đ The modern slavery act protects people from working where they donât want to. Added to which, is anyone seriously suggesting that Harry Kane is going to be the first footballer to be sued for not honouring his contract, really?
đ The needs of any purchasing side appear to have been completely written off by all pundits and reporters. Is anyone seriously suggesting that Pep Guardiola or whoever will be happy to wait, for Harry to spend another season running himself into the floor?
đ Alasdair Gold tells us that the new gaffer âwill test Tottenhamâs financial rewardsâ after failing to back Pochettino and then wasting fortunes on Mourinho, is it just me left snorting at this? Are we supposed to be impressed that ENIC are about to waste more money trying to get a tune out of this squad?
Don’t remind me of this type of scenario…Jol comes to mind.
But with Levy is it the half-dozen with the most profit or the six which need to leave and then the real challenge, of the criteria of the new six?
Have to buy out his ITV contract đŹ
Blasphemy!!
That one went in our favour. West Ham fans see it that way too. Greaves was on the wane illness and other well documented issues and never did it for them. Peters on the hand was part of a team that won three trophies on the bounce. Think we even sold him on for money, he was a great player.
I wouldnât touch Jesus with a barge pole. He is a consummate waster of chances. To only score 8 goals for a team that good is a crime.
Sorry i was being facitious regarding Levy’s thought process.
Parrott was crap at 2-3 teams he was at this season scored 2 at Ipswich parrott wonât be Kaneâs replacement no where near good enough
I agree.
On either side (City or Utd.) the exchanged players have to accept no quality european football of any calibre.
Can’t remember the last swap deal – they just don’t happen. I’m still reeling from Greaves plus ÂŁ125,000 for Peters
Alasdair Gold reminds of Chris Kamara at Fratton Park.
Levy refused to let Modric go; he stayed for another year and was excellent so Levy does have form. Yes, there will be plenty of clubs still wanting to buy Kane in 12 months time though probably not City who will have won all 4 trophies with Haaland and won’t need him. I never take on board anything Gold says as he has not got the faintest idea what is happening at Tottenham
I mentioned this as my worry a few blogs back.It would be typical Levy,I tried my best but they wouldn’t do business .How can I be blamed for the massive hole left by Kane and nobody to fill it.
Didn’t Parrott do well on his loan?
Whichever way this situation goes Levy has to get a half dozen out this summer.
I was looking at the odds.
Weirdly Ledley King and Sergei Rebrov (Remember him?) have better odds than Mason, all of the Italian managers and ‘Arry
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80m + Laporte would do It, with another 10-20m be in add-ons if he scores 20+ for two seasons.
“Name: David Brent. Occupation: Inspirer. Status: None of your business. Young, free, and single, though. Thanks for asking.
Hear you’re looking for a new boss, yeah? Someone to tell a bunch of discontented, under-encouraged drones what to do every day. Is that it?
Oh. Our out-of-touch powers that be. Want me to fire them? They don’t see things your way? Then I ain’t that dude. Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. Get some other corporate suit to lay down the law. What? You’ve changed your mind? You’re now looking for a leader of men? Ipso facto. Women, too. When do I start? Huh?”
English summer
Packed full of internationals
Soldado, Chiriches, Chadli, Lamela, Eriksen, Capoue, Paulinho
Holy cr-p. We can’t do this again, we really can’t.
The right candidate for Levy is somebody who is going to peddle the Redknapp(s) rhetoric of ‘squad brimming with talent, full of internationals, just in need of a reboot as opposed to ‘squad needs an overhaul, I’ll be looking to shift on 7 or 8 players and bring in my own men, handpicked by myself…’
Iâm not sure even the âwell informedâ Alistair Gold has a clue whatâs going on with the new manager. After all, whatâs the point of being ITK if youâre reduced to posting cryptic clues to the mugs that read your posts. I know nothing about the new manager and I even I could assume it will cost a few quid and be resolved in the next 2 weeks. The truth is, nobody knows. Not even Levy. He knows that he has to get this appointment right for so many reasons. The problem is, heâs burned so many bridges over the years the right man would be a fool to take this job.
Yeah you might be right. Have to get this summer right though. Cannot have another Soldado and Chiriches situation.
The one I read was ÂŁ80m + Jesus and Ake, which isn’t an awful offer.
Better than Utd’s ÂŁ20, Lingard, Martial, James, Expired 6 pack of Fosters and factory rejected pork scratchings.
David Brent – now that’s an idea đ
Maybe – like with the “Magnificent Seven” – we will first sign a few guys and Kane leaves afterwards.
I feel like step 3 gives Levy a reason to not invest in the squad “I spent ÂŁXm getting in (Ten Hag, David Brent, whoever), they have come in with the objective of improving the talent that’s already here whilst keeping an eye on the youth prospects. Because of the current climate and the compensation package required to bring in (Brent), we won’t have vast sums to compete with in the transfer market, so we have to be clever”
Would much rather get a free agent and back them.
Don’t think it will be Nuno either, if you are Wolves and there is even a chance of Spurs wanting him, you reject his resignation and tap up Levy for some compo surely?
I would imagine City is Kane’s no. 1 choice and I think Levy may have to seriously consider a cash + player offer (ÂŁ60m + Jesus perhaps?) With Utd the chances of trophies are far less guaranteed. They are a Bruno Fernandes injury away from being bang average IMO and are 4/5 players short.
Harry Kane means everything to the fans, our club and ENIC. He’s the posterboy who Levy thought would never leave and could be relied upon in so many aspects of propping up the business model.
As I see it the only way out of this to keep Kane, and this is very wishful thinking, is for Lewis to give ENIC something like 200m+ interest free loan to be spent wisely on quality players. No point listing where that money should be spent as its plain for all to see.
Failing that and if Kane goes, if Levy bargains hard and leaves a practical amount of time (ha ha) for recruitments we should have around 120-150m to spend. With or without a loan and provided its not blown like the Bale money on quantity rather than quality, then maybe, just maybe, we can come out the other side with a stronger team.
ps sounds like you have the sniffles so I’ll get a box of Kleenex in the post.
Leaving us zero time to find a replacement. We’ll sign Fraizer Campbell on loan again I reckon.
Agree – City will do with Kane what RM did with Bale – you come now or not all all, this is your ONE chance to join us. Kane will angle for a move to City – Levy will counter that City won’t meet his valuation and it will drag on and on. Kane leaves late in the window.