NaijaSpurs
Rafael Van Der Vaart
So Levy can sanction a ?ú40m deal for Hazard but still cannot stump up the dosh to buy the striker we need? And you guys believe that? WTF?
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January transfer rumour thread
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So Levy can sanction a ?ú40m deal for Hazard but still cannot stump up the dosh to buy the striker we need? And you guys believe that? WTF?
NaijaSpurs
Rafael Van Der Vaart
My sentiments exactly. These ITKs are attention seeking liberty takers
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
I havent seen a great deal of Hazard and so honestly cant judge, but if his reputation is anything to go by Im sure you could be onto something
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
We wont be doing any major transfers until Redknapp's situation (with England) is sorted out in the summer.
Levy knows we have no need to buy anyone right now, we're not gonna win the title even if he bring someone in. And buying players in the January window always cost more than in the summer.
As for Hazard and twitter? There isn't even a real journalist called Will Morgan working for the Guardian. Some people will believe anything if its good news.
Levy knows we have no need to buy anyone right now, we're not gonna win the title even if he bring someone in. And buying players in the January window always cost more than in the summer.
As for Hazard and twitter? There isn't even a real journalist called Will Morgan working for the Guardian. Some people will believe anything if its good news.
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
its all over the tabloids and from harry's mouth in black and white
its not as if KD is making up those rumours on deadline day about us going helter skelter for all those strikers , people quoting 30 million plus.
wait, are you not believeing KD or are you aware of the rumours / harry's comments but still dont believe him / them? i cant quite make it out what you're saying here.
everyone had the same questions...
1. how were we able to attempt to spend serious amounts of money in january but then all of a sudden we had to sell before we bought?
2. we sold a good amount of players..what happened to the money?
3. where did all the CL money go?
Tottenham Hotspur are not broke. the money is there for the right investment
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
I know very well what you think of the transfer policy, and broadly I agree.
However, this is near 3 times our transfer record. Uncharted and unlikely territory IMHO.
And considering Levys reluctance even with CL football to actually seal a deal I think it highly improbable he will suddenly throw BIG money around now.
?ú40m would make Hazard one of the PLs biggest ever transfers, and we certainly arent Chelsea, City or Utd who currently hold all the big deals.
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
thats the beauty of the way levy operates (can be abit annoying and not constructive), the purchase of hazard wouldnt have much to do with harry's future either
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
I dont know for a fact what he will do, but I am able to look at his MO in his years with the club and make an educated guess at what is or isnt likely from Levy.
And Im near certain a ?ú40m player purchase at this point is up there with the flying pigs.....
Kingdawson
Banned
Man i wish i knew what you were talking about.
clevelandspur
Pascal Chimbonda
What I mean is he is not the target man big striker that most of us are crying out for. He is an attacking midfielder/winger where we already have an abundance of talent. (Bale, VDV, Modric, Lennon, Kranjcar) so it seems very odd we would splash that much cash on him as he wouldn't even be assured to break our starting lineup without one of our current crop being sold.
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
okay maybe 40 million is a streeeetch. but 30 million plus performance based add ons for instance to me isnt.
i've just remembered something...about 2 years back we debated the policy to death and back. totally forgot. so you do know what i was going to say. no change there then...
but i'm telling yo guys this....if goetze and hazard are available then we are in there like flint
punk_is_back`
Ilie Dumitrescu
Hazard is better than all of those bar Bale. Joe Cole said he was the closest thing on the planet to Ronaldo. He's quick, very skillful and plays with his head up. Players in the french league have had a go at him, literally stating that he has got to stop "taking the tinkle" out of them with his skill.
papaspur
Kasey Keller
As soon as you start waving the big numbers in front of us, we become like piranhas in a feeding frenzy. Who was the last big-name signing we had that cost more than 8mil euros? I also don't think we're going in for Hazard, but would be totally surprised if we did actually put a bid in.
As Naija said earlier, I don't see us going for an attacking midfielder/winger when we REALLY need a striker.
Any amusement that stems from ITK flimflam ought to be at the expense of said ITK making a fool of himself. Why do many of the SC posters have such a boner for these ITKs?
As Naija said earlier, I don't see us going for an attacking midfielder/winger when we REALLY need a striker.
Any amusement that stems from ITK flimflam ought to be at the expense of said ITK making a fool of himself. Why do many of the SC posters have such a boner for these ITKs?
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
While we arent on the breadline I would be amazed if we had ?ú40m available to spend.
There has been an obvious reluctance to spend on the team at critical points, like when we made the CL we failed to capitalise.
Lots of talk about big bids on players, none I recall as official, but either way none actually pulled off either. If money isnt the issue you can force these things, we clearly werent exactly committed to these supposed offers.
We havent even secured a quality striker (of our own) in the last 4 windows when it has been painfully obvious we need one.
While I agree Levy is willing to spend when he things it will be of benefit to the business, I do not see him spending those amounts of money on an investment when he wont even spend half of that on improving the team to push on performances.
There has been an obvious reluctance to spend on the team at critical points, like when we made the CL we failed to capitalise.
Lots of talk about big bids on players, none I recall as official, but either way none actually pulled off either. If money isnt the issue you can force these things, we clearly werent exactly committed to these supposed offers.
We havent even secured a quality striker (of our own) in the last 4 windows when it has been painfully obvious we need one.
While I agree Levy is willing to spend when he things it will be of benefit to the business, I do not see him spending those amounts of money on an investment when he wont even spend half of that on improving the team to push on performances.
punk_is_back`
Ilie Dumitrescu
20 mil plus 15 mil in add ons would be realistic. And maybe a percentage of future transfers. Hazard will transform our team. The way forward nowadays is to play with 2/3 attacking Mids behind striker who float free. These players are more in the mould of nasri, hazard, goetze, marin, silva than proper wingers. Players who can cut inside float free and make runs in the gaps between attack and defense. Using these sorts of players we will become a truely strong team regardless of how good our strikers hold up play is. 3 AMs will give us all the possession we need, all we require is a poacher to knock them in.
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
lille will laugh us off the table if we only put down 20 million in front of them. no way they'd entertain that..if that was the case..hazard would be off somewhere else by now
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
I have absolutely no doubt we would be interested, they fit our policy perfectly. Young, quality players almost guaranteed to appreciate if we signed them.
Where I begin to disagree is with Levys commitment to fight off competition, put up big bucks, and win the prize. He simply has never done this before.
Whenever we have made these buys, Berbatov, Modric, Bale, Sandro... We have stolen in early and sneaked the deal through before anyone else could make a fight of it.
We paid good, but not extravegent money, never got drawn into a bidding war.
As soon as someone pushes we fold - look at the Arshavin deal.
That said, I could go so far as to imagine a ?ú25m + add on type deal (as mentioned) but think it would be highly unlikely to ever happen. This would be Levy operating at his very limit (so far), would be a steal if Hazards reputation rings true, and would rely on another club not getting involved - as well as Lille (is he at Lille?) finding the deal acceptable...