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General Transfer Rumour Discussion Thread

DublinSpur said:
Giles made an interesting observation. He said the best way for someone outside the Billionaire's Club to win the title was to assemble a team of good young players and keep them together with the same manager for three or four years. Even if they're not all Messi's or Ronaldo's, as a team they will become greater than the sum of their parts over time. One of the other guys asked Giles if he thought that's what Spurs were doing and he laughed... "Nobody has that kind of patience in football any more" was the gist of his answer.
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The club might, but it's us the fans who will be calling for heads to roll. Here's hoping this the plan the chairman has for us.
 
billyiddo said:
think we're on course to be saving 10m a year in wages as well, which could in theory go towards overall transfer budget
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I'd say wages are just as important as the fee. Our wage bill needs to be under 55%, so that is a key point when signing and selling players.

Meanwhile accountants amortise the players we own and count the money we bring in in one lump, all very clever and accountant-tastic... but the wages are a key point.

We couldn't sign ten free players and pay them good wages, that is more of a sticking point than the fees in many ways as we are very likely to recoup a big chunk of the fees when we sell these young players, so overall the fees sort themselves out, it is the wages that are splashed up the wall.
 
Sorry to dunk this thread back into the salty soup of female sport... but my issue with the reporting of it is that it is mixed in with men's sports e.g. the BBC sport today ticker suddenly says "Wicket in the Ashes!" and "Australia are 6-78" or "Norway are beating Spain in the football" so you start reading about it and after about 50 words they slip in "women's" and you realise they're trolling you... next...
 
Bullet said:
Sorry to dunk this thread back into the salty soup of female sport... but my issue with the reporting of it is that it is mixed in with men's sports e.g. the BBC sport today ticker suddenly says "Wicket in the Ashes!" and "Australia are 6-78" or "Norway are beating Spain in the football" so you start reading about it and after about 50 words they slip in "women's" and you realise they're trolling you... next...
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Wow. What a real bricker on your day that must be.
 
billyiddo said:
think we're on course to be saving 10m a year in wages as well, which could in theory go towards overall transfer budget
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I don't, I see that being used to reward our current crop when there contracts need renewing.. specifically Kane, Ericksen and Lloris to name three.
 
Bullet said:
I'd say wages are just as important as the fee. Our wage bill needs to be under 55%, so that is a key point when signing and selling players.

Meanwhile accountants amortise the players we own and count the money we bring in in one lump, all very clever and accountant-tastic... but the wages are a key point.

We couldn't sign ten free players and pay them good wages, that is more of a sticking point than the fees in many ways as we are very likely to recoup a big chunk of the fees when we sell these young players, so overall the fees sort themselves out, it is the wages that are splashed up the wall.
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The wage bill doesn't absolutely need to be under 55%. It's just that that is the accepted sweet spot for Premier League clubs and Spurs prefer to aim for it. A couple of years ago, our wage bill amounted to some 63% of turnover. Higher, but still perfectly manageable.
 
Bullet said:
Sorry to dunk this thread back into the salty soup of female sport... but my issue with the reporting of it is that it is mixed in with men's sports e.g. the BBC sport today ticker suddenly says "Wicket in the Ashes!" and "Australia are 6-78" or "Norway are beating Spain in the football" so you start reading about it and after about 50 words they slip in "women's" and you realise they're trolling you... next...
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:ROSS:
 
Superhudd said:
I don't, I see that being used to reward our current crop when there contracts need renewing.. specifically Kane, Ericksen and Lloris to name three.
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possibly... but in terms of this season and the money made 'available' by our outgoings i think it's a figure which has some relevance
 
fazio has never impressed me, i was hoping he would be a naybet type. I am really sad we did not go for Gomez who went to Liverpool for only 4m. I know Gomez is not experienced but with verts and aldrewield and a season from drier I think we should have gone fr Gomez.
 
Not been impressed with Fazio either and think it would be best he moved on.

Be better for Wimmer & Dier to get more game time at cb and let them develop, course we need to buy a cm so we can get Dier back to where he will eventually more effective...cb
 
I quite like Fazio. He's not outstanding but as a 3rd/4th choice CB we're unlikely to get anyone much better. I'm guessing he's not entirely happy being so far down the pecking order though. I'd like him to stay as a squad player as I think he's plenty good enough to do a job when required (and you can't expect much more than that from deep in your squad unless you're one of the European elite). At the same time I won't be shedding any tears if we move him on and reinvest the money elsewhere in the squad (and if the - unlikely - rumours are true and he can be used as a make-weight in the Berahino deal, then I need TP for my bunghole!)
 
jimmyb said:
N'jie is £10m plus add ons, apparently. And I reckon Berahino will eventually go for no more than £20m.

So that's £30m, really.

On the flip side, we've already earned some £15-20m more from player sales than we've spent thus far this summer. And we're still likely to sell Soldado (£10m?); Lennon (£5-8m); Adebayor (maybe for nothing, maybe for up to £5m, but at least a large chunk of wages off costs). It's also possible that we will sell Townsend (£10-15m) and / or Carroll (£5m?).

It's furthermore true to say that we are scarily short of proper striker options.

So not only can we easily afford both Berahino and N'jie (and a proper DM), we also need them both. N'jie is supposedly as good as signed. And all sorts of sources seem to be saying that it's only a matter of time before we sign Berahino too.

So I'd be very surprised now if we didn't sign both.
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When you put it like that I guess we could still sign him. I just think Levy would rather have a plus than a negative spend, so we could easily go in with Njie and Kane and have Chadlie as back up, or even bring in Pritchard who is basically a free signing, and then put 20-30m down on the stadium. I hope I'm wrong but can't see us spending another £20m plus as that's what it'll be for Berahino.
 
Bullet said:
Sorry to dunk this thread back into the salty soup of female sport... but my issue with the reporting of it is that it is mixed in with men's sports e.g. the BBC sport today ticker suddenly says "Wicket in the Ashes!" and "Australia are 6-78" or "Norway are beating Spain in the football" so you start reading about it and after about 50 words they slip in "women's" and you realise they're trolling you... next...
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Completely agree
 
Don't mind selling as long as it is not to Everton.. because you know.. work it out. Unless it was part of him coming here lol

Fazio, Lennon and 15m :cool:
 
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