Summer Transfer Gossip

White Heart Loon

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Saab Ed

Soldado arrives via Ryanair :-

https://mobile.twitter.com/InsideHotspur/status/363031076307886080

golfball37

Saab Ed wrote: »

Soldado arrives via Ryanair :-

https://mobile.twitter.com/InsideHotspur/status/363031076307886080

Wages shouldn't be a problem so!

prodsc

How come he was allowed 2 bags on board? Did Levy pay?

White Heart Loon

Happy days at Spurs according to the lies in the Mirror
"Spurs' club-record signing Soldado could be followed by swoops for likes of Remy, Eriksen, Pjanic, Lamela and Pastore"
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-transfers-gareth-bale-sale-2114945#.UfrVNhuBChY.twitter

Tottenham’s biggest problem is actually spending their money - LOL

yiddo59

White Heart Loon

It's gone to 9/4 on Sky Bet for Bale to stay. Some bookies like William Hill have stopped taking bets on him leaving, is this saying something?

Kiith

Step 1. Sky Sports News keep publishing bull**** articles saying Bale wants out, in discussion with Real and a move is imminent.
Step 2. Everyone bets on Skybet that he will leave, because surely Sky wouldn't make up stories like that.
Step 3. Stories stop, as it becomes clear that there was nothing official in any of the reports.
Step 4. Everyone loses their bet, Skybet makes a tidy profit.

Works out nicely for Sky.

White Heart Loon

I knew we'd get some quotes from Harry, he just can't resist
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23537937

2nd Row Donkey

White Heart Loon wrote: »

I knew we'd get some quotes from Harry, he just can't resist
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23537937

Redknapp : "He doesn't want to say it, but I hear from different sources that he really wants to go now."

That's the first quote I've heard from anyone that actually concerns me slightly. i'm sure HR still has plenty of ties with the current squad, coaching staff so for him to come out and say that is a bit worrying.

DubPerryman

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Redknapp : "He doesn't want to say it, but I hear from different sources that he really wants to go now."

Harry Redknapp is the epitome of a tabloid reader. He is also a sacked ex-employee.

2nd Row Donkey

Leaving the Bale stuff aside.

What else is on the agenda for us transfer-wise?

I'd still like to see us sign another striker but realistically Defoe/Ade would have to go first. We'll probably have to wait until Besiktas find out if they can play in europe next season or not, then the Ade deal will be done and we can look for a replacement.

Either way, having spent such a huge amount of Soldado, I can't see us spending more than £10-12M on a replacement for Ade/Defoe, and who is around for that kind of money that would be an improvement on the out-bound Ade or JD .... Cisse seems to have patched things up at Newcastle. Remy isn't much of a step up from what we have, maybe Ba is an option but is available?

Cianan2

Liverpool bid for Diego Costa... Does Brendan Rodgers think he is Vinnie Jones in Mean Machine, recruiting all the scumbags to play for the prison team!

White Heart Loon

DubPerryman wrote: »

Harry Redknapp is the epitome of a tabloid reader. He is also a sacked ex-employee.

Yeah, now I understand why Portsmouth fans hate him. He'll be whoring himself in front of the media making statements about us like this until the day he dies. I'm surprised they haven't got interviews from the window of his Range Rover on SSN

pleasant Co.

He also said bale will stay for another season a few short weeks ago :P oh 'arry, some things never change...please tell me he did the interview through his car window

2nd Row Donkey

Devo from Dublin

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Leaving the Bale stuff aside.

What else is on the agenda for us transfer-wise?

I'd still like to see us sign another striker but realistically Defoe/Ade would have to go first. We'll probably have to wait until Besiktas find out if they can play in europe next season or not, then the Ade deal will be done and we can look for a replacement.

Either way, having spent such a huge amount of Soldado, I can't see us spending more than £10-12M on a replacement for Ade/Defoe, and who is around for that kind of money that would be an improvement on the out-bound Ade or JD .... Cisse seems to have patched things up at Newcastle. Remy isn't much of a step up from what we have, maybe Ba is an option but is available?

WOW WOW WOW RIGHT THERE MISTER!!!
I set up a new thread for this kind of talk....;)

2nd Row Donkey

Devo from Dublin wrote: »

WOW WOW WOW RIGHT THERE MISTER!!!
I set up a new thread for this kind of talk....

