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The General Transfer Rumours and Speculation Thread

DubaiSpur said:
Woudn't be surprised. Concurrently, provided he moves on and succeeds at a club in the top flight somewhere, I wouldn't be surprised to see Warburton be linked with us at some point; he seems talented enough, succeeded at both Brentford and Rangers and is a self-professed Spurs fan with strong ties to our staff and academy setup. I don't think he'll actually ever be our manager, mind; his aversion to analytics and his age seem to count against him in terms of managing an elite club. But linked with us? Certainly. I could also see him taking up a role as our academy head or something, if he's open to it and we're not as focused on analytics at that level.
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I don't think he necessarily has an aversion to analytics (indeed having come from a financial markets background prior to going into football coaching I would imagine that he knows they are essential), I think it was more that he wasn't happy that Brentford wanted to move to a model where all signing decisions were completely made by analytics without him having any say in who did or didn't come in.
 
Finney Is Back said:
I don't think he necessarily has an aversion to analytics (indeed having come from a financial markets background prior to going into football coaching I would imagine that he knows they are essential), I think it was more that he wasn't happy that Brentford wanted to move to a model where all signing decisions were completely made by analytics without him having any say in who did or didn't come in.
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Fair enough. I freely admit that I don't know all that much about him beyond the fact that he left Brentford due to disagreements with their proposed data-driven scouting and recruitment structure, which I took to mean that he was a tracksuited manager of the conventional type that has only very recently been outmoded by the new wave of analytics-driven decision making sweeping clubs across Europe.
 
DubaiSpur said:
Fair enough. I freely admit that I don't know all that much about him beyond the fact that he left Brentford due to disagreements with their proposed data-driven scouting and recruitment structure, which I took to mean that he was a tracksuited manager of the conventional type that has only very recently been outmoded by the new wave of analytics-driven decision making sweeping clubs across Europe.
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I would say that Pochettino is also a "tracksuited" manager of conventional type.
 
Some guy on twitter this morning saying that Sadio Mane is coming to us in the summer. I can't find the link now as I initially saw it on my phone.
 
Finney Is Back said:
I would say that Pochettino is also a "tracksuited" manager of conventional type.
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Hey, don't blame me, I'm just quoting what the England FA considered to be the ideal replacement for Alf Ramsey, a philosophy they stuck to all the way until Hoddle; a 'tracksuited' manager. :)
 
Cochise said:
Some guy on twitter this morning saying that Sadio Mane is coming to us in the summer. I can't find the link now as I initially saw it on my phone.
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As much as I don't believe anything I read on twitter, I wouldn't mind if this was true. He really is wildcard type player that can change a game on his own. Dives a bit too much for my liking though.

I think I saw somewhere else saying he's going to Utd with Depay going the other way.
 
stinkfoot said:
I would love to see Ross Barkley come and play under Poch.
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+1, although we'd probably have to adapt our shape to fit him in.

In seperate news, I've seen the French media are linking Thauvin with a move to us if Saudi Sportswashing Machine go down. That's got to be the least likely of the rumours I have heard tghus far.
 
Jordinho said:
His early potential was massively overstated due to his nationality. Has zero footballing intelligence.
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Bingo - they compared him to Gazza

P155 poor decision making and a poor reading if the game

Got some skills and looks better at a higher level but lacks any match nouce
 
Jordinho said:
Tottenham are trying to sign Atletico Madrid star Saul Niguez and have offered him a £4.7m-a-year deal. Manchester United and Arsenal are also keen on the player (Marca)
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Where do they come up with this stuff? There's no way Atletico are selling him, unless it's for a ridiculous amount.
 
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