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Mendes has no affiliation to spurs we messed about with it took to long thought we had time and in the end Chelsea coughed up.

Mendes has no affiliation to spurs we messed about with it took to long thought we had time and in the end Chelsea coughed up.
"if we simply paid another Ā£5 or Ā£10 million for a player"Quite often, we just try and be too clever as a transfer operations team.
ITKās indicate that we have good intentions, scouted and researched targets.
But its insane the amount of times we miss out on opportunities because we try and get fancy with the payment structure and player swaps.
If we simply paid another Ā£5 orĀ£10million for a playerā¦.and got it doneā¦we would save money in the long term through increased success and less overall time and resources wasted in the window.
And Ange would get more time to integrate players into squads.
The definition of insanity, season after season.
Agreed. Missing out on certain targets because of waiting/negotiating to the level they do feels like an accepted consequence rather than anything to be learned from. I donāt think theyāre naive per se, rather I think they have their way of doing things and they understand the good and the bad that can happen as a result. Still is frustrating of course.After 20 plus years of the same transfer approach it feels like we donāt mind missing out on some of the big deals along the way. As long as weāre seen to be trying
Difference is the release clauseWeāll see if lessons really have been learned or not. Weāve been in a similar situation with palace before, tried to sign zaha for Poch the same summer they sold bolasie. They didnāt budge then and I canāt see them budging now
I knew it. Thank you buddy.Mendes has no affiliation to spurs we messed about with it took to long thought we had time and in the end Chelsea coughed up.
Think Mendes would have hawked Neto around behind our back even if we had agreed a deal like he did with Diaz. It is his job and when Chelsea bit with their offer of a 7 year contract he was only ever going to go there.Mendes has no affiliation to spurs we messed about with it took to long thought we had time and in the end Chelsea coughed up.
And that is why Levy is the worst chairman the business. 24 years in the job and still he's learned nothing...Mendes has no affiliation to spurs we messed about with it took to long thought we had time and in the end Chelsea coughed up.
Nonsense and wrong thread.And that is why Levy is the worst chairman the business. 24 years in the job and still he's learned nothing...
Should we mention you learning nothing about the Levy stuff and posting it in this thread? Come on, leave that out of here.And that is why Levy is the worst chairman the business. 24 years in the job and still he's learned nothing...
where was thatPeople acting like every other club consistently acts in the right way when the truth is that is never the case.
On the earlier itk on locatelli, isn't he a CM?
Start of the summerwhere was that
ah ok taStart of the summer
Not sure why we even bother dealing with Mendes, especially when weāre never going to match what heās looking for. Our only chance to get one of his players is when no other club wants the player. We rely on that too many times unfortunately.Mendes has no affiliation to spurs we messed about with it took to long thought we had time and in the end Chelsea coughed up.
I'm wondering if we approached it cautiously knowing what Menses is about.Not sure why we even bother dealing with Mendes, especially when weāre never going to match what heās looking for. Our only chance to get one of his players is when no other club wants the player. We rely on that too many times unfortunately.
On the younger players, had a convo regarding our youth and how well the U18 and 23s done last season. I mentioned a few names and the reply was āthereās a huge transition to take the next step and make it into regular first team, Mikey Moore has the best chanceā.
TBH I thought a few other names would cement themselves but he wasnāt convinced and simply stated āweāll seeā.