- Jul 3, 2006
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Lots of talk in the last week about an "overhaul" here at Spurs with a number of outlets stating as many as 12 leaving. They've also mentioned that there may be some surprises.
Guys like Janssen, Llorente, GKN, Wanyama, Eriksen, Toby & any of our fullbacks wouldn't amount to any surprise.
I believe one of them may be Lamela, which may not be surprising to many, given that he has had troubling physical issues during his spell here. But Poch's been quite loyal to him.
Maybe more controversially, I feel another may be Dier.
For the most part he's been a real asset to us both on field & off. His versatility has given us more flexibility in how we approach games & helped us change tactics without having to make substitutions going from the back line to midfield & vice versa. But he has been out more of late than ever before. Maybe Poch feels it's time to cash in on him & get more of a technical player.
With Lamela we may be able to get as much as £20M +/= a few million.
As for Dier, can we get £40-50M? A year ago there were quotes of much higher.
Could that money help us buy someone like Ndombele?
He'd give us a similar steel in midfield but with far more drive & threat going forward.
I feel it's worth it to push Juve for him. They've already parted with quite a bit of money for other players. How much more than the quoted £60M could they afford?
More importantly, do Spurs believe that is being 'brave'?
Just a thought.
Dier’s a great cash generator as we would get a handsome fee for him. He doesn’t suit our high press, he’s already stated he doesn’t want to play centre back and we’ve Foyth who’s more mobile, a lot younger, talented and covers all the positions Dier plays - RB, CB, DM. He’s a ready made replacement for Dier. Selling Dier and bringing in an athletic CM makes loads of sense.