Portuguese outlet ABola can be hit and miss in the quality of their transfer rumour reporting, however this particular tale does warrant greater thought.
International midfielders of Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes’ stature make for more interesting consideration in unusual times such as these. And this is a good point to discuss the relationship between José Mourinho and Daniel Levy.
My source tells me that the two have a meaningful working accord, which is not to be confused with the absolute propagandist guff doing the rounds about how close Levy and Poch were. Sure, those two were and remains friends, but when it comes to transfers, Pochettino was a full blown spectator.
Regular readers might recall Alasdair Gold telling us all how calm and cordial everyone was at Hotspur Way, how Poch’s office was just across the landing from Levy’s. That was about 24hours before the Argentinian was sacked.
Tottenham’s signings to date prove that José is very much involved and helping to steer the boat, somewhat. One can understand why. Daniel has never employed such an experienced and distinguished coach. Indeed, Mourinho command the level of respect that had already earned him approximately twice Pochettino’s salary.
Which makes Pizzi to Spurs better than a crazed idea. Mourinho has a girth of nice midfield boys that would arguably be more at home in an eyelash tinting competition than they would be in a push for silverware – and he knows it, because he’s already gone public with it.
Sure, Pizzi isn’t a long term bet, he’s 30. However, Mourinho isn’t here to waffle on about building, he’s here to win. If that offends you, then there’s an off button located on all television sets. At the alleged €20million, I’d snap him up.
Quick question. If he doesn’t like football why was he a season ticket holder at spurs?
🎼he’s always making plans is Daniel
He just needs some helpful faaans
N€w lan€ l€vy. Don’t get him muddled up with old lane levy. Two different levys
Spurs fans are gagging for success. Is Levy the man to give us that? – no, unless by sheer dumb luck.
As far as I’m concerned he’s only been in the job a year.
I think that everybody who contributes to this site genuinely wants the club to do well. We all want to start winning silverware as we have done in the past. Some of us will be happy if we do it playing a style of football which is an anathema to most Spurs fans, but we will all welcome success. My question to my fellow contributors is this, is Levy doing a good job for THFC, I stress the football club not Enic? As the highest paid PL chairman in the league, is it not his job to bring on field success to the club and it’s long suffering fans. When you are the CEO of any business, and a well remunerated one for that, are you not judged by your results? It is my assertion that Levy is a disaster for the football club we all support and that his track record is amply demonstrates. He is a bean counter, as amusingly posted by a previous blog. A square peg in a round hole who has held the club back with innumerable bad decisions in terms of managerial appointments and transfer decisions. I stress that he neither likes or knows anything about football. He might have paid Lewis and himself a lot of money but what has he really achieved for the supporters. When the CEO of a public company continues to fail over a long period of time, in Levy’s case, twenty years, he normally gets sacked. Even if the new stadium generates enormous revenue in the forthcoming years, does anybody really believe that Levy will change his spots?
Peeved but willing to help out
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Hehe – thought you said they need an experienced Madam at Hotspur Way. Might turn some boys into men.
How would he feel playing right back?
Glory coming man. (In that fantastically welded shiny stadium🌚
MS is right – we traded our glory for a shiny stadium.
If you don’t let go of those resentments the incoming glory won’t taste as sweet.
The Great Swindle
Therein lies the rub. The ruthless master negotiator’s legacy so far is circa £650 mill of debt, excluding interest payments, ten sacked managers and countless recruitment staff, and one piece of silverware won in twenty years. What many fans fail to understand is that we are not a football club but a property company. Levy neither likes or knows anything about football, hence the lack of success.
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I’d take him. He’d be like another coach but one that plays. Hotspur way needs experienced mandem about the place. Can say to winks “stop passing it sideways
They’re probably spewing we snapped up Joe Hart then .🤣🤣
Be fkin harsh man, re them khunts
I didn’t want to be too harsh.
Nothing can be done about that now though.
