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Edinson Cavani

May 17, 2018
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A big, ambitious club would do the obvious thing and sign Cavani. Even if Kane hadn't gotten injured we still needed another striker for so many reasons. We wouldn't be so predictable as we would have another option/way to line up and play, squad rotation to help maintain energy levels/fitness, and we'd even have options when Kane has bad form. I'm baffled that it's taken us so long to realise this.

Liverpool: Firmino, Origi
Man City: Aguero, Jesus
Leicester: Vardy, Iheanacho
Chelsea: Abraham, Giroud, Batshuayi
Man United: Rashford, Martial, Greenwood
Arsenal: Aubameyang, Lacazette
Us: ...

Wake up Spurs..

It was only 6 months ago we had Janssen, Llorente, Kane. I don't know what you think has "taken so long"?

The reason why we only have Kane is because that's what Pochettino wanted.
 

Gbspurs

Gatekeeper for debates, King of the plonkers
Jan 27, 2011
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A big, ambitious club would do the obvious thing and sign Cavani. Even if Kane hadn't gotten injured we still needed another striker for so many reasons. We wouldn't be so predictable as we would have another option/way to line up and play, squad rotation to help maintain energy levels/fitness, and we'd even have options when Kane has bad form. I'm baffled that it's taken us so long to realise this.

Liverpool: Firmino, Origi
Man City: Aguero, Jesus
Leicester: Vardy, Iheanacho
Chelsea: Abraham, Giroud, Batshuayi
Man United: Rashford, Martial, Greenwood
Arsenal: Aubameyang, Lacazette
Us: ...

Wake up Spurs..

If you are including Martial and Greenwood then we can say Son and Moura. The issue is that the big sides have a relative "like for like" replacement who can slip into their current system whereas we have to change everything when Kane is out.
 

arunspurs

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Aug 31, 2012
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TBF largely irrelevant what he is on when he contract is ending in 6 months as noone will offer him that sort of money.
Not really. He can easily get 300k+ if he goes to China in summer with another 10m sign on fee thrown in.
Unless he wants to play in PL, and we are willing to offer more than any other PL team, he is no go.
I dont see us spending so much wages on a 32 year old
 

Gbspurs

Gatekeeper for debates, King of the plonkers
Jan 27, 2011
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Not really. He can easily get 300k+ if he goes to China in summer with another 10m sign on fee thrown in.
Unless he wants to play in PL, and we are willing to offer more than any other PL team, he is no go.
I dont see us spending so much wages on a 32 year old

China can't be used as a guide though as if he wants to stay in Europe noone will offer him China money.
 

Misfit

President of The Niles Crane Fanclub
May 7, 2006
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Not really. He can easily get 300k+ if he goes to China in summer with another 10m sign on fee thrown in.
Unless he wants to play in PL, and we are willing to offer more than any other PL team, he is no go.
I dont see us spending so much wages on a 32 year old
Isn't the Chinese super league moving to a $49K pw salary cap though?
 

tiger666

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Jan 4, 2005
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Not really. He can easily get 300k+ if he goes to China in summer with another 10m sign on fee thrown in.
Unless he wants to play in PL, and we are willing to offer more than any other PL team, he is no go.
I dont see us spending so much wages on a 32 year old

No he can't. China has a wage cap for foreign players now.
 

SpursAddict

winners never quit and quitters never win
Mar 27, 2012
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It was only 6 months ago we had Janssen, Llorente, Kane. I don't know what you think has "taken so long"?

The reason why we only have Kane is because that's what Pochettino wanted.

we had the chance to sign a striker last summer and weren’t even linked to one..
 

bbunc

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May 11, 2019
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we had the chance to sign a striker last summer and weren’t even linked to one..

This is what’s frustrating. Anybody with an eyeball and a brain could see we had huge issues at RB, DM and backup striker going into the summer.

Can’t figure out why we were so limited in our business. We got some good players but needed much much more.

If we didn’t have enough money, figure something out. Don’t ask for 100M for Eriksen - see if you can get 50. Don’t mess with the deal when you have some idiot club ready to pay you any money for Wanyama. Tell Danny that if he doesn’t leave, he’s going to rot at home for the next 18 months.

We were never ever going to have as good a recruiting status/pitch as we did. Bummer.
 
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