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mil1lion

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To be fair considering it's a complicated deal everything has been very smooth. Never even a hint of trouble with this or the Reguilon transfer. These deals are usually announced dead 2 or 3 times before they're complete. Everything has been very certain on the deal being done, just the confusion over what stage it's at as far as when medicals and paperwork are done, and the structure of the deal.
 
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Marty said:
He was but really he was so good from January 2010 to May 2013. Three and a bit years of absolute mayhem.
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Agreed. But that last season with 20 goals and big assist numbers, he was so consistent. Every time he got the ball he looked like scoring.
 
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buttons said:
Agreed. But that last season with 20 goals and big assist numbers, he was so consistent. Every time he got the ball he looked like scoring.
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Its going to give us such a massive extra dimension. Teams will either try and double up on him or stand off him. Double up and you leave Son or Kane with more space. Stand off him and he'll ping one in the top corner.
 
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Pochemon94 said:
anyone know if Reg and Bale will have to quarantine for 14 days before they can play?
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Doesn't sound like they will.. I think they read they have to get a negative test before they can come over and seems like they're coming tomorrow.
 
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Pochemon94 said:
anyone know if Reg and Bale will have to quarantine for 14 days before they can play?
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Nope, normal rules apply, if they are positive then it’s self isolation but that’s the same for any player. Negative and they go straight in.
 
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Massive signing but not in the same bracket as bale status wise. I'd say Klinsmann was the last and arguably only world renowned player we have signed.
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The last world renowned player to come to Tottenham? Yes. Agree. At the time Klinsmann was 30, and he came from a season with Monaco that was anything but impressive for club and palyer. And even though he was arguably their outstanding performer, Germany had expereinced (for them) a very disappointing world cup, being knocked out in the quarterfinales by Bulgaria. Was he or was he note over the top? And he was not by any means a popular signing in the press or outside Tottenham with his reputation as a diver. The Guardian article called "Why I Hate Jürgen Klinsmann" was just one example. He proved all doubters wrong - of course. And there is no denying he was huge international star at the time he signed. But again mainly as a player for the national side and on the international stage - as a clubplayer he had been part of the Inter side that had won the UEFA Cup in 92, and the Italian Super Cup (Charity Shield) in 89. Not many titles for a world champion and a "star". He was also far more prolific goals corer for Germany than for any of his clubs. He was never golden boot winner in neither Italy onor France, and only once in the Bundesliga (1987/88) - the same year of his only occurence in the Bundesliga Team of the Season.

But to say that Jürgen Klinsman is the only world renowned player we have signed ... that shows somewhat a lack of knowledge of our history tbh.

1989:
Gary Lineker, signed from Barcelona as a 28 year old, at the hight of his career. Regining world cup golden boot winner. At the time maybe only Van Basten was a bigger name in world football as a striker.

1981:
One of the most winning English footballers of all time, including 3 European Cups (=that time´s Champions League), Ray Clemence was signed from Liverpool. Admittedly, he was 33, but still one of England two world class goalkeepers of the time. Had it not been for the one year younger Peter Shilton, Clemence would probably have had something like 150 caps for England.

1978:
Ardiles (especially) and Villa were superstars and came straight out of an amazing world cup campaign as winners to sign for Spurs, to a league where players were "foreign" if they were from that green island to the West. Before the signing of these two, Spurs had only had players from England, Scotland and Wales in their 96 year long history - except four (4) Irishmen, a trio (3) of gentlemen from Northern Ireland (including legends Blanchflower & Jennings). And one each from Guernsey and Jersey/Channel Islands. The shock of a signing like this is hard to understand in today´s globalized world - it was totally unpresedented

1970:
Martin Peters, world champion (and should´ve at least have played the final in 70 hadn´t the England manager cocked it up at 2-0 against West Germany and subbed him and Bobby Charlton for them to lose 2-3) came to Spurs in 1970 as a leading midfielder in the world, and broke the british transfer record by a mile with a price of £200.00.

1966:
Mike England - had he been English he would´ve been a world champion. Arguably the best defender to ever play for Spurs, came from Blackburn months before he turned 25 for an amazing £95.000 - unheard of for a defensive player at the time. But, he was by many seen as the finest in the world at this time in this position. He´s still admired at Blacburn, and still the youngest ever to be full time captain of Wales.

