The Transfer Wishlist Thread

[THFCSPURS19]

 

[spursfan77]

Oh fuck, deano has spoken!

Don’t have to necessarily spend lots, just have to spend it right.

 

[Trees]

Tbf Dier was probably our best cb for the few games he played towards the end. Never stopped shouting at those around him. Think with a good preseason behind him getting coached in the role by Jose and it might just save us a bit of money to spend on a player we desperately need, a midfielder to protect he defence. Too many times this season players have just been running directly at our cb’s

I thought Dier had turned the corner a bit at the back. But 1 year left on contract and it might be spending some more time in the stands with his brother’s mate after meeting with the FA.

 

[Gbspurs]

If you said Ziyech is top notch Bergwijn should be there where he has very,very similar stats in Eredivisie in worse team. And he already showed in PL that he's good. Also add Kane to that category.



He isn't.

Agree about Mount, Dele is miles better. Mount is a MOTD player. Watch anyone of our highlights from recently and you will see Dele heavily involved in anything good.

 

[daryl hannah]

And yet Jose allegedly wanted 8 players about 2 months ago...

Can't see the point of not signing those 8 players having brought Jose in... bit pointless really. Might as well have brought in Eddie Howe.

More deals structured along the lines of Gedson's or Lo Celso's original deals and we should be fine.

 

[mr ashley]

And yet Jose allegedly wanted 8 players about 2 months ago...

Can't see the point of not signing those 8 players having brought Jose in... bit pointless really. Might as well have brought in Eddie Howe.

More deals structured along the lines of Gedson's or Lo Celso's original deals and we should be fine.

Eddie Howe’s stock has fallen off a cliff this season. You could argue he’s been unlucky with injuries, but as things stand you could see Bournemouth going down, and then being asset-stripped. The chances of him being the next England/Spurs/Everton manager fade by the day.

 

[DiVaio]

If Dean said that we will do opposite and spend a lot

 

[Johno1470]

The reality is no one actually knows how this will impact clubs ambitions in the transfer market. Everything is still up in the air. I’m sure if the club come across a deal that works and a player that we rate, we’ll make it happen.

 

[JayB]

With the ITK and journalist reports that we are going to have another summer with zero net spend, I'd say a realistic summer window might look something like this, by order of priority:

1) DM: Hojbjerg in a swap deal for KWP (and probably a bit more money on top). Going into the last year of his contract he should be available at an affordable price, and we're in a good position to send a reasonably highly rated young homegrown talent in part exchange.

2) Striker: Edouard. Celtic have never been able to demand big fees and we've been linked in the media. We can probably throw in Parrott on loan to sweeten the deal and potentially bring the price down a little. Provided that we're able to shift enough of our deadwood to cover one reasonable fee, I don't see why this shouldn't be possible for around 20-25m.

3) RB: Meunier on a free. We've been linked with him in the media, he's out of contract, it just makes sense. He's not the modern fullback who gets up and down the pitch that we truly need, but he's a perfectly fine signing to paper over the cracks for a season or two until the financial crisis we've been thrust into passes.

4) CB: Either Foyth impresses Jose between now and the end of the season and stakes a claim or we make a loan signing. With Dier shifted back to CB and looking like he was finally back to his best before the lockdown, Sanchez and Tanganga as relatively young and improving talents, and Toby as a declining-yet-experienced fourth choice, we really just need one more player here to make up the numbers in case Toby proves to no longer be fit for purpose or Tanganga flounders. In an ideal world it'd be a top young talent but we can make do without for now, IMO.

In order to do all of this we'd only need to raise the money to sign Edouard and whatever fee would be necessary in addition to swapping KWP for Hojbjerg. I'd estimate that at about 30-35m total, which should be attainable between the sales of players like Rose, Sissoko, Lamela, and academy players such as Amos and CCV.

It's true enough that we can expect the fees we receive for those player will be depressed by the current environment but it's also true that the fees Soton and Celtic will be able to demand will also be affected. This wishlist is not what I would have come up with three months ago (either in terms of the quality of the signings or in terms of the total number of positions that we'd be looking to address), but I think it would be a prudent step forward for the club given the circumstances.

 

[dtxspurs]

@JayB unfortunately that's just too reasonable to actually happen.

