General/Non-Spurs Transfers
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Cornpattbuck
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Very good player, but Eriksen is as much a disciplined destroyer as he is.
beats1
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Yea I got it wrong but I was just repeating what arsenal fans on talksport weresaying
NickHSpurs
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This is definitely going to end well...
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has joined Turkish club Trabzonspor on a three-year contract.
https://twitter.com/Ladbrokes/status/1164201807238836224/photo/1
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has joined Turkish club Trabzonspor on a three-year contract.
https://twitter.com/Ladbrokes/status/1164201807238836224/photo/1
beats1
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Controversial I wouldn't have minded him here if he was willing to take a pay cut
spursfan77
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I think the fact Liverpool, who don’t actually have an abundance of attackers beating their front three, were willing to let him go and not even bother to replace him is a reason not to take him.
No other team in England fancied him either. There’s got to be a reason for that. Teams like Palace or Arsenal could have afforded him if they thought he had anything to offer bar being injured. Even West Ham weren’t linked to him!
Col_M
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You know your career is finished in this country when even West Ham aren’t interested.
Marty
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- Mar 10, 2005
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When your injury record even scares them off, you know you're broken.
Klopp spoke very highly of his dressing room influence and good behaviour so he doesn't seem like a bad boy, just absolutely ruined by injury.
beats1
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They do have a lot of attackers for their front three
Mane -- Firmino -- Salah
Oxlade-Chamberlain -- Origi -- Shaqiri
I feel like one of the reasons he hasn't been taken on is because he still thinks he is a first choice striker whilst in reality he is someone who would be perfect as a bench option/back up with no chance of being 1st choice due to his fitness problemOxlade-Chamberlain -- Origi -- Shaqiri
If you're are losing 2-1 he is someone you would want to bring on in the last 10 mins
Monkey boy
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Also his £100k a week wage demands were probably a factor in not giving him a new contract.
spursfan77
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Oxlaide chamberlain is a midfielder isn’t he?
hellava_tough
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Looking through the lists of players who are apparently out of contract and there are some real 'blasts from the past':
Ben Arfa
Bony
Guarin
Danny Simpson
Honda
Ashley Williams
Cabaye
Denilson
Kaboul
Ross McCormack
Jack Rodwell
Lewis Holtby
Michel Vorm
Stephen Ireland
Victor Anichebe
Darren Fletcher (can't be far off retirement??)
Guiseppe Rossi (YELLOW!!)
Alan Hutton
Christopher Samba
Obafmi Martins
Darren Gibson
Gareth Barry (at 38 yrs, can't be far off retirement??)
James Collins
Shame that it never seemed to work out for Holtby.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/trans...ettbewerb_id=alle&seit=0&altersklasse=&plus=1
Ben Arfa
Bony
Guarin
Danny Simpson
Honda
Ashley Williams
Cabaye
Denilson
Kaboul
Ross McCormack
Jack Rodwell
Lewis Holtby
Michel Vorm
Stephen Ireland
Victor Anichebe
Darren Fletcher (can't be far off retirement??)
Guiseppe Rossi (YELLOW!!)
Alan Hutton
Christopher Samba
Obafmi Martins
Darren Gibson
Gareth Barry (at 38 yrs, can't be far off retirement??)
James Collins
Shame that it never seemed to work out for Holtby.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/trans...ettbewerb_id=alle&seit=0&altersklasse=&plus=1
Kingellesar
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Imagine if Harry took over a club right now, he would literally sign all of those players.
wirE
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hellava_tough
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There are quite a few players on that list that seem to have lost their way when they got into their early 30s.
I guess injuries take their toll and teh appetite to succeed diminishes.
Lilbaz
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And they just got old.
hellava_tough
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It would be facinating to see how well a squad comprising of freebies would do in the PL, or Championship
I guess the issue is (i) age and (ii) bringing 20 odd players together for the first time and excepting them to gel.
hellava_tough
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True enough, some of those players are simply too old (Barry is 38 years old!!)
However, Barry had a pretty good career all things considered
The likes of Jack Rodwell on the other hand...
Sweech
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Yeah but that’s the whole problem. He’s not even on the bench for you to put on in that situation because he’s in the infirmary.
If you’re bringing in squad players the number one priority for them should be availability.
It’s the reason why I could justify us selling Lamela. I absolutely love the bloke and all the passion and desire he brings and while I don’t necessarily always want him in the starting XI he is a great squad option to have. That said the last few seasons he’s almost never available and it’s hard to justify keeping him at this rate.
Dirty Ewok
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That looks like a squad we were hoping to put together about 10 years ago.
