Player Watch - Steven Bergwijn signs for Ajax

[Tucker]

Good luck to him. Think he’s a good player and will likely go on and do good things elsewhere.

He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time at spurs.

 

[Kuryakin]

Likeable guy and worked hard. But now that he seems to be off, I never cared for his celebration.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Good luck to him, I'm sure he'll smash it for Ajax.

£27.5m is good value for both us and them all things considered.

 

[Cochise]

We knew he was going this summer, but still sad that he never really got a chance to shine for us.

 

[Yiddo1982]

I always think back to the game at Anfield and what would have happened if he took one of those two one-on-ones. We would have gone top. I really think we could have gone on and challenged if we had won that night.

 

[ButchCassidy]

Part of becoming a “top” team is needing to sell players who aren’t bad per se, just not right for the squad and the situation. Steven will probably go on to have a great career, but it isn’t happening here, now, under Conte.

We’ll always have Leicester

 

[y1dk1d]

This will be the 5th largest sale in Spurs history per Transfermarkt.

After Bale, Walker, Berbatov & Modric.

Wow, I don’t know why but that’s surprised me

 

[goughie1966]

Wow, I don’t know why but that’s surprised me

It's called inflation.

Gazza was sold for £5m - he'd be £150m+ today. If Bergwijn was sold in the same year as Gazza he would sold for about £100k. In 25 years these examples won't figure in the top 10. Pretty meaningless stats.

 

[SpartanSpur]

It's called inflation.

Gazza was sold for £5m - he'd be £150m+ today. If Bergwijn was sold in the same year as Gazza he would sold for about £100k. In 25 years these examples won't figure in the top 10. Pretty meaningless stats.

Yeah even Carrick (~£18m) and Keane (~£20m) felt like pretty major fees at the time. I'd say the equivalent of what we just paid for Richarlison. Nice to be on the other side now.

 

[philll]

 

[spursfan77]

I keep reading people saying we are getting our money back but its actually more from an accountancy perspective because of how transfer fees are amortised over the course of the contract. So in fact we are actually about £10m to £15m up on what we paid for him as of today?

 

[TheHodFather]

I keep reading people saying we are getting our money back but its actually more from an accountancy perspective because of how transfer fees are amortised over the course of the contract. So in fact we are actually about £10m to £15m up on what we paid for him as of today?

We're getting our money back because we're getting a similar fee for him to the one we paid. But it'll show up as a profit of £10-15m in the accounts because we'd already written off about £10-15m of the fee we paid in previous years' accounts.

 

[Spurs Lodge Kittens]

I always think back to the game at Anfield and what would have happened if he took one of those two one-on-ones. We would have gone top. I really think we could have gone on and challenged if we had won that night.

It would have hidden our lack of fitness, and tactics for a little longer. Wasn't sustainable.

 

[mil1lion]

I think he'll tear it up in Holland. Not many move back there from a big league like the Premier League at a young age. Ajax are a big club though and he'll still have Champions League there. Will be interesting if we meet then again, the last time was pretty special. We have good links to them, they're probably glad to get a player in their direction for once.

 

[BorjeSpurs]

Ajax biggest ever transfer by some distance - I'm quite impressed that we got the full fee we wanted.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Assume DL is doing the financials , have to credit him for securing a great fee for Stevie from Ajax & Stevie gets regular starts with WC approaching .

 

[C1w8]

if you look at it from an Ajax point of view the fee might feel big on their scale but I dont think they're over paying by any means, feels about the right fee we should be getting for him.

He dipped along with the whole team during the first 12-18 months of his time here and hasnt been starting but has made tangible contritibutions (imo) when given the chance since Conte has come in, and consistently starts and scores for the Netherlands. Still only 24 so they'll be getting his prime years if he stays.

Hope (and think he will) be on an upward trajectory once he's playing every week.

 

[GetKaned]

Verweij reporting 32.5mn Euros for Bergwijn. Happy that we still got good money out of him. Werent we about to sell him for 20 odd million in January ? Also we might be able to get similar fee for Lo Celso now.

 

[Frozen_Waffles]

Part of becoming a “top” team is needing to sell players who aren’t bad per se, just not right for the squad and the situation. Steven will probably go on to have a great career, but it isn’t happening here, now, under Conte.

We’ll always have Leicester

This, it's about getting rid and getting rid quickly.

I like bergwijn and I think he'll do splendidly wherever he goes. However this idea of keeping hold of players who are not playing, or don't fit the system, or want to leave or are always injured etc, should be scrapped.

How long were we waiting for Dele to rediscover his form, for ndombele to discover his or lo Celso and bergwijn to put a run of games together.

Keep the squad fresh and sell while the price is high. Big clubs do this all the time. United should have sold martial, Jones and half their squad at some point.

Lo Celso, ndombele, winks and bergwijn should all have left the club permanently by the end of the window.

Keep the players that have showed the right attitude and promise, for example imo sess and Emerson deserve another season. Maybe Davinson as well unless we receive a good offer.

The exception to this rule is with youngsters, who should always be loaned first.

Oh and Kane, never sell your best players. (Whatever the age)

 

[Sandro30]