The Spurs Transfer Wishlist & Scouting Thread

[ToDarrenIsToDo]

Just give a a buttload of money to Lyon for Ndombele and Aouar (think he could replace Eriksen). Buy Chucky Lozano, Sander Berge and Luka Jovic and just sell the oodles of shit in our squad along with what will likely be Toby and Eriksen. Problem solved, fellas. All we need to do is find a sugar daddy/momma and we're set.

How much do you reckon all of that lot would cost in fees, agent rates, wages per year, the % we need to pay the league to register the, etc?

Another question, would you be OK with us doing so, not qualifying for the Champions League next season where the money is crucial as a nest egg for us as we build and pay off the stadium, training ground etc and have to sell off our gems I.E. Kane, Dele etc by making such a throw of the dice?

Serious question as I'm intrigued to see what other fans of the club think a and want to see us do when weighing up the risk/ reward

 

[Snarfalicious]

How much do you reckon all of that lot would cost in fees, agent rates, wages per year, the % we need to pay the league to register the, etc?

Another question, would you be OK with us doing so, not qualifying for the Champions League next season where the money is crucial as a nest egg for us as we build and pay off the stadium, training ground etc and have to sell off our gems I.E. Kane, Dele etc by making such a throw of the dice?

Serious question as I'm intrigued to see what other fans of the club think a and want to see us do when weighing up the risk/ reward

It was mostly in jest, but to entertain the thought, I think that's likely a 200m expenditure (Ndombele being 55m, Aouar likely around 55m, Jovic likely 35m, Berge 20m, Lozano 30m). Very rough estimates, but given their ages and the amount they've seen their value climb based off performances, I'd imagine that's somewhere in the ballpark with obvious potential for variation since I won't claim to be in the know.

In regards to the "rolling the dice" piece, the only question you have in terms of the quality coming in potentially living up to the quality it's replacing is Aouar and Eriksen. Ndombele is basically an improvement because there's little to improve upon due to lack of options. Berge is a healthy body that is mobile, more than can be said of Wanyama at this point. Lozano is also a young, direct and effective winger with some versatility. The problem with my scenario is it continues to completely ignore the fullback position. I think that obviously needs to be looked at (Max Aarons, Youcef Atal, Ferland Mendy, etc.).

I'm of the mind that we're at a stage where our squad has gone a bit stale. We've got players like Wanyama, Lamela, Davies, Trippier that have appeared to hit their peak or maybe on the downswing. From what we've seen, that's probably not good enough to get our club over the hump. Add in to that Janssen and Nkoudou that have absolutely no role and then the aging/expiring contracts of Llorente/Vorm. That's an enormous amount of space on the squad that isn't quite giving us enough (or in some cases, anything at all) and we really should be looking at weighing their options to them move on. And, with how the Toby/Eriksen contract situation is shaping up, that's even more upheaval. We aren't getting a pretty penny for most of those guys, but if the initial 4 are moved on along with Toby/Eriksen, I think you're looking at a reasonable net spend in the end, with the group I mentioned before.

Transfers are always a roll of the dice. But, I do think that list of players could offer more to the squad now and in the future and would go a long way to getting us to be a bit more balanced. With that being said, I don't think it's reasonable at all. I'll be happy with a CM, attacking player with some versatility and a fullback or two.

 

[Bulletspur]

I disagree, Arsenal also invested in infrastructure and stadium but they are clearly sattisfied with just being a top 4 club and with sitting on lots of money. ENICs endgame is selling the club and using the real estate around the stadium for even more money while Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern etc are all about winning multiple trophies every year. Being ambitious doesn't necesarily mean being successful, that was never the main point.

Mate you are arguing my case for me as this is exactly what I intimated!

 

[yankeespur]

So, I was bored at work yesterday and this morning and built a data base from the list.