1961:
British football´s best ever striker, and one of the most natural goalscorers the game has ever seen, the one and only Jimmy Greaves. He came from Italian power house A C Milan who had bought him only months earlier from Chelsea. Greaves was one of the very first British players to play in Serie A, and was brought to Milano to retain domestic titles and challenge Real Madrid in Europe. He had already scored 124 goals in 157 matches for Chelsea, and was despite his still young age England´s number one choice up front. He had made 3 hattricks for England already before he signed for Spurs.

1958:
Cliff Jones was a huge success at the world cup in 1958, the only time Wales have qualified for the tournament. Beaten by Pele and Brazil 1-0 in the quarterfinals, Jones left Sweden an international star. He was signed for a record fee of £35.000 - at the time the most expensive player any English club had ever bought.

It is of course an almost impossible task to say who was "world renowned" footballers back in time. Especially before the age of television. In present day it´s totally different with a globalized sport, internet and a truly "very small world". And as we all know, star power isn´t always the same as being a great athlete or performer. Anna Kournikova was by far the biggest star in women´s tennis for many years, despite never being ranked higher as number 8, and never winning one single WTA tournament (in singles).

And there is no doubt that Tottenham have a very, very long history of developing stars and world class players. We get them young and/or on the brink of them breaking through as very top talent - and with us they grow to become some of the best there is. Blanchflower, Mackay, Jennings, Chivers, Hoddle, Waddle, Perryman, Gascoigne, Campbell, Sheringham, King, Berbatov, Modric, Bale, Lloris, Kane, Son, etc.

But we have done it - bought the best and biggest stars that money can buy. But not very often. But how many times have English clubs bought a Maradona, Platini or Messi? If ever? Gullit came her when he was old and over the top. Cantona grew to super stardom here. So did most of the other biggest stars in the PL era.

But.

There is maybe one exception to the rule ... :

The arguably biggest bona fide STAR ever to be signed by Tottenham, and maybe any English club ever:

Alex Morgan - just a couple of weeks ago.
 
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dagraham

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buttons said:
Agreed. But that last season with 20 goals and big assist numbers, he was so consistent. Every time he got the ball he looked like scoring.
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I remember it well and felt privileged to have been able to witness most of them live from my position in the East Lower.

That season it’s no exaggeration that he could have had a goal of the season competition on his own.
 
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Cinemattis said:
The last world renowned player to come to Tottenham? Yes. Agree. At the time Klinsmann was 30, and he came from a season with Monaco that was anything but impressive for club and palyer. And even though he was arguably their outstanding performer, Germany had expereinced (for them) a very disappointing world cup, being knocked out in the quarterfinales by Bulgaria. Was he or was he note over the top? And he was not by any means a popular signing in the press or outside Tottenham with his reputation as a diver. The Guardian article called "Why I Hate Jürgen Klinsmann" was just one example. He proved all doubters wrong - of course. And there is no denying he was huge international star at the time he signed. But again mainly as a player for the national side and on the international stage - as a clubplayer he had been part of the Inter side that had won the UEFA Cup in 92, and the Italian Super Cup (Charity Shield) in 89. Not many titles for a world champion and a "star". He was also far more prolific goals corer for Germany than for any of his clubs. He was never golden boot winner in neither Italy onor France, and only once in the Bundesliga (1987/88) - the same year of his only occurence in the Bundesliga Team of the Season.

But to say that Jürgen Klinsman is the only world renowned player we have signed ... that shows somewhat a lack of knowledge of our history tbh.

1989:
Gary Lineker, signed from Barcelona as a 28 year old, at the hight of his career. Regining world cup golden boot winner. At the time maybe only Van Basten was a bigger name in world football as a striker.

1981:
One of the most winning English footballers of all time, including 3 European Cups (=that time´s Champions League), Ray Clemence was signed from Liverpool. Admittedly, he was 33, but still one of England two world class goalkeepers of the time. Had it not been for the one year younger Peter Shilton, Clemence would probably have had something like 150 caps for England.

