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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I’m not saying it isn’t possible. But I think we are relying on luck, or kicking the can down the road so to speak. There’s a reason the clubs challenging for the biggest trophies sign the proven players. It’s because they likely won’t have an adaptation period, and they have the mentality to...
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Yep, and it’s hard to argue. They’ve kind of moved really efficiently this summer and it’s not…gone under the radar as such but when you take that business in the round it’s really strong, and before that, moving for Rice. A very ambitious move. I think we need to be operating at that level if...
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I agree, I don’t require us to have the CL winning squad at the end of this window. Which is why I say if we add Savinho and Akliouche to the business we’ve already done, I’ll be really impressed. It’s about as well as we could have done, and exceeded expectation at the start of the window. Even...
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I agree, I understand all the turnover etc. I totally get it. The fact is though Liverpool, City and Chelsea elevated themselves to a level where they would consistently fight for that top tier of player. Arsenal dropped out of that echelon for a few years but are now back there. It is not...
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    To be fair I think, certainly since Lange was hired, we do have that. I won’t criticise the strategy we now follow, if the financial constraints relative to other clubs are what they are.
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I think it’s really interesting, because I agree that Solanke, Richy, Maddison, Biss, Kudus, Johnson, they are top performers from teams below us that we’ve picked up. And with Romero, VDV, Vicario, you could put some of the top performers of similarly stationed clubs in Europe into that camp...
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    Maghnes Akliouche

    I was talking about the way he receives the ball on the turn, then looks forward, he’s a little more of a passer and more physical than a dribbling 10, but has it in his locker; that’s what I saw of MGW too. If his heat maps say they are completely different, I’ll stand corrected. But I’d also...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    That’s a really good example, and as you say he brought some considerable success.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Yeah…whatever you think about the league performances last season, not being able to hold some other opinion than ‘fudge that guy in the most serious way’ is bizarre. Not trying to bring up any Ange debates, but surely as a good human who has some quantifiable success with us he deserves a little...
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    ***Spurs vs Emirates Marketing Project***, PL, 23rd Aug 2025 at Etihad

    I agree on your read of the game. On Johnson, US comms brought up there was a particular moment he could have tried to get back onside to get us a chance. A really good chance. So I understand where that criticism can come from even if he’s generally a hardworking and intelligent player...
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    Morgan Gibbs-White

    Agree with this and it’s something that’s never been clearly explained. I can accept that Maranakis likes to do his business publicly and Spurs under Levy have always not said much by comparison, that’s fine. But if we felt we had solid ground and really wanted him, surely we would have fought...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I’m big on Akliouche being that player now. Had no prior knowledge of him before the links, but he feels very much like an MGW type player for what I’ve been able to now see. More physical than Eze. This can still be a great window compared to previous years. So often if we’ve missed out on...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Genuine question - has another top 6 club appointed a manager ‘like’ Frank before? I’m trying to think of one where the advantage or the method seemed to centre around some element of tactical flexibility. There were very specific things we did against City, ways we chose to press, gaps we...
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    Maghnes Akliouche

    He’s very similar in style to MGW. If we sign him I’ll be happy in some respects because it would suggest we had a ‘plan’ rather than being reactive. I also think that with the way Frank rotates, we won’t need him to be an integral key player for us in the same way. Clearly he’s going to have...
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    ***Spurs vs Emirates Marketing Project***, PL, 23rd Aug 2025 at Etihad

    I thought that was really interesting. It looked like Johnson would often press narrow, and so it looked like we’d funnel the ball to their right back. The usual out ball for their right back would be in the middle of the pitch, and so it looked like he stationed Micky there to block that and it...
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