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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 3rd August 2019

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Yid-ol

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Honestly don't expect anything to happen until deadline day & that will probably be a scramble for Sess, anything else seems highly unlikely given how late into the window we are & all the complications that have occured

We need to remember most leagues have different deadlines and later than the English premier one. Even if we sign a player on deadline day for us, they still have time to find a replacement...unless it's a PL or championship club we signed from
 
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seppo

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The lack of ITK is hugely worrying. Throughout this summer we've had constant updates of 'big week', 'things will pick up next week', et al.

Now there's nothing.

I'm worried.
2 days and 22 hours left of the window. At best, we'll get Sessegnon and with some luck we might get Fernandes or Lo Celso on d-day. Either way, this window has been nothing but an utter failure. Nkoudou, Wanyama, Eriksen, Toby & Rose all still hanging around, even though Poch wanted probably 3 or 4 of those sold a good while back. I have no issue with Rose & Eriksen staying, but by the looks of it, Poch would rather have sold both. The 'painful rebuild' he wanted is nowhere to be seen and Levy will probably have to gamble on buying replacement(s) for Eriksen in hopes of selling him after the window closes for a cut price. The squad has not improved and we've actually thinned it even further. Hopefully, Parrott can help fill in the hole Llorente will leave behind him.
 

FinnYid

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ITK has been known to drop off when something sensitive is afoot - if the deals had terminally hit the skids I would imagine we'd have heard mutterings already. Keep the faith (but be equally preapred for disappointment)

But if something is happening, hasn't ITK practically always been around at least day before (van der Vaart might have been same day?). So If there is no some very positive info come wednesday evening, chances are nothing is coming thru. So next 48 might be more telling than deadline day itself.
 

stonebrow

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But if something is happening, hasn't ITK practically always been around at least day before (van der Vaart might have been same day?). So If there is no some very positive info come wednesday evening, chances are nothing is coming thru. So next 48 might be more telling than deadline day itself.
I think it was last summer we fans were saying it was quiet because deals were in the pipeline and ITK’s didn’t want to jeopardise anything. Then if my memory services me correctly it was JJ (maybe not) who said with a few days to go that it was quiet as fuck all was happening albeit ‘we tried’...I’m paraphrasing the ‘we tried’ BTW.
 

GetSpurredOn

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Eriksen is key by the sounds of it. (Plus exits for Wanyama and Nkoudou, who ITK previously sId were starting to pick up interest).
They go, then the pieces can fall into place.
Perhaps waiting for some other teams to get desperate. Given we’ve done the legwork with the players to agree wages etc, and know what the fees will likely be with the clubs, we just need to agree how that’s paid and it could/should move quite quick.
 

TheAmerican

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Eriksen is key by the sounds of it. (Plus exits for Wanyama and Nkoudou, who ITK previously sId were starting to pick up interest).
They go, then the pieces can fall into place.
Perhaps waiting for some other teams to get desperate. Given we’ve done the legwork with the players to agree wages etc, and know what the fees will likely be with the clubs, we just need to agree how that’s paid and it could/should move quite quick.

We’re desperate at this point, so that doesn’t really work to our advantage.
 

Ruffinthepuffin

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Usually when the window isn’t going well we’ve had negative ITK by now so I’m remaining positive.

This is now rolling into a situation where it maybe one of the biggest let downs or absolutely epic.

Please, please let it be epic. ???
 

thelak

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The lack of ITK is hugely worrying. Throughout this summer we've had constant updates of 'big week', 'things will pick up next week', et al.

Now there's nothing.

I'm worried.

They are all in Miami having pina coladas with Levy it seems
 
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