Why a new thread, whats wrong with this one?

2nd Row Donkey

Devo from Dublin wrote: »

http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/01/tottenham-transfer-deal-for-steaua-bucharest-vlad-chiriches-is-back-on-and-nearly-done-3907718/

He reminds me of a Russian guy I know who sits around drinking vodka all day and fishes for perch in little parks around the city that Irish people wouldn't dream of fishing in.

Ormus

Ah lay off 'Arry, he's a talker, he talked before he managed Spurs, he talked while he managed Spurs, and guess what, he's still talking.

It was annoying while he was with us and it's annoying now, but it's not like he has some evil agenda against Spurs, it's just the way he is.

He got us playing some great football and gave us some great memories and I for one think he's a pretty nice guy.

pleasant Co.

don't think anyone's being overly 'arsh on 'arry 'ormus :P

Ormus

pleasant Co. wrote: »

don't think anyone's being overly 'arsh on 'arry 'ormus :P

Alright then

Carry on

Leinstersqspur

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

What else is on the agenda for us transfer-wise?

Cisse seems to have patched things up at Newcastle. Remy isn't much of a step up from what we have, maybe Ba is an option but is available?

I would suggest none of the above. Why? Because I didn't know who Vertonghen, Paulinho, Holtby, Chadli and Chiriches were before we moved for them. We've signed a big name striker now so the next move will be less high profile and from a different league. That's my guess anyway.

pleasant Co.

dempsey on his way maybe: http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/02/tottenham-midfielder-clint-dempsey-flies-to-the-united-states-to-talk-to-everton-3908878/

I quite like dempsey as a squad player, I wouldn't want him starting and maybe he wants to move as it is a WC year...if he does go it's a bit more likely that ade will be staying.

Leinstersqspur

Alot of talk and photos on the tweet machine of Dempsey boarding a flight for the US. With the Monaco game tomorrow that's pretty ominous. Everton on tour in LA at the moment? Or return to MLS? #dempseywatch

DubPerryman

Leinstersqspur wrote: »

Alot of talk and photos on the tweet machine of Dempsey boarding a flight for the US. With the Monaco game tomorrow that's pretty ominous. Everton on tour in LA at the moment? Or return to MLS?

An 'ITK' posted in the Spurs Community yesterday saying Dempsey is in talks with an MLS club.

If Dempsey is on a plane to the US today, then he might not be b*ll****ting.

2nd Row Donkey

Leinstersqspur wrote: »

I would suggest none of the above. Why? Because I didn't know who Vertonghen, Paulinho, Holtby, Chadli and Chiriches were before we moved for them. We've signed a big name striker now so the next move will be less high profile and from a different league. That's my guess anyway.

Good point.

Leinstersqspur

DubPerryman wrote: »

An 'ITK' posted in the Spurs Community yesterday saying Dempsey is in talks with an MLS club.

The rumour is Seattle Sounders, at least that is apparently where the flight was headed.

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Could be that he just got permission to fly home early, see the family and what have you as he wasn't going to be starting the Monaco game.

Or maybe he's flying ahead to do some PR/marketing work on behalf of the club seeing as he's a pretty big deal over there.

Can't see the logic in that, if he's part of our squad surely he would be featuring in the preseason games. Particularly as he missed our last preseason.

Here Precious2

I'd love to see us go after Willian. The rags are saying we are going head to head with chelski for him - don't see why they would want him seeing as they have enough similiar type players in their ranks. He'll cost us another 20-30m though. Not sure if Danny would have the balls to loosen the ol purse strings some more though.

pleasant Co.

I posted this over in the other transfer thread about dempsey...should probably just stick to one thread really :P

pleasant Co. wrote: »

dempsey on his way maybe: http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/02/tottenham-midfielder-clint-dempsey-flies-to-the-united-states-to-talk-to-everton-3908878/

I quite like dempsey as a squad player, I wouldn't want him starting and maybe he wants to move as it is a WC year...if he does go it's a bit more likely that ade will be staying.

I'd much rather him join a MLS team than everton...himself and Pienaar are bound to score against us :P