It's not tapping up if the player is available for transfer
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Mateus Ferdnandes
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It's not tapping up if the player is available for transfer
NaijaSpurs
Cecil Poynton
I am sure some Utd fans said the same when Fergie signed Roy Keane after Forrest got relegated.
I am sure some Utd fans said the same when Fergie signed Roy Keane after Forrest got relegated.
Whoa there now!
Ace Face
Erik Edman
The Beeb reporting that ManU aren’t willing to pay over their valuation of any player now they’ve had their pants pulled down so often recently.
Seems like our ownerships have gone through a body-swap.
Ace Face
Erik Edman
PSG’s starting midfield duo, Vitinha and Joao Neves, with Bruno in front of them. Plus Ruben Neves on the bench.
JerusalemMan
Rafael Van Der Vaart
robp135
Steve Hodge
This won’t be the norm. Not should it be. We’ve fallen behind and have to catch up. That means spending £300M+ on 5/6 players and some high wages free transfers this summer.
Hope would be this works out and the it’s about signings 1/2 marquee signings each summer and investing in the best young talent.
robp135
Steve Hodge
Central playmaker at the base of the team would mean 6 lol
Baleforce
Joe Kinnear
I am sure some Utd fans said the same when Fergie signed Roy Keane after Forrest got relegated.
For one twenty fifth of the price.
JerusalemMan
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Good to read the words of someone whose worked with the lad and observed how he learns.
www.skysports.com
"You're looking at a 20-year-old, he's landed in the Premier League and plays week in, week out," says Rusk. "He's instantly gained the trust of everyone in the building.
"And one thing you can't underestimate as well with a young player, he moved to a new country, new environment, different language, the predominant language. And he was able to deal with all of those things and seamlessly become a regular starter in the Premier League.
"There was a level of maturity about him without any shadow of a doubt. Single-minded, but really good to work with - and very respectful. And all of those ingredients lend themselves to someone developing and becoming a better player."
What has helped Fernandes settle in is the player's ability to learn new information quickly - which will bode him well as he prepares for a third summer move in three years.
"I've worked with a lot of players where they've got an unbelievable raw talent, but maybe less coachable in terms of how they're willing to absorb information," says Rusk. "But Matty was, from that point of view, a dream to work with."
Mateus Fernandes: The reasons why Tottenham are willing to pay £85m for midfielder relegated in back-to-back seasons
Tottenham have agreed a deal to sign West Hams Mateus Fernandes for £85m; this is despite the Portuguese midfielder being relegated from the Premier League in each of the last two seasons with Southampton and West Ham - so what is the appeal?
"You're looking at a 20-year-old, he's landed in the Premier League and plays week in, week out," says Rusk. "He's instantly gained the trust of everyone in the building.
"And one thing you can't underestimate as well with a young player, he moved to a new country, new environment, different language, the predominant language. And he was able to deal with all of those things and seamlessly become a regular starter in the Premier League.
"There was a level of maturity about him without any shadow of a doubt. Single-minded, but really good to work with - and very respectful. And all of those ingredients lend themselves to someone developing and becoming a better player."
What has helped Fernandes settle in is the player's ability to learn new information quickly - which will bode him well as he prepares for a third summer move in three years.
"I've worked with a lot of players where they've got an unbelievable raw talent, but maybe less coachable in terms of how they're willing to absorb information," says Rusk. "But Matty was, from that point of view, a dream to work with."
NaijaSpurs
Cecil Poynton
You should know that in 1993 the £3.75 Fergie paid for Keane was a British Record, so everything is relative.
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robp135
Steve Hodge
Adjusted for football inflation. Meaning the revenue Premier league teams make vs 1992 and beyond this is less than Keane. Per Kieran Maguire.
JerusalemMan
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Absolutely.
And, in a way, we've been 'lucky' that it's fallen at a time that works for us. The earning infrastructure of the club is in pretty good health still. The club is still in a position where its image and personnel are reasonably attractive to the type of player we are requiring to elevate us once more. The recent trophy win does actually count for something.
