Krzysztof Piatek to Tottenham may yet prove to be another one of those now infamous one that got away transfer situations.
The Telegraph’s chief football writer Miguel Delaney, claims that Spurs have failed to see the value in paying £30million for the 24-year-old AC Milan striker.
Suddenly this blogger is experiencing that biannual sinking feeling, that routinely occurs during Premier League transfer windows. That horribly short-changed feeling.
Given the recent kerfuffle with PSV Eindhoven’s Steven Bergwijn, it’s not beyond the bounds of reason to believe that with Piatek out of the picture, Spurs went with a player deemed to “represent better value” to the board.
If this is the case, then may I be the first to say, “Welcome to Tottenham Hotspur football club, Mr Mourinho.”
The business of Spurs’ current vacancy for a defensive midfielder will hopefully be solved once Tanguy Ndombele has found his bowling length on the training pitches at Hotspur Way.
However, the business of Spurs’ rustling up an additional striker is not something that might so readily resolve itself.
Well we won’t even be in that now, so you may as well exit the waiting room altogether…
I’m referring to the position we are likely to finish this season the way things are going.
Sterling is only looking good because at England he plays alongside one of the most dangerous no9’s in football that draws a lot of attention from defenders, and for City, even I would look good with DeBruyne passing to me, I think you could put a stick in the 18yrd box and DeBruyne could hit it in a way that leads to a goal. As for this dutch lad, I am never a fan of players that throw their toys out their pram to get a move (even to us) and this lad simply looks like a quick player, to play in a way we don’t actually need someone. I see this lad as “one for the future” rather than now, with the intent that Moura or Son will go (I am wondering if Son and Jose get on, as our Korean superstar seems to have lost his smile again).
Not for the first time am I left scratching my increasingly thinning
pate wondering WTF!
The Dutch lad Bergwijn looks increasingly likely to be a
spud in the near future and whilst he does look quick on the video roll, his
finishing is somewhat unpolished to say the least. Whilst he’s looking quick
against a mix of park footballers and lesser known cloggies; how will he fare
against defenders who are fit fast and wiley. He appears to play in Son’s position
and performs a bit like Lucas.
On the other hand I thought he showed some similarities in his
play to Sterling of a few years back and if he could follow a similar path then
of course we’d all be crowing about how we spotted it right away.
But what has me confused is he’s basically another N’winger
who we’re paying 25-30mill for when we have no No.9 and nothing left in the Defensive Midfield drawer maybe Levy just gets over-excited when he’s told there’s a wide boy available…
How are we 3 days away from the end of the window and still not filled (even been linked with) the 2 most desperate roles? We need a DMF and we NEED a striker (a real no9). If the window closes without at least one of these roles filled to a suitable level (should be both) then I am almost 100% at the point where I think Mourinho is just a publicity stunt (I thought it at the start, been convinced to give him a chance and I personally have seen no improvement, in actual fact, think we are a worse looking side.)
If we get Slimani, I’m returning my tickets….
You’re mistaking us for arsenal. “Mid table” when was the last time we finished anywhere near there. Sounds good for you though don’t it. Morning. Lovely one at that.
I read this morning we are apparently linked with Emre Can.Shouldn’be too difficult for the master negotiator to convince him to drop 200K a week from his wage demand to sign for a mid table side.
I was waiting for the holy land when we qualified for the CL. Still waiting…!
It’s not that I don’t want to believe it. I’d love to think that players, top players want to come to spurs. But the harsh reality is we ain’t getting any of em. We make it 100% harder to sign a Clogger than anyone else, so my hopes of signing a real star ain’t high. My shift is nearly finished now, and after a cursory examination of the morning gossip columns I think it poetic to finish off with the same thought as I started. F%@k off enic. I will of course apologise profusely upon waking should I find cavanni, fernandes, and any right back with more going upstairs than a bungalow are all stood in front of the magnificent training facilities with a spurs shirt in their hands…. Jesus I must be dreaming already
Levy still bungling transfers it begs belief! No top club operates like this.. Liverpool needed a centre back and goalie. No messing around they got in allison and van dijk straight away. Top players.. It takes our scouting system and levy YEARS to address a single position/player/problem. Even now we cannot manage to sign benchwarmers from other clubs because (apparently 30 mil is too much for a player who is not the best).. The players prices and wages now are through the roof, still everythings relative so there is no excuse for incompetence. Baldy can’t blame the building of the superbowel anymore thats done and dusted…. What makes me laugh isl levy and alot of peoples high expectations that we should be ‘winning stuff’… We can’t even get ‘second best or unwanted’ players in…. We need a decent striker so go get one its simple. I won’t be happy personally until we start signing real quality like bale or any world class standard player… Levys bungling of berahino grealish and the rest have given me slim hopes… H was calling on all this before we were even building that stadium.. What is the point of having a ferrari stadium and filling her up with ford fiestas… Our greatest ever manager bill nicholson had some quotes that levy could learn from.. “Spurs have got to be the best in the land, not second best” ..”if you dont win anything then you’ve had a bad season”.. “any player coming to spurs whether a big signing or groundstaff boy must be dedicated to the game and the club. They must hate losing”…… Boy have we fallen far from the apple tree.
