We weren't getting Eze and Solanke. Solanke was more important. There's a reason that nobody made a move for Eze, nobody is paying almost all of a 60m fee up front and Palace had no need to sell once the buyout clause was gone.
It's different to Diaz. We made a move and as soon as we did Liverpool came in and the player wanted to go to Liverpool.
New article/interview. Mostly just a puff piece
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Spurs exclusive: Lange on new transfer strategy, data and Levy's role
In his first major interview since joining Spurs, Lange insists the club are being deliberately ruthless in a bid to win nowwww.standard.co.uk
It appears a smart set-up, with Postecoglou’s crystal clear vision of what he wants in a player complemented by Lange’s intimate knowledge of the market and Levy’s know-how and contacts book. The chairman remains hands-on at negotiating deals but has no say in deciding the targets.
“Daniel has great experience and a fantastic network,” Lange says. “Not to play to that strength would be silly. Ange and I have ongoing discussions all the time about the squad. It’s far from only about transfers... [but] of course, when we come close to the window, it’s about how we want to ideally end up after the window.
“When I speak with Daniel and Scott Munn [chief football officer], it’s more about strategy and developing the club overall. Daniel’s network can play a part of some transactions, case by case, but he will never go in and have an opinion about whether a certain player is a good fit or not.”
In trimming the fat, Spurs showed a ruthlessness that has not always come naturally; Tanguy Ndombele was paid off with a year of his contract to run and the club released Ryan Sessegnon and Japhet Tanganga.
“[Being ruthless] is definitely deliberate,” says Lange. “A lot of players who left in the summer came to a natural conclusion of their time at the club. I think they also saw it that way themselves.”
Spurs might have done more, however, and the decisions not to sign a defender or cover for goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario were surprising.
“If you have too big a turnaround in a window, that’s not necessarily positive,” says Lange. “We had a lot of players leaving, but building a squad is not something you do overnight. It takes a lot of careful consideration.”
I think we will, at least one.Hope that Lange has identified a few more players who can go straight into the team, like Kinsky, that we’re going to recruit before transfer window closes in 8 days time.
Davies was and is one of our centre backs.danso - our 4th CB finally here
better late than never? nope. has cost our season dearly.
danso - our 4th CB finally here
better late than never? nope. has cost our season dearly.
It’s scarySeems to be under heavy fire from kids and ITKs on socials because they can't seemingly spin why they never knew about some of the signings we made. I find some of it hilarious
It’s scary
But at least under him we can do a full medical for a guy with a history of a medical failure for a heart condition on a Saturday night before a game. Sign the contracts and register them all
Thank fudge for the fax machine
I assume your comment was somewhat tongue in cheek?
Danso had a small surface scar on his heart (from a viral chest infection) last summer, it was nothing, all been cleared up. He had a small procedure in Sep, done and dusted in 15 mins, and was back to normal in Oct. This issue was never in play for last week's medical for either Wolves or Spurs. It was something that came up last summer in a Juve medical (for a loan) and worked in our favour. Fortunately, it took until after the summer transfer window to be diagnosed so he had to stay put.
I'm not enjoying everyone bashing Lange. He was super smart here. In his recruitment model, he had this player on his radar almost certainly from his Villa days carried forward to the Spurs database. Johan sat back and pounced and has hopefully got a decent player for £20m that fits Ange's model. Time will tell on that one, but I have no reason to think he's going around buying broken players because they're cheap or becuase we're desperate. I very much doubt he's overruling medical procedures either.
I think we all need to get behind Lange.
I’m being massively sarcastic
IMO the ITKs haven’t a clue what’s going on
There is no way that we didn’t have Danso doing his medical on Friday yet no one knew
The training ground is like Fort Knox and the press’s didn’t have a clue here
For me, Lange has already left everyone with egg on their face. 2 signings in January is very good.
We are once again entering the realms of having another bloated squad in the not so distant future. It will need rationalising, or we will see some very talented youngsters leaving of their own accord.
You kind of have to teeter on the line of bloated to have the correct number of players. In reality it only ever really feels bloated when you have a lot of deadwood because then there are just masses of the squad not being used.For me, Lange has already left everyone with egg on their face. 2 signings in January is very good.
We are once again entering the realms of having another bloated squad in the not so distant future. It will need rationalising, or we will see some very talented youngsters leaving of their own accord.
You kind of have to teeter on the line of bloated to have the correct number of players. In reality it only ever really feels bloated when you have a lot of deadwood because then there are just masses of the squad not being used.
This time around once Reggie goes plus a few others (I would be quite ruthless in terms of whom I would try and get a fee for) I think we will be balancing things well.
If we get good offers for any of Romero, Biss, or Richy we should be taking it and reinvesting.We have 5 out of contract - Forster, Whiteman, Regulion, Davies and Werner. After that, the only others I'd count as deadwood are Solomon, Gil, and maybe some of the too old to be youth teamers like Craig and Robson. There's maybe a also few like Philips, Scarlett and Veliz to make decisions on.
But otherwise we are maybe at the ideal case of being able to make extend versus 1 in, 1 out decisions with players like Romero, Biss and Richy.
If we get good offers for any of Romero, Biss, or Richy we should be taking it and reinvesting.
I assume your comment was somewhat tongue in cheek?
Danso had a small surface scar on his heart (from a viral chest infection) last summer, it was nothing, all been cleared up. He had a small procedure in Sep, done and dusted in 15 mins, and was back to normal in Oct. This issue was never in play for last week's medical for either Wolves or Spurs. It was something that came up last summer in a Juve medical (for a loan) and worked in our favour. Fortunately, it took until after the summer transfer window to be diagnosed so he had to stay put.
I'm not enjoying everyone bashing Lange. He was super smart here. In his recruitment model, he had this player on his radar almost certainly from his Villa days carried forward to the Spurs database. Johan sat back and pounced and has hopefully got a decent player for £20m that fits Ange's model. Time will tell on that one, but I have no reason to think he's going around buying broken players because they're cheap or becuase we're desperate. I very much doubt he's overruling medical procedures either.
I think we all need to get behind Lange.