danfeen
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No mention of the respiratory issues and failed medical at the scum? This Hugo prick needs to do his research.
Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele
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No mention of the respiratory issues and failed medical at the scum? This Hugo prick needs to do his research.
Finchyid
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That last sentence is brilliant
Gassin's finest
C'est diabolique
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Almost everything about that article wound me up. Pandering to popular cliche at every turn.
worcestersauce
"I'm no optimist I'm just a prisoner of hope
- Jan 23, 2006
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Good to read Levy frightens all the European agents and is at his best in a brawl.
samspurs92
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Woke up so buzzing about this today.
Still can’t believe we actually signed him.
It’s been an emotional ride lads.
Still can’t believe we actually signed him.
It’s been an emotional ride lads.
hellava_tough
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- Apr 21, 2005
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Beating JUVENTUS to the signing of the best up-and-coming central midfielder in the world is indicative of how far we've come!
COYS!!!
COYS!!!
ghjk_91
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My favourite line. Levy's reputation really does precede him!
maltahotspur
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Great article on 'The Independent'
Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...fee-how-much-premier-league-epl-a8985111.html
Tanguy Ndombele: Why Tottenham's record signing is the most important transfer in years
Spurs have signed a player who simultaneously solves their biggest problem, answers questions about their financial power, takes them to another level on the pitch and proves their new status away from it
If this is the most crucial transfer window in Tottenham's modern history, on Tuesday it had the perfect start. The £55million arrival of Tanguy Ndombele from Olympique Lyonnais is not just the most important football signing of the summer, but the loudest statement about the direction of any club for years.
Because as soon as Ndombele becomes a Tottenham player and poses with the shirt, he becomes an emphatic answer to years of questions about the financial muscle of the club, a living symbol of their new status.
Everyone knows about Spurs in the last few years: the £1billion new stadium, a net debt of almost £600m, no signings for the last two windows, a playing squad looking increasingly stale, even though they performed miracles to reach the Champions League final. But no top team has looked more in need of reinforcements, or a refresh, than Spurs did over the final months of last season. Their declining Premier League points tallies over the last three years - 86, 77, 71 - is proof of that.
Through all of this there has been a worry among some fans that the costs of the stadium were so much, that they were would constrain Pochettino so far, that there would never be enough money to refresh to the team. And Pochettino’s barely-coded warnings that Spurs would have to be brave and take risks or else things might fall apart spoke to those fears too.
Well, most of those fears have been washed away by today’s events. Daniel Levy always knew that Pochettino had to be backed this summer, that they could not afford another year of stasis, and that they would have to bring players in. He knew that they would have to spend the money to keep the whole enterprise afloat. He did not meet Lyon’s initial asking price for Ndombele of more than £70m, but he spent more than he has ever done on a player before.
And this does not mean it will be start of a spree, and Spurs will still have to keep their belts tight. They will still need to sell players in order to keep buying, and the futures of Christian Eriksen, Toby Alderweireld and Kieran Trippier are key to all of that. Do not expect Spurs to be well into the red for the summer by the time the window shuts.
But there is an even more important point here than simply one player coming through the door. Because they were always going to sign someone this summer. In fact, they signed Jack Clarke from Leeds United earlier on Tuesday.
The real point with Ndombele is just how good he is. He has been the star of the most exciting young team in France in recent years. He helped take four points from Manchester City in the Champions League group stage last season. He is clever and powerful and fast and precise, the player they have desperately needed since Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama got old at the same time. He is comfortably the best available player in his position this summer, and he is going to Spurs, who did a deal with Lyon before Manchester United could. And this, more than anything else, is the true break with the past here.
Because when did Tottenham last sign an elite player? One who the other top teams were all monitoring? Certainly not during the Pochettino era. Yes, they beat Liverpool to sign Dele Alli but he was still a teenager playing for MK Dons at the time. You have to go all the way back to 2013, when they spent some of the Gareth Bale money to get Christian Eriksen from Ajax. And that was a very different era in the history of the club.
Ndombele joins Tottenham for a club-record fee (Getty)
Ever since then Spurs have been steadily progressing: twice finishing third in the league, once finishing second, opening a new stadium, reaching the Champions League. But they have never had the clout to go and buy a £55m player before, from underneath the noses of their rivals. They have never had the clout, the money or the prestige. Which is why they ended up taking punts on squad players rather than buying from the top of the range. But now they can.
When Spurs lost the Champions League final one month ago they were told that they would have to pursue the Liverpool strategy of last year: buying the best available players in key positions, the only players who could truly improve the team. It felt like a stretch for a team who had never shopped at that end of the market before. And yet here Spurs are, unveiling a player who solves their biggest problem, who answers questions about their financial power, who takes them to another level on the pitch and who proves their new status away from it. Now they just need another one like him.
Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...fee-how-much-premier-league-epl-a8985111.html
Tanguy Ndombele: Why Tottenham's record signing is the most important transfer in years
Spurs have signed a player who simultaneously solves their biggest problem, answers questions about their financial power, takes them to another level on the pitch and proves their new status away from it
If this is the most crucial transfer window in Tottenham's modern history, on Tuesday it had the perfect start. The £55million arrival of Tanguy Ndombele from Olympique Lyonnais is not just the most important football signing of the summer, but the loudest statement about the direction of any club for years.
