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  1. DubaiSpur

    Sandro Tonali Official

    Proper signing. As much for what it implies as for the player himself - and Tonali himself is no slouch. Fast, strong, relentless. A Premier League-proven box to box midfielder in the Daniele De Rossi mould, and we're getting him in his absolute prime at 26. But it's more what it means that...
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    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Not immediately, but there's news that the European FAs are using Infantino's general servility to Trump to gather support for an opposing candidate at the next FIFA elections. Trouble for them is, like Blatter, Infantino is popular with most of the global FAs because he funnels money into...
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    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    The way the bracket's going also will help. Way I see it, England have enough to overcome Norway. Then it's probably Argentina in the semis, and they really are nothing special in this tournament - they were praying for full-time against Cabo Verde, and they lack a bit of cohesiveness, relying...
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    Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

    I mean, it's no longer just a football stadium - it's probably one of the top events venues in London, full stop. Football fans won't mind walking down to Seven Sisters/Tot Hale, but the hordes of Beyonce or K-Pop fans might prefer a more convenient route to venue and back, no? Yes TfL ruled it...
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    Radu Drăgușin

    I fully expected we'd have to loan him out until his contract expired, mate. To get close to £15m for him is good business. On the obligation, I think there's a difference between that and an option to buy - obligation means you will trigger it come what may, it's just shifted to the next year...
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    Cristian Romero

    True. I'm just a bit sentimental about the guy - his abominable disciplinary record and captaincy aside, the idea of having two Dutch internationals as our CBs with two Argentine internationals (him and Senesi) backing them up, just has an appealing symmetry to it, I suppose. :p Still, between...
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    Radu Drăgușin

    Deal agreed with Fiorentina, loan with obligation to buy. 1.5m euros for the loan, 17.5m for obligation apparently. Di Marzio and Romano both confirming. Good deal, and good luck to the lad - injuries ruined any chances he had with us, but I still feel there's a decent player there, just one...
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    Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

    Fai Fair enough mate, but it plays into my point that a capacity upgrade would involve a major rebuild given how much the existing roof limits that sort of thing. I'd say at a minimum the roof would need to be disassembled and reassembled, and based on what you're saying, we might need to...
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    Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

    Defo mate, but risk management relies on a certain set of assumptions about the future that don't always pan out - statistically-based foresight models and projections can't function without them, but black swan events can upset their calculations. Not saying they haven't done their homework...
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    Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

    IMO, obstructionist councils tend to stop being obstructionist when you stuff their mouths with cash - was the case for us once the riots happened and Haringey realised what Spurs leaving would potentially mean for their tax revenues in an already deprived borough. Credit to Levy for his...
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    Cristian Romero

    I agree mate, but it amounts to the same thing in the end, which is that we have a problem in our hands in terms of selling him for a decent amount. Personally I'm okay with him staying, though as @thfcsteff pointed out, it's a bit of a doomed endeavour given he's marked his card with PL refs...
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    Cristian Romero

    It's more - no one good wants to pay the price we would probably want, and he won't go to anyone not good enough to merit a move given he's on a high salary here. The ideal for us would be he takes a 50m move to Saudi, but then the second part of that para above applies. He probably wants a...
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    Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

    I asked about expansion earlier and was told it's physically impossible - whole roof is supported by that pre-tensioned ring, and that would apparently need to be completely dismantled to add any more seats. The economics wouldn't work out given the roof alone cost over a hundred million to...
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    Daniel Levy - Former Chairman

    And this is why what Simon Jordan said the other day rings so true to me. Jordan is a puffed up c*nt with an overinflated sense of self importance, but Levy's his mate so he has insight there. And he remarked that Levy never 'felt' football - he thought like an accountant, and 25 years of...
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    Cristian Romero

    I mean, it helped his country, but still...man has a trashcan for a heart for doing Cabo Verde like that. :p
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    Cristian Romero

    Before Vuskovic went, Romero was the clear sacrificial piece, especially since he doesn't seem to want to be here. Problem for him is, no one wants him enough to pay our asking price, yet. He's at the World Cup so maybe things will change when he's back. But if it continues in this way where...
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    Rafael Leao

    I honestly wouldn't take either. If Leao can't motivate himself to give a toss at a grand club like Milan, he won't with us, especially with all the temptations of London. And Savinho is too much of a raw and unproven project for me to feel comfortable with him being our left-winger of choice...
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    Rafael Leao

    Elite ball carrier when in the mood, not particularly good at much else, is how I can sum him up, having watched him for a bit. He doesn't do much off the ball, and on it, he needs to be on his game to show what he can do. It used to be he was switched on enough to show that regularly, but even...
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    Luka Vuskovic

    It's unfortunate he's moving on without us ever having seen him pull a shirt on for us in anger. And I would have liked a higher fee, all things considered. But - the deal we did get, isn't bad. We essentially quadrupled our money on the kid, plus a sell on fee in case he ends up exploding into...
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    Rafael Leao

    This is a guess in my part, I'm no ITK. But honestly, think this one will pick up steam in coming weeks. Since the Fernandes deal - because it's how Mendes operates. You buy a good player from him, he makes you buy another one from his stable that isn't so good, who also needs a move. Rafa...
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