The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - Happy Birthday Bulletspur!

[jay2040]

Happy Birthday Bullet.Hope it was a good one!
It does feel like after years and years of being in waiting, we are moving to the next level on many fronts.
Great ITK snippets to keep us going. Equally excited that we have a decent squad and can cope with an injury or two!

 

[Ossie'sAardvark]

Happy Birthday Bullet, Enjoy the bus pass!

 

[Bulletspur]

I would love to thank the Spurs community for their Birthday wishes, it was a good day!! COYS!!!

 

[philip]

This quote is interesting. First time we have heard this. It really suggests a great amount of players coming in.

"Conte would still like a new left-sided centre-back, striker, creative midfielder and a right wing-back as well as replacing anyone he had in the squad at the end of the season who leaves the club this summer."

I presume the change to 5 subs makes a large and strong squad even more important.

 

[Col_M]

Ok @Bulletspur the birthday was yesterday, get over yourself!!

 

[TheChosenOne]

Ok @Bulletspur the birthday was yesterday, get over yourself!!

Bullet will still be in bed it’s only 6 o/c in his part of the world

 

[Flynn]

I would love to thank the Spurs community for their Birthday wishes, it was a good day!! COYS!!!

Bullet will still be in bed it’s only 6 o/c in his part of the world

or, not gone to bed yet!

 

[aliyid]

I presume the change to 5 subs makes a large and strong squad even more important.

I hadn’t considered that context but it makes perfect sense and strength in depth is an area we need to improve upon.

 

[worcestersauce]

Transfer ticker quoting the Villa Real boss man, no talks for Lo Celso yet.
If true I guess outgoings can wait but I guess it also says Pau Torres isn't high on our list.

 

[14/04/91]

Transfer ticker quoting the Villa Real boss man, no talks for Lo Celso yet.
If true I guess outgoings can wait but I guess it also says Pau Torres isn't high on our list.

Lo Celso will be one of the easiest outgoings imo as it's clear Villarreal want him. I'd imagine it'll happen once the LCB position is resolved. If we decide to go for Torres, he'll be part of negotiations. If we sign someone else, GLC will be cash only.

 

[JacoZA]

Transfer ticker quoting the Villa Real boss man, no talks for Lo Celso yet.
If true I guess outgoings can wait but I guess it also says Pau Torres isn't high on our list.

I imagine that in most cases someone from a club saying there are or aren't talks has very little to do with being factual about there being or not being talks.

 

[carpediem991]

Transfer ticker quoting the Villa Real boss man, no talks for Lo Celso yet.
If true I guess outgoings can wait but I guess it also says Pau Torres isn't high on our list.

can imagine after their low offer under 20m we cooled talks and put the pressure on them to see how desperate they really are for Gio.
Early days, no worries. Paras day has limits too.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Player Watch - Giovani Lo Celso

I can see him being with us until late into the window. All the interest is from Spain and none of them can offer close to what most of us deem an acceptable offer. I think it's also compounded by the fact that Torres is our second/third choice LCB target and Gio is a bargaining chip there.

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[Stoof]

Player Watch - Giovani Lo Celso

I can see him being with us until late into the window. All the interest is from Spain and none of them can offer close to what most of us deem an acceptable offer. I think it's also compounded by the fact that Torres is our second/third choice LCB target and Gio is a bargaining chip there.

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**optimistic rating**

 

[Col_M]

Thats all the internationals over now is it? Means we can get back to business.

 

[worcestersauce]

Lo Celso will be one of the easiest outgoings imo as it's clear Villarreal want him. I'd imagine it'll happen once the LCB position is resolved. If we decide to go for Torres, he'll be part of negotiations. If we sign someone else, GLC will be cash only.

That's my point, at the moment we don't seem to be pushing for Torres so aren't pushing Lo Celso if that changes or we bag our LCB it'll get active.

 

[worcestersauce]

I imagine that in most cases someone from a club saying there are or aren't talks has very little to do with being factual about there being or not being talks.

Hence my "if true"

 

[freeeki]

 

[spuradik]

Unleash the flight trackers!

 

[JayB]

Latest Ally Gold video:



Summary from Reddit user wrxnn:



Edit: Inserting the reddit comment doesn't seem to have worked, so here is a copy/paste of wrxnn's post:

•Bissoma looks to be done in the next 48-72hrs, with him having a medical tomorrow (Thursday), and is expected to start at The Lodge tonight. With all add-ons triggered, upwards of a £30m fee. Has an injury from international duty but stresses that his injury is not serious.

•Interest from Paratici in McKennie, had him above Bentancur for targets in January but wasn’t able to get him. However, this may be unlikely as we could look for a more creative option with the arrival of Bissouma.

•Likely to see Tanguy and Lo Celso sold, Gil sent back out on loan, with Rodon, Winks, and Bergwijn also looking elsewhere for regular minutes. Spurs looking to recoup as much of the £27m fee for Bergwijn as possible. Willing to listen to offers for Reguillon, Royal, and Sanchez, who has attracted prolonged interest from Monaco.

•On Sanchez to Monaco, as already reported Spurs could look to bring in Benoît Badiashile, a talented young LCB, but with Monaco in a seemingly great financial position after the sale of Tchoumeni, the likelihood of this may be low.

•Eriksen a possibility. Prefers London amid interest from Man U. Some reports from Brentford’s side skeptical of their ability to keep him. News likely to heat-up soon due to National matches ending.

•Djed Spence reportedly favours a move to Spurs, given the opportunity to work with Conte, CL football, and seemingly a pretty large role to play in the squad. News likely to heat-up soon due to National matches ending. Nothing agreed at this point with Middlesbrough.

•Whispers that Spurs hold some interest in 23 y/o Blackburn Striker Ben Bereton Diaz. There have been no contacts, and this is more of a historic target, but interest may be re-ignited due to current situation: 1 year left on contract, 22 goals last season, home-grown.

•On Richarlison, same as reported: monitoring situation, Everton interested in Winks but Everton want a large sum for him - reportedly €70m euros for what is a non-starter.

•Nothing new on CBs, same old targets: Bastoni doors not entirely closed until Inter offload players for funds, but unlikely. Pau Torres, Gvardiol, Lenglet, Bremer, etc. As good as Bastoni is, Spurs likely not wanting to wait around.

•As reported to death, Kane very happy at Spurs. Highlights the switch from last season with England being his happy place and Spurs less so, now the inverse is true.

•Highlights the importance of having more midfield options, such as the possibility of playing with a midfield 3 in a 3-5-2.

•Josh Keeley signed from St. Patrick’s Athletic. Highly rated 19 y/o goalkeeper, comes at a time with Spurs releasing 5 different keepers (Gollini + 4 academy products). Not our no.3, has only appeared in one game this season gone - one for the future. Will be involved with the U-23s.

•Lots of talk on the new updated structure of recruitment at Spurs with a summary of the incomings and out-comings of staff from around 35:00 onwards. Too much to list for what I assume is pretty niche information that I believe has mostly already been reported on, but feel free to give it a listen.

•Q&A from 42:00 onwards.

•PMS (unfortunate abbreviation, Pape Matar Sarr) is imagined to go back out on loan - is only 19 and may need to physically bulk-up.

•No update yet on Doherty. Tanganga, Skipp, and Perisic expected back before/during pre-season.

•On old Belotti links, loss of interest in him due to Paratici seeing him as not quite suitable for what he is trying to build with Conte.

That’s all folks! Missed a couple of less interesting bits particularly during the Q&A at the end, but overall it’s a pretty concise summary of Ali’s coverage on Spurs news.