samjp26 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 If all goes well anyway, things don't always click. On paper its a very good team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I think Spurs will win the Europa league (they have to have the best team in the competition, right?) and get UCL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Why is this being reported as £93m then? Surely its £78m plus Contreao. Or are Madrid desperate to break the World Transfer Record again? The Ibrahimovic transfer got reported as 69 million pounds when it was really 49 plus Eto'o because both those transfers are correct the way they were reported. same as Milner / Ireland. Milner went for £24m, and at the same time we bought Ireland for £8m. It might net off to Milner being sold for £18m + Ireland, but in fact it is 2 totally separate transfers. Agent fees, signing-on fees, etc.. are all calculated based on each transfer being a separate deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 The Carew - Baros swap was similar. We had to give Liverpool 20% of the "fee" we got for Baros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 21, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 21, 2013 The Carew - Baros swap was similar. We had to give Liverpool 20% of the "fee" we got for Baros.£4.3m each 'swap' IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Lloris Walker- Kaboul-Vertonghen-Contraeo Sandro- Dembele/Capoue Lennon/Lamela-Paulinho-Chadli/William Soldado Looks good to me that. AVB should be sacked if he can't manage that into the champions league. Been such a good summer for them if this all comes off. They're also chasing another centre back for what it's worth. Lamela - Paulinho - Willian has the potential to be just as good as Hazard - Oscar - Mata, given time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I agree, Rose is probably a better defender. If Bale is ahead of you, you don't need a great attacking left back. It's definitely a team that can compete at the top rather than for 4th anyhoo. Coentrao has his critics but Danny Rose a better defender?! WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Is this Spurs song the first ever successful attempt to remove something from the internet? I can't find the damn thing anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 The fee stated may also explain why Saints are splashing the cash knowing they've got the thick end of £20m on its way when Bale gets sold. That's Osvaldo's fee and contract paid for thanks Mr Levy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 The fee stated may also explain why Saints are splashing the cash knowing they've got the thick end of £20m on its way when Bale gets sold. That's Osvaldo's fee and contract paid for thanks Mr Levy. Southampton sold their sell on fee a couple of years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I wonder why it's seemingly ok for Spurs to purchase named experienced players and when anyone mentions us doing the same he is pillared from pillow to post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I wonder why it's seemingly ok for Spurs to purchase named experienced players and when anyone mentions us doing the same he is pillared from pillow to post? How many reasons would you like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 21, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 21, 2013 The fee stated may also explain why Saints are splashing the cash knowing they've got the thick end of £20m on its way when Bale gets sold. That's Osvaldo's fee and contract paid for thanks Mr Levy.Southampton sold their sell on fee a couple of years back.They didn't sell all of it. The thinking is that instead of getting over £20m they'll get around £9m instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I wonder why it's seemingly ok for Spurs to purchase named experienced players and when anyone mentions us doing the same he is pillared from pillow to post? Are they though? They've only bought Soldado so far who is a big name, and Coentrao if that somehow happens. The rest have been promising young players from abroad, but they also have somewhere in the region of £100m of income on the horizon, so can afford to spend bigger on the more promising players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I wonder why it's seemingly ok for Spurs to purchase named experienced players and when anyone mentions us doing the same he is pillared from pillow to post? I think it might have something to do with the big gulf in quality between the "experienced" players they can attract with their 100M spending, and the ones we can. Do you honestly think people would be against signing Soldado, Paulinho et al? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) I wonder why it's seemingly ok for Spurs to purchase named experienced players and when anyone mentions us doing the same he is pillared from pillow to post? Mostly because Spurs are buying good ones. Soldado > Berbatov Paulinho / Charlie Adam They "named" players you have been touting are either a) too old not good enough or c) both. Of course there is also the pesky financial gulf between us and Spurs..... who can happily afford to pay the types of salaries required to encourage them to sign. Benteke last season was on c.£20k p/w. Would Berbatov or Soldado have signed for Villa on that salary? No. Are Paulinho and Charlie Adam earning more than Westwood,Sylla,KEA and Delph combined? Quite possibly. Do I need to continue? Edited August 21, 2013 by Eames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I wonder why it's seemingly ok for Spurs to purchase named experienced players and when anyone mentions us doing the same he is pillared from pillow to post? Because they are on the verge of selling a player who will cover the cost of all their signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartarugaJones Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) The fee stated may also explain why Saints are splashing the cash knowing they've got the thick end of £20m on its way when Bale gets sold. That's Osvaldo's fee and contract paid for thanks Mr Levy. Would you believe it, that wily old Mr Levy spent £3m to get the sell-on clause removed from his contract a year or so after we bought him! He was a young player they developed though, so they still get something, I think I read it will be around £2m Edited August 21, 2013 by TartarugaJones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartarugaJones Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I wonder why it's seemingly ok for Spurs to purchase named experienced players and when anyone mentions us doing the same he is pillared from pillow to post? How do you mean 'named', experienced players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I wonder why it's seemingly ok for Spurs to purchase named experienced players and when anyone mentions us doing the same he is pillared from pillow to post? Are they though? They've only bought Soldado so far who is a big name, and Coentrao if that somehow happens. The rest have been promising young players from abroad, but they also have somewhere in the region of £100m of income on the horizon, so can afford to spend bigger on the more promising players. Paulinho, a Brazilian international who starred in their recent confederation cup win isn't established? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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