** Summer Transfer Window 2011/12 Season Rumours/Signings **

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Stag said:
Do we actually have concrete evidence what wage he is on?

Not if there are cheaper alternatives, but if money is no barrier to super rich clubs and they want a player desperately, then sure. Fernando Torres £50m anyone?
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It just seemed widely reported that he was more than doubling and maybe close to trebling his wage if he moved. Its only speculation to be fair though.

Torres is as bad an example as the Henderson one I used! :D The Torres at full force and based on what he had done was probably a £50m player. Equally based on his last year and his niggling injuries and dire need of a rest he was a busted flush. After the move to Chelsea the latter looked more than the former but only time will tell on that one.

Im not sure what his value is to Spurs is really the question anymore. Its a double-edged sword for spurs between "how much can we screw out of Chelsea if we keep rejecting offers?" and "How soon do we need to sell to give Harry the time and cash to bring in players before the deadline?"
 
I'm going to stick my neck out and say unless Chelsea offer +£40m Modric won't leave Spurs this season.
 
Weebull said:
£35m would buy Spurs one striker of the kind of ability they want to aim for, and leave them a bit of pocket change after.

Three 10-12 million strikers would not nearly be good enough for them.
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For Spurs, i think its about buying the right players rather than their value. Defoe, Crouch, Pav etc are decent players but if you cant get them into a system then they look bad.

Its hard to get away from the fact that when VDV came in the strikers stopped scoring.
 
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For Spurs, i think its about buying the right players rather than their value. Defoe, Crouch, Pav etc are decent players but if you cant get them into a system then they look bad.

Its hard to get away from the fact that when VDV came in the strikers stopped scoring.
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This is true, to accomidate VDV you need a player to able to play as a lone striker. The season Spurs got top four they played a conventional 4-4-2, we looked like scoring at will. Then VDV came in, and as good as he is I think it hindered spurs simply becasue Crouch, Defoe, and Pav cant play on their own. If we got someone like Adebeyor it could defiantly work with VDV.
 
It's not so much the presence of VDV but the fact he is the first name on the forward list and didn't provide enough to others, but formed an effective finisher to Crouchie knock downs. Sadly Crouch's aerial threat has learnt to be dealt with by most Prem defences, so he was more an assist machine for VDV than anything except in Europe.

Defoe didn't get his form back and Harry lost faith in him, if he'd work with VDV will be up to Defoe to find form and build on their understanding.

Pav didn't get consistent, arguably because he didn't get the chance too, same for Defoe.

Robbie Keane? Well, as much I used to love the guy, he no longer has that burst that used to cut out chances so effectively, still lethal given the chance though.
 
Tummy said:
Still think Tottenham have the best squad in the league?
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Post where I said that, I said they had the fewest weaknesses in depth. Which for some reason your cro-magnon level of understanding perceived to mean best.

If you look at how the league panned out I think you'll note that all the top teams used injuries as excuses and had to utilise sub-par reinforcements. The best indication of this is reflected in the fact all the top teams failed to show any consistent dominance compared to previous seasons.

Even two years ago the league had become determined on a 'big-four' mini-league, with top 4 teams very rarely slipping up against other teams, this is definitely no longer the case as the 'big-four' no longer really exists as it did.
The lower clubs have closed the gap and the top tier is now more like 6 clubs than 4.
 
A yes or no would have done.

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Arsenal trio Cesc Fabregas, Nicklas Bendtner and Manuel Almunia have not been included on the club's training tour of Germany .
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All three to be leaving?

Are they injured?
 
Stag said:
It's not so much the presence of VDV but the fact he is the first name on the forward list and didn't provide enough to others, but formed an effective finisher to Crouchie knock downs. Sadly Crouch's aerial threat has learnt to be dealt with by most Prem defences, so he was more an assist machine for VDV than anything except in Europe.

Defoe didn't get his form back and Harry lost faith in him, if he'd work with VDV will be up to Defoe to find form and build on their understanding.

Pav didn't get consistent, arguably because he didn't get the chance too, same for Defoe.

Robbie Keane? Well, as much I used to love the guy, he no longer has that burst that used to cut out chances so effectively, still lethal given the chance though.
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Its hard to argue with the destructive effect Harry has had on Spurs strikers in the last while.

He killed bent who went on to be a £20m striker (makes you wonder what Harry's wife is currently worth)

Defoe, Pav and Keane are all really toiling as well.

VDV looks great but its at the expense of the strikers at the club so his overall effect is actually a negative one and the manager has to look at why the strikers are not scoring and the fact that the attacking midfielder is on 15 goals doesnt really compensate.
 
Stag said:
Post where I said that, I said they had the fewest weaknesses in depth. Which for some reason your cro-magnon level of understanding perceived to mean best.

If you look at how the league panned out I think you'll note that all the top teams used injuries as excuses and had to utilise sub-par reinforcements. The best indication of this is reflected in the fact all the top teams failed to show any consistent dominance compared to previous seasons.

Even two years ago the league had become determined on a 'big-four' mini-league, with top 4 teams very rarely slipping up against other teams, this is definitely no longer the case as the 'big-four' no longer really exists as it did.
The lower clubs have closed the gap and the top tier is now more like 6 clubs than 4.
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Not really though. Spurs have had their moment in the sun and Man City have thrown enough vast quanitites of cash at the league to have an influence but not much has actually changed.

Spurs havent spent anything yet to get back in the top four.

City have their best player wanting to leave and are still acting like a pop star who will get to number one by buying their own cds.

Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea and Asenal will all be hovering this season.
 
Stag said:
To a statement I never made? No, an explanation was needed to counter your pathetic attempt at point scoring. :p
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I'm sure you did :)

Not point scoring, hadn't seen you post in a while so wanted your opinion on how Spurs's squad is holding up.
 
I don't think Modric will go this season. End of.

And he wont drop his performance level either. He's just not that sort of player. If he does he's only likely to find himself warming the bench for the next five years. And if he does that, who's going to want him at the end of it? He's more likely to try harder to make rival clubs bid even more money so that Spurs lose their resolve to hang on to him.
 
Tummy said:
All three to be leaving?

Are they injured?
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No idea on Almunia but I don't see a future for him at the club. Fabregas has a muscle injury and Wenger did say it will be touch and go as to whether they take him to Germany or not. Bendtner is apparently in talks with Dortmund and a Portuguese club.
 
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