1978:
Ardiles (especially) and Villa were superstars and came straight out of an amazing world cup campaign as winners to sign for Spurs, to a league where players were "foreign" if they were from that green island to the West. Before the signing of these two, Spurs had only had players from England, Scotland and Wales in their 96 year long history - except two (2) Irishmen and one certain Blanchflower of Northern Ireland. And one from Jersey/Channel Islands. The shock of a signing like this is hard to understand in today´s globalized world - it was totally unpresedented

1970:
Martin Peters, world champion (and should´ve at least have played the final in 70 hadn´t the England manager cocked it up at 2-0 against West Germany and subbed him and Bobby Charlton for them to lose 2-3) came to Spurs in 1970 as a leading midfielder in the world, and broke the british transfer record by a mile with a price of £200.00.

1966:
Mike England - had he been English he would´ve been a world champion. Arguably the best defender to ever play for Spurs, came from Blackburn months before he turned 25 for an amazing £95.000 - unheard of for a defensive player at the time. But, he was by many seen as the finest in the world at this time in this position. He´s still admired at Blacburn, and still the youngest ever to be full time captain of Wales.

1961:
British football´s best ever striker, and one of the most natural goalscorers the game has ever seen, the one and only Jimmy Greaves. He came from Italian power house A C Milan who had bought him only months earlier from Chelsea. Greaves was one of the very first British players to play in Serie A, and was brought to Milano to retain domestic titles and challenge Real Madrid in Europe. He had already scored 124 goals in 157 matches for Chelsea, and was despite his still young age England´s number one choice up front. He had made 3 hattricks for England already before he signed for Spurs.

1958:
Cliff Jones was a huge success at the world cup in 1958, the only time Wales have qualified for the tournament. Beaten by Pele and Brazil 1-0 in the quarterfinals, Jones left Sweden an international star. He was signed for a record fee of £35.000 - at the time the most expensive player any English club had ever bought.

It is of course an almost impossible task to say who was "world renowned" footballers back in time. Especially before the age of television. In present day it´s totally different with a globalized sport, internet and a truly "very small world". And as we all know, star power isn´t always the same as being a great athlete or performer. Anna Kournikova was by far the biggest star in women´s tennis for many years, despite never being ranked higher as number 8, and never winning one single WTA tournament (in singles).

And there is no doubt that Tottenham have a very, very long history of developing stars and world class players. We get them young and/or on the brink of them breaking through as very top talent - and with us they grow to become some of the best there is. Blanchflower, Mackay, Jennings, Chivers, Hoddle, Waddle, Perryman, Gascoigne, Campbell, Sheringham, King, Berbatov, Modric, Bale, Lloris, Kane, Son, etc.

But we have done it - bought the best and biggest stars that money can buy. But not very often. But how many times have English clubs bought a Maradona, Platini or Messi? If ever? Gullit came her when he was old and over the top. Cantona grew to super stardom here. So did most of the other biggest stars in the PL era.

But.

There is maybe one exception to the rule ... :

The arguably biggest bona fide STAR ever to be signed by Tottenham, and maybe any English club ever:

Alex Morgan - just a couple of weeks ago.
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This was a great history lesson, thank you for this
 
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Cinemattis said:
The last world renowned player to come to Tottenham? Yes. Agree. At the time Klinsmann was 30, and he came from a season with Monaco that was anything but impressive for club and palyer. And even though he was arguably their outstanding performer, Germany had expereinced (for them) a very disappointing world cup, being knocked out in the quarterfinales by Bulgaria. Was he or was he note over the top? And he was not by any means a popular signing in the press or outside Tottenham with his reputation as a diver. The Guardian article called "Why I Hate Jürgen Klinsmann" was just one example. He proved all doubters wrong - of course. And there is no denying he was huge international star at the time he signed. But again mainly as a player for the national side and on the international stage - as a clubplayer he had been part of the Inter side that had won the UEFA Cup in 92, and the Italian Super Cup (Charity Shield) in 89. Not many titles for a world champion and a "star". He was also far more prolific goals corer for Germany than for any of his clubs. He was never golden boot winner in neither Italy onor France, and only once in the Bundesliga (1987/88) - the same year of his only occurence in the Bundesliga Team of the Season.

But to say that Jürgen Klinsman is the only world renowned player we have signed ... that shows somewhat a lack of knowledge of our history tbh.

1989:
Gary Lineker, signed from Barcelona as a 28 year old, at the hight of his career. Regining world cup golden boot winner. At the time maybe only Van Basten was a bigger name in world football as a striker.

