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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 30th January 2019

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dovahkiin

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sort of itk from ali z: the issue is not buying it is buying players that improve first team. Levy be delighted to buy but not able to get players Poch wants.
 
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Pretty much confirms everything that's been written/spoken since Sunday.
 

Johnny J

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sort of itk from ali z: the issue is not buying it is buying players that improve first team. Levy be delighted to buy but not able to get players Poch wants.
Thanks Dov.

If the only players Poch wants are ones Levy can't get then Poch surely needs to adjust his expectations.

And it's not just about improvements. We are two squad players down now with GKN and Dembele gone, so they need replacing. One of those was our best midfielder for fuck's sake. And Wanyama looks like he's done.
 

rajmak

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sort of itk from ali z: the issue is not buying it is buying players that improve first team. Levy be delighted to buy but not able to get players Poch wants.

Because we won't pay the high transfer fee/wages/agent or simply because they dont want to play for Spurs?
 

Ghost Hardware

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sort of itk from ali z: the issue is not buying it is buying players that improve first team. Levy be delighted to buy but not able to get players Poch wants.
All the ITK seems to be saying the same thing now. It almost feels like Poch is saying to Levy, I want Messi, get me Messi. It’s all well and good wanting to buy Messi but only if Messi has told us he would be happy to come. Otherwise it’s completely pointless. If the targets Poch desires want to come and are avalible then fair enough. If they don’t and are not then move on.
 
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RobjDerby

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Chill out everyone. Maybe they are just not available right now, or now isn’t the right time, or getting those players now means not getting a better player later. Packing the squad has given us some crap players over the years (many of which we are trying to be rid of) If we have a clear our, we’ll be set for the summer !
 

For the love of Spurs

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Thanks Dov.

If the only players Poch wants are ones Levy can't get then Poch surely needs to adjust his expectations.

And it's not just about improvements. We are two squad players down now with GKN and Dembele gone, so they need replacing. One of those was our best midfielder for fuck's sake. And Wanyama looks like he's done.

Depends on what Levy is actually offering, if we can only afford Janssen/Nkouduo level purchases Poch may think no better to trust youth.
 
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sort of itk from ali z: the issue is not buying it is buying players that improve first team. Levy be delighted to buy but not able to get players Poch wants.

So there isn't a gettable CM that could improve the first team anywhere in the world?

They're not gettable
That's what they are
So not gettable
Not near. Just far

Like the cross from Rose that pinged to Nan'
How the chance to buy does things to Dan
But never before
Has a CM been more...

So ungettable
In every way
And forever more
That's how they'll stay...

:(
 

U.S. Spurs Fan

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Until we know who the players are that Levy can actually "get", I think it's impossible to know who is in the wrong here. We know Poch wanted Rabiot, DeJong, Werner, and likely DeLigt this past summer. For different reasons, they are all unattainable. Those are the only names I can think of mentioned specifically as being wanted by Poch. Grealish was supposedly someone Poch wanted and Levy couldn't get it done quickly enough, but who knows?

Besides perhaps Tielemans (and I don't know for sure that Levy could get him or not), we have no names that I can think of as examples of guys Poch has turned down. There have been such few meaningful links via ITK over past six months or so that I cannot honestly think of another player that we know for sure that they were close to bringing in.

Edit: Just thought of Martial and Isco from summer as names ITK has said Poch likes. Still can't think of names we know he was offered however.
 
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