Wouldn't mind it tbh.
Comes in January, fresh face around the ground, talented footballer which adds a different dimension to our midfield and team. If he doesn't hit the ground running I think it's fine. Certainly no different than coming in the summer and not hitting the ground running.
Is completely different. Due to the pre-season training and games he's given more time to gel with his team-mates and get to know them in addition to adapting to life in London.
Therefore much more likely to succeed early on if bought in summer than if bought now. And succeeding early on gives the player confidence, which means he plays more freely.. etc.
Is completely different. Due to the pre-season training and games he's given more time to gel with his team-mates and get to know them in addition to adapting to life in London.
Therefore much more likely to succeed early on if bought in summer than if bought now. And succeeding early on gives the player confidence, which means he plays more freely.. etc.
avb has shown good judgement in getting players to settle. all the new players are playing at full tilt already, including sigurdson, who has had greater involvement than thudd or livermore already.
i'd think the more important thing is to sell a player or two to ensure that it isn't too crowded when he arrives.
AVB has intergrated Sigurdson, Dembele, Dempsey and Lloris with very little fuss or drama and I feel this has been overlooked, other than the press making a big deal out of the Brad situation AVB has handled everything seamlessly.
To be fair both Dempsey and Sig struggled for quite a bit, but the injury to Ade didn't help because that meant that out of our 4 options for those two forward positions one was injured and two were lacking form at the same time so one of them had to play. I thought AVB did well, but there was some fuss and drama, quite a few fans on here at least had turned on Dempsey and it seemed like it wasn't far away that the fans would turn on him during the games as well.
I think it's quite funny that Holtby believes AVB to be an "insanely good manager". Has any manager ever been described that way?
I sometimes think that peoples expectations are too high, new manager, new players, third in the league after Xmas, happy bloody days, also the best thing of all is that we have massive potential in this current squad, its a great time to be a Spurs supporter.
Tottenham's move for Schalke midfielder Lewis Holtby could be brought forward if terms can be agreed on a transfer fee.
Holtby confirmed late last week that he was leaving the German side and would be joining Spurs at the end of the season when his contract expires.
But that deal could now happen in the January transfer window if Tottenham come up with a fee believed to be £1.6m.
Schalke's managing director Horst Heldt said: "If Tottenham ask for Holtby in the January window, we will talk to them about it.
"Nothing has happened yet, but, from our point of view, we are prepared to speak to them.
"It would have to be done quickly, because we would have to find a replacement for him."
Looks like theres a good chance we'll be seeing him in January.
But we all agree that we need to buy a player this january, so why wouldn't the same issue plague any player we do buy in january? So we shouldn't buy any players for fear that they will not adapt now? Gylfi had a full pre-season with us and still hasn't fully adjusted, Clint barely had a pre-season at all and has shown some class. Honestly there are no guarantees that Lewis will perform any better in July than January.
Is it worth £1.6mill to have him 6 months early? Our midfield is pretty settled at the moment so I can't see him coming straight in, and I think it'd probably be better for him to have a preseason to gel with the team first anyway...
No, not in Midfield we don't.
In Sandro and Dembele we have a partnership that is improving and having a devastating effect upon games.
I wouldn't put Holtby in for either of them.
Now if you said we needed to buy a striker or a backup for our wingers then i'd be right behind you.
As for Gylfi i think he's currently playing very well, so i would say yes, he has adjusted. The problem has been that he plays mainly as an AM and we have been using two out and out strikers, which means the only place for an AM is on the Bench. Especially as his secondary position seems to be LM and we have Bale there.
And no there are no guarantees. However the chances to impress are higher given a full pre-season, due to the points that have already been made.