Can we finally stop this whole “Levy is a brilliant businessman” and “Levy is a fan like us” nonsense. It should be abundantly clear from the last 3 summer windows that a) he isn’t brilliant at anything and b) all he cares about is milking us fans to allow ENIC to invest in capital projects. ENIC’s end game is the sale of the club for a huge profit. They are now in Kroenke territory where the valuation isn’t influenced by winnng things but just by qualifying for CL. Sadly because of the £2bn value they have we aren’t going to be bought by an oligarch or a sheikh that can lavish money on us, even ignoring FFP, we are more likely to be bought by a US private equity firm that leverages us to the hilt and milks us even more.
Daniel Levy is the Arsene Wenger of chairmen, good for a while, did some ground breaking stuff but now clearly past his sell by date.
I'd rather see Eriksen's new deal, and Dele's new deal, and Dier's new deal, and an extension for Vertonghen - before a new deal for Toby.Always knew I liked you
Tell you what, if after all this Toby signs on then fuck me, much as the window was cocked up, baldy will have played a blinder there!
I may be reading too much into Poch's words but it seems like he's sarcastically saying "Sure, this is what I meant bravery."
That is genuinely funny.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...-lesser-centre/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
We aren't the only team going mad on PR spin.
Utd wanted to buy Varane, not for sale, no one else compared.
The article actually says Utd did not see Toby as a material improvement on their 5 CBs ?
Grealish doesn't baffle you?We know what happened with a Grealish, but the non-deal which baffles me is Zaha. We were told that two clubs - us and Chelsea - had deals agreed, and the player would choose.
Have any ITKs shed any light on how we fucked that one up?
Absolute spin to not show disillusion to the public.When I posted the above I hadn’t seen the quotes that broke this evening.
Poch:
"What the club is doing is showing it is so brave," he offered. "Building a new training ground, finishing this summer the (player's) lodge was a massive investment.
"Building a stadium that is nearly £1bn. That is true, don't believe in £400m, that is the truth. Then with Brexit it's worse because the cost is 30 per cent more. That is a drama, I feel sorry for the English people.
"For me [that] is to be brave. Of course maybe in the mind of everyone they will say, 'Oh Tottenham didn't sign', but to sign for the sake of signing?
I’m sure the club have already got wind of how pissed of the fans are. We’ve created a potential psychological hoodoo and low morale for ourselves with the media pundits for no reason. This could have been avoided with just one signing.
Grealish doesn't baffle you?
Sounds dramatic, but you’re not wrong, and we forget this window isn’t over yet.
If Barcelona came in with £75M for Eriksen before August 31st, I think Levy would take it, and I think the player would go.
And at that point, it’s all over IMO.
We can afford to lose Alli, but we can’t afford to lose Eriksen, he’s the one who makes it all work. We should have had him tied down to a new contract months ago. Instead we’re asking him to commit to a club whose board apparently have a serious lack of ambition.
Brave - you know what would be brave ? Levy in a room with a bunch of season ticket holders immediately after this window closed. He might not get out alive.
Poch can turn this around, he will get the players to believe in themselves and have belief and faith that their teammates can deliver. That is his forte, the emotional side of coaching. However it only gets you so far; I hope he sticks around.