Here’s some info about the players on the “wish list”:

Homegrown (32) * two will be next registration

Under 21 (33)

HG & U21 (6)

Top five Countries:

England (29)

Germany (21)

Spain (18)

France (15)

Holland/Portugal (11)

Top five Leagues:

Premier League (21)

Bundesliga (19)

La Liga (18)

Ligue 1 (15)

Erdivisie/Liga NOS (11)

Top five Teams:

Benfica (7)

Ajax (6)

Olympique Lyonnais (5)

Bournemouth, Hoffenheim & Real Madrid (4)

Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Leicester City, PSV Eindhoven & Valencia (3)

Most obscure player & team making me scratch my head thinking, “Do you actually watch this league?”
Wuilker Farinez at Millonarios in Colombia, Liga Aguila 1

 

[Hakkz]

It was mostly in jest, but to entertain the thought, I think that's likely a 200m expenditure (Ndombele being 55m, Aouar likely around 55m, Jovic likely 35m, Berge 20m, Lozano 30m).

No way will Jovic only be 35m. Frankfurt will buy him via the loan and then they can demand 50-60m.

 

[Ray Ray]

Bild: FC Bayern signed Jann-Fiete Arp (19, HSV) for 2.5m€. Will receive a salary of 5m€/year


fucking piss flaps, no players available for a decent price though.

€5m per year is a joke.

Seems like a decent prospect and all that, but getting over €100,000 a week?! That's insane, and no wonder why we can no longer sign the "best young prospects" about if they are being paid sums like that. Football is going insane. ?

 

[canneboy]

Why we don't sign the best young prospects, with the obvious exception of Deli Ali? Last year we were linked strongly to Madison and Brooks, and Werner in Germany, but hey we passed, waited for someone else to buy them, and now will cost 2-3 times the amount paid last year. Why don't we just bite the bullet on the younger players, and go for it? Jarrod Bowen will be the next one we will miss out on, will go next year for $15m, then we will be after him the year after for $50m

 

[Japhet]

Why we don't sign the best young prospects, with the obvious exception of Deli Ali? Last year we were linked strongly to Madison and Brooks, and Werner in Germany, but hey we passed, waited for someone else to buy them, and now will cost 2-3 times the amount paid last year. Why don't we just bite the bullet on the younger players, and go for it? Jarrod Bowen will be the next one we will miss out on, will go next year for $15m, then we will be after him the year after for $50m

I get the feeling that passing on certain players in the last couple of years has been brought on by the increasing costs of the stadium and Levy having a contingency to cover that. I'm hopeful that we will now be in a better position to go head to head with our transfer rivals to get the players we want. I hoping Brookes could be the first. So often we hear that a player wants to go to a bigger club to build their careers, but it somehow doesn't seem to apply to players from smaller clubs than ours when we are interested. Zaha is a prime example. Hopefully we can put that to bed and sign some real prospects, especially home grown.

 

[PhezTHFC]

Youcel Atal is some player. Better than walker but could he cop with the physicality am not sure. Would be amazing to see him here with KWP both fighting for the no.2 spot.

MS from Lazio why is he still there, has he deteriorated this season as there was a lot of smoke around him last season leaving. Him or N'dombele for me as our CM. Would love a stab at Allan Saint-Maximin absolute insane footwork or Zaha.

 

[Spursh]

So, I was bored at work yesterday and this morning and built a data base from the list.

Here’s some info about the players on the “wish list”:

Homegrown (32) * two will be next registration

Under 21 (33)

HG & U21 (6)

Top five Countries:

England (29)

Germany (21)

Spain (18)

France (15)

Holland/Portugal (11)

Top five Leagues:

Premier League (21)

Bundesliga (19)

La Liga (18)

Ligue 1 (15)

Erdivisie/Liga NOS (11)

Top five Teams:

Benfica (7)

Ajax (6)

Olympique Lyonnais (5)

Bournemouth, Hoffenheim & Real Madrid (4)

Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Leicester City, PSV Eindhoven & Valencia (3)

Most obscure player & team making me scratch my head thinking, “Do you actually watch this league?”
Wuilker Farinez at Millonarios in Colombia, Liga Aguila 1

Thanks for this.

Regarding Farinez, as I said in my original post, some of those names were recommendations based on stats and reports. He most certainly is in this category! Lol

 

[danielneeds]

If Eriksen goes I'd be tempted to not replace him directly and put all the money into two genuinely explosive FB/WBs. Maybe go 343 with Foyth in the side, and give Dele more responsibility for making the team tick.

