Tottenham Hotspur Thread

He is key.

At the end of the day if a super rich club make him an offer he can’t refuse there is nothing Spurs can do.

I think his buy out clause is £25M but that’s nothing for the top clubs.

There was and will be money available in the summer. Poch has said he had funds available last summer but nobody was available that would improve the current squad.

Alderweireld/Llorente are off so a new CB / forward is required. 

This summer should be more busy than last year for most clubs.

The new stadium should keep the squad together for one more year..... but the the money in football has gone crazy, it’s going to be hard to hold onto all the best players.

I'd guess Spurs are in the market for, say, £25m players*, but how many of those would be better than our existing squad players, never mind better than our 1st XI?

These days you're talking £50m+ for such a player and I'm not sure Spurs are yet ready/willing to shell out that kind of sum, esp when you consider that those players will demand similar-level wages, which would blow a hole in the present structure.

* - I know we pushed the boat out for Sanchez, but he came from a low-wage league, at 22 still has huge re-sale value (he's on a 6 year contract), and the reported £42m fee was very much an "up to" and payable in installments. Meanwhile, the previous record was £30m for Sissoko (a veritable bargain, as it happens).

Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote: The new stadium should keep the squad together for one more year..... but the the money in football has gone crazy, it’s going to be hard to hold onto all the best players.

Re your bold, the latest TV deal was the first that didn't see a significant increase on the previous one. So there is evidence such as the recent transfer windiw that PL clubs have curtailed their usual wage and transfer fee inflation accordingly.

If Spurs can progress further in the CL (and qualify next season), that and the new stadium revenues should allow us to remain competitive at the level we're currently at (see above).

But all that said, with the best part of £1bn to find for the new stadium, it is simply unrealistic to imagine that we'll progress to buying players at the next financial level (imo). 

Need to try and play a bit more this half.

They sure looked dead and buried. With Ali back soon hopefully they can push on and have a good finish to the season. Maybe Ali coming back will have a positive impact on Erikson because he's been very poor by his standards.

Also, talk of Brighton or Huddersfield in the league being the first game in new stadium.

He’ll be 30 in the summer but will be looking for a big contract.

With his fitness issues it would be a big risk.

It would have to be a club with unlimited funds.

That makes sense. At least he's edging closer to home!