The ITK Discussion Thread - 7th December 2021

[Trix]

Loan to buy again points to us being completely skint.

Lets see how the window pans out.

 

[YB123]

No it doesn’t really. Why pay now when you possibly could pay later? Nothing to do with being skin, just a good practice.

For someone like Romero or Lo Celso at £40/50m yes. For a player at £20m, it implicates we don't have the NECESSARY funds.

 

[Spursberg]

Loan to buy again points to us being completely skint.

i find it really strange as well if there is not a huge income expected after a certain date? We have several players now on loan which we expect to buy in the summer? Traore (if links are true) Romero and also Golini if we can not ship him back

something needs to happen, being selfsustained alone will not keep us in top 6, money will need to come from somewhere

 

[Tucker]

Lets see how the window pans out.

Fingers crossed we can do something meaningful.

 

[YB123]

Lets see how the window pans out.

Love the positivity but i think we know how this will play out.

 

[Stoof]

Loan to buy again points to us being completely skint.

It really doesn't.

I'm not skint, but if the company providing me with the new kitchen I want will give me a 0% finance deal for 3 years, then why the fuck would I pay for it now?

No-one should be afraid of sensible, structured debt .

 

[Fredo]

Lets see how the window pans out.

Confidence seems to be going

 

[YB123]

i find it really strange as well if there is not a huge income expected after a certain date? We have several players now on loan which we expect to buy in the summer? Traore (if links are true) Romero and also Golini if we can not ship him back

something needs to happen, being selfsustained alone will not keep us in top 6, money will need to come from somewhere

As long as Lloris stays fit, Gollini will be shipped back as he has to start a certain amount of games. Think its something like 20.

 

[YB123]

It really doesn't.

I'm not skint, but if the company providing me with the new kitchen I want will give me a 0% finance deal for 3 years, then why the fuck would I pay for it now?

No-one should be afraid of sensible, structured debt .

Yes but its £20m, not a £50m plus signing that I agree with your logic for.

 

[Fidget]

No it doesn’t really. Why pay now when you possibly could pay later? Nothing to do with being skin, just a good practice.

We need him urgently.

 

[YB123]

We need him urgently.

Exactly. We need incomings asap.

 

[Wig]

Loan to buy again points to us being completely skint.

Surely it's just creative accounting / advantageous financing

 

[rossdapep]

Lets see how the window pans out.

Yeah we should wait to see if we are doing these deals so we can go big in other positions (Vlahovic, Torres, for example).

However, I will be concerned if we seem to be only looking for these kind of deals.

But as you say we need to wait.

 

[Stoof]

Yes but its £20m, not a £50m plus signing that I agree with your logic for.

No seriously. If I can pay for something in a series of interest-free instalments, then why would I pay a lump sum up-front. Whether it's £250 or £250,000.

Very rarely are transfer fees paid all in one go anyway. I expect there's lots of people twisting their knickers entirely unnecessarily based on a fractional understanding of how this business works and on a tiny snippet from Matt fucking Law.

And also, because people (not naming names "the lad" with "TO DARE IS TOO DEAR" plastered all over your profile picture) just want that to be the narrative.

 

[robertgoulet]

Surely it's just creative accounting / advantageous financing

6 month loan would save us 6 months of whatever increased salary he will get from us, also may help on the length of the back end of the contract (i.e. signing him now may require 4 yrs, signing in the summer may require 3).

 

[mark87]

Loan to buy again points to us being completely skint.

Unless we just plan to use that money elsewhere this window

 

[Wsussexspur]

Love the positivity but i think we know how this will play out.

The worrying thing is that if it plays out as we suspect will we still have a manager by the middle of Feb! It’s certainly not beyond the realms of possibility that Conte walks if he isn’t given the backing he wants and deserves.

 

[Darth Vega]

What a pathetic piece of piss Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has become.

The transfer window really bring out the worst in our fans and this forum sometimes. We've had just under two weeks of constant negativity, doom and gloom and catastrophising at even the slightest bit of (often unsubstantiated) negative news.

Those same people are the same that will turn around and criticise our players at the drop of a hat for having a weak mentality and giving up too easily and completely fail to see the irony.

Yes, signings as soon as possible would be ideal, but we've been told Conte himself is essentially planning for next season... can't we just exercise a bit of patience?

If it gets to January 31st and it is indeed the same old story, i'll be as vocal in criticising the club as anybody else but I truly don't see the point in fretting until that's the case.

 

[YB123]

No seriously. If I can pay for something in a series of interest-free instalments, then why would I pay a lump sum up-front. Whether it's £250 or £250,000.

Very rarely are transfer fees paid all in one go anyway. I expect there's lots of people twisting their knickers entirely unnecessarily based on a fractional understanding of how this business works and on a tiny snippet from Matt fucking Law.

And also, because people (not naming names "the lad" with "TO DARE IS TOO DEAR" plastered all over your profile picture) just want that to be the narrative.

Fair enough. If you're happy with the club haggling over the structure or fee when our most important schedule of fixtures is fast approaching, whilst missing key players.... then ok.

 

[Fidget]

The worrying thing is that if it plays out as we suspect will we still have a manager by the middle of Feb! It’s certainly not beyond the realms of possibility that Conte walks if he isn’t given the backing he wants and deserves.

…….and has been told he will get.