So Daniel Levy met the the THST (Tottenham Hotspur Supporter’s Trust) on Tuesday of last week.
Why the delay in sharing this* version of events with the proles?
Well you have to remember that *these minutes are the version approved for public consumption.
In fact, it makes for an interesting preface to this blog to note that the approved version normally gets released sooner, and so it emphasises how everything at the club is in a fog due to the protracted stadium build.
The flooding is a summary of dialogue about transfers.
- Do the funds still exist? What should we expect in the January window?
- DL explained that the Club had based the summer window on certain assumptions that some players might be leaving and certain targets would be available
- MP didn’t want to sign someone for the sake of it. He felt there were sufficient players in the squad, and that those coming back from injury would be like new signings
- DL said that, concerning budgets, the stadium won’t directly impact on the transfer policy. There is a certain amount earmarked for transfers and the Club can only spend what is available
- DL also said that transfers were complicated with several variables so it was not possible to work out in advance how much you could spend in a given window
Here’s my analysis.
- Do the funds still exist? What should we expect in the January window?
Only a child would ask this.
This isn’t pocket money that didn’t get spent on sweeties, and so can then be carried forward to the following week, so you can now afford to buy a cap gun a box of caps.
- DL explained that the Club had based the summer window on certain assumptions that some players might be leaving and certain targets would be available
The old sell to buy sketch. Also, any profits have been sunk into building a shopping mall.
- MP didn’t want to sign someone for the sake of it. He felt there were sufficient players in the squad, and that those coming back from injury would be like new signings
The truth is less palatable and will follow in an ITK blog to follow, but essentially he was offered more junk and declined it.
- DL said that, concerning budgets, the stadium won’t directly impact on the transfer policy. There is a certain amount earmarked for transfers and the Club can only spend what is available
False flag. The real issue here is time and dedication to the task. Also, any profits have been sunk into building a shopping mall.
- DL also said that transfers were complicated with several variables so it was not possible to work out in advance how much you could spend in a given window
This is true, but fundamentally a red herring. I know what I need when I do a weekly supermarket shop. Food for 7 days. Levy is trying to spin it so us mere mortals couldn’t begin to understand the complexities of the process.
Given his track record at winning trophies, it would suggest that it is he that is struggling with the basics.
Bottom Line
Spurs were the only side in Europe’s top 5 leagues not to spend a nickel in the summer window.
If you do not understand how desperately serious that was, then I might have better luck trying to communicate with you in Klingon, or semaphore.
Levy’s explanation is first rate bat guano, and I suggest you apply it liberally to your rose-beds.
