Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

[Richard Richard]

They don't have levy?

Well exactly.

Levy’s single biggest failing is not realising how poor he is at the footballing side of the club. Commercially he is probably the best in the business, but he is arguably the worst when it comes to the actual football.

Therefore we rarely have a strategy and when we do have a strategy he soon changes his mind and moves on to another strategy or a scattergun approach.

He is killing us

 

[Ionman34]

The talks failed. That's the ONLY thing we know for certain because he's still at Inter.

What if the talk went like this;

Spurs to Agent: "We are interested in your client coming to us, would it be possible to discuss this?"

Agent: Yeah sure, I'll run it by my Client to see if he's interested."

Spurs: Great, we'll contact Inter then to see if they're interested in selling."

Spurs to Inter: " we'd like to buy your player, would you be interested in selling?"

Inter: "Sure, if the price is right."

Spurs: " We'll offer you £65M."

Inter: "That's a fair offer, we'll sell as long as the player wants to leave."

Agent to Spurs: "I've spoken to my Client and he's stated that he doesn't want to leave, whatever the offer."

Inter to Spurs: "Sorry but the player wishes to stay. We would have been interested, but we can't and won't force the player out."

That's not talks breaking down. There has to be some form of negotiation for the talks to have 'broken down.' As soon as one party indicates that he has no interest in negotiating, there's absolutely nothing there to break down. Nothing happened.

How you're unable to grasp this concept is a mystery to me.

 

[skywalker68]

Well exactly.

Levy’s single biggest failing is not realising how poor he is at the footballing side of the club. Commercially he is probably the best in the business, but he is arguably the worst when it comes to the actual football.

Therefore we rarely have a strategy and when we do have a strategy he soon changes his mind and moves on to another strategy or a scattergun approach.

He is killing us

Yes he is

 

[dudu]

We were chasing top spot and he got Nelson and Saha to help us push on.

It's hardly any wonder he decided the England job would be easier.

He also had a team consisting of Bale, Modric, Adebayor and VDV. One of if not the most talented groups of players he has worked with.

Arry wanted the England job regardless.

 

[RealCoolYid]

They don't seem to be worried with that 230m net spend this summer

We had CL for 7 years was it. They still spent more than us plus their wage bill dwarfed ours

I can handle that because until recently they spent money as poorly judged as we did …. But they’ve had some top class young players come through and spent fairly impressively

They’ve bought the best English CM and they’re going to challenge

All we re asking is for 2 decent CBs …. Get the right ones and I think we’re close enough to them

Don’t address it or cheap out and it’ll show what we’re all about

 

[Richard Arlison]

What if the talk went like this;

Spurs to Agent: "We are interested in your client coming to us, would it be possible to discuss this?"

Agent: Yeah sure, I'll run it by my Client to see if he's interested."

Spurs: Great, we'll contact Inter then to see if they're interested in selling."

Spurs to Inter: " we'd like to buy your player, would you be interested in selling?"

Inter: "Sure, if the price is right."

Spurs: " We'll offer you £65M."

Inter: "That's a fair offer, we'll sell as long as the player wants to leave."

Agent to Spurs: "I've spoken to my Client and he's stated that he doesn't want to leave, whatever the offer."

Inter to Spurs: "Sorry but the player wishes to stay. We would have been interested, but we can't and won't force the player out."

That's not talks breaking down. There has to be some form of negotiation for the talks to have 'broken down.' As soon as one party indicates that he has no interest in negotiating, there's absolutely nothing there to break down. Nothing happened.

How you're unable to grasp this concept is a mystery to me.

You really think that's how it went?

I bet you don't think that's how it went.

 

[Richard Arlison]

Jonathan Tah, is another name that we've been linked to.

At Leverkeusen?

same club as Tapsoba?

Wasn't that the ITK that he had a release clause and they wouldn't sell Taps until that clause ended?

 

[Shadydan]

So why can’t we both strengthen at CB and have a further replacement for Kane? Would Liverpool/United/Chelsea/Woolwich/City leave themselves short like that?

Lol why you asking me for? I don't make the rules

 

[Brian Fantana]

Need I remind everyone who is surprised, of this simple fact.

Our director of football Fabio Paratici is still banned from football and there is still no clarity on the DOF position, nor has Fabio even been officially let go. It’s been 3 months now.

This means that the person we had in charge of transfers was literally banned from doing his job and we didn’t even replace him. In the most crucial summer of the past 10 years.

It really does beggar belief. I am crying out for any ENIC defender to find a response to this. I seriously want to hear your explanation.

You’ve missed off actually following through with appointing Munn too.

It’s no wonder our transfers are a fucking mess. Levy is dealing with them. I’d be surprised if we make another signing this summer now. 2018 vibes coming out of the club now.

 

[RealCoolYid]

Lol why you asking me for? I don't make the rules

He’s not asking you is he …, he’s using you as a response to air it in general …. You don’t get that ??

