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Dilan Markanday
Let’s see if he extends his contract…?
There is a pathway surely .
Dilan Markanday
Let’s see if he extends his contract…?
Better be quick!There is a pathway surely .
Kid should be on the bench imho. He has it all. Him and Scarlet are the ones who are ready right now, to be slowly given few minutes like in ECL.
Thanks for the update Herc
It's so disheartening, but a leopard doesn't change it's spots
As long as Levy is in charge, we will never make that final step to challenge seriously because he doesn't have the mindset to build a team or squad with that capability.
It was JM that didn't want Dias not DL
Nuno position was Traore would definitely help us - club and everyone on transfer committee (inc Nuno) tried to do but agreed 45-50M is a gamble in current climate of a global pandemic with lost revenue. All happy.
Alrighty, here we go.
Our DoF was given a budget, which he performed miracles, and kept well within. Basically near net-spend, without getting tied down on exact figures. If you take time to calculate our signings, they were basically ‘loans’ in essence. Yes! There are ‘Options/Obligations’. So not much spent.
Our DoF took on his role, as he was assured DL would not interfere once given his budget. The only time he would is if we were likely to exceed it. The financial department, and DL would sign off.
I said privately our DoF requested the help of Mendez on certain deals , more to assist the selling club, but also us. And I will not divulge beyond that. Around three weeks ago we started to make moves for Traoré, but for this to happen Mendez had to get a ‘mandate’ to assist. This was known privately, even before the media got wind of it.
The player himself made it known to Wolves, he wanted to join us. Liverpool were interested, but knocked back. We offered a derisory sum to Wolves. This at the interference of DL, who did not like the sound of ‘cash’ in any form, though spread out over term of his contract. He then suggested we do ‘Loan with option’ and insulting offer. He then offered ‘obligation’ but same offer. The initial down payment was a joke.
His view was ‘Traoré has around just under two years left’ and feel it was bad business to offer what Wolves wanted. Traoré told Wolves he would not be signing a new contract. Tuesday agreement was reached we would as good as meet their valuation, based upon realistic incentives, which was relayed they would accept. A meeting was held by DL and those involved, and he was not happy to sanction such an outlay. And argued on Stevie, Lucas, Gil, Lucas as ‘just as good’ and better. And we should use them in the mid-term.
There is/was money for a ‘special purchase’ and was being saved for the striker department. Nuno viewed Traoré as the ideal player to fulfil various roles, and create space etc, for our ‘capabilities to create goal scoring opportunities for players like Dele, Kane, Lucas, Gil, Son, GLC’
It was viewed that we need to cover this area, seeing we failed to bring in a striker, even on loan. We also tried for Neves lol.
I will be surprised if Paratici is here at the end of his contract, and already clubs over here looking at him. If you really believe Nuno will work under these conditions beyond his remit (2 years) we are wrong. Same reasons why he left Wolves
My conclusion is Mr Daniel Levy cannot let go, cannot grip himself. And Paratici is no glove puppet. For all of us very long-suffering supporters, I feel for us, because our club is a drug in our veins. COYS
who?Dilan Markanday
Let’s see if he extends his contract…?
Oh no! That would be a real shame.Dilan Markanday
Let’s see if he extends his contract…?
Ridiculous to just give him one year contract, and on pittance.Oh no! That would be a real shame.
Hercules has had more peaks & troughs this year than a roller-coaster! The fella is also very emotionally-driven, it appears.
I'd trust JJ, personally.
Still think that if Adama Traore was ever a player worth us spending 50m on or everyone falling out over, that it was remiss of everyone involved to not have tried to go for him as our number one target at the opening of the window, as that's number one target money. If DL has even had a chance to cock anything up regarding such a transfer at a late stage, then it's largely because it was at such a late stage at all. It did the whole time seem pretty half baked a plan to try and prise him out after the season has already started when we'd have had no option but to pay out the arse in extra costs due to season having begun and him being in the same league, never mind Wolves crap start highlighting that they need their best players, so I simply cannot blame DL for not liking the situation and cost either (or even the transfer committee as a whole as JJ's info seemed to suggest).
Either way though I'm mainly hoping that all involved can now get their heads down and we can get on with the season proper. This window, given when he was appointed and the pandemic circumstances, was never going to be the making or breaking of Fab with Tottenham Hotspur. That's going to be next summer when he has a full year to assess the squad and target how to get it to where it needs to be. Personally very happy with the type of players that we've signed and have otherwise looked at, ironically really all of them except Traore! But love to be proved wrong so hopefully he has a good season and if we're still interested then maybe he can have convinced those of us who don't see him being worth that, Levy included, that he's worth that type of main target money and we go back in for him.
Just turned 20, so not signing Traore is going to help rather than hinder this kind of thing.
(only signed a new one year one in January I think)
Kid should be on the bench imho. He has it all. Him and Scarlet are the ones who are ready right now, to be slowly given few minutes like in ECL.
I could bite, but trying my best to resist. I respect and know JJ. Have all the time in the world for him. Like us all, he has called things wrong that was right at the time. Maybe we shouldn’t bother share anything then. I am emotionally driven as an addictive passionate fan, supporter. All I share is 100% factual at the time. If things change and I share it, I’m ‘an emotional roller coaster’. Lol?Different types of posters for sure, different sources i assume, but diametrically opposed on this issue.
Salt (as always)
Yeah, if we were going to sign him we should have done it earlier.
Waiting until TDD wouldn't have worked with us/Kane, and it clearly didn't work with Wolves/Traore. Stupid tactic considering the footballing climate in transfers, so if it was a Paratici decision/tactic, he's done very well to not draw any blame/criticism.
I could bite, but trying my best to resist. I respect and know JJ. Have all the time in the world for him. Like us all, he has called things wrong that was right at the time. Maybe we shouldn’t bother share anything then. I am emotionally driven as an addictive passionate fan, supporter. All I share is 100% factual at the time. If things change and I share it, I’m ‘an emotional roller coaster’. Lol?