Player Watch - Djed Spence - Genoa

[Frank Blank]

Man U apparently his boyhood club

Just like Leeds, Spurs and Liverpool were for Robbie Keane.

 

[Mattspurs1982]

surely he can fly out to join the squad in Korea a few days later so still gets a decent pre season with the rest of the lads

 

[dontcallme]

Why do you assume we’re letting it drag on? Also we signed Perisic in like 4 seconds after the season ended.

I've never really understood why some fans think we get to buy players in order.

Some deals are quick and easy to conclude, others take longer.

 

[JCRD]

It’s definitely a weak area. It’s actually weird we haven’t addressed it yet. I don’t believe on his own this player is the answer either. All a bit strange but if it’s Conte who wants him and not just paratici then fine.

I agree looking at the first 3/4 of the season but both Doherty & Royal showed substantial improvements in the final quarter. They are different types of player, one better at going forward the other at defending. Whether they’re good enough to take us forward this season, that’s another question?

There was slight improvement ofcourse but given the importance of the wing backs, we need to upgrade and I hate that term but thats how much i want to see one come in. I still expect Spence to come in, or at the very least someone else comes in but we all know this will happen just annoying its later than expected.

 

[AJW]

Couldn’t see this posted anywhere

 

[mark87]

Couldn’t see this posted anywhere

I didn't see the million bit initially

 

[JCRD]

Why do you assume we’re letting it drag on? Also we signed Perisic in like 4 seconds after the season ended.

Priority in terms of position not timescale. Youre right they dont happen in order but i think we would have expected it to be sorted by now. What is slightly annoying is we expect this to happen, just dragging on for the sake of it.

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Couldn’t see this posted anywhere

Time.To.Move.On ?

 

[Serpico]

I can’t see all this effort- player wants to leave- Midd wants to sell and leak positive story’s. It has to happen at some point once terns are finally agreed.

 

[KeithStone]

I didn't see the million bit initially

I lived in Boro for a while, that’d get you a cracking Parmo back in the day.

 

[spanishspur]

There was slight improvement ofcourse but given the importance of the wing backs, we need to upgrade and I hate that term but thats how much i want to see one come in. I still expect Spence to come in, or at the very least someone else comes in but we all know this will happen just annoying its later than expected.

Just take a look at Liverpool and their wingbacks
We need to improve drastically to get close to them
We have huge opportunity to get right up to the top and if Conte feels spence is one of the last pieces in his jigsaw then this needs to get done

 

[djhotspur]

Just take a look at Liverpool and their wingbacks
We need to improve drastically to get close to them
We have huge opportunity to get right up to the top and if Conte feels spence is one of the last pieces in his jigsaw then this needs to get done

Liverpool, city, chelsea… all have elite fullbacks.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Couldn’t see this posted anywhere

I mean, I want him but if this is true then Boro can do one. They clearly think he is TAA mk 2. Which he isn’t.

 

[VancouverSpurs]

I don't think it's a coincidence that the one transfer that we know Levy is handling personally is the one that's taking forever to close. I am a fan of Levy and what he's done for the club. But I really think he needs to hand the keys over to Fabio from now on. Let him do the deals. He'll obviously sign off on deals but he needs to trust his lieutenants to run the football side now.

 

[Yiddo100]

I don't think it's a coincidence that the one transfer that we know Levy is handling personally is the one that's taking forever to close. I am a fan of Levy and what he's done for the club. But I really think he needs to hand the keys over to Fabio from now on. Let him do the deals. He'll obviously sign off on deals but he needs to trust his lieutenants to run the football side now.

Levy done richarlison I think, that was done pretty quick

 

[thehipster]

However you see it, an extra £2 million quid is still a truckload of money…especially for a club like Middlesbrough.

I’m frustrated also, but I know what I’m like at 2am at the Casino, desperately trying to leverage off my last fifty quid!

 

[VancouverSpurs]

Levy done richarlison I think, that was done pretty quick

Even then, the leaks coming out was that Kenwright was so fed up with Levy's low-balling that he almost stormed out of the negotiations/dinner they had. Levy has history of this. And when someone like Gibson is on the other side (who's equally bull-headed), I think the wiser course is to hand the negotiations off to someone else.

Like I said, I'm actually a huge fan of Levy and what he's accomplished. But I do think that he has a really bad habit of undermining his lieutenants by personally getting too involved in football decisions/negotiations. Set parameters/budgets and all. But then let them do the job you've hired them to do.

 

[JW72]

Even then, the leaks coming out was that Kenwright was so fed up with Levy's low-balling that he almost stormed out of the negotiations/dinner they had. Levy has history of this. And when someone like Gibson is on the other side (who's equally bull-headed), I think the wiser course is to hand the negotiations off to someone else.

Like I said, I'm actually a huge fan of Levy and what he's accomplished. But I do think that he has a really bad habit of undermining his lieutenants by personally getting too involved in football decisions/negotiations. Set parameters/budgets and all. But then let them do the job you've hired them to do.

Where was that from?

 

[kd2000]

I lived in Boro for a while, that’d get you a cracking Parmo back in the day.

theres probably less than 3 people in here who know what a Parmo is, and were them

 

[Moonie]

Even then, the leaks coming out was that Kenwright was so fed up with Levy's low-balling that he almost stormed out of the negotiations/dinner they had. Levy has history of this. And when someone like Gibson is on the other side (who's equally bull-headed), I think the wiser course is to hand the negotiations off to someone else.

Like I said, I'm actually a huge fan of Levy and what he's accomplished. But I do think that he has a really bad habit of undermining his lieutenants by personally getting too involved in football decisions/negotiations. Set parameters/budgets and all. But then let them do the job you've hired them to do.

Yeh I don’t remember seeing any of that. Can’t find anything online about it