Vincent Janssen signs for Spurs!

[jambreck]

I'm really struggling to see why the likes of Hercules, DanielJohnCosta, Everlasting Seconds and others are so down on this guy.

I really like what I see and hear. Not technical? Nonsense. He has good technique. He is an exceptional finisher. Off either foot (antoo and that means that, either facing or with his back to goal, the defender can never be certain which way he is going to turn. He has awesome upper body strength. Brushes off his markers with ease. Not fast? Maybe. But not slow either. Fantastic movement off the ball and a real hunger to get himself in scoring positions. Decent awareness of his team mates and ability to link up play. Tap ins? Sure. Nothing wrong with that. But plenty of other types of goal too.

If all of that wasn't enough, we hear that he has a fantastic attitude in training too. Always wanting to learn and improve. Poch's kind of player.

I certainly don't see him as an inferior option to Batshuayi. He's not as quick, certainly. But he's a better finisher and has better movement. And while pace is a great asset, it isn't the be all and end all that so many portray it as. Especially for Spurs. How often do we come up against teams that force a high line against us? How often do our forwards have acres of space to run into?

Far more often than not,we have to break teams down as they defend in numbers against us. In such circumstances. Good movement and finishing is far more useful to us than pace.

 

[JonnySpurs]

I would expect AZ to take a hard line on this. They will want to show their fans they are not being pushed around and that's fair enough.

I'm sure we'll come to an agreement with them soon enough.

 

[WalkerboyUK]

Nah he's quoted as saying that he wants to move to Spurs. And to be honest, I'm not sure why people are saying this is signs of a bad attitude or that he's whinging to the press. He was probably just asked a question at a press conference and replied. I don't see a whole lot wrong with what he said and, like @Trix, I think it's encouraging that he wants to get to his new club in time for pre season so he can prove himself. That seems like a great attitude to me.

That quote doesn't actually say he wants to join us specifically.
It says "I have expressed my choice at the club". I interpret that as "I have told AZ I would like to leave".
Then there's the "I would like somewhere else as soon as possible to start my preparation". Again, not mention of it being us.
The only bit that mentions us is him saying we have made an offer that AZ rejected.

 

[BuckeyeSpurs11]

That quote doesn't actually say he wants to join us specifically.
It says "I have expressed my choice at the club". I interpret that as "I have told AZ I would like to leave".
Then there's the "I would like somewhere else as soon as possible to start my preparation". Again, not mention of it being us.
The only bit that mentions us is him saying we have made an offer that AZ rejected.

He said I've told them my choice and I'm disappointed they havent accepted Tottenham's strong bid..I think it will get done, there were rumors that we agreed terms with him already. The positive is that its not even July yet.

 

[tiger666]

AZ fans thread on it all if anyone can speak Dutch, or trusts google translate

"Go at least talk to them. Make sure you catch at least twenty million with some clauses and you're bacon buyer."




http://azfanpage.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7179&start=840

 

[WiganSpur]

To be fair we usually get this with transfers that turn out to be pretty close. Providing no one else gazumps us it's looking like we will sign him.

 

[glacierSpurs]

Nah he's quoted as saying that he wants to move to Spurs. And to be honest, I'm not sure why people are saying this is signs of a bad attitude or that he's whinging to the press. He was probably just asked a question at a press conference and replied. I don't see a whole lot wrong with what he said and, like @Trix, I think it's encouraging that he wants to get to his new club in time for pre season so he can prove himself. That seems like a great attitude to me.

Exactly.. Ppl complains if bale or modric did the same, we would be fuming.. But the difference here is we stated they were not for sale, so what could they say? RM came with offers we could not refuse and the rest was history..

AZ had already right from the start stated Jassen can be for sale with a right price.. So what is wrong with him bring frustrated? If reports are to be believed, we even went back with three offers, so tell me who is dicking who..

 

[robertgoulet]

AZ fans thread on it all if anyone can speak Dutch, or trusts google translate

"Go at least talk to them. Make sure you catch at least twenty million with some clauses and you're bacon buyer."




http://azfanpage.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7179&start=840

I went in thinking "I trust Google Translate" and I came out thinking "I don't trust Google Translate"

 

[Matthew]

Knowing we missed out on our main target, AZ will now raise the asking price for Janssen.
It's the same cycle every transfer window

and have allegedly done so, wont accept 18millin euro?

 

[Nigel Spinal]

I'm really struggling to see why the likes of Hercules, DanielJohnCosta, Everlasting Seconds and others are so down on this guy..

It because his name ends in a consonant. Everyone knows that cool players' names always end in a vowel.

 

[Japhet]

It's one thing to name your price and refuse to budge. It's something completely different to name your price then keep trying to hike it up which is apparently what AZ are trying to do. I'm not surprised he's frustrated tbh.

 

[Matthew]

Hope we get this sorted.... There are very few strikers available and we might end up with plan D.

defoe? just signed a new contract!

 

[GetSpurredOn]

Player clearly unhappy.
AZ won't want an unsettled player on their books.
Clubs believed to be not that far apart, surely close enough to negotiate.
Spurs aware that Batshuayi has gone out of the equation.
I expect things to pick up quite quickly now.

 

[Matthew]

I personally like the fact he wants to be at his new club before pre season starts, to give him the best possible preparation time.

did you hold the same opinion when bale wanted to go to madrid for pre season?

 

[E17yid]

I like the sound of this guy. Great price considering his excellent record (albeit in his first real season) but more importantly he wants to come knowing we have the best striker in the world. He obviously has some minerals.

 

[millsey]

Said at the time 12 mill was laughable to get him. I also think Spurs have done be old say you want to leave and your club to accept the bid chat to the player

 

[BuckeyeSpurs11]

Let's be 100% honest here..the club allowed him to come to Tottenham, meet with club, discuss terms...they have accepted they are selling. They are trying to get the best deal for him, makes sense but this shouldn't be a very complicated one.

 

[goughie1966]

Said at the time 12 mill was laughable to get him. I also think Spurs have done be old say you want to leave and your club to accept the bid chat to the player

 

[panoma]

Janssen aren't particulary slow at all, don't know why i read that over and over in this thread. Sure he's not that fast either, but neither were Van Nistelroy, Bergkamp or RvP and they all did allright in the EPL.

 

[Trix]

did you hold the same opinion when bale wanted to go to madrid for pre season?

AZ have told the world he is for sale and that he is very unlikely to be their player come the start of next season. Completely different to the Madrid media campaign that pre-empted Bale's departure.