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Other clubs transfer thread summer 2019 edition (Official: Madrid sign Hazard)

Clrnc

65m and we are not even in for him? So disgusted with the state of play in football nowadays.

Claudius

Ndombele is one of the few talents I’ve really wanted over the last 2 years. To see him go to Spurs is just confirmation of how the pendulum has swung in North London. Be under no illusion. Three years for them in the Champions League while we fuck around in swill is exactly that. They will be thought of as a big club by 22 year old players and we will be seen as also rans. And we no longer have a financial advantage over them as well where we can course correct over time. This could be the new normal if Emery and Pochettino stick around. Just fuck Gazidis.

Claudius

I wonder how much Aouar will go when the time comes.

Jed

ohboy!!! wrote:

We need an overhaul.

I am sick watching this unfold in front of us. Infuriating

Fucking hell

Claudius

Jed, you’re not laughing, but Klopp is
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-in-very-concrete-discussions-17258229

Clrnc

Why isn't Madrid or PSG etc buying Ndombele? Stupid idiots disappear when we need them.

He is one of the surest star out there. Absolutely world class CM

Gazza M

juve and real seem to be dicking around with other priorities like pogba

city have a wealth of options already

united are in a state of europa-induced flux

barca have made their big move for frenkie

atleti have made their big move for felix and have decent midfield options already

PSG - beats me. they seem to be destabilised by the neymar situation

we are thrashing about in a pool of our own excrement

spurs basically have an open field

i'm actually steaming about this as much as them making the CL final. there was already a small gap between us, if they make all the right moves and we fuck up again, that gap will become a chasm that won't be bridged for 5 years+. fuck wenger, fuck gazidis, and fuck stan. pricks stood watch this all unfold

jones

PSG are signing Milinkovic Savic from the looks of it

I won't sweat Ndombele to Spurs until it's done

jones

And when he does sign for them I'll call him shit and say I never rated him

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Hard to take.

Gods hate us.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Wonder how many more seasons of this awful, ugly football landscape combined with things going well for our rivals/Spurs while we decline due to negligence/a scumbag owner before I stop following football.

Raul, you can halt this.

Claudius

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert wrote:
Wonder how many more seasons of this awful, ugly football landscape combined with things going well for our rivals/Spurs while we decline due to negligence/a scumbag owner before I stop following football.

Raul, you can halt this.

I’m probably a season away. May sound mercenary, but we don’t have the assets or capabilities to compete. Without a top manager and if we don’t organize ourselves on the technical front, I barely see a point. Empty seats in the stands. And in living rooms. It’s coming.

Kel Varnsen

I haven't seen much of Ndombele, but from what I've seen he looks like a decent player, but not much else. Don't think he'll improve Spurs that much.

But, it is interesting to see that Spurs are able and willing to splash out £65 mill on a player right after their stadium is done, and in spite of the escalating costs. We can talk about why this is happening all day, but fact is that both Liverpool and Tottenham appear more ambitious than us. We are about to be left behind unless something changes.

BWoolley

Because they will probably sell Eriksen for 100M. They have always been smarter than us (who hasn't) at selling players. It's just that their buying (and coaching) have caught up in recent seasons while we still live in the 90's on that count.

goon

Kel Varnsen wrote:
I haven't seen much of Ndombele, but from what I've seen he looks like a decent player, but not much else. Don't think he'll improve Spurs that much.

But, it is interesting to see that Spurs are able and willing to splash out £65 mill on a player right after their stadium is done, and in spite of the escalating costs. We can talk about why this is happening all day, but fact is that both Liverpool and Tottenham appear more ambitious than us. We are about to be left behind unless something changes.

They didn't spend a single penny last season. Their net spend is also lower in the last 5 years than anyone in the league.

It's actually strikingly similar to our stadium move phase.

goon

BWoolley wrote:
Because they will probably sell Eriksen for 100M. They have always been smarter than us (who hasn't) at selling players. It's just that their buying (and coaching) have caught up in recent seasons while we still live in the 90's on that count.

And yet they finished just a point ahead of us and haven't won a trophy in over a decade.

Seriously, Tottenham is not who we should be aspiring to 'catch'.

Claudius

What if Eriksen doesn’t move?

BWoolley

goon wrote:
BWoolley wrote:
Because they will probably sell Eriksen for 100M. They have always been smarter than us (who hasn't) at selling players. It's just that their buying (and coaching) have caught up in recent seasons while we still live in the 90's on that count.

And yet they finished just a point ahead of us and haven't won a trophy in over a decade.

Seriously, Tottenham is not who we should be aspiring to 'catch'.

I agree with you that we should be aspiring to Liverpool and not Sp*rs. However, this whole trophy argument is bizarre tbh. People said the same thing about Klopp never having won a final etc etc (of course, he has Bundesliga titles under his belt, so not exactly the same). One way to put it is that they finished just a point ahead of us. The other way to see it is that they have finished ahead of us two years in a row with lower spend on the squad and a significantly lower wage bill (which is the primary driver). While I agree that can't be the aspiration, I would disagree with the "just a point ahead".

Mirth

BWoolley wrote:
goon wrote:
And yet they finished just a point ahead of us and haven't won a trophy in over a decade.

Seriously, Tottenham is not who we should be aspiring to 'catch'.

I agree with you that we should be aspiring to Liverpool and not Sp*rs. However, this whole trophy argument is bizarre tbh. People said the same thing about Klopp never having won a final etc etc (of course, he has Bundesliga titles under his belt, so not exactly the same). One way to put it is that they finished just a point ahead of us. The other way to see it is that they have finished ahead of us two years in a row with lower spend on the squad and a significantly lower wage bill (which is the primary driver). While I agree that can't be the aspiration, I would disagree with the "just a point ahead".

Equally, this is the most successful Tottenham team in at least five decades whereas we're at our lowest point since the mid 80s. From an objective view, if this is the absolute worst it gets for us and the best it gets for them, I can live with that.

The real worry we have is whether the club is on a downward trend - and that's a problem regardless of what Spurs do.

jones

We should aspire to be Arsenal ffs. Liverpool have won a CL due to the most embarrassing downing of tools of Barcelona and their last league title was witnessed by less than half the forum. How do you not feel shame saying stuff like aspiring to be them? Shades of Ox wanking Gerrard off on camera

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