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Hazardousman

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Ever since we lost to Chelsea in the cup I have seen nearly everyone in our starting 11 linked with a move away, it's the rags that want us to fail, desperate for it actually.
 

guiltyparty

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There will be truth in the Walker thing. It's clearly been leaked to the press by his agent

He'll stay, get a bump on the wages, but this is the world we're in now. All our players are very good

Why we think we can continue to get away with a wage structure that is so below everyone else's does amuse me. It's necessary but there will be casualties because of it, especially with our older players. Do Spurs fans really think we are the only club whose players aren't money motivated? Bit arrogant.

Fans act all offended but he's not a Spurs fan, he's not even from London, he's one of our longest serving players with nothing to show for it, was dropped for our big fa cup semi, and he could triple his salary for a team no less likely to win something.

While Kane and Alli are going nowhere clearly, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone sold. Of all the people we could lose from starting 11, he's near the top of the list, no?

Much rather him than Rose altho I actually think the latter is more likely. But we'll see.
 
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DIEHARD

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There will be truth in the Walker thing. It's clearly been leaked to the press by his agent

He'll stay, get a bump on the wages, but this is the world we're in now. All our players are very good

Why we think we can continue to get away with a wage structure that is so below everyone else's does amuse me. It's necessary but there will be casualties because of it, especially with our older players. Do Spurs fans really think we are the only club whose players aren't money motivated? Bit arrogant.

Fans act all offended but he's not a Spurs fan, he's not even from London, he's one of our longest serving players with nothing to show for it, was dropped for our big fa cup semi, and he could triple his salary for a team no less likely to win something.

While Kane and Alli are going nowhere clearly, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone sold. Of all the people we could lose from starting 11, he's near the top of the list, no?

Much rather him than Rose altho I actually think the latter is more likely. But we'll see.

I agree. I'd play for spurs for 70k but he won't. Like you say, our players are becoming better and better and becoming as in demand as ever so to get away with 70k may not happen.

I don't think we will sell anyone but in ny view most of these players will stay for a season or perhaps two before moving in if we don't win things soon along with increases
 

bubble07

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I would put 15m aside and improve every first team players contract accordingly and extend a further year to the younger first teamers rather then buy another nkoudou
 

bubble07

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I agree. I'd play for spurs for 70k but he won't. Like you say, our players are becoming better and better and becoming as in demand as ever so to get away with 70k may not happen.

I don't think we will sell anyone but in ny view most of these players will stay for a season or perhaps two before moving in if we don't win things soon along with increases

Agree

I reckon at the end of 2018/19 season if we havent won the league we wont be able to hold on to some of them and will have to sell but not to another PL club
 

DCSPUR

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he will stay....first job for Levy is getting Toby signed up, then Alli gets another deal....
then look at others...
 

tiger666

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I would put 15m aside and improve every first team players contract accordingly and extend a further year to the younger first teamers rather then buy another nkoudou

Most of them signed new contracts last year ..
 

guiltyparty

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Most of them signed new contracts last year ..

Doesn't really mean anything. Just raises the price.

Worst possible example, Payet signed a new long-term contract about six months before he left.

Recent-ish Spurs example: Bale signed a new four-year contract in June 2012, orchestrated to leave for Madrid the next summer, it finally going through in September.
 

Francis Gibbs

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Should have started Sat is our number one RB and the best one in the country ...... one of a few things Poch got wrong Sat
 

St José Dominguez

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Doesn't really mean anything. Just raises the price.

Worst possible example, Payet signed a new long-term contract about six months before he left.

Recent-ish Spurs example: Bale signed a new four-year contract in June 2012, orchestrated to leave for Madrid the next summer, it finally going through in September.

Bale had outgrown us. Not a single player is too good for Tottenham right now, mainly due to how good we are as a team right now. They're at a club with one of the best stadiums in the world on the horizon and a team who are good enough to win the league. If Dele was to have a couple more seasons where he smashed 20 PL goals a season and we don't win the league id worry about him leaving. Right now I don't understand why anyone is even worried.
 

holsten777

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Really hope this is bollox. Surprised if it is not. Just give him and Toby the money Levy and move on. Disastrous if he leaves; is a machine.
 

