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Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527

Which player would you like to see take over from Luka Modric?

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Spursalot said:
Yes. There are not many places free agents can go...


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Anyone who becomes a free agent after the window is closed cannot sign for another club until the next window, ie. Sol Campbell when he left Notts County. Russia haven't closed their window yet and can sign these players.
 
Jordinho said:
Anyone who becomes a free agent after the window is closed cannot sign for another club until the next window, ie. Sol Campbell when he left Notts County. Russia haven't closed their window yet and can sign these players.
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Really? I did not know that rule.. I guess it's to stop people cheating the transfer window.
 
There's also that thing about not playing for three clubs in one year, which is conveniently ignored when it suits FIFA.
 
'We agreed player terms late but there were situations regarding the contract that were not right so we didn't complete the transfer,' Villas-Boas said.

'We have enough cover without him. Moutinho's transfer not happening should not overshadow the fact we have pulled off one of the biggest coups of the transfer market with Clint Dempsey, who is a player who can really help us to go one step further.'
 
Jordinho said:
'We agreed player terms late but there were situations regarding the contract that were not right so we didn't complete the transfer,' Villas-Boas said.

'We have enough cover without him. Moutinho's transfer not happening should not overshadow the fact we have pulled off one of the biggest coups of the transfer market with Clint Dempsey, who is a player who can really help us to go one step further.'
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Perhaps wouldn't have been such an issue had we agreed these terms with longer than 15 minutes of the window to go.
 
Spursalot said:
Wait so it's all Levy's fault that Levy, Moutinho and Porto couldn't agree terms?


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Not assigning blame here, simply pointing out that a compromise is more likely to be reached if there is a bit more time for a deal to be negotiated.
 
Maybe we didn't get that far in the negotiations until the very end of the window? Porto had no reason to back down from their price with days or weeks remaining. The 'situations' could have something to do with third party ownership.
 
Jordinho said:
Maybe we didn't get that far in the negotiations until the very end of the window? Porto had no reason to back down from their price with days or weeks remaining. The 'situations' could have something to do with third party ownership.
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They had no reason to back down at all.


It's not like Modric who was complaining and asking for a move.
 
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Third party ownership has been mentioned in some reports as the source of the problem - along with problematic wage negotiations. Shame this couldn't happen but always chance in January. I do think a player of Mouthino's quality would have a very significant impact on how we play and that is why AVB was so committed to targeting him.
 
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He probably believes that himself.
 
Spursalot said:
Wait so it's all Levy's fault that Levy, Moutinho and Porto couldn't agree terms?


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To be fair mate, you'd have expected the due diligence to have been scouted ages ago, you'd have expected us to know a third party would be involved, you'd have expected us to know how Joorchabian works and you've expected Daniel to have got it done earlier knowing it could be tough. I have defended him often, and will probably continue to do so in many areas, but on this one it is my humble opinion that he royally fudged it. Letting VdV go for 10 mill sonly a great deal if you have his replacement/a replacement of equal or better quality in the bag. When he was sold I assumed this to be the case. Sadly, I was wrong.
 
In theory, we have enough numbers for AVB's 4-3-3 ie 5 players for each of the 3 plus 1 kid:

mid: Parker, Sandro, Thudd, Dembele, Siggy. Kids: Carrol and Liverbore
forwards: Lennon, Bale, Dempsey, Defoe, Adebayor. Kind: Townsend

The problem is that there are so many additions that it'll time time for players to gel plus Defoe isnt suited to 4-3-3 and it doesnt appear that AVB likes Thudd
 
Re: Summer transfer thread, do NOT believe everything SSN "understand" #Levytime

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http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/summer-transfer-window-wrap-01092012.page

The summer transfer window has finally drawn to a close and Andre Villas-Boas offers us an overview of our activity during this period.

Iceland international Gylfi Sigurdsson and Eredivisie Player of the Year Jan Vertonghen were first to arrive early in July, followed by the return of Emmanuel Adebayor, our top scorer last season, on a permanent basis. This week has seen a further three additions to our ranks in the form of France captain Hugo Lloris and Fulham duo Mousa Dembele and Clint Dempsey.

Sebastien Bassong, Vedran Corluka, Niko Kranjcar, Luka Modric, Ryan Nelsen, Steven Pienaar, Louis Saha, David Button, Giovani dos Santos and Rafael van der Vaart departed the Club this summer and we wish them all well for the future.

“I believe we have some fantastic attacking options following our summer transfer activity, which strengthen us in respect of what I like to describe as forwards and strikers. Our signings offer us really good combinations,” our Head Coach reflected.

“Mousa Dembele offers real creativity and his versatility was a key reason why we signed him. His tremendous skill and technical ability are fascinating and adds the right mix to our midfielders’ characteristics.

“Clint Dempsey also provides us with tremendous versatility and he has produced magnificent performances for Fulham with 36 goals over the past two seasons and that shows just what a prolific and powerful player he is.

“The additions we have made in midfield coupled with the existing players we have in this position gives us exceptional cover in this department, which resulted in us being prepared to release Rafael van der Vaart.

“In our preparation for the future we have decided to further strengthen our goalkeeping department and we have now added Hugo Lloris, a world-class goalkeeper and French national team captain.

“This has been a busy transfer window and I cannot praise highly enough the efforts the Club made to sign Joao Moutinho. I have said all along that this was never an easy transfer and as such we never had enormous expectations of getting this deal across the line.

“I believe the window was a good one for us. I am satisfied that we have the flair, creativity and strength in depth across all areas to make significant strides this season. The most important thing now is to get on with playing football and winning games.”
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Signed Donna Cullen
 
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