Raphinha

[What Lies Beneath]

If we've actually got £65m to spend on a forward why aren't we going all out for Nkuku? Better player and can actually cover all three positions.

100,000,000 million that's why we do enquire mate haha

 

[mil1lion]

 

[wiggo24]

100,000,000 million that's why we do enquire mate haha

Blimey, fair enough!

 

[Gardham90]

If we've actually got £65m to spend on a forward why aren't we going all out for Nkuku? Better player and can actually cover all three positions.

Because he'll legit cost closer to £100m.

 

[Rogmeister]

Ability aside, I love Raphinha for his end of season celebration

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my stomachs like that

 

[SambaSpurs]

Money isn't the issue here, I don't think. With LCB looking like it'll be a cheaper option, RWB looking relatively cheap in Spence, and midfield shored up with Bissouma at a really good price, we've got that kind of money to throw around. I think, as mentioned, it's down to if we feel like those funds are best allocated for Raphinha or someone else.

Agree with this. As WLB said there’s probably many routes Paratici can go down at the moment target wise. I guess now Paratici and Conte will be trying to assess between A) Richarlison + expensive LCB or B) Raphinha + Striker + mid price LCB. We may have now, or be in the process of confirming to Inter we are exiting Bastoni conversation in the next day as we bid for Raphinha, therefore going for B and moving for NDicka/Hincapie at 25/30 rather than Bastoni/Gvardiol at 60/70. Maybe Inter change their mind on Bastoni or Martinez if they can see we are about to exit, who knows.

This is a bit football manager but I have us like this at the moment for a guess. Maehle being dependent on Reguilon interest. Clearly the fees are a big guess and trying to be conservative. Shows there’s room in our budget for the below + some Romero payment.

Forster (free)
Perisic (free)
Bissouma (£30m)
Spence (£20m)
Maehle (£15m)
NDicka (£25m)
Raphinha (£65m)
Kalajdzic (£25m)
———————-
£180m

Bergwijn (£20m)
Lo Celso (£20m)
Winks (£20m)
Reguilon (£15m)
Ndombele (loan)
Rodon (loan)
Gollini (free)
——————-
£75m

 

[danny32]

I'm in the jump camp, close your eyes and pay the money.
"To Dare is to do"

 

[Trix]

my stomachs like that

And I need his sports bra nowadays.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

Ability aside, I love Raphinha for his end of season celebration

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Looks like a backing singer at a Prince concert

 

[dtxspurs]

In the last 2 seasons premier league games:

Raphinha - 17 goals, 12 assists.
Lucas - 5 goals, 10 assists.
Bergwijn - 4 goals, 5 assists.


The interesting point to me will be how many minutes did Lucas & Bergwijn play together? I suppose that number would be inflated due to the Europa & Conference leage games though.

 

[Hercules]

To put this into context. We have interest. But no talks really taken place (as far as I am aware). Would be a tentative thought S we always like him. But he only plays one main position as a winger, and we don’t post thst system.

I know we been passive talks with Richarlison’s agent mainly, but nothing has moved since. Mainly due to the price, and his holiday’s. Though I’m sure he d see outs cut that short now.

If (big if) we sold both Stevie and Moura, I could see it.

Back to Raphina, from what I hear, Barca not in a position right now, and us in UCL, and Conté, his favourite destination would be here.

There is a lot as I mentioned before, 5 forward targets we are in very advanced talks with. Anyone of those as of now I soulful be happy with.

 

[Hercules]

NEW ADDITION: I just got this from a trusted. We are now talking to Raphina’s people. Let’s see.

 

[Ginola+Tonic]

NEW ADDITION: I just got this from a trusted. We are now talking to Raphina’s people. Let’s see.

To put this into context. We have interest. But no talks really taken place (as far as I am aware). Would be a tentative thought S we always like him. But he only plays one main position as a winger, and we don’t post thst system.

I know we been passive talks with Richarlison’s agent mainly, but nothing has moved since. Mainly due to the price, and his holiday’s. Though I’m sure he d see outs cut that short now.

If (big if) we sold both Stevie and Moura, I could see it.

Back to Raphina, from what I hear, Barca not in a position right now, and us in UCL, and Conté, his favourite destination would be here.

There is a lot as I mentioned before, 5 forward targets we are in very advanced talks with. Anyone of those as of now I soulful be happy with.

What a whirlwind 3 minutes that was ?

 

[SambaSpurs]

NEW ADDITION: I just got this from a trusted. We are now talking to Raphina’s people. Let’s see.

Much appreciated Herc and WLB in here. Hope we go for him, I think he would be a star for us.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Def seems his moved up to our top target atm. I guess Arsenal’s interest really accelerated things our end.

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Def seems his moved up to our top target atm. I guess Arsenal’s interest really accelerated things our end.

chelsea is in flux and Arsenal ain’t got CL or Conte. We have an advantage this summer so I guess we need to make the most of it.

 

[Aleks]

gazump time lets gooooooooo

 

[jedimonkey]

NEW ADDITION: I just got this from a trusted. We are now talking to Raphina’s people. Let’s see.

 

[PCozzie]

my stomachs like that

How many have you got, and what else do they like?

 

[WiganSpur]

I think what has been implied is that we'll only sign one of the current 5 man attacking shortlist. This is likely all players that are commanding significant fees (50m+) - Raphinha, Richarlison, Antony, Jesus, Scamacca

It's been said that Paratici has like a spiders web of potential moves and certain signings are linked to others.

It's very possible that signing Raphinha could bring a cheaper striker list into play, which wouldn't be required if we signed Richarlison. That might lead to a different shortlist, maybe creative 8/10 players instead.

I'm totally fine with that, just saying that under no circumstances can we replace Bergwijn with Raphinha and that be out lot up front.