DCSPUR

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have often thought that the club should give license to a member of the media team to respond to media speculation incredibly quickly (and slightly disparagingly) + build it into discussions with the players so they know the club won't countenance efforts to destabilize from the outside eg:
"Kyle Walker will be a tottenham player when the transfer window closes at the end of the summer and we hope for the rest of his career" said Spurs Communications Boss. "Neither the owners, chair, coach nor players pay any attention to nonsensical rumors such as the one suggesting Kyle is joining one of our rivals whether it be Bayern or Barcelona."
 

marion52

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have often thought that the club should give license to a member of the media team to respond to media speculation incredibly quickly (and slightly disparagingly) + build it into discussions with the players so they know the club won't countenance efforts to destabilize from the outside eg:
"Kyle Walker will be a tottenham player when the transfer window closes at the end of the summer and we hope for the rest of his career" said Spurs Communications Boss. "Neither the owners, chair, coach nor players pay any attention to nonsensical rumors such as the one suggesting Kyle is joining one of our rivals whether it be Bayern or Barcelona."

To be fair that's what Poch did last week in the press conference didn't he? Not personally about Walker but about our players and Levy?
 

thebenjamin

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have often thought that the club should give license to a member of the media team to respond to media speculation incredibly quickly (and slightly disparagingly) + build it into discussions with the players so they know the club won't countenance efforts to destabilize from the outside eg:
"Kyle Walker will be a tottenham player when the transfer window closes at the end of the summer and we hope for the rest of his career" said Spurs Communications Boss. "Neither the owners, chair, coach nor players pay any attention to nonsensical rumors such as the one suggesting Kyle is joining one of our rivals whether it be Bayern or Barcelona."

Every time we've put out statements like that, the player has left a few weeks later.
 

DCSPUR

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To be fair that's what Poch did last week in the press conference didn't he? Not personally about Walker but about our players and Levy?
you are 100% correct.
In a way with that guidance it would be easy for the Comms people to bash down stories quick....have a sense that if this is done a few times, the hacks will move on to trying to destabilize another club (win, win)
 

thebenjamin

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you are 100% correct.
In a way with that guidance it would be easy for the Comms people to bash down stories quick....have a sense that if this is done a few times, the hacks will move on to trying to destabilize another club (win, win)

They won't though. We said many times Bale wasn't for sale. He was still in the papers every day, leaving. And then he left.
 

Blake Griffin

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whilst i wouldn't be happy to see him sold, if he wants to go and we get a big fee for him then i don't think it would be the end of the world. i think poch can turn kwp into a superior version over time, he won't ever be the same physical specimen as kw1 but he's a more naturally gifted and intelligent footballer. if he's ever to reach that level though we need to get him in the oven, right now he's not even outside defrosting. trippier has shown to be a good player in his own right and can hold the fort while poch gets to work on kwp so we wouldn't need to go scrambling around in some desperate attempt to find a replacement.

my main worry though would be that once you sell one, you open the door for others.
 

guiltyparty

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Bale had outgrown us. Not a single player is too good for Tottenham right now, mainly due to how good we are as a team right now. They're at a club with one of the best stadiums in the world on the horizon and a team who are good enough to win the league. If Dele was to have a couple more seasons where he smashed 20 PL goals a season and we don't win the league id worry about him leaving. Right now I don't understand why anyone is even worried.

I didn't say that. I said signing a contract last year doesn't mean a player won't leave this year, in response to someone saying it does. Bale was just an example.

And I'm not talking about Dele, who I said I doubt will leave. I'm talking about Kyle, the guy in the thread title, who's been at Spurs eight years, won nothing and just got left out for one of the biggest games of the season.
 

tiger666

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Doesn't really mean anything. Just raises the price.

Worst possible example, Payet signed a new long-term contract about six months before he left.

Recent-ish Spurs example: Bale signed a new four-year contract in June 2012, orchestrated to leave for Madrid the next summer, it finally going through in September.

Is kind of my point. You cant keep giving new contracts to players every year because you're scared they'll leave. It's like constantly throwing money at that hot girlfriend because you're scared she'll leave you.

They get good money here on top of everything else we have going for us at the moment. If Barca etc come calling it's irrelevant how much we pay anyway. If they want to go to the likes of Man U lower down the league just to get more money then quite frankly, fuck them if they don't want to be a part of what we have going on.
 

Woodyy

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I love how some people are now certain we'll lose players in the Summer just because we lost to Chelsea. No one was really entertaining the idea before. Look at those Poch comments from not even a week ago..
 
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