emiley heskey
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Moura will go to napoli in exchange with milik .. may be they will give 10m+ milik to get moura ...
Player Watch: Moussa Sissoko
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Moura will go to napoli in exchange with milik .. may be they will give 10m+ milik to get moura ...
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Significant that José Poch and Deschamps keep picking him
Well aware of his limitations but he does offer something and the three aforementioned managers all appreciated it
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Will he?
emiley heskey
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Napoli chairman loves Lucas Moura ... They might give him double the salary he is earning at spurs now
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Most likely Ndombele, KWP, Aurier, Rose, Foyth, and maybe someone like Lucas, Lamela or even Dele.
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Wrong thread, but JM loves moura. I doubt t hed even feature on the list of players out the door.
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I only just realised Sissoko is going to be 31 in mid August. This is probably the last chance to get any decent fee for him, or rather exchange value as Covid will deflate the actual fee.
I'm surprised we aren't seeing him linked with moves away, as you'd think Levy would rather get something for him now, whilst he's still is such an impressive athlete. He really isn't the kind of player whose career can sustain losing his pace. Once he loses a yard of pace, he goes from being a decent Prem player, to a League 1 player. There are so many clubs in the bottom half of Prem that he'd be a real asset for at the moment. Personally I'd try and move him on, as it's unlikely he's got much left in the tank. It's hard to be a box to box midfielder in the Prem past 30 and his game, more than most, is very reliant on his pace and power. I think people would be a surprised with how much he'd raise. He'd be a really good signing for the likes of Palace, Brighton and Villa.
I'm surprised we aren't seeing him linked with moves away, as you'd think Levy would rather get something for him now, whilst he's still is such an impressive athlete. He really isn't the kind of player whose career can sustain losing his pace. Once he loses a yard of pace, he goes from being a decent Prem player, to a League 1 player. There are so many clubs in the bottom half of Prem that he'd be a real asset for at the moment. Personally I'd try and move him on, as it's unlikely he's got much left in the tank. It's hard to be a box to box midfielder in the Prem past 30 and his game, more than most, is very reliant on his pace and power. I think people would be a surprised with how much he'd raise. He'd be a really good signing for the likes of Palace, Brighton and Villa.
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He only recently got a new deal (I think it was a performance related one as otherwise it's very un DL) As DL said himself it's hard to move on players on decent wages settled in London (something like that)
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Mourinho also loves Lucas Moura, so I don't think he's going anywhere this summer.
Neon_Knight_
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He has 3 years left on his contract and we don't have that much depth in CM. I would expect him to start any game that Hojbjerg misses.
joey55
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3 years left on his contract is a reason to sell him if we can.
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Depending on who else, if anyone, we bring in, I fully expect Mousa to start most of the games next season
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I would expect Hojbjerg with Sissoko or Winks, then Lo Celso playing higher up. That's assuming Ndombele doesn't come good.
To expand on my previous post:
Although we have options (some better than others) to play in CM with Hojbjerg, I think Sissoko would be needed to balance the midfield when Hojbjerg isn't playing. I wouldn't be uncomfortable seeing any one of Winks, Lo Celso, Ndombele, Alli paired up with Hojbjerg / Sissoko, but I would be less comfortable seeing them paired up with each other.
Mourinho did go with Winks + Lo Celso for a few games, but it's clear that pairing has shortcomings defensively and he later opted to use Lo Celso as the CAM in the three behind Kane.
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Levy doesn't normally award 4 year contracts to 30 year olds, as he did with Sissoko last September, unless the intention is to keep and play them. This is especially true when they're on high wages (£80k p.w. makes Sissoko our 6th highest paid player, now that Vertonghen and Eriksen have left).
It may seem logical to keep players in contract, to avoid them leaving for free, but it's risky if the player isn't in the manager's plans. A lot of players would prefer to be paid to warm the bench than to take a significant pay cut to play regularly elsewhere. The club then has to either pay them to rot in the reserves, pay off the remainder of their contract or top up the wages that their next club pays them.
Man City and Tottenham both ended up paying Adebayour to not play and then to leave, so his departures were more expensive than if he'd left on a free transfer. Real Madrid are now in the same situation with Bale.
£80k p.w. for 4 years is a £16.64m contract. In order for Sissoko to leave without being financially worse off, his new club would need to match not only the weekly pay but also the contract duration (now 3 years). That's going to put off most potential suitors, due to the risk that he'll decline before he reaches 34 and the obvious lack of resale value. His transfer fee would need to be lowered, compared if his new club only had to take on the risk of a 1 or 2 year deal, to convince anyone to buy him.
If we were now trying to sell him with only 1 year left on his contract (previous contract expired in 2021), he'd be more likely to consider, for example, signing a 2 year £60k p.w. contract elsewhere rather than seeing out his final year and then risking an even bigger pay cut (or possibly failing to get a contract in the top-flight, if he gets injured or significantly declines). The reduced wages and risk for the new club would likely mean more interest to push up the transfer fee.
Therefore, if we intended to sell him it would have been both lower risk and more lucrative to sell him with 1 year left on his contract.
emiley heskey
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The Daily Star report that Tottenham Hotspur could offload as many as six players this summer to try and raise £70m for new signings.
One of the players at risk is Moussa Sissoko, who could be available for around £18m
www.dailystar.co.uk
One of the players at risk is Moussa Sissoko, who could be available for around £18m
Jose Mourinho could sell six Tottenham players to fund £68m transfer spree
Tottenham look set for a huge squad clear out which could net boss Jose Mourinho almost £70m that he could reinvest back into the transfer market
www.dailystar.co.uk
spursfan77
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I still find it fucking amazing he was given that contract. Absolutely furious about it. No point giving him a new contract to get a better price in the market if nobody is willing to pay it for a poor player.
Im sure he’s a nice guy and a great pro but there Is no other reason to keep him around.
spursfan77
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The Daily Star report that Tottenham Hotspur could offload as many as six players this summer to try and raise £70m for new signings.
One of the players at risk is Moussa Sissoko, who could be available for around £18m
Jose Mourinho could sell six Tottenham players to fund £68m transfer spree
Tottenham look set for a huge squad clear out which could net boss Jose Mourinho almost £70m that he could reinvest back into the transfer market
shame it’s in the daily star!
