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Spurs were unable to sell the players they wanted to - Daniel Levy

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Daniel Levy says the club were unable to sell all the players they wanted to in the summer.

Christian Eriksen, Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose were strongly linked with moves but remain at the club.

BBC Sport 14 Oct 19
 

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They were so priced to guarantee they'd not be sold.:)

But as he said when clubs did have a bid accepted the players didn’t fancy the move- it’s not all levys fault.

Besides £25m for toby was a steal!! Why’d no one come in for him?? Makes me think there’s something else going on
 
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But as he said when clubs did have a bid accepted the players didn’t fancy the move- it’s not all levys fault.

Besides £25m for toby was a steal!! Why’d no one come in for him?? Makes me think there’s something else going on

25m for a declining player who probably wanted big wages and at least 4 years probably not worth it for too clubs he'd be interested in . Who knows really.

be interesting to see where alot of these "different agenda " players end up
 

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25m for a declining player who probably wanted big wages and at least 4 years probably not worth it for too clubs he'd be interested in . Who knows really.

be interesting to see where alot of these "different agenda " players end up

But Maguire for £80m is a far better deal though...
 

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But as he said when clubs did have a bid accepted the players didn’t fancy the move- it’s not all levys fault.

Besides £25m for toby was a steal!! Why’d no one come in for him?? Makes me think there’s something else going on
Looking at it now you'd think City would regret not putting in a bid.
 

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But as he said when clubs did have a bid accepted the players didn’t fancy the move- it’s not all levys fault.

Besides £25m for toby was a steal!! Why’d no one come in for him?? Makes me think there’s something else going on
If you look across Europe the top top teams traditionally only look for younger CBs. Barca, Real, Atleti, Bayern, City, Chelsea, PSG, etc. all prefer players 24 or younger. They all want to build long term partnerships. Juve even bought all young ones this summer.
 

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If you look across Europe the top top teams traditionally only look for younger CBs. Barca, Real, Atleti, Bayern, City, Chelsea, PSG, etc. all prefer players 24 or younger. They all want to build long term partnerships. Juve even bought all young ones this summer.
Exactly. Even with the £25m release clause he'd still be an expensive deal.

30 year old a few injury issues means the buying club is unlikely to sell him on. If they got him on a 3 year contract on £150k a week he would be costing the club £47.5m.

So the only clubs who would be interested are the rich clubs looking for quality over value.

The likes of City and Utd probably regret not buying but in no way is he a steal.
 

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$25m in this transfer climate is nothing in exchange for 3 years of a ready made top quality defender and distributor. For a team looking to win now (and a lot of top teams are looking to do just that), i'm amazed he didn't go.
 

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$25m in this transfer climate is nothing in exchange for 3 years of a ready made top quality defender and distributor. For a team looking to win now (and a lot of top teams are looking to do just that), i'm amazed he didn't go.
Because it is believed he wants a contract of in or around 200k a week. Many clubs interested would therefore have had serious issues a) affording that, b) squad parity on wages etc...

Yes you can get around that with signing on bonuses, but then Toby is no longer a £25m player but a £40m player. Still affordable in the Prem, but outside of that his options drop off (especially considering as was mentioned that the top clubs all bought younger options).
 

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What a load of shit. You can sell anything if the price is appealing. If the price is too high you wont be able to sell.
If the players demands are too high you can have trouble but you make it clear to them 'You're going or you'll be training with the kids and not getting near the first 11, what will that do for your career, image and reputation? Now fook off' lol.
You have to play hard ball or you'll end up in the mess we are now.
If we cant shift the likes of Rose and Toby then theres only 1 reason and we all know what that is.
 

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What a load of shit. You can sell anything if the price is appealing. If the price is too high you wont be able to sell.
If the players demands are too high you can have trouble but you make it clear to them 'You're going or you'll be training with the kids and not getting near the first 11, what will that do for your career, image and reputation? Now fook off' lol.
You have to play hard ball or you'll end up in the mess we are now.
If we cant shift the likes of Rose and Toby then theres only 1 reason and we all know what that is.
Toby has a release clause. How can us not selling him come down to us asking too much money?
 
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Toby has a release clause. How can us not selling him come down to us asking too much mony?

We also agreed fees for Wanyama and possibly Rose but the players wouldn't go. We also took big hits on Janssen and GKN and Onomah as part of the Sessegnon deal.
 

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We also agreed fees for Wanyama and possibly Rose but the players wouldn't go. We also took big hits on Janssen and GKN and Onomah as part of the Sessegnon deal.
But yet the ONLY reason we fail to sell some players is because Levy asks for too much money, makes sense.
 

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But yet the ONLY reason we fail to sell some players is because Levy asks for too much money, makes sense.

I think it's a criticism of Levy that has been valid in the past, but not this time. We still hear people harping on about zero net spend as if it's compulsory for us when Levy has just forked out 100m for Ndombele and Sessegnon, would have forked out a big fee for LoCelso and also pushed hard for Dybala and Fernandes. Times have changed but some can't let go of it.
 

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Can't sell a player who doesn't wanna be sold, Toby or Eriksen would literally b dumb as fuck not to go on a free. I have said it before support the club not the player you would think we would have learnt by now Carrick, Berbatov, Keane, Modric, Bale they have no loyalty to us as a club and while there are a tear of club above us this will happen.
 

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I think it's a criticism of Levy that has been valid in the past, but not this time. We still hear people harping on about zero net spend as if it's compulsory for us when Levy has just forked out 100m for Ndombele and Sessegnon, would have forked out a big fee for LoCelso and also pushed hard for Dybala and Fernandes. Times have changed but some can't let go of it.
Exactly,I just hate the one-dimensional view of it all.

Has Levy asked too much for players in the past? I'm sure he has. But his brinkmanship also got us a world record fee for Bale, £10m for Caulker, £7.5m for O Hara, £18.6m for Carrick. The list goes on for the times we sold a player for premium prices and that money then went back into buying new players.

Of course the downside will be sometimes the buying club will pull out of a deal.

What's frustrating is there are fans who genuinely believe the only reason we haven't sold some players right now is becasue Levy has asked for too much money.

The evidence for this past summer disagrees with this. Alderweireld had a buyout clause, we accepted a bid for Wanyama but he refused a move, no offers came in for Rose,the elite clubs didn't come in for Eriksen.

But rather than looking into cases on their own merits people just use the old tired line of Levy asking for too much money.

You get the journalism you deserve I guess.
 

dontcallme

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$25m in this transfer climate is nothing in exchange for 3 years of a ready made top quality defender and distributor. For a team looking to win now (and a lot of top teams are looking to do just that), i'm amazed he didn't go.
I think he is a fair deal for those at the top end of the financial table.

City have awful centre backs right now and TA could have been big for them.

To those without the huge turnover though he is an expensive deal.
 

Hakkz

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I think it's a criticism of Levy that has been valid in the past, but not this time. We still hear people harping on about zero net spend as if it's compulsory for us when Levy has just forked out 100m for Ndombele and Sessegnon, would have forked out a big fee for LoCelso and also pushed hard for Dybala and Fernandes. Times have changed but some can't let go of it.

I share all the sceptisism for Levy, except for the window we just had. My feeling after it is that he actually tried this time, and other factors hindered stuff from happening.
 
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