Gareth Bale’s imagined return to Spurs is something only defied by reality. The reasons for him not returning are so rock solid, so compelling, and now so stale, yet still the “yeah, but what if” is perpetuates…
Bale’s struggles at Real Madrid have become a soap opera and Tottenham fans are willing subscribers – which is nuts when one considers there are so many other sides better placed to snap the 31-year-old up.
It is quite conceivable that our man Levy could be set to sanction a flurry of loan deals in order to free up salary and free Mourinho from players that are not in his immediate plans. A source close to the club suggests those in the firing line currently include Juan Foyth, Danny Rose and Ryan Sessegon.
Callum Wilson’s departure from Bournemouth appears to be hinged upon the same negotiating technique employed by Southampton. Hopefully the alleged interest from numerous other sides dissipates as per Everton’s and the “3 European sides” did…
The sums to get Bale back isn’t as daunting if there some creative accounting . I worked it out around £25m . The premises ; Agent fee not considered and zero “net” transfer fee . If he is on £600,000 per week that’s worth £15m . If we are willing to pay Bale our wage ceiling , which is £200,000 per week the balance of his £400,000 per week for a 2 years contract ; he is 31 and Levy is not going to offer him any longer contract will be worth £10m . So adding £15m ; to remove him from RM wage bill and £10m ; to allow RM to “subsidize” the £400,000 per week salary is £25m . If it gets Tottenham CL for 2 years , it’s well worth it .
They felt us out lovely didn’t they. We were well green at the back. All good on the ball though. That was practicaly leytons first team. They had about 1000 corners. 🌚 bit a work to do. Wayne Burnett used to manage them with Haringey borough manager tom.
I noticed it was showing online so watched some of it, I didn’t expect them to be so poor as that, just a shambles at the back.
Was it? I watched the first 15-20 mins and thought we were OK. The Tracy boy and jack R looked useful. Orient were men no? I’ll catch some later
Yeah I hope not too. They have grand plans for buying several players but they have no money and need to sell first. Provocative stories like this appear in the media with the intention of coaxing potentially interested clubs out of the woodwork.
I have seen stories about Arsenal launching an investigation into the transfer of Pepe for £72 million from Lille. They seem to have cleared out their scouting department and one of their bigwigs Sanllehi has “left”. The Guardian described Pepe as being worth maybe £36 million on a good day. So Arsenal are in a hole and we’re going to pull them out by handing over £30 million. No. I don’t think so.
Exactly, Spurs fans don’t need an excuse to find something to moan about, Bale is on a hiding to nothing, whatever HE decides to do with his future.
I watched some, dreadful is being kind.
We don’t enter the League cup until the 3rd.round do we?Mind you way they’re talking there will be a round every week until the end of Sept.
Rose only has a year left doesn’t he?It makes sense to get someone else to pay his wages for then.Leeds’ interest in Foyth seems to have vanished,perhaps waiting to get an update from the medical team.
Good luck to anyone discussing a £30m sale or one sixteenth of Gareth Bale’s current wages – there’s no money.
Can’t wait for the match report.
Ugh, why do I do it? SC now running a thread based upon an article in the Daily Fail and some ITK (cough, cough) that we are interested in Ainsley Maitland-Niles of Arsanal. As a right back.The guy is a CM and wants more game time as one. He sounds like their equivalent of Dier. The price is allegedly 30 million. PML. If you are going for click bait at least make it plausible – do the maths people, in this case 1 + 1 does not equal 30,000,000.
Damn it. Wish I never started watching it now. We’re playing well and I’m busy. 🌚 moving it good we are
U23. JE3 CUP. orient vs spurs. YouTube. Worth a watch I hear. G marsh captain
Tanganga can play all across the back – asking him to play left and right back in the same game would be asking a bit much though.
Yep, because if he did come back we’d all be moaning when he got injured about how much we’re paying a crock. Thanks for the memories, Gareth. Maybe a career in golf after football?
The legends team?
Bale isn’t coming back to play. Full stop. Every summer it’s the same. He’s gone, Get over it. He ain’t ever returning – which means we can remember him for his brilliance
Jose wants Sessy to play for Tottenham so he won’t be loaned out. He don’t care about the other two. No future for them here
And that LB is the mighty Davies. God help us
Why loans now for Foyth and Rose I thought they were for sale, a Sessegnon loan I can understand that but that leaves us with one left back and facing nine games in twenty one days when season kicks off. Maybe academy players in the League Cup.
Gareth. Crazy golf at ally pally.