Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

[chas vs dave]

Jan and Toby was the best cb pairing I have seen at spurs in my life. Just a superb partnership.

 

[easley91]

Jan and Toby had the advantage of being a pairing back at Ajax. That's why they were so good.

 

[fortworthspur]

King & Naybet were slightly better than King & Woodgate.

Naybet was before I got satellite TV and reconnected with Spurs.

 

[chrissivad]

looks pretty done to me - he's wearing their scarf.

Looks like he has been handed flowers and a scarf and asked for a photo at the airport.

 

[shoggy33]

Sad to see him go but that's a great deal for everyone concerned.

 

[kmk]

Jan Tioby had the advantage of being a pairing back at Ajax. That's why they were so good.

I might be wrong but I thought Toby was a fullback at Ajax as the centre back pairing was Vertonghen & Vermaelen.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Loved Toby and sad to see him go but given his age etc it’s the right decision for a proper full re-build.

Id also sell Sanchez, keep Dier & Rodon with Tanganga a possible other option and sign 2 new top class CB’s

 

[TheTanguy]

I might be wrong but I thought Toby was a fullback at Ajax as the centre back pairing was Vertonghen & Vermaelen.

Vermaelen joined arsenal in 2009. Jan (2012) and Toby (2013) left a couple of years later and they definitely played as a centre-back pair at Ajax.

 

[Yiddo100]

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

Jan and Toby was the best cb pairing I have seen at spurs in my life. Just a superb partnership.

Definitely. As a partnership they were up there with the very best the prem has seen for a couple of seasons.

 

[Living Legend Colm G]

Who's the second one you mentioned?

Frazier Campbell, who else?

 

[Duskwen]

Well thats pretty much confirmed it then. So long Toby, will miss those dreamy long balls

 

[Snarfalicious]

Turning Foyth, Toby and presumably CCV into Romero is the goooooooooood stuff.

 

[WorthATry]

Turning Foyth, Toby and presumably CCV into Romero is the goooooooooood stuff.

For his next trick, hopefully Paratici turns Sanchez and Dier into Kounde

 

[kmk]

 

[hellava_tough]

I reckon Calderwood and Vega have to be the most entertaining CB partnership I've witnessed as a Spurs fan.

 

[hellava_tough]

As for Toby, pure class!

 

[TropicalYid]

He has always given 100% for us. His partnership with Jan i will never forget.
If he wants to leave and get one final big wage contract then the best of luck to him.

Ideally I would like him to stay for one more season, but we (and he) knows he probably wont be playing regularly.

 

[worcestersauce]

I've not seen anyone else say this but I'm pretty convinced Toby has seen the writing on the wall, he knows his body and he knows he's not at the standard he was a couple of years ago and maybe recognises his time in the prem is coming to an end.
He's an honest player and like Vertonghen doesn't want to experience the inevitable slide and so is making the move now on his terms.
He's intimated before that he might want to return to Belgium which may have been because he recognised he wasn't suited to one of the top leagues, and then this opportunity came along to make a bit of money right at the end plus get some experience in Qatar pre world cup.

 

[sausage]