Should have been sold quickly and replaced with a better player. Too many players on the books who were not CL quality. The way things are going we may as well keep the battlers.
What if it is buy this player or nothing? That’s the problem. We don’t get good cover for the positions we need. Last season Sonny covered for Kane’s absence and Levy doesn’t see this as luck, he sees a proper support striker for a CL team as an optional extra.’
Yes, Poch players, but we let Llorente go and didn’t replace him with another striker. That’s the pattern.
And Gedson.
The unintended (for Levy) side effct of over-pricing Eriksen to scare off suitors was that he didn’t get him to extend his contract and we had a disaffected key player in the squad. So much for the famed negotiating skills.
Well, if you don’t believe we will be winning pots, just enjoy the style of football. That should be a Spurs non-negotiable.
Beautiful but sad.
On recent results we own Norwich, don’t we.
I support my team. Why’s that so hard for you people to understand. Good night/morning.
Would love him but would Levy pay the 40? After the Sess transfer death by strangulation they won’t do Levy any favours.
So you support the idea that Levy’s building project was designed to attract the best players in the world to Tottenham? Our broken past has never been better illustrated than under ENIC’ management. Unfortunately nothing has changed. We are currently a CL team courtesy of last year’s effort and now are struggling to get any Euro football next year. You have to pay overs to get quality players if you’re not in Europe or hope that Mourinho can do a Poch and turn young water into wine. Or buy top quality players for the positions we need now to allow the serial winner to compete. Otherwise it is going to have the opposite effect -Kane, Son will be off, Toby declining, Hugo nearer to the end than the beginning etc and we get Gedson.
If that were the case we wouldn’t have any players. I know what London club I’d choose. The same one as you. We can attract quality mate. Why don’t you want to believe that? Coz of our broke past. Players WILL wanna come to our fantastic buildings. We have as much chance of winning trophies (more) than the rest of the London clubs. London is a big pull. Trust me. Things gonna change. London clubs (all clubs) know it. TOTTENHAM COMING TO CONQUER.
Tappa players will come for 2 reasons. Cash and trophies. Only currency they deal in. They ain’t coming for a building, and never were. I want desperately to be the biggest club in the world, but reality is we ain’t. And until these pond life are kicked out and replaced by someone who wants the same as the fans it will never be as blheart breaking as it is
Of course it makes sense for Levy yes, because he’s never questioned or brought to task over anything. Dictatorships always control the media.
Look at the Chinese government handling this virus, no press freedom there at all.
No replays after 4th round.
You want exclusive interviews with my family that work for me? Don’t make me look stupid either. Makes sense to me.
Ill back the team, not the owners. I know if that happens it won’t be under ENIC. 100%
He’s still dining on the VDV transfer, that’s my theory. That’s the only transfer when he brought in a player that immediately improved the side greatly. He came from Real Madrid, they paid part of his wages and he had a terrible injury record.
Arry managed him like Ledley and trained him very lightly and it worked for a couple of seasons.
I can’t think of ONE transfer other than that, of a real quality established player.
Levy is one huge bore and actually very bad at getting players in, apart from ones that are desperate to come. Look at this Dutch lad, so desperate to get some coin at Spurs that he’s gone rogue from PSV. I had to google him… 😂
Players want to come to us now. Remember when arsenal and Chelsea could trump us? We’ll be getting first dibs soon. Give it a few seasons. We’ll be showing them who the real London big dog is. And all other clubs. 😊
I can assure you we’ll win more in the next 20 than in the last. On a winner straight away. Back us.
