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With the pound being so weak that gives Levy incentive to pay MORE up front, rather than over time.
Only if potential European signings are travelling by boat
Long day in the officeHard to say - the weak pound might though.
Not if the belief is that it will bounce back soon.
Would add 15% to the cost of the transfer. Am sure Levy would have a plan but may wait for a slight bounce back if European clubs want cash up front.
So why is
VirginiaSpur
saying it would be better for Levy to offer more up front when the pound is weak?
That's a very childish comment to make. It's like me suggesting if you want underwhelming signings and mediocrity go and support Norwich or Fulham.
The glamorous world famous club I grew up supporting now seems unwilling to compete in the transfer market with clubs who have rarely competed on our level in the past. Don't you find that frustrating ?
Fuck me.. The Euro's are still on do you think there is going to be MUCH activity going on??
It doesn't close until August the 31st and already we are moaning..
It doesn't close until August the 31st and already we are moaning..
Absolutely. So why do we have a transfer budget equivalent to a mid table championship team
Given our main owner, yes, it sort of is.
Ruin ourselves.? You mean like doing a Leeds or Portsmouth, right ?
Quote from the Daily Mirror.
SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW
You know it's the Summer transfer window when the rumours go into overdrive and Woolwich fans start complaining they aren't spending. With this summer seeing more money and new managers this could be one of the most active transfer windows in years.
SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW
You know it's the Summer transfer window when the rumours go into overdrive and Woolwich fans start complaining they aren't spending. With this summer seeing more money and new managers this could be one of the most active transfer windows in years.
Ahh right. The stadium.Maybe the stadium?
I share your frustration with the accountants on here, but it has to be paid for.
We have a budget that's in the same range as them. And spend it like they do. Juventus just took Morata for 2 years from Real Madrid essentially for free, since RM bought him back for slightly more than Juve paid in the original transfer fee and subsequent wages. That essentially amounts to a loan deal with compensation for the education/development they provided Morata. Where are the massive deals Juventus are doing?
Similarly, Dortmund don't generaly spend more than about 20 million on a signing either. They've always bought young talent, and then sold on for a profit when possible. Based on available reports, they turned a 20 million Euro profit on their player trading last year. Again, no sign of massive spending. And this is the 11th richest club on the planet.
There are very, very few clubs who over-pay for mature star players.
If you are suggesting we suddenly should start, that's fine John. But the club isn't actually going to, as they don't believe in that approach. You can hate that as much as you want, but it doesn't change the fact that Spurs are who they are, and aren't going to change.