Laugh laugh laugh emoji

 

[Ionman34]

‘Insider trading’, under normal circumstances, is notoriously difficult to prove and there’s often a fine line between legal and illegal. There’s probably no direct evidence and the prosecution will rely on a circumstantial case.
Another major factor is the quality of lawyers involved. I can tell you that the best lawyers working for governmental regulatory agencies (e.g the SEC ) or the US attorney’s office will cross over and work for law firms to help clients get around the regulations that they previously enforced. It’s about the money. Having said that, SDNY district has a great reputation and record for successful prosecutions and Williams is a smart guy. You don’t get to be Paul Giamatti on ‘Billions’ without doing something right.

Don't agree with any of that, I've seen Trading Places.

 

[NotThatTedHughes]

What if the talk went like this;

Spurs to Agent: "We are interested in your client coming to us, would it be possible to discuss this?"

Agent: Yeah sure, I'll run it by my Client to see if he's interested."

Spurs: Great, we'll contact Inter then to see if they're interested in selling."

Spurs to Inter: " we'd like to buy your player, would you be interested in selling?"

Inter: "Sure, if the price is right."

Spurs: " We'll offer you £65M."

Inter: "That's a fair offer, we'll sell as long as the player wants to leave."

Agent to Spurs: "I've spoken to my Client and he's stated that he doesn't want to leave, whatever the offer."

Inter to Spurs: "Sorry but the player wishes to stay. We would have been interested, but we can't and won't force the player out."

That's not talks breaking down. There has to be some form of negotiation for the talks to have 'broken down.' As soon as one party indicates that he has no interest in negotiating, there's absolutely nothing there to break down. Nothing happened.

How you're unable to grasp this concept is a mystery to me.

Yup. For any transfer, three parties have to be agreeable to the idea: Buying club (a gimme), selling club and player. Let’s ignore the added complexity of agents.

For Bastoni:
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Yes
Player — No.

Now let’s apply what we’ve learned to this year’s targets:

Tapsoba
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — No
Player — Unknown but probably yes. .

Tosin
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Yes
Player — No ( according to latest reports)

VdV
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Indications are Yes but reluctantly.
Player — Indications are Yes.

Lenglet
Buying club — Yes but reluctantly
Selling club — Yes
Player — Yes.

I don’t think it’s going to take a genius to figure out the more likely recruits. Of course there are other CBs in the mix like Nelsson and Ibanez but links are tenuous and we don’t really have any additional information.

 

[Richard Arlison]

Yup. For any transfer, three parties have to be agreeable to the idea: Buying club (a gimme), selling club and player. Let’s ignore the added complexity of agents.

For Bastoni:
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Yes
Player — No.

Now let’s apply what we’ve learned to this year’s targets:

Tapsoba
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — No
Player — Unknown but probably yes. .

Tosin
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Yes
Player — No ( according to latest reports)

VdV
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Indications are Yes but reluctantly.
Player — Indications are Yes.

Lenglet
Buying club — Yes but reluctantly
Selling club — Yes
Player — Yes.

I don’t think it’s going to take a genius to figure out the more likely recruits. Of course there are other CBs in the mix like Nelsson and Ibanez but links are tenuous and we don’t really have any additional information.

Tonali

 

[OldBoy68]

SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR

SUGAR, sugar, SuGAr

Weeks away from bankruptcy, so he will have my lifelong gratitude- which is tough given what an utter bastard amongst utter bastards that he was.

 

[OffTheBench]

The most joyful thing is that there is still over a month until the transfer window closes.

 

[RealCoolYid]

Don't agree with any of that, I've seen Trading Places.

Oh when they switch the concentrated OJ futures !!

 

[OldBoy68]

I wonder what Ryan Nelson is doing these days, does he fancy a game?

Probably. Likely to two 4 balls on the pitch though.

 

[OffTheBench]

I wonder what Ryan Nelson is doing these days, does he fancy a game?

Yep. That kind of talent doesn't dwindle with age.

 

[RealCoolYid]

The most joyful thing is that there is still over a month until the transfer window closes.

When’s the season start

 

[RealCoolYid]

Yup. For any transfer, three parties have to be agreeable to the idea: Buying club (a gimme), selling club and player. Let’s ignore the added complexity of agents.

For Bastoni:
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Yes
Player — No.

Now let’s apply what we’ve learned to this year’s targets:

Tapsoba
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — No
Player — Unknown but probably yes. .

Tosin
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Yes
Player — No ( according to latest reports)

VdV
Buying club — Yes
Selling club — Indications are Yes but reluctantly.
Player — Indications are Yes.

Lenglet
Buying club — Yes but reluctantly
Selling club — Yes
Player — Yes.

I don’t think it’s going to take a genius to figure out the more likely recruits. Of course there are other CBs in the mix like Nelsson and Ibanez but links are tenuous and we don’t really have any additional information.

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