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    The Daily ITK Discussion Thread DEADLINE DAY!

    likely to be as useful as Sissoko too IMHO
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    Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

    The Toby-Martial swap makes so much sense all round. Both clubs end up stronger and with a want-away player off their books. This is the one transfer i want to happen more than any other. This alone would make it a good window for us. If we can add maybe Grealish and a Sander Berge type...
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    Anthony Martial

    The Toby-Martial swap makes so much sense all round. Both clubs end up stronger and with a want-away player off their books. This is the one transfer i want to happen more than any other. This alone would make it a good window for us. If we can add maybe Grealish and a Sander Berge type...
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    The Daily ITK Discussion Thread DEADLINE DAY!

    can you enlighten me so i don't spend 4 years trying to figure it out?
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    The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 8th August

    We all want to watch a strengthened side and i agree that there must be some investment simply to stand still, but we will all benefit from a financially well run club. League position is correlated more to wages than transfer spend (meaning either high wages lead to squad stability or huge...
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    Ex-Player Watch Player Watch: Mousa Dembele

    Mixed feelings. Sad to see him go as he has been a good servant to the club and has been immense at times, but all good things must come to an end and i think it is time. Excited to find out who we have lined up
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    The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 8th August

    Will be very sad to see him go as he's mighty on his day. Equally sad to see him in physical decline. Upside is it must surely mean we have a decent replacement lined up that just needs funding.....
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    Jack Grealish

    You are forgetting that by waiting we actually had a significant option value, in that had the purchase/bailout of Villa not gone through they would have been desperate to raise funds and we might have got him for 20m, so potentially an 8-10m saving as the cost of a few weeks of him training...
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    Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

    the same logic applies to them selling Martial to us. A swap deal makes so much sense all round. Why isn't is happening Aaargghh!
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    Stanislav Lobotka

    i haven't seen much of him, but Makelele and Kante are both small so here's hoping....
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    Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

    I would like to believe that, as I think Martial will be great for us, but if Toby hasn’t gone by the end of the window we have to write down the asset from a valuation of around £60m to £25, a loss of £35m!!! Not to mention the impact of having a disgruntled player / bad influence in the camp...
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    Jack Grealish

    Do we know that it was us delaying, rather than Villa delaying until the outcome of their take over was known?
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    Anthony Martial

    isn't it the same case for Spurs? We do have CL to offer but we don't seem to be making any headway by offering at or below market value
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    The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 24th July

    Though how many of us saw Sissoko or Llorente coming on deadline day...
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    Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

    William to Manure paves the way for a Toby-Martial swap. We then give youth (Foyth, CCV) a chance, leaving everyone happy. 3 at the back leaves Kane isolated, and we saw how that worked for England in the WC.
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