Tottenham in the Summer transfer window

Thank Christ I thought I was banned forever.

 

Daniel Levy's hard bargaining could backfire as it is blatantly obvious we are desperate for a striker. If you were the other club and approached by spurs you would ask for all the money. Negotiations depend on how much each party needs something and time scale involved. We are desperate and don't have much time.

 

I wonder if Sturridge might've become available, now that it looks likely that Moses will sign for Chelsea?
Not perfect, but Villas-Boas seemed to like him last season.

 

Something to further drive up the transfer prices this summer - PSG have just signed Lucas Moura for £35m apparently.

That's utterly ridiculous - he's 19. Yes I'm sure he's got bags of potential but £35m? REALLY?

 

Not perfect and not for me thanks PNP - what talent the guy has seems to be far too wrapped up with an over-inflated ego. Personally think he would be a disruptive influence.

 

It's possible, but we heard the same things about Gallas and Adebayor and they've been fine for us.
Doubt it's on the cards anyway, but you never know.

 

Fair point mate and I might be doing him a disservice as he does have talent, but this guy doesn't have age and experience on his side. Willy and Ade both have had their issues but we got them arguably at the 'right time'.

Mind you, any new striker on the books right now would be welcome. Well, Heskey or Owen notwithstanding.....

 

And quite right too, €30m isn't £40m is it.

 

The whole transfer window is complete b*llox. As frustrated as I am like the rest of you at the lack of "new striker" I can totally understand Levy's view of not paying ridiculous money for a prospect. The Moura deal sums up what's wrong with football nowadays. To be honest maybe we stick with what we have and just be grateful we are a well run club with a sensible chairman who won't put glory at all other costs. Part off me would love to have crazy rich owners like Chelsea or Man City but on the flip side I am glad we have built our team the right way and not just buying as many good players as we can whatever the cost. At least our club has a soul. I'd rather be an unsuccessful club than one with these horrible new "fans" that don't appreciate the highs and lows that football brings and have never been to a game I their life. I really wouldn't want the type of fans that for example Chelsea have now attracted. Horrible chavs that stand outside Costcutter or Poundland in their Chelsea shirts. I would hate Tottenham to become like that.

 

I agree, the concept of a transfer window has failed totally. I does not level the playing field as intended, in fact it reduces the competition. Problems caused are as follows:

1 Teams have to maintain more backup as they can't just go and sign players when needed.
2 Some (not all) of the better players are prepared to sit on the bench drawing a fat salary
3 Youth development is stiffled.

Football needs two things for a level playing field. Firstly get rid of the window. If a player wants a move he should have to request a transfer. Secondly a club salary limit, say £80M/year. If you pay one player £10M a year, you have to balance it with cheaper players.

Until then the rich clubs will prevail and poorer clubs trying to compete will struggle. Football is becoming less like a sport and more like a business.

 

Entirely agree. These oil money clubs have just totally distorted the whole transfer market. I don't see that changing anytime soon, unless the so-called ruling bodies actually grow a pair of balls.

 

I would love us to be successful like Chelsea and City. If it meant an influx of plastic fans, then fine, who cares, not me.

To be honest so many of the fans that go down the Lane may be 'genuine', but they are moaning, irritating whingers, and I doubt sitting next to a plastic would be any worse.

If the ground was full of cheering plastics as we won the Prem and CL I'd say bring it on.

We wont win the title or the CL under ENIC, that I'm convinced of, and that makes me sad. It also makes me want ENIC to make way for owners who will be willing to put in the necessary cash to take us up with the Chelseas Citys and Utds of this world and beyond Arsenal.

 

we're are suppost to be intrested in Mohamed Kamara,a midfielder!,we need F***k*** strikers,not Midfielders.

 

You're right we'll probably never win the CL without joining the clubs with sugar daddies but since when was the CL the be all and end all of being a fan. As much as I want success for the club I'd rather we stuck to a reasonable, sustainable transfer policy than became a club full of ****s like Chelsea, City and United. Frankly I'd rather be in League 2 considering a quater final in the Johnston's Paint trophy and achievement then watch our Spurs become bastardised into another one of the clubs that solves everything by chucking money at it.

As for the fans, in general I find we have a good sense of humour, there's always a couple of moaners but they're easily drowned out when we're in good voice.

 

Fair enough YV, we have completely different aims for our club, bt that's fair enough.

I absolutely don't agree about the moaners though, I've been going to Spurs for 50 years now and in my very considerable experience the place has way too many moaners and whingers, plus inane idiots who give their demented views on a minute by minute basis, and just generally people who don't get behind the team anywhere near a full 90 minutes. I've been to quite a few grounds where the home support is better than ours.

I could give endless examples, but I won't bore the board, each will make up their own mind on their WHL-going experience.

 

Having gone to several Brentford games in my life, I can assure you that you haven't seen moaning 'til you sit with them for 90 minutes

I'd agree that we're too quick to boo at times though.

 

Fair comments YV Mind you, when you consider the vastly superior football we play to Brentford, I dread to think what our club's fans would be like if they were watching lge 1 football every week.

 

*yawn*

Apparently Owen is available and a lot of Premiership clubs are investigating.

Hopefully we're not - I'd rather have no strikers than Mr 'I get injured by just looking at a football'

 

I reckon this'll end our hunt for Lloris/Steklenberg - http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7975604/Spurs-to-make-Ryan-decision

Seeing as how we're on the road to spending less than £10m gross this Summer, I can't see us 'splashing out' on a goalkeeper.

This is gonna be 1 crazy rainy day that Levy is saving this dosh for!

EDIT - according to the Fail, Man City are apparently trying to hijack our bid for Damiao - cos, you know, they need more strikers - Dzeko, Tevez, Aguero, Balotelli and Adebayor clearly aren't enough.

If it's true, it sounds like a 'we want him so you can't get him' bid

 

I think Ryan's one for the future, if we do sign him, Moorpheus.
Might be instantly loaned out or kept for the new reserve league.