Because as soon as Ndombele becomes a Tottenham player and poses with the shirt, he becomes an emphatic answer to years of questions about the financial muscle of the club, a living symbol of their new status.
Everyone knows about Spurs in the last few years: the £1billion new stadium, a net debt of almost £600m, no signings for the last two windows, a playing squad looking increasingly stale, even though they performed miracles to reach the Champions League final. But no top team has looked more in need of reinforcements, or a refresh, than Spurs did over the final months of last season. Their declining Premier League points tallies over the last three years - 86, 77, 71 - is proof of that.
Through all of this there has been a worry among some fans that the costs of the stadium were so much, that they were would constrain Pochettino so far, that there would never be enough money to refresh to the team. And Pochettino’s barely-coded warnings that Spurs would have to be brave and take risks or else things might fall apart spoke to those fears too.
Well, most of those fears have been washed away by today’s events. Daniel Levy always knew that Pochettino had to be backed this summer, that they could not afford another year of stasis, and that they would have to bring players in. He knew that they would have to spend the money to keep the whole enterprise afloat. He did not meet Lyon’s initial asking price for Ndombele of more than £70m, but he spent more than he has ever done on a player before.
And this does not mean it will be start of a spree, and Spurs will still have to keep their belts tight. They will still need to sell players in order to keep buying, and the futures of Christian Eriksen, Toby Alderweireld and Kieran Trippier are key to all of that. Do not expect Spurs to be well into the red for the summer by the time the window shuts.
But there is an even more important point here than simply one player coming through the door. Because they were always going to sign someone this summer. In fact, they signed Jack Clarke from Leeds United earlier on Tuesday.
The real point with Ndombele is just how good he is. He has been the star of the most exciting young team in France in recent years. He helped take four points from Manchester City in the Champions League group stage last season. He is clever and powerful and fast and precise, the player they have desperately needed since Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama got old at the same time. He is comfortably the best available player in his position this summer, and he is going to Spurs, who did a deal with Lyon before Manchester United could. And this, more than anything else, is the true break with the past here.
Because when did Tottenham last sign an elite player? One who the other top teams were all monitoring? Certainly not during the Pochettino era. Yes, they beat Liverpool to sign Dele Alli but he was still a teenager playing for MK Dons at the time. You have to go all the way back to 2013, when they spent some of the Gareth Bale money to get Christian Eriksen from Ajax. And that was a very different era in the history of the club.
Ndombele joins Tottenham for a club-record fee (Getty)
Ever since then Spurs have been steadily progressing: twice finishing third in the league, once finishing second, opening a new stadium, reaching the Champions League. But they have never had the clout to go and buy a £55m player before, from underneath the noses of their rivals. They have never had the clout, the money or the prestige. Which is why they ended up taking punts on squad players rather than buying from the top of the range. But now they can.
When Spurs lost the Champions League final one month ago they were told that they would have to pursue the Liverpool strategy of last year: buying the best available players in key positions, the only players who could truly improve the team. It felt like a stretch for a team who had never shopped at that end of the market before. And yet here Spurs are, unveiling a player who solves their biggest problem, who answers questions about their financial power, who takes them to another level on the pitch and who proves their new status away from it. Now they just need another one like him.
spurslenny
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- Nov 24, 2006
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Don't worry I'm sure Paul Merson will be on soon.
Seafordian Spurs
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Good to read Levy frightens all the European agents and is at his best in a brawl.
The Fighting Cock podcast cracked me up the other week. They described Levy as the ultimate Little Man syndrome guy who couldn't give a hoot what people say on social media. He just had to take a mid table team and make them Champions League finalists. Had to build the best stadium in Europe because only that would do. And he now wants to buy all the best players in the world: on HIS fucking terms, you mothers!
Lord Levy.
hellava_tough
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- Apr 21, 2005
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It does make you wonder how far he can take us
I get the impression that his ambition is unlimited and as you say above, he doesn't care what people think
Just keep the cash/revenue rolling in and Poch happy, and the sky's the limit
worcestersauce
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- Jan 23, 2006
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You do have to think during all the years fans have complained that he wasn't ambitious enough for us that the reality has been that we never grasped the true all conquering nature of his ambition, we are just pigmies really aren't we.
Spurrific
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- Jun 2, 2011
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Dembele x Sandro axis of evil was the best imvhfo
We do have tradition of midfield bulldozers. Dembele, Sissoko, Sandro, Palacios, Stambouli...
rez9000
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- Feb 8, 2007
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That’s right. He’s actually on 2 Standard Imperial F*ckloads a week. The Imperial is slightly smaller than the Metric F*ckload, but the PL hasn’t yet converted to that because it only recently moved from the now obsolete Troy F*ckload in 2014.
Gareth88
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I can picture that smug look on his faceI love the Return of Daniel Levy's famous Luka Modric line.
Smells like victory!
Cavehillspur
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Fuck me that's embarrassing. Crrrringe!This idiot is still going
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