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Player Paulo Dybala

edgey

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May 16, 2013
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With less than an hour? Unless they got the extension and we dont know about it I don't see anything happening now. THink our business is done, sadly
 

NYSpur

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Jul 22, 2013
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Every ITK always said that this deal would be hard to get across the line. For my part I am happy that we tried to do it. The key, and very positive takeaways for me that should resonate with people as to why this is different than past misses...

1. We were willing to make a serious effort and get agreement with Juve
2. The star player was willing to come here

For me the second one is really the key to why we will make this type of move in the future and it is not business as usual. It's just more of an odds game as we won't get them all. It's not same old Spurs and Levy. There are legitimate reasons for big players to consider us now that didn't exist on a consistent basis previously.

1. Great Proven Manager
2. Great stadium and grounds
3. Deep team that has talent to win
4. Money from CL, Stadium, and TV rights that did not exist previously
5. Consistent CL

Literally the only things we don't have right now that other top teams have are...
1. Willingness to overpay salaries
2. Recent trophy history.

I think both of those things will improve in the coming years. Not all top teams have what we have right now.
 

rossdapep

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Aug 25, 2011
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I don't believe we walk away from this until we run out of time or it's completely impossible...

Thanks, Val for dragging us back in haha
 

hutchiniho

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Mar 19, 2006
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Until a fee can be agree with Juve why would the image rights people even talk to us? Maybe the legal issues just got more and more complex the more we looked into it? Maybe goalposts moved and the figures were just above our limits (i.e. wages went above Kane).

I don't really think we can knock the club on this one, as tempting as it is to have someone to blame. I'm looking at Dybala's old agent/Star Image to be honest.

No blame at all.
Absolutely delighted to be attempting to sign this level of player.
I just can’t fathom how it progressed so far without someone realising the image rights were more tangled than the plot lines on love island.
Gutted it didn’t happen. Would have been our biggest signing in decades
Hoping it was a huge piece of misdirection and slight of hand for somethings else.

Eriksen’s replacement next.
 

maglajz

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Sep 7, 2006
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Well, I'm just gonna go pour myself a drink and enjoy the ride... whatever happens
 

austinfh

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Val and his cronies dragging me back in just as I'd accepted our fate
 
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