Milan Skriniar

[DJS]

Who hangs an umbrella on a bike stand and walks away?

A mother fucking boss does.

That’s who.

 

[PrettyColors]

Think this is just one we'll have to wait on. It's clear they're in talks at the moment, I doubt anything concrete even could come out until after the Shkendija match, maybe not even until tomorrow.

 

[Gspurs11]

Think this is just one we'll have to wait on. It's clear they're in talks at the moment, I doubt anything concrete even could come out until after the Shkendija match, maybe not even until tomorrow.

Agree, the news always seems to break over in Italy quite late.

 

[synththfc]

Really hope we get this done

 

[glacierSpurs]

I like report like this. We want €50 million, they want €60 million. In the end the deal will actually close at €40 million. Everyone is a winner in media.

 

[Wick3d]

Levy’s #2 in transfer talks and our technical director, Steve Hitchen, has been in Milan for 2 days meeting with Inter and Skriniar’s agent in the middle of a pandemic where another shutdown of the game is getting to be highly likely. There is no way that happens without Inter moving off their demands. I’d imagine €40-45m with clauses bringing it to €50-55m will be the final price.

I doubt we will see another shutdown for Football. There is too much money involved.

 

[Sierragls]

Was that really the case over the entirety of Poch's tenure here though Trix? I mean, did he really insist "it was Stambouli or no one"? Or "Fazio or no one?" Or "N'gie or no one"? It seems to me Pochetinno accepted plenty of cheap compromises during his 5 years as manager so to suggest he was only ever inflexible in the transfer market is demonstrably questionable and renders him a convenient fall guy for previous transfer failings. Whatever the reasons though mate, it's brilliant to see a more proactive and targeted approach to buying footballers. I really hope it continues in the future. This window is shaping up to be one of the best - if not the best - we've ever had under ENIC.Skriniar and a striker, in addition to what we've already bought, would be an unbelievable window!

JJ said on Twitter the other week that Stambouli was a Baldin purchase, but he actually bought the wrong player as his English wasn’t great, he could remember who Baldin was actually trying to buy though.

 

[NYSpur]

Sorry @Archibald&Crooks but there's a lot more to it than that.

Does player play in top 5 leagues? If no, not good enough.

Has player been linked in media to elite European teams? No clearly shit

Has player ever posted about Arsenal on social media? Yes ... Do not sign!

You forgot the old...

Has some random poster questioned if he is slow, and somehow the question became a point of fact...do not sign!

 

[GetSpurredOn]

I’m not sure how I’d feel about any potential Toby trade. Short term it’d seem a bit foolish, but if it gets the deal over the line we trade a 31yr old (admittedly class but starting to decline) for a highly rated 25yr old who the manager apparently really wants. Ideal, not. Acceptable, maybe.
I did think Lamela might be a better offer if a player trade reduced the fee, still high stock in Italy, and now in competition with Bale and Moura for the RWF spot.

 

[lemony snickets]

Can we call Ristorante Da Berti and ask them to put the phone near the bald guy?

Doesn't open till 19:30

 

[Spurrific]

JJ said on Twitter the other week that Stambouli was a Baldin purchase, but he actually bought the wrong player as his English wasn’t great, he could remember who Baldin was actually trying to buy though.

Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura were baldin' purchases too

 

[Japhet]

I doubt we will see another shutdown for Football. There is too much money involved.

Got fuck all to do with money. There's a lot of money in tourism, air travel, the entertainments industry, exhibitions etc, etc. The list is endless.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

JJ said on Twitter the other week that Stambouli was a Baldin purchase, but he actually bought the wrong player as his English wasn’t great, he could remember who Baldin was actually trying to buy though.

OMG LOL

 

[Spurs_Bear]

Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura were baldin' purchases too

I genuinely hope this gets zero funny ratings and crashes and burns like it should.

 

[SlotBadger]

I genuinely hope this gets zero funny ratings and crashes and burns like it should.

It became even funnier after reading your wish for it to fail

 

[yankspurs]

I doubt we will see another shutdown for Football. There is too much money involved.

I think the only way football survives another shutdown is going back into a project restart type bubble and doing so now. Domestic competitions can go on with rapid testing across all levels. International and continental competitions scrapped for the year with all focus going toward figuring out a way to hold the Euros in the summer.

Either way, money will be lost. The sports governing bodies, national football associations, nations governments and the tv companies are all going to have to come together to ensure survival of the sport.

 

[Hotspur88]

Just watched The Transfer Talk team on Sky Sports News comparing stats with Toby and Sanchez, such a tough tough watch. Absolutely no idea what they're going on about, I felt embarrassed for them.

Talking about successful tackles (slightly more than Toby and less than Sanchez) before moving on and saying and look at blocks as if it was a good thing to soon realise that his blocks were considerably lower than the other two at which point he swiftly moved on.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

I think the only way football survives another shutdown is going back into a project restart type bubble and doing so now. Domestic competitions can go on with rapid testing across all levels. International and continental competitions scrapped for the year with all focus going toward figuring out a way to hold the Euros in the summer.

Either way, money will be lost. The sports governing bodies, national football associations, nations governments and the tv companies are all going to have to come together to ensure survival of the sport.

Well, according to the experts, the proper ones, not the dangerous SC ones in the Corona thread, they are hopeful that we'll have a vaccine in 2021. If so, then you can write off this season pretty much as far as fans attending and all the other stuff goes, whatever it is they need to do, they need to do it now rather than acting reactively when, as is usual with the football authorities, it's too late.

 

[felmani26]

Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura were baldin' purchases too

This definitely needs to be accompanied by a sad trombone

 

[Wick3d]

Got fuck all to do with money. There's a lot of money in tourism, air travel, the entertainments industry, exhibitions etc, etc. The list is endless.

Are you talking from a Government or Football Club perspective? Obviously, if told to shut down then clubs have no option, but until they reach that point, they will continue to run. I don't see Government reaching a point where they tell clubs to shutdown, with no football being played. Just to add, I'd rather not take this thread off-topic, can continue via DM if you like?