The Spurs Transfer Wishlist & Scouting Thread

[topper]

Olmo, Ferguson, Upamecano and Zakaria would be a fantastic window and one that I think is realistic even for January. Addresses many of our key areas with young players who could bring some much needed vim and vigor to the side.

I hate to be completely negative, but this season very much feels lost (no Top 4, no trophies) so bringing on these players sooner rather than later, giving them the opportunity to get acclimatized over the 2nd half of the season could be paramount in our attempt to "get right" next season.

Agree but only if fans genuinely believe that these players will be an investment for the next season and not there to change this season round!

 

[bceej]

We might have to do as under Redknapp, buy Premier League proven players to avoid relegation. Top foreign talents will take time to adjust to the Premier League.

It's just harder to do that now: everyone's flush! Calculated gambles from the EFL. Plenty that have worked out reasonably quickly: Daniel James, Dele, Joe Gomez, Andrew Robertson, John McGinn, Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker, Tyrone Mings, James Maddison, Callum Wilson, Nathan Redmond - all internationals since signing from the EFL. Adam Webster and Callum Robinson looking decent too, along with a host of younger players like James Justin waiting for their chance.

Got the likes of Ebere Eze, Nathan Ferguson, Flynn Downes and Jayden Bogle playing regularly.

 

[bubble07]

We might have to do as under Redknapp, buy Premier League proven players to avoid relegation. Top foreign talents will take time to adjust to the Premier League.

"Good honest pros"

 

[Snarfalicious]

calling that realistic is a bit deluded

I don't think it's deluded at all. Maybe it's a tad bit optimistic for a January window, I don't know. I'd like to think our current situation demands us to go out of our comfort zone. But, Ferguson and Upamecano contracts are up in the summer; they could very well be on the move and for a very affordable price. Zakaria and Olmo are apparently available for the right price (I've seen 43m for Zakaria being quoted, Olmo has been anywhere from 25-35m). I think all in you're looking at 80-100m outlay. Take into account squad places, I think most would agree we will actively look to offload the likes of Eriksen, Wanyama, Toby, Aurier, and really it's not like you're just bloating the squad.

 

[bbunc]

I don't think it's deluded at all. It may be a tad bit optimistic for a January window, I do tend to agree on that. But, Ferguson and Upamecano contracts are up in the summer; they could very well be on the move and for a very affordable price. Zakaria and Olmo are apparently available for the right price (I've seen 43m for Zakaria being quoted, Olmo has been anywhere from 25-35m). I think all in you're looking at 80-100m outlay. Take into account squad places, I think most would agree we will actively look to offload the likes of Eriksen, Wanyama, Toby, Aurier, and really it's not like you're just bloating the squad.

Upemecano has 2 years left, but has a 50M release clause starting in 2020. He’s not going for less than that.

So you’re at 50 there, plus another 40-50 for Zakaria + 30-35 for Olmo plus 10ish for Ferguson. That’s your 150.

That said, it’s not going to be cheap to fix this club. You’re going to be paying 40-50M for any young CB or DM with world class potential. There’s no way around it.

Still not quite sure how we solve the fullback situation.

 

[Gbspurs]

Personally I think Olmo is already out of our reach. Real or Barca will snap him up

 

[freeeki]

Personally I think Olmo is already out of our reach. Real or Barca will snap him up

Our transfer policy in a nutshell

 

[Snarfalicious]

Upemecano has 2 years left, but has a 50M release clause starting in 2020. He’s not going for less than that.

So you’re at 50 there, plus another 40-50 for Zakaria + 30-35 for Olmo plus 10ish for Ferguson. That’s your 150.

That said, it’s not going to be cheap to fix this club. You’re going to be paying 40-50M for any young CB or DM with world class potential. There’s no way around it.

Still not quite sure how we solve the fullback situation.

My mistake, thought Upamecano was up in the Summer. In that case, yeah, it's unrealistic for January.

 

[ToDarrenIsToDo]

Upemecano has 2 years left, but has a 50M release clause starting in 2020. He’s not going for less than that.

So you’re at 50 there, plus another 40-50 for Zakaria + 30-35 for Olmo plus 10ish for Ferguson. That’s your 150.

That said, it’s not going to be cheap to fix this club. You’re going to be paying 40-50M for any young CB or DM with world class potential. There’s no way around it.

Still not quite sure how we solve the fullback situation.

So according to L'Equipe, Upmecano will have a reduced release clause of €60m (£51m) in 2020, Olmo will be out of contract in 2021 so there's no way a team like Zagreb would be able to risk letting him go for free. I feel he's open to Spurs and nobody else shows genuine interest a £20m-£25m bid or nothing might work into our hands and the fee for Zakaria is being touted at around the £40m-£45m mark.

£51m, £25m and let's say £44m. £120m or so plus a hell of a lot we'll be losing from our wage bill this summer. I think Olmo would be nice but at the moment Upamecano and Zakaria for those kind of prices seem like good deals the first XI could do with. Both of those for £95m? If we can get through this window and the next one only adding those two I think I'd take that in all honesty.

