The Twitter Thread - 6th August 2012

[Colonel Dax]

MirrorFootball ‏@MirrorFootball
Spurs make £11m Damiao bid: All the transfer news, rumours and gossip from Monday's papers http://mirr.im/R7jqi1 #transfers

[if true] Even as an opening bid, that is not enough.

 

[ryantegan]

The story is from The Times, Just being linked to via the Mirror

 

[Colonel Dax]

The Mirror reference an article in The Times, which is pay-walled. Anyone have access to the original Times article, and are there any quotes in there about an £11m bid?

 

[Shep]

If there is even a hint of truth to us bidding £11M I'd imagine Inter wouldn't even bother sending us an abuse loaded fax by way of rejection.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

It would be strange offering 11m when they have previously rejected bids from us of around 16m

 

[nedley]

Jeez, guys. Over a week complaining that you don't want Defoe and Kane as your strikers, and when we put in a contingency of Saha, who we know can do a job, there are more complaints!

Wait until the end of the window, if our strike force is only Defoe and Saha, then complain.

Very true.

Although I would love to know just when the 'more releaxed' like yourself get worried.

I'll admit I'm starting to get a little anxious - however I understand that its the last 2-3 weeks in which the wheeling and dealing really kicks on.

 

[Colonel Dax]

If there is even a hint of truth to us bidding £11M I'd imagine Inter wouldn't even bother sending us an abuse loaded fax by way of rejection.

Agreed. It's quite insulting actually. Hopefully it's not true.

 

[rawhide]

Very true.

Although I would love to know just when the 'more releaxed' like yourself get worried.

I'll admit I'm starting to get a little anxious - however I understand that its the last 2-3 weeks in which the wheeling and dealing really kicks on.

Sept 1st.

(Tho I'm done getting too angry about things I can't control. Its counter productive.)

 

[SpurSince57]

The Mirror reference an article in The Times, which is pay-walled. Anyone have access to the original Times article, and are there any quotes in there about an £11m bid?

The broadsheets are barely any more trustworthy than the tabloids when it comes to football stories.

 

[blitz]

Whilst it may be true that the press get wind of an offer being made, i find it highly unlikely they would even get a sniff of what the actual figures being offered were

 

[wallyjakeman]

It would be strange offering 11m when they have previously rejected bids from us of around 16m

Maybe it's 11m + Saha?

 

[spursfan77]

Whilst it may be true that the press get wind of an offer being made, i find it highly unlikely they would even get a sniff of what the actual figures being offered were

I agree. Although its the kind of offer we'd go in with. Probably offering it at a quid a day, over the next 11 million days!

 

[Insomnia]

£11 mil? you sure? laughable journalism at best

 

[SpursTillIDie1882]

Jeez, guys. Over a week complaining that you don't want Defoe and Kane as your strikers, and when we put in a contingency of Saha, who we know can do a job, there are more complaints!

Wait until the end of the window, if our strike force is only Defoe and Saha, then complain.

sorry have to disagree he cannot do a job for us (maybe other lower teams) , he proved that the end of last season, at best he would be 4th striker

 

[Mr Pink]

now 11 million would be derisory, opening bid or not....holly fuck

lazy journalism I think!

 

[SpurSince57]

now 11 million would be derisory, opening bid or not....holly fuck

lazy journalism I think!

Painful!

 

[Essexyid07]

Maybe it's 11m + Saha?

So 11.1m in total?

 

[mark87]

An £11m bid just isn't true and the person from The Mirror who suggested this needs to be sacked for shoddy journalism. Ridiculous.

 

[Bware]

An £11m bid just isn't true and the person from The Mirror who suggested this needs to be sacked for shoddy journalism. Ridiculous.

You need to be sacked for shoddy reading

 

[L-man]

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