2019 Summer Transfer Thread

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  1. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    I didn't see a new thread for this transfer window, so I figured we should have one, since we are already talking about transfers in game threads.

    I think it's important that we get business done early. Obviously, you want to have the players together for preseason training, but also I think it's important that there is a significant signing early on. This would show other potential signees (as well as some guys we want to hang on to) that the club is serious about contending for trophies.

    As far as who we should be after, I don't follow world soccer enough to have any brilliant ideas.
     
  2. El_Mittinho_ii

    May 31, 2015
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Continuity is key. I'd be more than happy starting the season with more or less the same first 11 as this - all fit, fresh, firing and ready to go. There is inevitably a bedding in period for any signings (especially in a fitness based, high impact pressing game such as ours) and it's easy to forget just how good we were until we totally ran out of gas.

    All that though is rather dependent on Eriksen and Alderweireld sticking around...

    What we need is more depth, players to be integrated into the system who will play a bigger role as the season goes on - how many injuries might we have avoided and how many more points won if the likes of Winks, Eriksen, Kane, Dele hadn't been playing every minute of every game?

    Basically we need a better Llorente, a better Wanyama, an alternative to Sissoko, and maybe just another body or 2. A fit Lamela would help too.

    I'd definitely be asking Monaco if we could trump Leicester for Youri Tielemans' signature, very impressive young player on loan at Leicester.

    West Ham - one Declan Rice please, that would be hilarious and it wouldn't be long before Dier had some real pressure on his place in the team. Ndidi from Leicester might be another option.

    The perfect midfielder for us IMO would be Ruben Loftus-Cheek but I doubt they'd sell, finally Sarri seems to have realised the player they have on their hands - hence Tielemans. Or Ruben Neves from Wolves, or Andre Gomes (loan at Everton).

    Batshuayi might be worth a look (is he only on loan at Palace or did they buy him?). Other than him I'm struggling to see too many good strikers around the Prem, might have to look elsewhere and I haven't been following other leagues closely enough to opine either way.

    Sessegnon is a good option for the left side if Danny Rose moves on.

    If Villa don't go up, expect more Jack Grealish chat. He's a hell of a player, but can't help but think he'd be instead of Eriksen rather than as well as...
     
  3. Golara

    Golara Member+

    Aug 3, 2007
    #3 Golara, May 6, 2019
    Last edited: May 6, 2019
    First off, no way West Ham or Chelsea will sell to us.

    The priorities are to replace Dier and Trippier, find a Dembele replacement in midfield, an attacking mid and bolster central defence.

    My candidate wish list:

    Defenders: Harry McGuire, Willy Boly, Nathan Ake, Wan Bissaka

    Midfielders: (the Dembele role) Abdouleye Doucouré, Idrissa Gaye

    Attackers: Diogo Jota, James Maddison, Zaha, Callum Wilson

    Goalkeeper: Heaton, Butland (or that kid from Bournemouth who played a blinder against us)

    These are Poch-like players, all good on the ball, all high energy and relatively young.
     
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  4. Count Chocula

    Count Chocula Member+

    May 7, 2010
    Cedar Falls, IA
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    United States
    as I see it, Spurs needs this summer:

    a destroyer DM to start ahead of Wanyama/Dier. sell one of those two off and keep the other as the backup

    a replacement for Toby (I am assuming he will be sold :(

    Spurs direly need a better fullback, and possibly 2. sell Aurier, he doesn't fit, IMO

    and finally, Spurs need a backup to Eriksen (if they can keep him) or a replacement (if forced to sell)


    evaluate fitness of Lamela as well. if he can only manage 10-12 matches, not worth keeping. the reason Spurs are shot to exhaustion down the stretch this season is depth and what depth they did have was always injured to begin with.
     
  5. adrenaline11

    adrenaline11 Member+

    Jul 29, 2010
    Toronto
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    Canada
  6. Lazy Assed Assassin

    Jul 21, 2015
    €50M for Eriksen, Bale on a two-year loan deal with RM picking up 50% of his wages.

    Code:
          Kane
    Bale  Dele  Son
    
    Could be fun if we find a decent Eriksen replacement.
     