1981:
One of the most winning English footballers of all time, including 3 European Cups (=that time´s Champions League), Ray Clemence was signed from Liverpool. Admittedly, he was 33, but still one of England two world class goalkeepers of the time. Had it not been for the one year younger Peter Shilton, Clemence would probably have had something like 150 caps for England.

1978:
Ardiles (especially) and Villa were superstars and came straight out of an amazing world cup campaign as winners to sign for Spurs, to a league where players were "foreign" if they were from that green island to the West. Before the signing of these two, Spurs had only had players from England, Scotland and Wales in their 96 year long history - except two (2) Irishmen and one certain Blanchflower of Northern Ireland. And one from Jersey/Channel Islands. The shock of a signing like this is hard to understand in today´s globalized world - it was totally unpresedented

1970:
Martin Peters, world champion (and should´ve at least have played the final in 70 hadn´t the England manager cocked it up at 2-0 against West Germany and subbed him and Bobby Charlton for them to lose 2-3) came to Spurs in 1970 as a leading midfielder in the world, and broke the british transfer record by a mile with a price of £200.00.

1966:
Mike England - had he been English he would´ve been a world champion. Arguably the best defender to ever play for Spurs, came from Blackburn months before he turned 25 for an amazing £95.000 - unheard of for a defensive player at the time. But, he was by many seen as the finest in the world at this time in this position. He´s still admired at Blacburn, and still the youngest ever to be full time captain of Wales.

1961:
British football´s best ever striker, and one of the most natural goalscorers the game has ever seen, the one and only Jimmy Greaves. He came from Italian power house A C Milan who had bought him only months earlier from Chelsea. Greaves was one of the very first British players to play in Serie A, and was brought to Milano to retain domestic titles and challenge Real Madrid in Europe. He had already scored 124 goals in 157 matches for Chelsea, and was despite his still young age England´s number one choice up front. He had made 3 hattricks for England already before he signed for Spurs.

1958:
Cliff Jones was a huge success at the world cup in 1958, the only time Wales have qualified for the tournament. Beaten by Pele and Brazil 1-0 in the quarterfinals, Jones left Sweden an international star. He was signed for a record fee of £35.000 - at the time the most expensive player any English club had ever bought.

It is of course an almost impossible task to say who was "world renowned" footballers back in time. Especially before the age of television. In present day it´s totally different with a globalized sport, internet and a truly "very small world". And as we all know, star power isn´t always the same as being a great athlete or performer. Anna Kournikova was by far the biggest star in women´s tennis for many years, despite never being ranked higher as number 8, and never winning one single WTA tournament (in singles).

And there is no doubt that Tottenham have a very, very long history of developing stars and world class players. We get them young and/or on the brink of them breaking through as very top talent - and with us they grow to become some of the best there is. Blanchflower, Mackay, Jennings, Chivers, Hoddle, Waddle, Perryman, Gascoigne, Campbell, Sheringham, King, Berbatov, Modric, Bale, Lloris, Kane, Son, etc.

But we have done it - bought the best and biggest stars that money can buy. But not very often. But how many times have English clubs bought a Maradona, Platini or Messi? If ever? Gullit came her when he was old and over the top. Cantona grew to super stardom here. So did most of the other biggest stars in the PL era.

But.

There is maybe one exception to the rule ... :

The arguably biggest bona fide STAR ever to be signed by Tottenham, and maybe any English club ever:

Alex Morgan - just a couple of weeks ago.
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Jesus Christ, that's him told mate. What did he do? Sleep with your wife? .

Coulda at least warned him to lube up.
 
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Cinemattis said:
1978:
Ardiles (especially) and Villa were superstars and came straight out of an amazing world cup campaign as winners to sign for Spurs, to a league where players were "foreign" if they were from that green island to the West. Before the signing of these two, Spurs had only had players from England, Scotland and Wales in their 96 year long history - except two (2) Irishmen and one certain Blanchflower of Northern Ireland. And one from Jersey/Channel Islands. The shock of a signing like this is hard to understand in today´s globalized world - it was totally unpresedented
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How dare you - Len Duquemin was from Guernsey!!! saying he was from Jersey is like saying Harry Winks is a gooner! ?
 
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