 

[JayB]

@JayB unfortunately that's just too reasonable to actually happen.

I understand the pessimism but I don't see why it shouldn't be feasible. All of the reports and ITK suggest that we won't have a net spend, not that we won't be active in the market full stop. Levy is used to operating on zero net spend having only deviated from that m.o. twice in the past decade (signing Sissoko and last summer), so I don't see why he can't do it again.

Selling our deadwood will be a problem, as it always is, but you'd think that sugardaddy clubs such as Newcastle, Everton, and Wolves would hold some interest in the players we're looking to shift. We don't need much in order to sign Edouard and Hojbjerg, who will both be available at affordable prices.

 

[dtxspurs]

I understand the pessimism but I don't see why it shouldn't be feasible. All of the reports and ITK suggest that we won't have a net spend, not that we won't be active in the market full stop. Levy is used to operating on zero net spend having only deviated from that m.o. twice in the past decade (signing Sissoko and last summer), so I don't see why he can't do it again.

Selling our deadwood will be a problem, as it always is, but you'd think that sugardaddy clubs such as Newcastle, Everton, and Wolves would hold some interest in the players we're looking to shift. We don't need much in order to sign Edouard and Hojbjerg, who will both be available at affordable prices.

I think an equally big issue will be finding buyers for the players we want to sell. If we can't spend 25 mil what makes us think that someone will pay reasonable money for Foyth, Sissoko or Lamela?

 

[mr ashley]

With the ITK and journalist reports that we are only going to have another summer with zero net spend, I'd say a realistic summer window might look something like this, by order of priority:

1) DM: Hojbjerg in a swap deal for KWP (and probably a bit more money on top). Going into the last year of his contract he should be available at an affordable price, and we're in a good position to send a reasonably highly rated young homegrown talent in part exchange.

2) Striker: Edouard. Celtic have never been able to demand big fees and we've been linked in the media. We can probably throw in Parrott on loan to sweeten the deal and potential bring the price down a little. Provided that we're able to shift enough of our deadwood to cover one reasonable fee, I don't see why this shouldn't be possible for around 20-25m.

3) RB: Meunier on a free. We've been linked with him in the media, he's out of contract, it just makes sense. He's not the modern fullback who gets up and down the pitch that we truly need, but he's a perfectly fine signing to paper over the cracks for a season or two until the financial crisis we've been thrust into passes.

4) CB: Either Foyth impresses Jose between now and the end of the season and stakes a claim or we make a loan signing. With Dier shifted back to CB and looking like he was finally back to his best before the lockdown, Sanchez and Tanganga as relatively young and improving talents, and Toby as a declining-yet-experienced fourth choice, we really just need one more player here to make up the numbers in case Toby proves to no longer be fit for purpose or Tanganga flounders. In an ideal world it'd be a top young talent but we can make do without for now, IMO.

In order to do all of this we'd only need to raise the money to sign Edouard and whatever fee would be necessary in addition to swapping KWP for Hojbjerg. I'd estimate that at about 30-35m total, which should be attainable between the sales of players like Rose, Sissoko, Lamela, and academy players such as Amos and CCV.

It's true enough that we can expect the fees we receive for those player will be depressed by the current environment but it's also true that the fees Soton and Celtic will be able to demand will also be affected. This wishlist is not what I would have come up with three months ago (either in terms of the quality of the signings or in terms of the total number of positions that we'd be looking to address), but I think it would be a prudent step forward for the club given the circumstances.

In all honesty I’d like to think we could keep either Sissoko or lamela in that scenario, unless we were going to go for eze. But in general this post is the most realistic and sensible. The only other link I keep seeing is for Fraser. Another free, a good rotation option with crazy pace and a knowledge of the league. As a trade for lamela, I’d say if all of that happened we would have renovated rather than upgraded the squad pretty well.

 

[JayB]

I think an equally big issue will be finding buyers for the players we want to sell. If we can't spend 25 mil what makes us think that someone will pay reasonable money for Foyth, Sissoko or Lamela?

Chelsea are showing what is possible in the current environment when a club is backed by a suggardaddy. That describes nearly half the Premier League at this point. It's the richest league in the world, there will likely be a bit of spending this summer even if fees deflate massively because of the situation.

