The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - THE LAST MINUTE OF THE LAST HOUR OF THE LAST DAY 31st August 2012

[Archibald&Crooks]

Phil McNulty ‏@philmcnulty
Spurs worked late to get Joao Moutinho deal over the line but no luck. Lloris excellent keeper & surprise signing Dempsey will get goals.

No luck? Is he having a fucking laugh? We've had months to get this deal done and to run out of time on it is nothing short of a disgrace.

 

[Dan Yeats]

Even that was cancelled. Fuck life.

Still watching 150.

 

[Philly]

Would really love to know what has gone on today.

Levy didnt turn up at the lodge till after 9pm, so he must have been somewhere working on deals...I'd like to know which ones.
Also, if Zahavi was at the Lodge all day, how did we fail to tie things up?
Surely, we talked terms prior to agreeing a fee? Surely we knew about the 3rd party issue before today (especially bearing in mind AVB was manager around the time he signed for Porto)?...

I'm sure there are good reasons for this to fall through, but would be good to know what they were

 

[SamR]

Phil McNulty ‏@philmcnulty
Spurs worked late to get Joao Moutinho deal over the line but no luck. Lloris excellent keeper & surprise signing Dempsey will get goals.

i seriously don't believe this shit. Levy must have been speaking to Porto for months about this deal. Something must have happened for it to fall apart.

It seems that the whole sell to buy statement mentioned a lot over the last few transfer windows is true...

What Spurs should be doing now is speaking to them so a deal goes through on the 1st of January.

 

[cookiemonster]

Moutinho should have been our first and most important signing. Why did we leave it till last?

That's a easy one

Because little Danny wants to save a few quid

 

[NickHSpurs]

Kane gone to norwich on loan

Jesus Christ! We have two fucking strikers, TWO!

 

[aRTy]

AVB is probably beating the shit outta him.

I just burst out laughing at that. Well done, good sir.

 

[markiespurs]

well, its not guaranteed. But negotiations will certainly continue and would be more likely then than they are now

Think a few other itks have hinted the same about LD

 

[Kushal]

Is the lack of confirmation of the deal from our side a catalyst for these journos now claiming the deal is off?

What are they basing this on? How do they know we have given up, 30 mins short of the deadline that we asked for?

 

[lippyspur]

Kane gone to norwich on loan

Surely Coulibaly gets moved up to the senior team then otherwise it's Ade and Defoe

 

[g_harry]

Shocker ffs

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

1am worked for Norwich...

Norwich City FC ‏@NorwichCityFC
Apologies for the late news and lack of updates. This was a very late deal requiring an extension allowing us to complete paperwork by 1am

 

[mpickard2087]

Four 'keepers, two strikers. Unbelievable

 

[Misfit]

Good move that, for eall concerned. We get to see if he can cut at this level.

 

[seneca]

Got to leave the public sector and join the private where targets aren't so stringent. Pretty sure I could succeed on levy targets... Sell modric and vdv and get in mout... Cough cough cough

 

[Trees]

It looks like our guys worked for at least an hour after the official deadline to make the Moutinho deal happen. Because it didn't wasn't their fault. So don't blame Levy or any of the rest of them. They obviously tried their very best!

They only had 3 months before that though !

 

[DanNolan]

imo the ext was only for kane

 

[hutchiniho]

We did have all summer to make Moutinho happen?
Agree a fee, agree personal terms. Why risk leaving it till the eleventh hour?

 

[stonecolddeanaustin]

I have totally forgotten about that

and im going to the game.

Im hoping DemfuckingBele plays. Wanna see what the fuss is about

I doubt Llory boy will play

Me too! Signings had to have been confirmed by midday Friday to be in the squad for tomorrow so defo no Hugo or Clint tomorrow. Hopefully Dembele though. Good player, mark my words.

 

[hughy]

No luck? Is he having a fucking laugh? We've had months to get this deal done and to run out of time on it is nothing short of a disgrace.

That's what I'm looking for, a bit of emotion. You get him, tiger.

 

[Graysonti]

It looks like our guys worked for at least an hour after the official deadline to make the Moutinho deal happen. Because it didn't wasn't their fault. So don't blame Levy or any of the rest of them. They obviously tried their very best!

But this not the first time eh ?

 

[Hitch]

For the life of me I'll just never understand why we have to leave it so late. Literally the number 1 target from the moment that AVB arrived and it's come to this. Seriously, what the fuck? OK, we couldn't get a deal done, but why leave it to now to figure that out? What a waste of fucking time.