I am not making a comparison with Chelsea but we did have £350 mill on our balance sheet before Levy went twice over budget with the new stadium, thereby obviating any chance of reinforcing the squad, hence two barren transfer windows.
Very true!
The more annoying thing is that it hasn’t worked for us 😆
Was thinking that myself🌚
Some?
Yeah but we ain’t bratva🌚
The annoying thing is it works for them,16 trophies since he took over.
It might have slipped your memory that we are also owned by a tax exile living in the Bahamas. Remember the saying, “Behind every great fortune, lies a great crime”. After Joe Lewis dies, you can read his unexpurgated biography.
And people think Levy is ruthless 🤣
🌚 good points
Yes, but can they play nicely together? Can Frank manage any ego issues in the dressing room? How will some of them feel when they realise that some of Chelsea’s fans are a bit racist?
A lot of quality there. I reckon they’ll gel quick. Please make me be wrong.
Only Chilwell has played in this country or the PL they have to hit the ground running and gel quickly as a team.
I’m worried about them.
If you were given permission to sign the Werners,Ziyech’s,Havertz and Chilwells of this world you could do the job,other managers won’t have the luxury.They still need a world class keeper,who they will probably sign next.
I’ve got a funny feeling he’ll do well there. He’s our main future worry. Pep&klopp won’t be at their respective clubs soonish. Gerrard gonna come back to pool and flop. poch gonna take over at city and flop too.
3 seasons in Spain – 3 different clubs – 31 in October
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I agree that we need players with the right mental attitude, especially a winning one. However, Pizzi smacks of short term planning rather than more forward thinking. At 30 years old he is likely to be less adaptable to a new culture and league that is different to Portugal. Will he hit the ground running and help us from the start of the season? It is a gamble with more downside than upside for me.
Conte wins the league gets sacked ,Sari finished third wins the Europa league gets sacked.Frank loses two cup finals,finishes fourth,17 defeats,worst defensive record in 22 seasons, only 1 clean sheet in 19 away games( against us )but they won’t have a bad word said about him. If his name wasn’t Lampard he would have been sacked also.
Dirty money club. I’m so glad we are not them
Chelsea had £152m in the bank , pre covid left over from player sales of Hazard,Morata,Luiz ,Aina and others .Chelsea still have Bakayoko,Drinkwater,Moses,Kenedy,Batshuayi,Zappacosta to sell plus either Alonso or Emerson. When the window closes they won’t have spent (nett )as much as it currently appears this season,.Werner,Ziyech,Havertz,Chilwell total £230m so far.
They can do that coz they’ve got dirty money to wash. Chelsea is a launderette. Keep up.
Chelsea have bought Ziyech, Werner and are about to buy Chilwell and Havertz with Thiago Silva and Sarr coming on a free. I don’t buy this transfer as I don’t buy Hart and Hjojberg as ” wonderful transfer business”. Levy shops in Poundland whilst our “competitors” will shop at Harrods. Mourinho might have more say on transfers than Poch, but ultimately and unfortunately, Levy will make the final decision based entirely on the cost. He is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Hmmmm, Pizzi’s photo isn’t the most convincing Harold – he’s cross-eyed! Add to the fact that he’s old and we have an abundance of players for his position already. Yes,he’s won a few trophies, but even I got the Egg & Spoon 50 yard dash as a kid (silver medal). I’m not sure winning mentality is good enough, he’s got to cope with a new league, a new country and a league that’s much faster and a lot more physical
At 30 and never playing PL is almost as much a gamble as signing a 21yr old.
It’s a total waste of time and money signing players of that age. Experience doesn’t have to come from players it comes from the manager, the team should be filled with young quality players in their best positions. One thing Levy won’t like as it costs money to buy quality. I can see the banners now, when the fans come back, Levy, Lewis and ENIC OUT!!
Yes, but is he a striker pretending to be a midfielder..