No more true than the itk's who must be 8/9 anyway!!
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Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527
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No more true than the itk's who must be 8/9 anyway!!
Wriggly
Banned
fair point.
Parker still has a season to offer, imv. Not to mention Livermore
So you think it's plausible we'd buy 2 DMs in one window for a fee exceeding 20m while our only senior striker wants to leave, 4 days before the season starts?
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Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
There's absolutely no way that us buying a striker is contingent on Modric leaving.
Everyone wants our transfer activity done asap, even Levy, but you have to weigh up the financial impact of doing that as well. The potential points in the 2 games in Aug vs GBP savings, is a valid debate.
It's brick, everyone's getting frustrated, but sometimes it's necessary to wait so as to get the best deal, not to be bullied in to accepting lower deals, etc.
One thing is for sure, Levy is acting on what he thinks are the best interests of Spurs and he's a more intelligent man then any of us on here, with all the facts at his disposal, compared to us who try and piece info together from itk and press.
marcospur2
Ronnie Rosenthal
Was a poor choice of word because he does have a good win rate. More over promoted and I would say not what Chelsea need, nor what they will end up with in a years time. He is convenient for the time being.
Plausible? Not really. Possible? Definitely.
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
He did well with MK Dons and WBA IMO.
I think the issue here though is that he has seen as a yes man to both Abramovic and Terry - he isnt in an actual position of authority, rather he is just keeping the existing show on the road...
Not a chance in hell, not while Levy is in charge
And even if we were to pull that off - would be a complete and utter waste of resources seeing that we have bids rejected more often than not, and far bigger priorities to address first
marcospur2
Ronnie Rosenthal
Its funny you talk about how we try and piece info from itk and press yet make a statement of complete assurity that there is 'no way' the two are linked. But though I accept the thrust of what you say, if not necessarily the tenor of them, is the Modric deal (assuming it goes ahead) likely to inflate prices clubs will ask of us? Perhaps inevitable. On final point I don't doubt he is acting according to what he thinks is in best interests for the club, particularly as a businessman. Your right he has the facts, but doesn't mean his decision-making is necessarily right or that us intellectually challenged fans are unable to critically discuss the clubs activities within the broader context you rightly refer to.
Excellent post
Thank fudge for that (assuming it's us)
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
Sunderland are the only club credited with an interest
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
My statement of complete assurity was based on basic common sense, we wouldn't sell (or release in Saha's case) our strikers leaving us with just Defoe, if we weren't able to buy another one until Modric was sold ! What happens if Madrid never bid more than say 30m? We wouldn't accept that and we'd be left with 1 striker!
You can discuss it all you like, but all I see is this Levy slating without any balanced viewpoint, or even trying to see it from his point of view, or from the point of view that Spurs is in fact a business.
jts1882
Dean Richards
Buying someone might not be but who we buy could very much be linked.
For instance, say we have £15m to buy a striker. There is a limited number of options for that money and using it to bring Adebayor in might be the best bet. Now assume we sell Modric for £40m and buy say Moutinho for £30m. It would then be possible to use the extra to supplement the striker budget and look for a £25m striker.
I'm not saying we have defined budgets for striker or any other position. The key point is that deals may have affects on each other. We will be looking a several strikers and several midfielders, plus a few other positions as well. For each position there will be a range of prices and targets will have different availability. Who we get for one position will affect the possibilities elsewhere as we can't buy the most expensive option in each position. If a player we like becomes available it will have knock-on affects. The calculations will be further complicated by payment terms and cash flow.
So we might be confident we can sign Adebayor at any time by making a concession, but still holding out for an alternative, one that needs extra revenues from sales, or a player who is interested but still hoping one of the bigger clubs are interested. The apparent inaction doesn't mean we are doing nothing. It could be a sign that we are trying to get better players and a sign of ambition.
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indianspur
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and probably wants to pay the same for Damiao
Mostly likely - for less
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