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Here's what's going through Levy's head: there don't appear to be other suitors, Lyon are resigned to selling him and are ready to cash in, I can get him for 55M on transfer deadline day.
Let's assume he's right. He could save 8M by playing a high-wire act and dragging this into August. Is that worth it? There are many factors to consider, from the ability to get the player into preseason training, the show of good faith to the ticket buying public, the effect on other business the club wants to do, and the sheer value of Daniel Levy's man-hours in concluding the transfer.
Levy is a very smart man, but I do think he's been caught being penny-wise and pound-foolish in this way in the past.
There will be other clubs no doubtI suspect it more likely that Lyon and the player are waiting to hear if anyone else is going to come forward
And here you are!There will be other clubs no doubt
There will be other clubs no doubt
It's all happening......"War Chest" and "Windows slamming shut" are two phrases you ONLY hear during Transfer Deadline time...
I blame Jim White entirely!!!
How good was he at 22 though, that's what he's saying.A guy who has played a couple of seasons in a tin pot league is better than Dembele. Give me a fu*king break. Dembele tore through some of the best defences in europe like he was playing against kids.
Yeah agree and all that. Anyway your username cracks me up!!Think we got the lad tbh I can’t wait to see him, sissoko and winksy bossing the middle of the Park. Need a couple of forward thinking backs trips well suited and then Sessegnon on the left and we could actually play like Liverpool
I suspect it more likely that Lyon and the player are waiting to hear if anyone else is going to come forward
There's not direct correlation on this point, no, but as a premier league club, if you want to sign a top player for their position in Europe, you have to spend close to. Most definitely 50 and upwardsMy point is, quality first team additions does not mean spending 70m+ on a player. Heck, the guy we are talking about cost 7m last summer!!! If we signed him last summer would everyone be demonising Levy for being a penny pincher raiding the bargain bin??
Trippier has been excellent for Spurs - a few bad performances and the fans drop him like a piece of crap.
Dier also has been great for the club. An injury and surgery this year and suddenly everyone has forgotten how good he was for us when we needed midfield, left back and centre back cover.
A guy who has played a couple of seasons in a tin pot league is better than Dembele. Give me a fu*king break. Dembele tore through some of the best defences in europe like he was playing against kids.
Put it in bold this time as you clearly have trouble readingHe's miles better than Dembele was at 22 and already has a better eye for a pass than Moussa ever had
His name doesn’t have the ‘ in it.Where’s the ‘ in the name? Looks too sloppy for Spurs TV
No apostrophe in Ndombélé. It's the 'Ndombele Welcome' that immediately exposed it as a fake though. Surely should be 'Welcome Ndombele'. Then of course the picture confirmed it.Where’s the ‘ in the name? Looks too sloppy for Spurs TV
A guy who has played a couple of seasons in a tin pot league is better than Dembele. Give me a fu*king break. Dembele tore through some of the best defences in europe like he was playing against kids.