked at but 100% still the managers number 1 striker target.

 

[dovahkiin]

nothing surprising here
hertyid on andros: He is being shopped around and will likely leave in January.

 

[whitechina]

nothing surprising here
hertyid on andros: He is being shopped around and will likely leave in January.

I hope so for all concerned- he needs to kick-start his career elsewhere

 

[Rocksuperstar]

On the Berahino situation, i do hope Peace doesn't think that he will be in a position to demand £25m, especially if the seasons carries on for him the way it has begun.

Right now, i'd suggest £10m - £15m is a far more realistic price.

 

[amardilo]

We tried to get werner in the summer.

Yeah I remember reading a lot sites linking Spurs to him.

I guess I'm wondering if they go down would it be easier to get him this coming summer? Or if both Stuttgart and Hoffenheim go down could we get both Werner and Volland... Doubt that would happen but I just like the idea of signing players

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

On the Berahino situation, i do hope Peace doesn't think that he will be in a position to demand £25m, especially if the seasons carries on for him the way it has begun.

Right now, i'd suggest £10m - £15m is a far more realistic price.

I would not sell at that price if I were WBA.

With the new tv revenue - staying up is worth far more than £10-£15m.

I think this is a new reality we will have to live with - financially, fewer teams will have to sell their best players unless/until their contracts are about to run down. Maybe next summer, if they can't get Berahino to sign a new deal.

 

[yankspurs]

I would not sell at that price if I were WBA.

With the new tv revenue - staying up is worth far more than £10-£15m.

I think this is a new reality we will have to live with - financially, fewer teams will have to sell their best players unless/until their contracts are about to run down. Maybe next summer, if they can't get Berahino to sign a new deal.

Exactly. This is what people continue to miss here when throwing out numbers wrt Berahino. His value will not have gone down much, if at all. Staying up is worth 60m+ now. Going up to around 100m in a year or 2. Plus, im not sure the exact rules on this as his birthday is in August, but he'll still be 23 at the beginning of next summer, meaning WBA might still get the developmental money when he signs elsewhere, which is likely to be around £15m since Ings cost Liverpool around £12 thanks to Levy offering that amount at the last possible minute to Burnley.

 

[Col_M]

I would not sell at that price if I were WBA.

With the new tv revenue - staying up is worth far more than £10-£15m.

I think this is a new reality we will have to live with - financially, fewer teams will have to sell their best players unless/until their contracts are about to run down. Maybe next summer, if they can't get Berahino to sign a new deal.

But Pulis has effectively said he no longer features in his plans by constantly benching him. That makes him an under utilised asset and the cash could be spent on someone who fits TP's team profile.

 

[Gb160]

Exactly. This is what people continue to miss here when throwing out numbers wrt Berahino. His value will not have gone down much, if at all. Staying up is worth 60m+ now. Going up to around 100m in a year or 2. Plus, im not sure the exact rules on this as his birthday is in August, but he'll still be 23 at the beginning of next summer, meaning WBA might still get the developmental money when he signs elsewhere, which is likely to be around £15m since Ings cost Liverpool around £12 thanks to Levy offering that amount at the last possible minute to Burnley.

Not sure anyone is 'missing' anything....as SB is hardly playing atm, he looks disinterested and clearly wants out.
Its not like they're complete shit and SB is their only hope of staying up, West Brom don't really look like they'll be in any sort of relegation battle, so IMO it makes no sense to let their most valuable asset run his contract down.

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

Not sure anyone is 'missing' anything....as SB is hardly playing atm, he looks disinterested and clearly wants out.
Its not like they're complete shit and SB is their only hope of staying up, West Brom don't really look like they'll be in any sort of relegation battle, so IMO it makes no sense to let their most valuable asset run his contract down.

Hard to reconcile - "their most valuable asset" and "SB is hardly playing".

I am not saying he won't be sold - only that they don't need to sell him for £10-15m.

He is a HG player, so that ups his value on its own - even more so if the FA reduces the number of foreign players allowed to be registered...

 

[Gb160]

Hard to reconcile - "their most valuable asset" and "SB is hardly playing".

I am not saying he won't be sold - only that they don't need to sell him for £10-15m.

He is a HG player, so that ups his value on its own - even more so if the FA reduces the number of foreign players allowed to be registered...

He's their most valuable player yet he's always on the bench....that's the point, they're not utilising their most valuable asset.

 

[Spurs1960]

I would not sell at that price if I were WBA.

With the new tv revenue - staying up is worth far more than £10-£15m.

I think this is a new reality we will have to live with - financially, fewer teams will have to sell their best players unless/until their contracts are about to run down. Maybe next summer, if they can't get Berahino to sign a new deal.

WBA have very little chance of going down and they are achieving that without him. If they sell, which they should, The boss can then spend the money on the players he wants, which would include a replacement striker. Same objective achieved. If they don't sell him and his value goes down, which it will, then they no longer have that money to invest.

 

[Nigel Spinal]

He's their most valuable player yet he's always on the bench....that's the point, they're not utilising their most valuable asset.

He doesn't fit their system, because they (like us) now only play 1 CF.

 

[Lou3000]

He doesn't fit their system, because they (like us) now only play 1 CF.

That's not exactly true. We play with one player up top, but the three behind him are all very attack minded players. Son, N'Jie and Chadli are all WF/STs. We almost always have at least one other attack first player on with Kane. No, none of them are a traditional CF like Kane, but Kane is obviously one of the best in the league at being a traditional hold up/striker. The only player we're linked to that is a backup Kane is probably Depoitre. Everyone else is a hybrid player that would primarily play behind Kane or fill in if needed.

 

[Mr Pink]

The bottom line is Berahino is hardly playing. They're negotiating position is therefore weakened unless their's strong interest from other Clubs which would drive up the price. And of course there's another 6 months off his contract.

If we're the only interested party I'd say 15 million is a decent offer, and they should take it unless they genuinely intend to start playing him - which I doubt now.

 

[Ledleys Knee]

That's not exactly true. We play with one player up top, but the three behind him are all very attack minded players. Son, N'Jie and Chadli are all WF/STs. We almost always have at least one other attack first player on with Kane. No, none of them are a traditional CF like Kane, but Kane is obviously one of the best in the league at being a traditional hold up/striker. The only player we're linked to that is a backup Kane is probably Depoitre. Everyone else is a hybrid player that would primarily play behind Kane or fill in if needed.

Dembele is very Kane like.

There's no point buying a WF who can fill in at CF if needed, as we already have Son, Njie and Chadli. Why have yet another player like that, rather than someone who specifically can play as a lone forward

 

[Breezer]

Townsend wants to stay at Spurs however his father is advising him to move on, even if it's a 6 month loan.

Also look out for Sterling being fast tracked through our academy.

 

[Breezer]

Townsend wants to stay at Spurs however his father is advising him to move on, even if it's a 6 month loan.

Also look out for Sterling being fast tracked through our academy.

@mill why the spam?

 

[Hoops]

The bottom line is Berahino is hardly playing. They're negotiating position is therefore weakened unless their's strong interest from other Clubs which would drive up the price. And of course there's another 6 months off his contract.

If we're the only interested party I'd say 15 million is a decent offer, and they should take it unless they genuinely intend to start playing him - which I doubt now.

6 months left on his contract?