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JayB

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berge? not sure if n'dombele is considered as a DM though
Berge yes, but I'm seeing a lot of people not highlighting that as an area to bring in a player.

Ndombele is a No. 8, it's possible that we're selling him on partnering Winks or Sissoko in the two-man midfield we've often played this season but I don't think that's Poch's preferred formation, and I'd be surprised if the player himself isn't looking to move to a club where he'll be given a box-to-box role. Who knows what's going on behind the scenes, though.
 

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The club are now assured of earning nearly 150 million pounds of Champions League revenue between this year and next (on top of the 90 million pounds of Champions League Revenue earned between 2016-2017 and 2017-2018). That surely is surplus cash that Levy could not possibly have accounted for in stadium budgeting and in my opinion should not go towards paying down stadium debt. It was earned by the manager and the players and should go back into the playing squad to allow for the club to consolidate their position for years to come.

The era of "doing a Leeds" is largely finished for the top 6 football clubs in England. The amount of television and commercial money provides wide scope even for some misses in the transfer market. Beyond the domestic television deal, Spurs will also benefit from an ever-increasing international television rights deal, which has room to continue to grow as the EPL continues to surge in popularity globally. Add on the incredible commercial value of reaching a Champions League final in the manner that the club has done, with all the accompanying positive media, as well as the rise in the overall value of the club, which Forbes estimated to be worth 917 million pounds, but has almost certainly risen to well over 1 billion pounds, and there really is no excuse not to spend heavily this summer if the manager wants to. There is a high quality squad now at Spurs, so waiting 6-7 years until stadium debt is clear to then invest makes absolutely no sense, as some of the stars you have now are likely to be long gone and who knows if their replacements will be better. Even if you spend and things go sideways a bit, players you buy will almost certainly have some resale value (note we got most of our money back for the widely panned 2013 summer purchases), and it's almost inevitable in that scenario that some of your top players will eventually seek moves elsewhere anyhow, and you'll recoup enormous fees for them, too.

With all that said, if you look at Spurs transfer dealings on the whole in the last 8 years, they've been pretty good. One thing that has stood out to me for some time is that a lot of the signings we've made this decade have had three things in common:

#1: They had experience and success in one of Europe's top 5 leagues or at Ajax.

#2: They had experience in the Champions League or Europa League.

#3: They had broken through and earned call-ups from their national teams.

Some of our transfers who fit all three criteria above: Eriksen, Lloris, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Sissoko, Son, Moura, Dembele, Wanyama, Van der Vaart, Berbatov, Llorente and Aurier.

Mix in a few opportunistic homegrown signings for very small fees (Bale, Rose, Walker, Trippier, Dele) and you can see a pretty clear picture of what's driven Spurs growth these past years.

Following the above, some names that would be in line with the former group of signings above:

Attacking Midfielders: Ziyech, Fekir, James Rodriguez, Draxler, Insigne, van de Beek, Brandt

Central Midfielders: Tielemans, Ndombele, Lo Celso, Gueye, Aranguiz

Defenders: Kamil Glik (older, but would be cheap, experienced Toby replacement), Meunier, Sidibe

All in all, a fruitful summer ahead, hopefully, and not one where no purchases are made until early August haggling with Real Madrid over Eriksen conclude.
Sidibe is a fucking terrible footballer. Worse than what we have.
 

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I'm amazed by the number of wishlists I'm seeing without a DM. Given the performance levels of Wanyama and Dier over the past two seasons, surely it's an area we're looking to strengthen.
Some of the midfield combos I’ve seen are so strange for next season. Surely with a fit squad and new additions we’d go back to the double pivot. Have to have a box to box and a DM.

I think Ndombele has to play with a more defensive partner.
 

JayB

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We don't need a unit here. DMs nowadays are more short nippy busy guys. Someone like Kante who will run for days and not give up. Attackers are a lot of agile and we need them to be able to nick it off their toes.
Poch still seems to want to play with one though, although it could be because injuries are forcing his hand. I'd just be surprised if we went without a genuine first choice quality option there for another season, there are attainable targets out there who have the athletic ability to cover a lot of ground like you're describing.
 

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I'm amazed by the number of wishlists I'm seeing without a DM. Given the performance levels of Wanyama and Dier over the past two seasons, surely it's an area we're looking to strengthen.
Bang on. And I hope we look for someone who is very accomplished on the ball.
 

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If they can is one thing but if they want to is another. If Ajax can match the salaries at Spurs those players would most likely not leave to Ajax or Spurs. Ajax has a ceiling on what they are willing pay players.