How come we are permanently linked with kak that non of the other so called big boys are after yet we are aspiring to chase them down with these people? Also i read a levy lover stating that it’s difficult to do deals in Jan. Just a heads up. An agent is an agent and a sellor a sellor. Simple enough formula. They will ask a price, we haggle, but don’t try and cut fee in half and offer him more than the electricians were getting to bugger the ground up in wages and doing a deal in January is no different than at any other time. Still he only has a few more days to hide and he can pocket the Danish ones fee like he does every January, dembele, Holtby, fazio…. Yawn. Still could be worse. Could be the sky correspondent outside the training ground, the best in the world, on deadline day….
Levy has a lot of press people in his pocket, they’ll pop up with some praise for him just when things are looking a bit bleak.
In fact, much of the football media are getting back handers from the owners of big clubs. “You want exclusive interviews with my players and managers? Then don’t you dare slag me off…’
So. I wanted him gone. Tel was a football man. Shoulda just been kept away from the money. I loved Tel. There was a confidence about him. Rubbed off on his players (and me) Gutted when he was sacked. But hey. I moved on with my club.
When, in another 20 years?
He might be able to pick up Epstein’s island cheap now..,
We won as many trophies under Sugar, and in less time than these crooks…
Can remember when I wasted two perfectly good pillow cases. “T NO SUGAR” at least I tried.
What can I do about it? It’s a jungle out here.
Levy’s wages are too much as well. Greedy f**k…
It’s not straightforward signing players in January I agree. Then why not after 12 months of signing nobody get things done in the summer like any normal chairman?! Levy isn’t normal, he’s a complete weirdo…
Cannons on the manor getting less and less. Cockerels flooding in😁
You’re right, it’s ‘non’sense.
Great attitude, f those paying through the nose eh? Your ‘fellow’ fans…
Other London clubs gonna get it from me (they’re getting it now) worse to come😂
Ok then. Choose not to believe. Spurs Highs are coming man. 😊
Any evidence to substantiate that claim? I didn’t think so. Blind faith is a nice gesture sometimes, at other times it produces suicide bombers….
Spot on.
“fans are being taken for a ride” football is a ride. Hold tight and try to have some faith while enjoying it. We are now at the top lev£l in this football business by the way. COYS.
Piatek might end up being no better than Janssen in the Premiership. I reckon they might go for Mitrovic from Fulham. That fits Levy’s aspirations too…
The fan’s endless optimism that is repeatedly crushed by these owners is staggering. When will the penny drop that Levy isn’t interested in taking Spurs to the top level.
If he was, he wouldn’t be paying £70m a year less than Woolwich on wages and provide a net spend of SEVENTEENTH in the league.
The fans are being taken for a ride…
He’s the New Leandro Damião.
😂
11.45 on deadline day you’ll be drowning in Laphroaig. The most pleasant way to slip into an ENIC induced coma… 😂
😂 Well said William!
Just about to stsrt a shift and after perusing the goosip columns the only words that come to mind are off enic and f%ck
Still waiting for the new dawn at the new stadium, build a team and let it rot by spending 17th net in the league as you build the stadium. What a great idea, no wonder lots of season ticket holders won’t be renewing…
How many have fibre optics?
Untold more spurs fans in Denmark coz of him. Shame he’s not Chinese 😁
Same can be said for Erikson. We got good value out of him. Yes we coulda flipped a bigger profit. Spilt milk we never had. He’s gotta live with the last bit. I forgive him already. Captain of the legends one day. Good luck Christian. You won’t need it though. P!$$ easy you’ll find it.
We got a good few quid out of him from a good season and a half. £10 mil and run is kool. Might be some add ons😊
Same old Levy nothing changes.Famed negotiator my ar*e,he’s been rumbled.
If we get through another replay in prospect.
When we win I’ll treat myself to some cheesy chips with spicy wings and some local brew. 😁 I love my club.
All my gooner mates are sad. Most yids are the opposite. Lillywhitebright in most yids world’s. 😊
I have just read that Spurs are willing to accept a bid of sub £9 mill for Victor Wanyama with Villa interested. Supposedly, our beloved chairman valued him at £17 mill last summer, but surprise surprise, there were no takers. Another example of his legendary negotiating skills in the transfer market.
Norwich at home😁 shweeeeet
Not my problem. Community tickets.
How about a Danish, Carlsberg, probably the worst corner taker in the world.
Levy doesn’t see the value… Wait till we’re playing in the arse end of nowhere on a Thurs night in the EL…. Then he might ….
