1. modric
2. berbatov
3. bale
2. berbatov
3. bale
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VdV was definitely the biggest discount we ever got relative to a player’s obvious value at the time.Gotta be between Bale & Modric.
Runners-up you'd have Hugo, Eriksen, Super Jan, Sonny...
The old strike force of Robbie Keane, Berbatov, Defoe did great for us too, as did Van der Vaart
we did, just most the team around him wasnt good enough. playmakers need quality around them.Bale, Dembele and Jan.
Loved Modric but we didn’t get the best of him.
Yeah, think it's Lloris for me too! He's on 396 appearences in all comps and will become only the 12th Spurs player to play over 400 games all comps. Pat Jennings (590) and Ted Ditchburn (452) the only two goalkeepers that have played more for us. £11m for a top class goalkeeper that plays for this long is just insane businessCaptain Hugo for £11m in 2012 was incredibly good business.
Kyle Walker for £4m.
Made the PFA Team of the Year a couple of times and we sold him for £50m.
Also says "Lyon also receives 20% of Lloris's future transfer profit"Wikipedia is telling me Hugo was 12+4 in variables and that’s my recollection too.
That was an old school vans-in-the-dark deadline day swoop.
Then Clint Demspey out of nowhere the same day after his move to Liverpool fell through.
Spot on, pal.VdV was definitely the biggest discount we ever got relative to a player’s obvious value at the time.
Madrid were just sick of him and wanted rid and the money meant nothing so they pawned him off for 8 mil on deadline day because who cares?
This was the football culture Levy dominated. A bygone era. An era when a domestic talent like Bale cost 5M plus 5M in incentives because he was just 17. Imagine what Southampton would ask for a guy like that now.
There was just free money lying around if you were clever enough to grab it.
For one thing So’ton wouldn’t sell period because of Premier League TV money they wouldn’t have to.Real would ask minimum 25 mil for VdV if it was today. And So'ton wouldn't let Bale go for less than 20 or even 30 mil plus ridiculous incentives.