Well the honest truth is, like us if they want to break through that ceiling and be regularly competing in Europe then they'll have to start paying the wages to compete in Europe and not just the dutch league. If they can do that through regularly selling talent so they can pay wages to keep the team competitive then that'd be a superb model given their position.
 

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I'd probably try and get Sander Berge in as dm prospect but have Sissoko as the main dm. Seems perfect fit for the role.


Sissoko's much more effective when he has the freedom to run at the opposition. At DM we could do with someone like Berge or Diarawa who wouldn't cost a fortune either IMO.
 

wrd

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Sissoko's much more effective when he has the freedom to run at the opposition. At DM we could do with someone like Berge or Diarawa who wouldn't cost a fortune either IMO.

I think if you have two midfielders with the traits of N'Dombele and Sissoko as an example, you can have a 'You go, I'll hold set up' where they can cover eachother as the other one spreads their wings if that makes any sense. I felt to an extent Winks/Sissoko had a similar system where if one of them pressed forward the other knew it was their responsibility to cover the space left by their teammate. I'd like one of the two players you mentioned though as a prospect to give us the dynamic of having a pure in certain situations. Personally I always felt for certain games especially vs lower in the table teams that having Dembele and Wanyama as an example was overkill.
 

JayB

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Some of the midfield combos I’ve seen are so strange for next season. Surely with a fit squad and new additions we’d go back to the double pivot. Have to have a box to box and a DM.

I think Ndombele has to play with a more defensive partner.
I could see us moving toward a three man midfield with a footballing No. 6, a box-to-box player and a playmaking type. But either way we would need that No. 6.

Bang on. And I hope we look for someone who is very accomplished on the ball.
Marcos Llorente and Diawara are definitely available, and Berge seems like an intriguing prospect with those attributes as well.

I personally see Diawara as the best combination of athleticism and passing ability (though he'd admittedly be something of a punt), so I hope the whispers of a swap for Trippier are accurate.
 

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Our run this season from a financial perspective has been lucrative but also from how players will now view us. We need to ride this wave and get the transfers in - our stock will only be higher if we win the damn thing...
 

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I could see us moving toward a three man midfield with a footballing No. 6, a box-to-box player and a playmaking type. But either way we would need that No. 6.
If we are able to convince Eriksen to stay I think we have to go 4-2-3-1. The "DESK" front four are too damn dangerous to not play in that formation if a fit squad is available.
 

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Only issue with NDombele is how he fits into the same 11 as Sissoko, they seem like fairly similar players from what I've seen.

God, I never thought I'd type that.
 

JayB

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If we are able to convince Eriksen to stay I think we have to go 4-2-3-1. The "DESK" front four are too damn dangerous to not play in that formation if a fit squad is available.
With the Spanish media basically unanimous that Eriksen is a top target for Zidane I'm pretty much resigned to losing him. Even if he stays, he drops deep to dictate play enough that it would essentially be a hybrid 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 anyway. I'm guessing that'll be how we look to set up regardless of whether it's Eriksen or his replacement.
 

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With the Spanish media basically unanimous that Eriksen is a top target for Zidane I'm pretty much resigned to losing him. Even if he stays, he drops deep to dictate play enough that it would essentially be a hybrid 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 anyway. I'm guessing that'll be how we look to set up regardless of whether it's Eriksen or his replacement.
I thought they preferred Pogba?
 

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With the Spanish media basically unanimous that Eriksen is a top target for Zidane I'm pretty much resigned to losing him. Even if he stays, he drops deep to dictate play enough that it would essentially be a hybrid 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 anyway. I'm guessing that'll be how we look to set up regardless of whether it's Eriksen or his replacement.
I thought Pogba was his top target, with Eriksen being Perez's favourite because he's cheap. Madrid's interest in Eriksen came before Zidane's return.
 

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Well the honest truth is, like us if they want to break through that ceiling and be regularly competing in Europe then they'll have to start paying the wages to compete in Europe and not just the dutch league. If they can do that through regularly selling talent so they can pay wages to keep the team competitive then that'd be a superb model given their position.

If Ajax had the money I am pretty sure they would pay the necessary money to keep their best players. If they started to pay the money clubs like Real M., Chelski, Barca, Juve etc does then they'd commit financial suicide...
 

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If Ajax had the money I am pretty sure they would pay the necessary money to keep their best players. If they started to pay the money clubs like Real M., Chelski, Barca, Juve etc does then they'd commit financial suicide...

Maybe but I reckon with the money they make from player transfers they could afford maybe 2/3 on similar wages to ours other than Kane.
 
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