I would be disappointed if we didn't spend £40-50m on players this summer. That would be covered alone by our £55m TV money. No excuse not to.
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Thats a fair point about what money gets you I suppose. Just look at Bentley.
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, Levy/the board wont just spend the money for no reason, its millions of pounds, I'm pretty sure they will only spend money on players they are sure will improve us as a team and potentially could sell on for profit/minimal loss if it came to it.Buying Paulinho, Villa, a striker and maybe another winger for this speculated 433 would cost around £40m and they're all players we need.
Last season we would've broke the £60m barrier if Moutinho had signed, the money is there if it is needed and its sure as hell needed if we want to keep up.
Last season we would've broke the £60m barrier if Moutinho had signed, the money is there if it is needed and its sure as hell needed if we want to keep up.
I'd be amazed if we signed all those players personally.
£40m seems a bit low, doesn't it? Seeing as Paulinho and Villa together would be about £27-30m, another striker alone would probably break 40m handily.
Again, referring to last season; Dembele, Lloris, Dempsey, Vertonghen, Adebayor and Sigurdsson all signed. Not sure if we had champions league money despite not actually being in the competition but TV money makes up for that. I understand that we don't need to sign 6 players again but it doesn't hurt to strengthen and improve.
I'd imagine some of that outlay was Luka money. Or spent in advance of selling Luka with the knowledge he'd definitely be going.
We have a bit more money to spend because of the TV deal but I'd bet a lot of that goes into infrastructure/stadium/etc. We need a couple of outgoings to at least ease the blow of signing good players. Huddlestone and Livermore for sure. Haven't heard any rumors about a LB but if we sell one of Rose or BAE obviously we need one. Can't have Jan out there every other game.
True, worded that wrong. What I'm getting at is the fact player prices have increased massively see that list of average players as an example.
That reminds me...I haven't done my cash flow analysis for iron side
Tucker
yet.Notice he hasn't prompted me.
It's always a gamble buying a player. There are no guarantees that they will improve the team. It's a calculated decision looking at potential benefit v risk.
It's more tricky in our position because we have good players. To improve we need excellent players, but they go to bigger clubs so you have to take more of a gamble perhaps.
The tv money does help. No doubt about it, but we have money, IMO. We always spend money above our weight really, but we can do that because we are well run, and we do make good money on some sales. We should spend at least 50 million on the right players this summer, and recoup 15+ million selling surplus players. We have a few that are good but not good enough. I think it'll be a good summer for us.
It's more tricky in our position because we have good players. To improve we need excellent players, but they go to bigger clubs so you have to take more of a gamble perhaps.
The tv money does help. No doubt about it, but we have money, IMO. We always spend money above our weight really, but we can do that because we are well run, and we do make good money on some sales. We should spend at least 50 million on the right players this summer, and recoup 15+ million selling surplus players. We have a few that are good but not good enough. I think it'll be a good summer for us.
That reminds me...I haven't done my cash flow analysis for iron side
Notice he hasn't prompted me.
Knock yourself out. Go on, go and count your beans.
We may be receiving steep of £60 million in TV money next year but bare in mind that because if FFP we aren't able to just spunk that money up the wall on new players and new contracts. A lot of that money will be used to pay off outstanding debts and put towards development plans like the stadium.
The final tonight. Straight after the game I expect Paulinho on a plane to Tottenham's finest chicken shop, to celebrate becoming a yid!