Winter Transfer Window Scouting Thread 23/24

[Ghost Hardware]

Not that it’s surprising but even if there is any truth to our interest I think there’s little to no chance he comes here.

 

[longtimespur]

The narrative that we don’t do early deals because of Levy is as incorrect as it is tedious.

What makes you say that? I've always thought Levy was the money man at Spurs and controls everything regarding income/outgoings.

 

[dontcallme]

What makes you say that? I've always thought Levy was the money man at Spurs and controls everything regarding income/outgoings.

The fact that we do early deals all the time and other clubs do late deals all the time.

It’s how the transfer market works, it’s far from specific to Levy.

 

[Trent Crimm]

The fact that we do early deals all the time and other clubs do late deals all the time.

It’s how the transfer market works, it’s far from specific to Levy.

you need to change you username.

Donnacallme

 

[Tucker]

Not that it’s surprising but even if there is any truth to our interest I think there’s little to no chance he comes here.

Bloody hell he looks about 10 years old.

 

[felmani26]

Not that it’s surprising but even if there is any truth to our interest I think there’s little to no chance he comes here.

This only remotely works for us if we can actively convince wonderkids like Echeverri there's a clear pathway into the first team much sooner than the likes of City and Chelsea and offer a better financial package to trump cash strapped Barcelona.

Being realistic, I can't see us being the overall preferred option but a year or two down the line i'd like to think we can be in a better position to compete for top young worldwide talent.

 

[Japhet]

Bloody hell he looks about 10 years old.

Yeah, but Chelsea will offer him a 22 year contract.

 

[rabbikeane]

I thought there were reports that we could spend about £400mill before we hit FFP?

As said by others, that's old stuff. But even then, it was 400m we were allowed to spend within FFP, doesn't mean that the club actually have that 400 to spend.

 

[JamieSpursCommunityUser]

This only remotely works for us if we can actively convince wonderkids like Echeverri there's a clear pathway into the first team much sooner than the likes of City and Chelsea and offer a better financial package to trump cash strapped Barcelona.

Being realistic, I can't see us being the overall preferred option but a year or two down the line i'd like to think we can be in a better position to compete for top young worldwide talent.

Worked for Vuskovic.

City, Chelsea, Barca etc were very keen in him also.

 

[SpursSince1980]

The fact that we do early deals all the time and other clubs do late deals all the time.

It’s how the transfer market works, it’s far from specific to Levy.

My memory is foggier by the day, but I don’t recall many early January deals over the last six years. As for Levy, by no means is it a generalization, but how many times have our own ITK said he has impeded deals? Dozens? A few dozen? I have no agenda against Levy. Think the bulk of everything I’ve posted supports that. But when the same refrain about his tendency to get overly involved in transfers, and haggling other teams to submission, it’s not hard to assume that he “could” be a bottleneck.

 

[dontcallme]

My memory is foggier by the day, but I don’t recall many early January deals over the last six years. As for Levy, by no means is it a generalization, but how many times have our own ITK said he has impeded deals? Dozens? A few dozen? I have no agenda against Levy. Think the bulk of everything I’ve posted supports that. But when the same refrain about his tendency to get overly involved in transfers, and haggling other teams to submission, it’s not hard to assume that he “could” be a bottleneck.

All different points to us only doing deals late in the month.

It’s a lazy, incorrect narrative.

That’s not to say other criticisms aren’t valid.

 

[XIIIMPC]

We don't "only" do deals late. However I think it's fair to say we do plenty of deals later than we'd like and that would appear to be because of Levy.

 

[King of the Lane]

Can we not turn this thread back into a levy or early/late deals debate. I think we have covered every angle possible in those discussions.

Back on topic I think if we sell Hojbjerg then I would go for Vermereen over Phillips and Gallagher. That kids potential is through the roof.

 

[hero]

There only 2 weeks till the 1st of January, but we haven't heard anything about our transfer activitiy. I hope we will hear something soon.

 

[rossdapep]

This only remotely works for us if we can actively convince wonderkids like Echeverri there's a clear pathway into the first team much sooner than the likes of City and Chelsea and offer a better financial package to trump cash strapped Barcelona.

Being realistic, I can't see us being the overall preferred option but a year or two down the line i'd like to think we can be in a better position to compete for top young worldwide talent.

Any agent who wants the best for their player will be wise to turn Chelsea down.

That is the worst environment for a really talented kid to go into.

 

[Finchyid]

Not that it’s surprising but even if there is any truth to our interest I think there’s little to no chance he comes here.

Any decent footballer would avoid Chelsea like the plague!

 

[Snarfalicious]

Dragusin looks like a really solid option for us. Young, versatile, high quality player with good physical attributes for the system. And, given our solid track record recruiting from Italy, he looks like a really solid link.

 

[McFlash]

Dragusin looks like a really solid option for us. Young, versatile, high quality player with good physical attributes for the system. And, given our solid track record recruiting from Italy, he looks like a really solid link.

Speaking of the Italian market...

London-based Tottenham is eyeing the acquisition of Girona's winger, Viktor Tsyhankov, in the upcoming winter transfer window, as reported by Futbol Total.

It's indicated that the British club is prepared to meet the clause specified in the contract of the Ukrainian footballer, set at 30 million euros.

Source: dailysport.net

Of course, I don't know the first thing about this player or the source that this is coming from but this has cropped up on the front page.

Silly season is coming and the links are going to be plentiful.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Speaking of the Italian market...

Of course, I don't know the first thing about this player or the source that this is coming from but this has cropped up on the front page.

Silly season is coming and the links are going to be plentiful.

Girona is a Spanish club owned by the city group, Genoa is the Italian one.

 

[Trix]

The fact that we do early deals all the time and other clubs do late deals all the time.

It’s how the transfer market works, it’s far from specific to Levy.

What you say is true. We do early deals all the time but the problem is it's rarely the key players that are desperately required, and it's not players that would/could make an immediate impact that are brought in early. It's usually prospects or "good financial/contractual deals" that are tied up quickly before others can gazump us. Porro was a good example of this last January. We were desperate from day one for a RWB and the whole world knew it, yet we got him on the final day, despite negotiating for the best part of 6 weeks.

This is what needs to change because a month of being short in a key area annoys the managers and costs points, which in turn costs more money than it saves.

This of course is more January specific than the Summer window.