ITK Dragon1- Modric info (transfer nothing to do with commolli)

[lennon321g]

apologies ive read some of this elsewhere, but can reconfirm dc nowt to do with modric

deal,player and his agent incredibly impressed way levy got on plane fri lunchtime no messing around, said geordies never really an option,apparently wenger was lurking

:shrug:

 

[Marty]

Comolli is our negotiator, isn't he? Whether he identified and pursued Modric may be questionable, but I always thought he was the one who broke the deals?

 

[SpurSince57]

:shrug:

Back in January, BEN claimed that Damo was being taken out of the loop.

 

[gibbs131]

More meddling by the people who brought us Bent?

 

[Kendall]

Yea that's right, our chairman who is known to know prescious little about the footballing side of things did it all, no way are we to give Comolli any credit at all.

 

[Marty]

Does anyone else have a sneaky feeling Dragon1's being fed false information deliberately to damage DC's credibility?

Just like during Ramosgate there were suspicions that Dragon1 and BEN were being fed false information about Jol to turn us against him...

 

[Kendall]

either that or letting opinions get in the way.

 

[SpurSince57]

Does anyone else have a sneaky feeling Dragon1's being fed false information deliberately to damage DC's credibility?

Just like during Ramosgate there were suspicions that Dragon1 and BEN were being fed false information about Jol to turn us against him...

Well, this is one of the problems with ITK. Do the sources have their own agenda?

Pretty clearly, this was the case after Ramosgate—BEN and Dragon, who were strangely unaware that there was any serious dissatisfaction with Jol, were first out with the dirt. Doubtless, this was because they were the two most trusted ITKs.

 

[gavspur]

umm, yeah, not sure about this one..as with all tho, it could be true (which wouldn't surprise me), or it could not be true (which also wouldn't surprise me).. therefore, i haven't a clue. ha!

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Highly likely that a fee of this magnitude would rquire Levy's involvemet in't it ?

But please don't tell me Levy did the groundwork, went and watched him, weighed up his technical strengths and weaknesses, earmarked a role in the team and decided - against commolis wishes (who of course was insisting we sign giles barnes instead) and decided to spunk 16mil his own footballing judgement.

Whoever is involved in this transfer deserves credit. I'm guessing Ramos and Commoli would both have had a major input and opinion. And I can't imagine that either would have said Nah don't bother Danny, Modric's a bit shit. And credit to Levy for getting the deal done if that's the case.

 

[Banjo]

I can't help feel we, the fans (and members on the various Spurs' sites) might be getting a little bit paranoid here. I've know doubt that the vast majority of ITK on the round (GG, SC, SO, FTL, COYS) is posted in good faith - yes, one or to WUMs. However, the fact is that the true ITK at Spurs are a handful of people. If others get a glimpse or hint of what might be happening, or what Spurs are trying to do, and pass it on - well that's cool and makes things more interesting.

The idea of the core (Levy, Ramos, Poyet etc letting 'hints' slip to 'our ITK's' to fool them (sorry SS57, but that seemsto be the implication of your post) and so fooling us seems a little potty to me. Spurs may try to flim-flam rival clubs/business men, but they've been treating the fans like shit for decades - why would they bother?

 

[SpurSince57]

I can't help feel we, the fans (and members on the various Spurs' sites) might be getting a little bit paranoid here. I've know doubt that the vast majority of ITK on the round (GG, SC, SO, FTL, COYS) is posted in good faith - yes, one or to WUMs. However, the fact is that the true ITK at Spurs are a handful of people. If others get a glimpse or hint of what might be happening, or what Spurs are trying to do, and pass it on - well that's cool and makes things more interesting.

The idea of the core (Levy, Ramos, Poyet etc letting 'hints' slip to 'our ITK's' to fool them (sorry SS57, but that seemsto be the implication of your post) and so fooling us seems a little potty to me. Spurs may try to flim-flam rival clubs/business men, but they've been treating the fans like shit for decades - why would they bother?

Well of course it is! :grin:

 

[Banjo]

:grin:

OK SS57, if you accept that the club are trying to fool 'our ITK's' and that you might be a bit potty in believing this - well fair enough. Over the decades imo, the club have not given a monkey's about what the fans have thought. (Remember the 'Left on the Shelf' affair?)

But with the signing of Modric, we really do need signing something old fashioned which we've not really had for a while. A minder/enforcer to look after the skill players and make it work.

If we could clone him:-

Many see him just as an hardman, but he could play with great skill and vision and scored over 50 goals for Spurs in just over three hundred games.

Borrow the Tardis and get the man back from '59!

And before anyone bothers asking I am talking about Mackay and not the :shake: Bremner!

 

[guy]

It all feels way too 'conspiracy theory' to me. But hey thats what happens when you have obsessed fans (like we all are) having too much time & too little info - Theories are contemplated that are just plain barmy to any normal person!

 

[LSUY]

Yea that's right, our chairman who is known to know prescious little about the footballing side of things did it all, no way are we to give Comolli any credit at all.

I can see Levy being the negotiator in the deal. He took that task on when it came to selling Mendes, Davis, etc., to Pompey. There is a book called Broken Dreams by Tom Bower, that stated that Levy does like to get involved in the main negotiating of transfers and contracts.

Also, well done on getting back to the Guinness Premiership. We'll try not to beat you lot too badly at the Stoop next season. :wink:

 

[eViL]

When is everyone going to realise that Commoli ISN'T the fucking negotiator? Never has been, never will be.

 

[guy]

ok ive realised now evil. Good to see you living up to your name!

 

[Kyras]

I don't care who signed him, because we signed him, he's ours and he plays for Tottenham. If we sign players of this calibre it doesn't matter how we go about it internally. It's not as if we've re-signed Rasiak, there's no-one to blame, because nothing's wrong. It's all good!

 

[StockSpur]

Levy is responsible for money at spurs, hes also proved to be pretty shrewd at dealing with these situations, comolli is chief scout, hes sposed to identify talent through his network of contacts throughout the footballing world. Why is this so hard to understand?

 

[Kendall]

I can see Levy being the negotiator in the deal. He took that task on when it came to selling Mendes, Davis, etc., to Pompey. There is a book called Broken Dreams by Tom Bower, that stated that Levy does like to get involved in the main negotiating of transfers and contracts.

Also, well done on getting back to the Guinness Premiership. We'll try not to beat you lot too badly at the Stoop next season. :wink:

He may have concluded the deal with regards to money matters, but Comolli, like BC says, it is ludicrous to tink that Comolli didn't do the groundwork. Juande certainly hasn't had the time to.

And thanks, we should never have been in that league anyway, fluke season!!