kinell, shut up lad
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kinell, shut up lad
Oh I agree. This Willian fella wasn't the answer though in my opinion.
Well fuck those kind of players mate.
We arent far off.
We just need one or two top players.
We have spent nothing and recouped 12m in wages so we have to have money to spend for the right players.
Im cool and the gang, i think we will get it right. Mr Rodgers is the shit.
Well I've never done a close study of their financials but I think someone pointed out their wage bill is almost £30m lower than ours, so if they have problems (they don't but, just IF) from increasing it then so do we.
But I think even on that basic level it's far from clear cut. A lot of the wage increase will be funded by the huge increase in TV revenue clubs are getting this year, so a lot of Spurs' extra spending is in effect just keeping pace with their means. What other clubs might choose to spend on fees Spurs are putting into wages - it doesn't make a huge amount of difference at the end of the day.
But the main problem with this point is that they're NOT a Leeds. They have independent backing. If the investment proves not to pay off then the very small relative loss will be comfortably absorbed.
Anyway, that wasn't the silliest part of your post. Maybe it was tongue-in-cheek, as you say, but to suggest that Levy is now desperately searching for players to splurge money on seems laughable.
Willian is a long-term target of theirs.
Lamela is a major major talent and would be a huge coup for them.
The Bale deal has been kept bubbling away in the background while they negotiate up the price and get their money spent without clubs being absolutely sure of what they can afford to pay for their own targets. If it all comes together, Bale out for £85m or so, plus another £20m or so in sales, and Willian, Coentrao, and Lamela in, plus all the others, well then they look in fantastic shape.
The only problem is as Woland pointed out, whether getting so many in so late might cost them points. That's definitely possible. But then dropped points compared to what? The true potential of that squad is quite possibly a title challenge. But they don't need that. They'll probably get 4th with 70 points or so, and they surely have enough to get that.
I thought that but then realised they'd still have Bale.
Yeah great. Wheres your avatar?
gutted - not sure what is worse, losing out on a class player or losing out to spurs? does this signify a real shift in the balance of power between us? Gulfi and Dempsy I could handle because they were shit. However, this guy is class.
Ha ha Gulfi
That was the tongue in cheek part.
Yeah, look, their wage bill is £30m less based on 2011/12 figures, but their commercial revenue is £40m less. Basically, apart from those with huge stadium, the only major differences in revenue come from Champions League & commercial activities.
Not suggesting a Leeds scenario at all - more the sport of scenario we got ourselves into at the back end of Rafa - whereby no CL meant we has to start lowering transfer targets & reducing wages.
There's no way Spurs can spend £80m odd on transfers & increase their wage bill by £20m+ a year without selling Bale - it would probably push their wages up from 60% of turnover to closer to 80% - which to me means they have to increase revenue, which means CL football (new TV deal notwithstanding).
Apart from how quickly they gel - the other thing I'd worry about is if Spurs don't get CL football how many will agitate for moves.
If we don't secure CL football, Suarez will definitely be at it again & Coutinho will be next... Probably.
I take one look at that site at the mo and swiftly leave..
its too big a community for my liking, full of knobs.. anyway I prefer it here.. forum software is poo, too...
Apart from you, sometimes!😀
Should have said he'd only join us then shouldn't he.
if we really wanted him and he was essential to the team, we would have stumped the money. he wasn't ...
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