Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
until we have similar funding, which is the entire point of the new stadium
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until we have similar funding, which is the entire point of the new stadium
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
If they go to the very best sides
So city, PSG and Bayern
Didn't Schneiderlin end up at United that summer? That's the wages we would have been competing on...
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
for 5 times as much as we paid for Stambouli
who after he left us won the title with PSG, another one that got away to win trophies
I don't remember him setting the league on fire either for them, could be wrong though...
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
The £40m CB would've been instead of £11m Rodon (who has barely played for us). Assuming that the £40m centre back was not an absolute turkey (a possibility with some of our recent recruitment at the club) how many more points do you think we'd have this season if we'd been armed with a half decent centre back?
The crazy thing is that we'll end up having to buy at least one and ideally two centre backs this summer anyway. We'll just have wasted a year in between.
That's not to say he wouldn't have fared better here under Pochettino tbf
But then we'd likely still have Mourinho as manager so i call that a net positive
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
he flopped, 30 odd games in two years, bullet dodged
True, he did well under him at Southampton
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Schneidelain went for £24m and £100k a week (more than we paid anyone at the time) according to reports
Wilnadlum is on £90k big actually turned us down according to reports
Martial went for up to £58m
I mean there not real comparisons to the players you mentioned for us who were all none starters.
I’d say wanyama is a better comparison for Scheiderlain... and I think we got a better deal there.
And son for Martial... no competition really
Robspur12
Nick Barmby
No one lucks their way to the final of the biggest tournament in club football. We had some luck yes. But you also make your luck through a good system, good management and determination. I seem to remember us at different times being without Kane, Son and Dele. Even without, at that time a relatively in form Sissoko. How long do you think it will be before we luck our way to another Champions League final? Bloody hell it is a ridiculous narrative.
Robspur12
Nick Barmby
I think that 2 summers later.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Then sold to Everton where he was crap too
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
A squad with zero reinforcements for 18 months at that point, that had actually also just been weakened by selling Dembele with no replacement. Were you surprised that the squad ran out of steam?
It was huge amounts of luck, City absolutely battered us and should've won comfortably, Ajax were comfortably the better side over the two legs and we were even lucky to get out of the group
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Massive waste of £30 odd million of the clubs money though right?
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Not true.... Wjinaldum cost less than Sissoko.
Robspur12
Nick Barmby
Schneiderlin went the following season. He was ready to come to Spurs for the wages we were offering at the time. I don’t know what went on between levy and the Southampton board but Southampton blocked it much to Schneiderlin’s disappointment I believe. I don’t know what the issue was with Winjnaldum but we were linked for a while before Liverpool met the asking price then blew us out of the water with their wage offer. Martial was the same but with Utd. So instead we wasted millions on players who were not up to scratch.