Not being in Europe this season means we don't have to meet the same financial regulations from UEFA that, say, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Saudi Sportswashing Machine do. So we have this one summer or season when we can spend much more than normal before returning to more of a book-balancing mode.
Being aggressive quickly on transfers is going to catch out some of the other big teams who have to be a little more cautious with their spending while also noting that we are contributing to a distorting factor in the market which will only hurt them - I've seen Man Utd fans despairing that their unwillingness to match us on Fernandes will only mean that they are forced to pay a similar amount later for an inferior player
Ace Face
Erik Edman
Tbf the Fernandes twins together in the middle of the park would’ve been a formidable duo.
Ace Face
Erik Edman
Arsenal and Liverpool each spent bucketloads last window, Chelsea are already under a UEFA suspended sentence, ManU had no European football and City didn’t go as far in the CL as usual, so all we’re financially handcuffed to some respect during the 25/26 PSR period. Now we’re into the new 26/27 period they will be able to open their wallets again.
It was smart of us to make this move targeting two players from teams needing to sell in the 25/26 period knowing our rivals would find it problematic to compete with us.
DubaiSpur
Jack Jull
This is something we have never, ever done. Act as market makers, not just players.
You compete on two levels as a football club - on the pitch, and off it. One of the ways clubs hobble their opponents off the pitch is by acting early to either inflate the market for their competition, or stockpiling players to deny them to their opponents (even if they prove sub-optimal fits). Emirates Marketing Project have long been masters of the former - so good at it that they sometimes ruin the market for themselves, like they did when they paid £100m for Grealish early and then refused to pay our own inflated price for Kane. Chelsea, the latter, with Arsenal also joining in recently.
It's still a long way to go for us to match that. But, if we pull off another deal of similar scale in the next week or two (say, Tonali), then we will definitely have raised the costs for our opponents following City's Anderson deal. Alex Scott, Wharton, Lamine Camara, and the rest - all get £20m whacked on to their fees for Premier League buyers, lessening their ability to strengthen elsewhere.
It's strategic competition. We were never able to do it under Levy - not totally his fault, I doubt Lewis would have let him even if he wanted to, which he absolutely didn't. Maybe it isn't even deliberate on our part now. But nonetheless, it has an impact.
Lost Mango
Terry Fenwick
But it wasa british record at the time so the equivalent of £110 million now. So Fernandes is a bargain!!!!
RunTMC
Ilie Dumitrescu
“Matty”? Seriously???Good to read the words of someone whose worked with the lad and observed how he learns.
Mateus Fernandes: The reasons why Tottenham are willing to pay £85m for midfielder relegated in back-to-back seasons
Tottenham have agreed a deal to sign West Hams Mateus Fernandes for £85m; this is despite the Portuguese midfielder being relegated from the Premier League in each of the last two seasons with Southampton and West Ham - so what is the appeal?
"You're looking at a 20-year-old, he's landed in the Premier League and plays week in, week out," says Rusk. "He's instantly gained the trust of everyone in the building.
"And one thing you can't underestimate as well with a young player, he moved to a new country, new environment, different language, the predominant language. And he was able to deal with all of those things and seamlessly become a regular starter in the Premier League.
"There was a level of maturity about him without any shadow of a doubt. Single-minded, but really good to work with - and very respectful. And all of those ingredients lend themselves to someone developing and becoming a better player."
What has helped Fernandes settle in is the player's ability to learn new information quickly - which will bode him well as he prepares for a third summer move in three years.
"I've worked with a lot of players where they've got an unbelievable raw talent, but maybe less coachable in terms of how they're willing to absorb information," says Rusk. "But Matty was, from that point of view, a dream to work with."
No thanks. I’m sticking with Mateus. And Bents better follow suit
MartyFunkhouser
Vic Buckingham
Well seems a bold move, if we got Tonali too then that seems hugely ambitious