ENIC out
Ps The little toad has upped ticket prices for the FA cup replay. Betcha didn’t see that coming
Just read that Spurs have decided to charge season ticket holders £25 for the Southampton replay. Another financial PR disaster from Levy. Enic have no shame and no respect for the fans paying the highest season ticket prices in the PL.
Mourinho doesn’t have any power only 15M/yr. to tow the party line.
You might be interested to know that there are 700 islands in The Bahamas which might be even too much for Joe!
Can learn a lot from sense.
Joe’s gonna need a bigger island.
It’s not sense that if you had a additional striker that wasn’t in your future plans and you knew teams were desperate for that asset you wouldn’t just wait for top dollar ?
ENIC OUT – COYS!
“Tottenham believe a deal for Bale can be reached in the summer and have adjusted ticket prices accordingly “
Can’t see the value….. bet he doesn’t think that when we’re playing in the arse end of no where on a Thurs night next season
ENIC OUT !
Any available money that comes in will go straight to the Bahamas, not on players. That is their modus operandi.
I read this statement on the HITC site earlier,
“Levy has always been an expert dealer in
the transfer window, with the Spurs
chairman famed for his negotiation skills.” This was posted by Levyologists because he persuaded Inter Milan to pay the Ajax selling on fee. They didn’t mention that he valued Eriksen at 150 mill and sold him for 17.5 mill. It was enough to make me want to vomit.
ENIC OUT!
In previous windows I have mainlined lager. In this one, I’ve opted to sip Guinness.
sorry, ENIC OUT! Down with this sort of thing. 🙂
Please don’t talk sense it spoils the narrative
Liverpool play 3 up top, when Salah/Ferminho/Mane are dropped they usually play Origi, solanke or Shaquiri. With 1 up top we should have at least 2 top draw strikers, and at least one youth rotation.
This shouldn’t even be a discussion, as Jose said most clubs have four or five strikers. And this nonsense about no striker being able to play with Harry K, well Aguero and Jesus don’t seem to have a problem, Salah and Mane do OK.
I can see £100 mil min a season coming. We’ll have a strong strong team soonish. Few years time. I think we’ll spend a good few quid within this and the next window. Some say levy won’t splash it hard hard until the stadium sponsor
is reel’d in with the other bits and bobs too. Who knows.
I agree, but, to be fair (can’t believe I’m saying that), we did buy N’Domb, Sess and put a down payment on Gio (and wasted some cash on Clarke) in the summer, and right now, with us, Man U, Chelsea and others all needing a striker, if you had one of those aces in your pack, you’d be holding out for a big price on deadline day too….its probably not an easy job buying a no9 in this window…..
I couldn’t agree more!! if we are shopping for players for the same price as Championship teams, we should pay the same ticket prices.
It’s the same old Groundhog Day transfer window narrative spewing out of THFC. The journos lap it up and spit it out into the media. The same use of language, THFC are looking at, THFC are in conversation with, THFC have made an approach. THFC are negotiating with.Then as the window draws to an end, it’s THFC have lost interest, THFC have withdrawn from negotiations, THFC have bailed out of the deal.THFC consider the price is beyond their budget. The THFC PR spin churns out names of players that appear to give the impression that the club is actually looking to add quality to the squad.These then all fall away and we end up with some no mark cheaper younger option that does not solve the immediate issues within the team but may create more value for Levy and ENIC in the future. Levy and ENIC do not invest. They sell players to buy players.That is why very often everything happens at the last minute because Levy hasn’t got the value he wants or the cash in quickly enough so it all happens when he manages to sell someone. No doubt the Eriksen money will be the only money spent unless he sells Rose, Kyle Walker Peters and Wanyama.As for the Bale rumours that is a classic Levy Dybala smokescreen. To imagine Levy working around the clock to bring Bale and his payroll on board is beyond the realms of fantasy. Just another morsel of hope to keep the mugged off punters paying ticket prices representative of a world class football club that actually wins CL competitions and Titles not one League Cup in nearly two decades.ENIC OUT
I’d rather Gordon durie. I liked his aggression.
How many years have we been waiting for a striker? Harry came out of magic beans one cold Europa league evening, and Llorente drew his pension from us before heading off to the sun…..don’t hold your breathe for a credible striker….Frasier Campbell anyone?
Jose has the power to say YES or NO if spurs scouts suggest any player.
All any smart manager at Tottenham has to say to Levi is “I don’t think X player will cut it here. You’ll probably LOSE MONEY on him”. Deal off
Levy. Follow Jose instinct.