  7. Count Chocula

    Count Chocula Member+

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  8. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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  9. electrickeeper

    electrickeeper The Ginger Pele
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    Oct 14, 2002
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  10. electrickeeper

    electrickeeper The Ginger Pele
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    Oct 14, 2002
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    I'd be over the moon if we managed to snag this fella:



    The music choice I'm less excited about.
     
  11. Count Chocula

    Count Chocula Member+

    May 7, 2010
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  12. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Well, part of that is, reportly, he wants to stay in London.
     
  13. El_Mittinho_ii

    May 31, 2015
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Chelsea can't sign anyone, and we can't compete with the money & position that the top 2 can offer.

    Realistically - Man Utd and Spurs will be looking at a lot of the same level of players. We can offer CL football, stability and progression, they can offer money, prestige and chaos.

    It's a win-win for us. They either sign on the dotted line, or they're the kind of money-motivated mercenaries we don't want anyway :D
     
  14. Lazy Assed Assassin

    Jul 21, 2015
    Hakim Ziyech looks like he’ll be available. He looked fantastic against us, probably too similar to Moura and Son though
     
  15. Sian

    Sian Member

    Dec 4, 2011
    From what I'm getting in Danish media, the reason Eriksen might well leave isn't really all that much of a question about wages, but more a sense of wanderlust in a "if I want to try another environment it'll better be now"
     
  16. BalanceUT

    BalanceUT RSL and THFC!

    Oct 8, 2006
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    That's weird, because as good as he is, he will find many places around the world to play 5 years from now. MLS will probably have teams that work for him, as well as China, Saudi Arabia, etc... if it's about how he'd do in another top Euro league, yeah, now's the time... but... really?
     
  17. Golara

    Golara Member+

    Aug 3, 2007
    Ziyech IS available, he has a 25 million euro release clause. At that price, he is a steal (and a better player in my opinion), than Grealish or Sessegnon, who would cost around 40 million pound each. If we are going to spend 40 mil on a young English player, I would go in for Wan Bissaka of Crystal Palace, as we need to improve at RB.
     
  18. Phillyspur

    Phillyspur Member+

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    Mar 18, 2007
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  19. Golara

    Golara Member+

    Aug 3, 2007
    And so it begins. Spanish newspaper As is reporting that Poch has indicated to the board that for him to stay on as manager, he would like to overhaul the squad by adding 4-5 players. Here is his target list:

    Tanguy Ndombele, Marseille
    Lo Celso, Betis
    Ryan Sessegnon, Fulham
    Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Palace
    Wilf Zaha, Palace
    Nicolò Zaniolo, Roma
    André Gomes, Barcelona
    Jack Grealish, Aston Villa
    Donny van de Beek, Ajax

    The article also mentions that Real are interested in Eriksen, who Levy values at 130 million pounds, and that Toby is considering playing out the final year of his contract to become a free agent.

    https://as.com/futbol/2019/06/03/internacional/1559542725_299105.html
     
  20. pookspur

    pookspur Moderator
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    Nov 3, 2001
    Indiana
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    'The Goat', one of the regular contributors of IFK on SC has stated that Eriksen has sold his house, for whatever that's worth.

    I'll add of my own volition that nobody anywhere is going to stump up 130m quid for Eriksen. He ain't that good.
     
  21. Golara

    Golara Member+

    Aug 3, 2007
    Good point, Chelsea have told Real that they want 120 million euros for Hazard and Florentino Perez is not willing to go above 100 million. Nowadays with all the TV money flowing around, clubs are less willing to sell and set out intentially high transfer fees to discourage potential suitors.
     
  22. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Meh. He's got a family. They have to be living somewhere.
     
  23. pookspur

    pookspur Moderator
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    Nov 3, 2001
    Indiana
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    he's also a multi-millionaire, which suggests he might be able to afford accommodations between purchases.

    believe me, I'm hardly suggesting that ITK is determinant - or even that it's correct. but there are alternatives to either owning a house or being on the street.
     
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  24. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    That was my point. People move. Just because he sold his house does not mean he is leaving Spurs. Hell, I've always found that an odd predictor for somebody of that level of wealth.
     
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