Ex-Player Watch Player Watch: Kyle Walker

[Jimmypearce7]

If he is to go then it should be on our terms. I expect us to draw the transfer out until the end of the window. If he is to leave why let City have him early and give him a whole preseason and first month of the new campaign. If he goes then it has to be on the last day.

We just should not sell him at all. However much money we get, we are selling the best RB in the PL, that sends out a negative message, it tells players you can sign a new contract and leave a few months later and it helps a rival. There is nothing to consider, Walker must stay.

 

[ohtottenham!]

We just should not sell him at all. However much money we get, we are selling the best RB in the PL, that sends out a negative message, it tells players you can sign a new contract and leave a few months later and it helps a rival. There is nothing to consider, Walker must stay.

All of that's true, but that's from a club's viewpoint. If a player really wants to go, there's little we can do about it, just get the absolute best deal we can.

 

[tony0379]

If he is to go then it should be on our terms. I expect us to draw the transfer out until the end of the window. If he is to leave why let City have him early and give him a whole preseason and first month of the new campaign. If he goes then it has to be on the last day.

Don't let him do any pre season at all. Send him there in the last day of transfer window unfit.

 

[tiger666]

Don't let him do any pre season at all. Send him there in the last day of transfer window unfit.

Feed him up on kebabs and stella all summer.

 

[ohtottenham!]

Don't let him do any pre season at all. Send him there in the last day of transfer window unfit.

...and put him on the Spurs pre-season Huddleston/Gascoigne diet just to be sure.

 

[Shepspurs]

We shouldnt sell to a direct rival, we wouldnt sell to chelski, also man city rep confirmed they wouldnt sell us kelechi inecheo(sp) as we are a direct rival, he he wants to go then only let him go to a league abroad. He signed a new contract last sept, if he dont like ... tough!!

David Pleat, is that you?

 

[Hoddtastic72]

Completely agree. City, in Walker, are trying to buy a league proven RB, no risk and no acclimatisation period. But as such, those players generally come with an added value thrown on top. English players are generally overpriced, especially proven internationals, or proven players from within the league, because you are getting that known quantity, whereas even internationals from abroad, are generally a little bit more reasonably priced due to the acclimatisation require, and the risks they won't settle, they carry an element of risk, even proven internationals.
On that basis, if Stones was circa £50m, Walker will be a similar price moving within the league. Walker is a bit older, but equally more proven over a longer period, and still has plenty of years ahead of him. You have to allow for the fact City will also get an extra player for their homegrown quota, which they aren't exactly flush with. You have to assume he's a £30m player in today's market when disregarding nationality and league familiarity, so then add another 50% for those two factors, and you're up around £45m which is what I expect.
Must add, I like and agree with the principle of telling Walker beforehand, we'd rather you stay, but if you really want to go, we will demand a high fee, so be prepared to play the waiting game. If Bayern or Barca for instance come calling, it may be a quicker easier transaction, but there will be an added tax thrown onto the fee for City, Utd, Chelsea etc. If they don't pay the required fee, no deal. Walker is locked into a long term contract, so even allowing for the theory that no manager wants an unhappy player, we ultimately significantly hold the upper hand, and Walker in a World Cup year can't afford to be exiled and not playing, he needs to be in the shop window for international selection, even more so with his team mate now in the reckoning for his spot. Falling out with Poch and not playing would effectively give Trippier a clear run at his club and international shirt.

I don't think we should be pressured by anyone to sell Walker. Its world cup year approaching and he needs to play first team if he wants to retain no 1 RB spot. In all probability it will be the last World Cup he will be able to play in as well, so I wouldn't envisage him kicking off if we decide not to sell. To sell to a premiership rival might set a bad precedent, as whats to stop one of those teams coming in for any of our other players if they should so choose. Walker should only be sold firmly on our terms. Ideally to a European team, or if we do want to sell to a rival, we should absolutely fleece them. If they still want to pay. We get a significant boost to the transfer funds, and any of these teams will continue to wake up at night in a cold sweat at the thought of trying to do a transfer with DL.

 

[Hoddtastic72]

Feed him up on kebabs and stella all summer.

A few nights out on the town with Wayne Rooney might be a good idea too

 

[lillywhites61]

We absolutely should not sell him, especially to a title rival. City are desperate for a ready made full back like Walker and selling to them is mental. Just hold firm!

 

[Bus-Conductor]

With regards to Trippier, why don't we see how that pans out if he's actually given a consistent run of games for us, because I have a feeling he may start challenging Walker for the England place that Clyne (and that's how moot being England number one is right now) has been challenging him for for the last couple of years.

Cough...

 

[whitechina]

In Hong Kong last night at an open training session Walker was very much part of the group with banter and high jinx.

Kane sat out and talked to Poch for nearly half an hour

 

[Flashspur]

Cough...

well we all know how you feel about Walker dude

 

[mano-obe]

...and put him on the Spurs pre-season Huddleston/Gascoigne diet just to be sure.

I'll see your gazza/Thuds diet and raise you the Andy Reid diet. 400 bags of wotsits and 20 cans of Carling a day

 

[ohtottenham!]

I'll see your gazza/Thuds diet and raise you the Andy Reid diet. 400 bags of wotsits and 20 cans of Carling a day

Good shout, and all were great gorgers to a man. But it's one of those Pele, Maradona or Messi debates.
Useful link below
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/962404-50-fattest-soccer-players-of-all-time

 

[Gbspurs]

In Hong Kong last night at an open training session Walker was very much part of the group with banter and high jinx.

Kane sat out and talked to Poch for nearly half an hour

I get the impression Poch puts a great deal of importance in his captains so I suspect these sort of conversations take place with Hugo and Kane often.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

I get the impression Poch puts a great deal of importance in his captains so I suspect these sort of conversations take place with Hugo and Kane often.

This thread isn't really the place for it but I have a strange feeling Kane could be made captain within the next year or two, even with Hugo still here.

 

[spursfan77]

I randomly found this video on YouTube. It's from January this year. The last 20/30 seconds is what interests me. Listen to what Walker says about the manager. "Something's you don't agree with but he always seems to prove you wrong. We are all hungry to achieve what he believes in"



This is from January. Can things really have changed that much. I don't believe there's being a falling out with the manager based on his words here.

 

[thebenjamin]

I randomly found this video on YouTube. It's from January this year. The last 20/30 seconds is what interests me. Listen to what Walker says about the manager. "Something's you don't agree with but he always seems to prove you wrong. We are all hungry to achieve what he believes in"



This is from January. Can things really have changed that much. I don't believe there's being a falling out with the manager based on his words here.

Isn't the falling out supposed to have happened the week of the semi final?

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

I randomly found this video on YouTube. It's from January this year. The last 20/30 seconds is what interests me. Listen to what Walker says about the manager. "Something's you don't agree with but he always seems to prove you wrong. We are all hungry to achieve what he believes in"



This is from January. Can things really have changed that much. I don't believe there's being a falling out with the manager based on his words here.

On the contrary. That's a polite way of alluding to stuff, IMO.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

This thread isn't really the place for it but I have a strange feeling Kane could be made captain within the next year or two, even with Hugo still here.

You never de-captainise a player unless he truly did something terribly wrong. There is a time and a place.