 

[Spursh]

Youcel Atal is some player. Better than walker but could he cop with the physicality am not sure. Would be amazing to see him here with KWP both fighting for the no.2 spot.

MS from Lazio why is he still there, has he deteriorated this season as there was a lot of smoke around him last season leaving. Him or N'dombele for me as our CM. Would love a stab at Allan Saint-Maximin absolute insane footwork or Zaha.

Agree 100% regarding Atal. He looks brilliant.

I think MS & N’Dombele are outside of our financial capabilities.

Saint-Maximin looks like he’s joining Milan in the summer: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/in.n...ac-milan-strike-agreement-nice-105906859.html

 

[danielneeds]

Agree 100% regarding Atal. He looks brilliant.

I think MS & N’Dombele are outside of our financial capabilities.

Saint-Maximin looks like he’s joining Milan in the summer: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/in.n...ac-milan-strike-agreement-nice-105906859.html

I wonder if Sarr is realistic for us either. Phenomenal pace. Only thing is he's a righty who likes playing on the left, and we could do with a lefty who likes playing on the right.

 

[razzmaster]

I wonder if Sarr is realistic for us either. Phenomenal pace. Only thing is he's a righty who likes playing on the left, and we could do with a lefty who likes playing on the right.

Certainly options out there, all potentially gettable imo

Gareth Bale?
Nicolas Pepe?
Jarrod Bowen?
Malcom?
Leon Bailey (Not sure how effective he is on the right)

 

[bubble07]

Still stand by signing crouch and Defoe. Would have given the place a lift at a negligible cost. You would want them to come on instead of Janssen and Llorente

Both players would have jumped at the chance to rejoin us

 

[George94]

Certainly options out there, all potentially gettable imo

Gareth Bale?
Nicolas Pepe?
Jarrod Bowen?
Malcom?
Leon Bailey (Not sure how effective he is on the right)

Bailey + Kane + Son would be an incredible front 3

 

[Guntz]

Still stand by signing crouch and Defoe. Would have given the place a lift at a negligible cost. You would want them to come on instead of Janssen and Llorente

Both players would have jumped at the chance to rejoin us

The constant bashing of Llorente on this forum is quite ridiculous.

He’s done very well for us considering his age and limited game time.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Can we please separate talk about existing/former signings, to save all the clutter. Cheers.

Attempting to look ahead, although it is way too early, I suppose we have enough players at Goalie, RB, and Forward.
We could probably with great effect add to CB, LB, CM/DM, AM. So that's four new signings needed. For spurs these days, it would be an easy fix, something we could have sorted over the next 40 transfer windows.

 

[rossdapep]

Why we don't sign the best young prospects, with the obvious exception of Deli Ali? Last year we were linked strongly to Madison and Brooks, and Werner in Germany, but hey we passed, waited for someone else to buy them, and now will cost 2-3 times the amount paid last year. Why don't we just bite the bullet on the younger players, and go for it? Jarrod Bowen will be the next one we will miss out on, will go next year for $15m, then we will be after him the year after for $50m

We weren't in the situation we find ourselves in now when Poch first took over, so signing Dele was;

1. A very cheap option to do - sadly these players don't cost 5m anymore and I think the club probably didn't think too much about spending 5m on a youngster. Whilst Leicester and Bournemouth had to pay higher fees for Maddison and Brooks respectively, how much more do you think these clubs would ask from us in comparison. I reckon another 5-10m gets added when the big 6 get involved. Think about how much we were getting asked for Grealish.

2. An easier player to integrate into the first team due to the squad not being as good as it is now. So comparing Dele to that squad back then was probably a little more favourable. Now, we'd be asking ourselves "Could this youngster come in and compete with Eriksen, Alli, etc". If we listen to what Poch says the question is always "Is the player good enough for us?", it's much more difficult to answer now.

Having said that we have to face reality and these are exactly the players we should be targeting now. Young English players have always been a good bet for us and I hope we continue in that way.

 

[PhezTHFC]

Bailey + Kane + Son would be an incredible front 3

Is he still starting for Bayer? They bought a replacement last summer didn't they?