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Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele

hellava_tough

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Not sure you can call it lack of ambition as we spent similar sort of money on them and for many then Ndombele was the higher rated of the two at the time - there were concerns that Fernandes had already struggled once when leaving Portugal, that he was the older of the two players and that he might be too lightweight for the Prem. Poor scouting I'll grant you, but it's not like we took the cheap option. On the other thand, failing to get Dybala because of a £14m image rights bill was a lack of ambition.

It looks bad now but I still feel there's a player to be had in Ndombele so can't call it the worst transfer cock-up of all time just yet. Turning down Jol's requests for Martin Petrov, Elano and Sylvain Distin when we urgently needed good players in those positions and instead blowing the entire transfer budget on Darren Bent when we already had Berbatov, Keane and Defoe is the worst for me. Closely followed the following year by selling Berbatov and Keane to replace them with Pavyluchenko and Frazier Campbell. There have been rumours about us turning down Zidane and Bergkamp in the 90s which I'm not sure if I believe, but Redknapp has openly admitted he turned down Luis Suarez because he thought he wasn't an out-and-out striker and thought he'd get in Van Der Vaart's way.

Carrack for Zokora was painful too.

Paulinho was pretty useless as well.
 

Japhet

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me reckons Jose wouldn’t actually give a flying eff. He clearly tried to get rid of Pogba and Martial from Utd so I don’t see why N’Dombele would be any different as try as our fans might to make him the second coming since Gazza, the guy has done nothing in the 12 months that he’s been here to deserve such accolades.


Done nothing??

 

Pistols At Dawn

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I've supported Spurs for 30 years and have seen quite a few crappy signings in that time.

So when I read your post I thought, 'Nah, there's bound to be worse deals than NDombele'.

But then i thought, 'You know what, this could be the worst'.

Basically, a big money deal for a position we desperately need filled, but the player can't even make the pitch, let alone perform on it.

However...

It all depends on how the story ends.

If NDombele comes good, then fantastic.

If he doesn't, but we sell him for 50m, okay that wasn't a complete disaster.

If he doesn't come good and we lose a substantial amount on transfer fee and wages, then yeah, that will be up there with the worst signing in my 30 years.

We'll have to wait and see.

Certainly, it's an open question and a nuanced one. With Bruno on the table FOR THE SAME PRICE, and we bought this tub? He's out of shape and won't defend. And then when he gets called out, he whinges like a true millennial. He has a long way to go. But yes, time will tell.
 

dtxspurs

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Painful but true.

Bruno sold to ManU for about the same as Tanguay, and it turns out he was worth TWICE what they were asking. Meanwhile, we bought a lemon (all too frequent at Spurs).

The Bruno/Tanguay debacle is the single worst transfer cock-up I've seen in my time supporting Spurs (albeit only about 12 years). If you aren't kicking yourself over this absolute lack of ambition (or simple scouting failure), you need to have your head checked.
Grealish was worse.
 

DiVaio

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Painful but true.

Bruno sold to ManU for about the same as Tanguay, and it turns out he was worth TWICE what they were asking. Meanwhile, we bought a lemon (all too frequent at Spurs).

The Bruno/Tanguay debacle is the single worst transfer cock-up I've seen in my time supporting Spurs (albeit only about 12 years). If you aren't kicking over this absolute lack of ambition (or simple scouting failure), you need to have your head checked.
Bruno is very good player but seriously, he's probably the most overrated player in the world right now.

Lack of ambition? By signing two better players, two first choice targets for Poch, yeaah.

Simple scouting failure, lol. Maybe you should try go into scouting if u seen any clear signs that Ndombele after 3 injury free seasons will have fitness issues. Or that Lo Celso will play as 8 not 10(who is better all-round player than Bruno). And dont forget they had better seasons in better leagues.
 

arunspurs

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Essentially Jose saying he will play tomorrow. Looking forward to how Ndombele responds, even if thats from the bench
 

SpursD22

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He’s going to play 5 minutes and then Mourinho is going to be like I told you there isn’t a problem blablabla

I don’t trust his words
 

arunspurs

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He’s going to play 5 minutes and then Mourinho is going to be like I told you there isn’t a problem blablabla

I don’t trust his words

On the contrary, I see him given more time in this 6 day - 3 games program. He might not play 90 but even if he can give burst of creativity from the bench in the 3 games would be great
 

Dillspur

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I generally think Tanguy will be worldclass, I only worry that Jose isn't the manger to get him there, we'll regret selling him if we do.
 

stevenurse

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Nobody else gonna mention that that isnt Issa Diop?
 

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Timberwolf

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Based on his final quote it sounds like he won't be starting tomorrow, but that he'll have a part to play over the next few matches.
 

SpursSince1980

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Kid will come good eventually. Just needs to find that fire within. But that will take time. I just hope Jose gives him more time on the pitch. It is the only way he can improve.
 
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