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Pray Tel

Tottenham Hotspur have reached a verbal agreement with Bayern Munich over a deal worth about £50million for Mathys Tel, with the winger set to decide whether to join Spurs or wait for other interested clubs.

The bid for the 19-year-old is believed to include clauses and is not a flat fee. Bayern would have preferred a loan for Tel but have been persuaded to do a permanent deal by the size of Tottenham’s offer.

Tel has told Bayern he wants to leave to play more regularly. Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Aston Villa, as well as other European clubs, have asked about Tel’s availability and it remains to be seen whether any of them match Tottenham’s proposal.

Spurs pushed ahead in the hope of beating the competition, with the club’s technical director, Johan Lange, in Germany after he attended Bayern’s victory over Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Bayern and Tottenham have a positive working relationship after agreeing deals for both Harry Kane and Eric Dier in the past 18 months.
 
Funny how a lot of people knew minimal about this guy only a couple of days ago, and now Twitter is having a collective meltdown wanting him in. We keep doing this every window, build our hopes up for some sort of arbitrary saviour figure, and then get our hearts crushed when it doesn't happen.
 
Funny how a lot of people knew minimal about this guy only a couple of days ago, and now Twitter is having a collective meltdown wanting him in. We keep doing this every window, build our hopes up for some sort of arbitrary saviour figure, and then get our hearts crushed when it doesn't happen.

Clickety click... ;)
 
Funny how a lot of people knew minimal about this guy only a couple of days ago, and now Twitter is having a collective meltdown wanting him in. We keep doing this every window, build our hopes up for some sort of arbitrary saviour figure, and then get our hearts crushed when it doesn't happen.
Only fudging departs go on Twitter and get wound up by everything.
 
Funny how a lot of people knew minimal about this guy only a couple of days ago, and now Twitter is having a collective meltdown wanting him in. We keep doing this every window, build our hopes up for some sort of arbitrary saviour figure, and then get our hearts crushed when it doesn't happen.

That only happens if you buy into the brick on the internet and media who copy it.
 
In the summer. Quite famously if you are as obsessed with the club as mist of us on here are. You will have read that was the purpose of getting Munn and Lange in.

Right. But where did Levy say he wasn't getting involved in transfers anymore?

Scott Munn announcement: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2023/april/club-appoints-chief-football-officer/
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Scott Munn as Chief Football Officer. Scott will be joining the Club’s Board and will take charge of all footballing departments.

As referenced in the Chairman’s statement (Financial Results 2021/22 - 10 February 2023) there has been an ongoing review over the past six months of all of our footballing activities. Changes have been made and further improvements continue to ensure future progress and competitiveness.

Scott, former City Football Group Executive, has extensive experience within sporting organisations having started his career with the Sydney Organising Committee for the 2000 Olympic Games and then transitioning into the National Rugby League, before joining the Australia Football League. Scott joined Melbourne City FC as Chief Executive Officer in 2010. In 2019 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of City Football Group China.

Daniel Levy, Chairman: “Scott has a unique and broad experience of running sporting organisations at the highest level and will take responsibility for the leadership and management of our football activities to instil best practice both on and off the pitch.”

Johan Lange appointment: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2023/october/club-announce-johan-lange-as-technical-director/
We are delighted to announce that Johan Lange has been appointed Technical Director with effect from 1 November, 2023.

Lange will have responsibility for recruitment, analytics and talent identification across our senior and academy teams.

Lange held the role of Global Director of Football Development and International Academies at Aston Villa from June, 2023, having previously been Sporting Director from June, 2020. Lange oversaw several high profile player transfers, a period that saw Aston Villa move to the top half of the table.

In 2014, Lange, having previously been an Assistant Coach, rejoined FC Copenhagen as Development Director and then Technical Director the same season.

Commenting on his appointment, Scott Munn, Chief Football Officer, said, “Johan has demonstrated an excellent track record of scouting and signing many talented and successful youth and senior players. He is a welcome addition as we strengthen our football operations.”

And financial results, published in April 2024: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2024/april/financial-results-year-ended-30-june-2023/

It's long so I won't include it all here, but there's no mention of Levy not getting involved in transfers.
 
Funny how a lot of people knew minimal about this guy only a couple of days ago, and now Twitter is having a collective meltdown wanting him in. We keep doing this every window, build our hopes up for some sort of arbitrary saviour figure, and then get our hearts crushed when it doesn't happen.
He's been a very highly rated player for some time. Seen as a special talent. There's a reason we're reportedly willing to pay close to a record club transfer fee for him.

But yeah, the collective meltdown and pre-meltdown is way over the top.
 
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