The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 20th August

[Dirtysanchez6]

No CL is going to cost us 100 mil plus. There's your big club signings right there.

Levy only has himself to blame for that you can expect champions league football every year when he let the squad go stale for 18 months

 

[nedley]

Let’s hope we can find someone to pay the money we’re going to want sooner rather than later.

Or failing that, if a big club with players we’re interested in come in for him, perhaps there’ll be a DL special to be done that way.

I think that will be the only way.

DL is not going to sell at a loss. You only have to look at the N'Jie and Nkoudous of this world to see that.

I can easily see him still with us come Everton even if all that is said is true.

 

[Sandro30]

My guess is that it will be other clubs cast-offs coming back ala Junior Firpo, Umtiti type deal.

I’m personally very sad that it’s not worked out for him and the club. I thought he was going to be a superstar for us.

 

[SpartanSpur]

A loan swap for Ndombele with someone like Coutinho might be the best outcome. Give him a chance to build his value up before we finally sell.

Based on the info today we can't afford to keep him around.

 

[Haddock]

One year ago Ndombele was the player to propel us in to a new decade of success. Now he's a fat lump who's at his best is suited to a Sunday league five aside match in futsal.

The overreactions seem to go both ways. I'd say the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

Anyway, the only thing I'm certain of is that Daniel Levy won't accept taking a major financial hit on his record signing. TN is on 200k/w, injured and out of favor. The only reason clubs would be interested is if thers's a cut deal to be made. There's not a snowballs chance in hell that we'll get close to what we bought him for. Especially in the post-covid economy.

Miserable stuff.

 

[Scouseyid]

Levy only has himself to blame for that you can expect champions league football every year when he let the squad go stale for 18 months

But he didn't last summer. No one expected Poche to lose his marbles!

 

[Goobers]

One year ago Ndombele was the player to propel us in to a new decade of success. Now he's a fat lump who's at his best is suited to a Sunday league five aside match in futsal.

The overreactions seem to go both ways. I'd say the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

Anyway, the only thing I'm certain of is that Daniel Levy won't accept taking a major financial hit on his record signing. TN is on 200k/w, injured and out of favor. The only reason clubs would be interested is if thers's a cut deal to be made. There's not a snowballs chance in hell that we'll get close to what we bought him for. Especially in the post-covid economy.

Miserable stuff.

Who knows eh ?

 

[leemason2302]

It's early in the window but we're basically doing what we done with or without CL money, 1 in 1 out.. The bare minimum.

 

[Jamturk]

Do we not check on a player's professionalism before giving them 200k a week ?

This is on the club I'm afraid, Mickley Mouse!

 

[HildoSpur]

I find it strange how we are the only club who's spending has been affected

We are the only club who has spent an absolute fortune on a new stadium in past year.

 

[JKendall13]

The other thing about NDombele is he’s on $200k/week. Only Kane is on that, the next closest is Son at $140k/week. We could very easily bring in two very good players for TN’s wages.

 

[Wig]

Who: The Goat
When: 23rd August
Where: SC

The Goat has had multiple people, with very different sources and on all sides of the issue, tell us the same thing. Ndombele has been taking the piss for months and has no interest in training or playing for us. This is not the club briefing against him or trying to back a stubborn Jose. Ndombele's behaviour and attitude is awful.

Surely the final straw for even the diehard TN apologists. Fingers crossed we can sell him off for a decent price so we can reinvest in players who actually want to play

 

[thefierycamel]

Says a lot about how shit our other midfielders are then when all of this can apparently be going on behind the scenes, and yet he still looks head and shoulders above them when he plays

 

[SpursSince1980]

So the success of our TW is contingent on getting 50m for an unfit, sulky player who doesn't want to train or play but is happy to roll around in a swimming pool full of dosh. Can't see many suitors willing to play ball. This might be DLs biggest challenge yet, when it comes to transfer negotiations.

Which is why I can only see this being a two year loan agreement with someone or someones coming our way in exchange. But who??

 

[dondo]

Not completely unexpected ITK regarding TN.
If true which I’ve suspected for a while it really is disgusting from TN and should be booted out the door ASAP

 

[dondo]

Says a lot about how shit our other midfielders are then when all of this can apparently be going on behind the scenes, and yet he still looks head and shoulders above them when he plays

How has he looked head and shoulders above our other midfielders? He’s barely played a decent 45 minutes let alone a whole game as he is blowing out of his arse after 20 minutes

 

[arunspurs]

I mean, is anyone surprised ?

We don't need ITKs to be telling us this - Just common sense on what has happened over last 1 year says, Ndombele wants to leave us for whatever the reason.

Almost never played back to back games in a week. Probably played 1 90minute game.
Leaks in press of him falling out with manager...with manager, who took timeout in pandemic and tried to work with him.
His general game play - right from warm up to how he ran in games. This is a player who played 3000min + last season but for some reason, always had a reason to not turn up. As for as diet, even in Poch days, we tried diet plan and physios working with him.Not once, he seemed to reciprocate that.

It's time to move on. Time to cut loss and get a player who could help us next season.

 

[carmeldevil]

I'm sure this won't be a popular opinion

You are not wrong

 

[sage]

Simple header, lovely ball

wrong thread, mate

 

[Blueluigi6]

With the first match in about 3 weeks I hope levy is able to find a buyer and a replacement with time to spare