Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele

[Spursmad321]

@Trix just posted....

I've heard this morning we are trying to push the NDom deal. Here's hoping.

 

[Sandro30]

Article doesn't really say much we don't already know.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...nited-juventus-barcelona-latest-a8957146.html

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Concerning that articles agreeing that he'd prefer to go to City. Have to pray they get Rodri.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Article doesn't really say much we don't already know.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...nited-juventus-barcelona-latest-a8957146.html

From following Delaney over the last few windows he does seems to get info direct from Utd, so the suggestion that our rivals (them) see us as the favourite is a promising update.

 

[wrd]

@Trix just posted....

I've heard this morning we are trying to push the NDom deal. Here's hoping.

Half the player NDombele is

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

There’s always fucking something

 

[Lilbaz]

There is a reason we struggle to get transfers done and in large part due to this constant haggling and low ball offers that only get off negotiations to a bad start and piss off the selling club. Our MO is to declare interest in players, unsettle them, and offer significantly less than market value.

Liverpool is a great example of the decisiveness needed in the modern day market. They identify targets, don’t f’ around, and come in with offers to get the player bought. They rarely have missed on their major targets the past few years and it’s the reason they pushed on past us and won the CL and destroyed the league.

The transfer market has moved years beyond Levy and he is just no longer effective in managing it. I am sure Poch is growing tired of it as well.

Sorry for the spam. Just thought you'd want the whole set.

 

[adamsky]

Forgot Rabiot is on a free, will be interesting to see where he goes and for what wage.

 

[dagraham]

Concerning that articles agreeing that he'd prefer to go to City. Have to pray they get Rodri.

Agree, but can’t really blame him.

 

[carpediem991]

We probably will agree a deal and lose it the last second because Levy wants to throw NKoudou in the pot.

Fingers crossed.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Concerning that articles agreeing that he'd prefer to go to City. Have to pray they get Rodri.

Its inevitable - if we want top class players, we have to assume other top teams will want them. That's the risk of trying to break the glass ceiling.

But it empahsises the need to move quickly and get it done before (as could well happen) the targets of the likes of Real, City etc fall over, and thus they thereafter prioritise the likes of Ndombele

 

[The Long Suffering One]

Another ITK in the ITK thread just suggested we are now in advanced talks.. This is getting exciting..

 

[dagraham]

Its inevitable - if we want top class players, we have to assume other top teams will want them. That's the risk of trying to break the glass ceiling.

But it empahsises the need to move quickly and get it done before (as could well happen) the targets of the likes of Real, City etc fall over, and thus they thereafter prioritise the likes of Ndombele

This is why possibly paying over what we feel is true value is more than just a case of stupidly chucking money at it. Of course, if the player is desperately holding out for other clubs it doesn't matter either way, but if he's also happy to come to us overpaying to get the deal done could be vital.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

Its inevitable - if we want top class players, we have to assume other top teams will want them. That's the risk of trying to break the glass ceiling.

But it empahsises the need to move quickly and get it done before (as could well happen) the targets of the likes of Real, City etc fall over, and thus they thereafter prioritise the likes of Ndombele

I don't believe this is the case though. Obviously we will try and get the deal done quickly but how quickly is dependent on the selling club, player, agents etc... If they get a sniff that an elite club are interested it's totally understandable that they will string us along until those other clubs finally come in or don't - whichever it may be.

This is basically what happened in the De Jong deal last summer according to JJ.

 

[SpaggyBoy]

We won't sign him. I'd love us to, but we won't.

It'll be the standard Levy procedure, make a bid well below the asking price, the club will say no and he'll go somewhere else. Levy can then say that "Hey, we tried" before signing a championship player on loan instead.

 

[robertgoulet]

So much smoke around this one. Definitely shades to Davinson’s transfer.

 

[cider spurs]

We won't sign him. I'd love us to, but we won't.

It'll be the standard Levy procedure, make a bid well below the asking price, the club will say no and he'll go somewhere else. Levy can then say that "Hey, we tried" before signing a championship player on loan instead.

Enough.

No-one piddles on my Thursday.

...and don't even get me started on funtime Friday.

Pour yourself a glass of fine malt, get a dusky maiden to roll you a Cuban on her thigh, then sit back and chill.

 

[midoshairband]

can’t believe we’d be negotiating with Lyon if we thought Ndombele wasn’t already convinced.

thought usually player contact/contract is done before the fee agreement stage.

 

[austinfh]

We won't sign him. I'd love us to, but we won't.

It'll be the standard Levy procedure, make a bid well below the asking price, the club will say no and he'll go somewhere else. Levy can then say that "Hey, we tried" before signing a championship player on loan instead.

I know we have reason to think this considering our past transfer history, but this take is getting quite boring now. ITK seems a lot more optimistic this year and even so, we were very close to signing de Jong last year (who is quite widely regarded as one of if not the best midfield prospects in the world) save for a last minute decision. The club is clearly making more effort this summer, and Poch has said he wants to kick on and start a new project at Tottenham. Levy isn't an idiot

 

[CrouchPotato]

A thread of some of his passing ability over on twitter - I made it and don’t want to clog this thread with gifs