We only need to make two or three sales of between 10-15m in order to make the wishlist I posted possible. Between Rose, Lamela, Sissoko and Foyth we should hopefully be able to find two or three buyers.

 

[mr ashley]

Chelsea are showing what is possible in the current environment when a club is backed by a suggardaddy. That describes nearly half the Premier League at this point. It's the richest league in the world, there will likely be a bit of spending this summer even if fees deflate massively because of the situation.

We only need to make two or three sales of between 10-15m in order to make the wishlist I posted possible. Between Rose, Lamela, Sissoko and Foyth we should hopefully be able to find two or three buyers.

My only worry is how keen lamela and Sissoko would be to cut their losses and move on. They both appear to be popular members of the squad, and (lamela especially) settled in London. Maybe the problem would be moving them on when they would prefer to stay and fight for their place. This might be where José comes into his element.

 

[JayB]

My only worry is how keen lamela and Sissoko would be to cut their losses and move on. They both appear to be popular members of the squad, and (lamela especially) settled in London. Maybe the problem would be moving them on when they would prefer to stay and fight for their place. This might be where José comes into his element.

Failing to successfully push players out the door has been a major failing of our transfer setup over the past few years. Hopefully you're right that Jose can help in this regard.

Honestly, Rose is as good as gone and Foyth almost surely wants out (and is such a highly rated talent that it seems nearly certain there'd be interest in him). Those two, in and of themselves, may be enough to provide us with the funding we need. I also think Sissoko would be willing to go as he's getting older and has only two years remaining on his contract. Locking in a new contract on PL-level wages would extend his career earnings. Lamela will be very difficult to shift right now, but I could see Newcastle having some interest.

 

[DiVaio]

All of the reports and ITK suggest that we won't have a net spend, not that we won't be active in the market full stop.

Tbf that ITK same as a media has a links to agent when every of them is saying that club on swap deals or people from the club who until season will be completed will rather say pessimistic scenario.

Still hoping that loans could also mean Ruben Dias with deal similar to Gedson ?

 

[mr ashley]

Failing to successfully push players out the door has been a major failing of our transfer setup over the past few years. Hopefully you're right that Jose can help in this regard.

Honestly, Rose is as good as gone and Foyth almost surely wants out (and is such a highly rated talent that it seems nearly certain there'd be interest in him). Those two, in and of themselves, may be enough to provide us with the funding we need. I also think Sissoko would be willing to go as he's getting older and has only two years remaining on his contract. Locking in a new contract on PL-level wages would extend his career earnings. Lamela will be very difficult to shift right now, but I could see Newcastle having some interest.

There’s a heck of a lot of presumption (not you specifically-it’s everywhere) that Newcastle’s takeover will happen. I get that money talks (it’s the PL after all), and if poch ends up there then it’s natural to make the link (former Player/Argentina etc). Maybe we’ll be able to shift Foyth there too- another Bogof! Until they appoint a new manager, I don’t see Newcastle as an easy out for anyone

 

[Cochise]

The rumoured 5 that we are willing to sell are Lamela, Foyth, KWP, Sissoko and Rose. We could maybe get 50m for the lot, maybe another 5-10 from assorted sales.

Meunier and Fraser for free gives us our second RB and another wide option. I'm still not sure on Hojberg, but swapping him for KWP and a bit of cash seems reasonable. Would leave enough to put towards either a new backup striker or a CB.

 

[Deleted member 22380]

The rumoured 5 that we are willing to sell are Lamela, Foyth, KWP, Sissoko and Rose. We could maybe get 50m for the lot, maybe another 5-10 from assorted sales.

Meunier and Fraser for free gives us our second RB and another wide option. I'm still not sure on Hojberg, but swapping him for KWP and a bit of cash seems reasonable. Would leave enough to put towards either a new backup striker or a CB.

It would be silly to sell Sissoko. First, he is a valuable squad player, rarely injured and capable of playing multiple positions. Even if his not in Jose’s first XI, he would be very useful off the bench. Second, where are these rumours coming from that names him as a departure. I don’t think I have ever seen his name linked in the press.
Spurs like to feature him on social media in training pics, which suggests he is a big part of the squad in the future.