 

[ToDarrenIsToDo]

Our transfer policy in a nutshell

Our transfer policy in a nutshell? We committed to pay up to £62m on Ndombele this summer, paid £25m for an 18/19 year old and once the option to take Lo Celso on permanent goes live our total outlay on incomings will be in and around the £140m-£150m mark. Mad how people think we are tight fisted because we didn't pay over the top for Grealish in 2018.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

Our transfer policy in a nutshell? We committed to pay up to £62m on Ndombele this summer, paid £25m for an 18/19 year old and once the option to take Lo Celso on permanent goes live our total outlay on incomings will be in and around the £140m-£150m mark. Mad how people think we are tight fisted because we didn't pay over the top for Grealish in 2018.

Yes but we also had ITK that we can’t pay £40-50m for more than a few players and that we also won’t pay £40m+ for a full back. To sign the aforementioned players would take us way beyond the sums implied by previous ITK. To replace/progress the team we need several more players in the £40-£50m+ bracket but I can’t see that happening anytime soon. The only way around this is to be creative and either pillage the contract running down pool and/or sign players on a loan to perm... taking the expenditure into the next financial year.

 

[YiddoTom90]

If eriksen goes, we need to brave and go balls deep for havertz. We get a player for the next 10 years in a key position. Leverkusen want 100 mill. Peanuts for the talent and years playing for us. If we can even get 40 for eriksen that's 60 mill for a 20 year old not even in his prime yet. I can't see bayern shelling out 100 mill for him and barca have de Jong. Once in a gen talent he is. Can't see us doing it though sadly.

 

[Japhet]

If eriksen goes, we need to brave and go balls deep for havertz. We get a player for the next 10 years in a key position. Leverkusen want 100 mill. Peanuts for the talent and years playing for us. If we can even get 40 for eriksen that's 60 mill for a 20 year old not even in his prime yet. I can't see bayern shelling out 100 mill for him and barca have de Jong. Once in a gen talent he is. Can't see us doing it though sadly.

IMO we need to move away from the number 10 playmaker model. For years we've funnelled everything through Eriksen to a point where we're good or bad as a direct result of how he plays. We're also weak defensively with 2 in CM. I think we need to move to 433 with Ndombele or LoCelso breaking forward from midfield or finding the type of passes Ndombele excels at from deeper.

 

[danielneeds]

If eriksen goes, we need to brave and go balls deep for havertz. We get a player for the next 10 years in a key position. Leverkusen want 100 mill. Peanuts for the talent and years playing for us. If we can even get 40 for eriksen that's 60 mill for a 20 year old not even in his prime yet. I can't see bayern shelling out 100 mill for him and barca have de Jong. Once in a gen talent he is. Can't see us doing it though sadly.

Havertz already has the Bayerns and Reals beating a path down to his door. Way beyond us.

 

[Hazelton]

I'm not sure if Depay is the answer but he's the type of player that we've been missing for years. The Hazard, Mahrez, Sanchez, Silva, Salah type of player who creates something out of nothing and wins games with a moment of brilliance.

 

[ToDarrenIsToDo]

Yes but we also had ITK that we can’t pay £40-50m for more than a few players and that we also won’t pay £40m+ for a full back. To sign the aforementioned players would take us way beyond the sums implied by previous ITK. To replace/progress the team we need several more players in the £40-£50m+ bracket but I can’t see that happening anytime soon. The only way around this is to be creative and either pillage the contract running down pool and/or sign players on a loan to perm... taking the expenditure into the next financial year.

If we've spent £40m in the past for Sanchez, Up to £62m for Tanguy and a reported option for c£55m on Lo Celso, I'm sure the club will be open to spending the same again if the right player comes up. I do agree that we need to be creative, which is why I back the kind of deal we saw with Clarke in the summer.

 

[pelayo59]

Havertz already has the Bayerns and Reals beating a path down to his door. Way beyond us.

And Ndombele had City, Juve, PSG etc ?

 

[danielneeds]

And Ndombele had City, Juve, PSG etc ?

And if one of those, particularly City and Real hadn’t prioritised others - Rodri, Pogba - then we wouldn’t have got him.

 

[Japhet]

IMO, if we're going to spend big money in Jan, a quality RB is the top priority. I'd like to see Tanganga given some sort of chance at CB before we commit to a signing. We were supposedly interested in Saliba and I doubt he has more potential than Tanganga. We also need to decide if we're going to use Skipp at DM or chuck some money at it.

 

[ToDarrenIsToDo]

If eriksen goes, we need to brave and go balls deep for havertz. We get a player for the next 10 years in a key position. Leverkusen want 100 mill. Peanuts for the talent and years playing for us. If we can even get 40 for eriksen that's 60 mill for a 20 year old not even in his prime yet. I can't see bayern shelling out 100 mill for him and barca have de Jong. Once in a gen talent he is. Can't see us doing it though sadly.

There have only been 5x £100m+ transfers in the history of the game. No English team has ever paid that much for a player ever so I highly doubt Spurs will be the ones to break the mould.