hellava_tough
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The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 23rd August 2013
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plus they know we now have some serious money with bale def going right???
Jamturk
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We were obviously negotiating so did the medical at the same time, can you imagine the kind of deal he was on at Anhzi. Its easy for Mourinho to make cheap jibes about sorting out the contract immediately when you have a money no object chairman sitting behind you.
Misfit
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Doh! Yes, completely forgot about that. Such a tricky balancing act. We can't commit legally to spending if we're not certain of GB's move to RM or we could end up getting stiffed by RM knowing we're in a bit of box. Ah bollox to this.
Onwards to other targets.
TheVoiceofReason
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whats ali z said?
ackie
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0-Tibsy-0
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What I said..; 'Just highlighting that there could have been naivety from our side this time'. Notice the word 'COULD'- hypotheticals, the same thing that everyone on this board works from. I'm not getting into a discussion on an internet forum on who has held higher positions etc, and given that I usually respect your postings etc I feel you're being a bit fucking ridiculous at the moment. But whatever, this now gone into the realms of definitely having nothing to do with ITK.
I will say though, it is not difficult to comprehend that even intelligent, experienced business people make naive mistakes sometimes-it's happened before and will happen again.
Misfit
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And you're a massive ****face with a small penis.
I'm totally over it though.
/put on dress, fetches the lotion
Mister Jez
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Keep it, makes the site less aggressive.
SteveH
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Lol
DM isn't that bad
When he stays on his feet and its not very often.
One of the biggest fall over monkies in European football.
gilzeantheking
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So Willian wants to sit and count his money.
He'll have plenty of time to do it on match days.
He'll have plenty of time to do it on match days.
Misfit
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Yeah, c'mon guys. Everyone chip in with what you can. Don't be wankers, etc.
EnfieldYiddo
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coypu
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Got to say this willian business throws up why we need to be careful how much we badger the ITks. 'You should do your medicals in secret' may seem a crass statemeent by tithead but when we are yearning for the elusive 'first to know' info, posting such on these forums can be dangerous, as proven by Ryan? and his Suarez piece, journos do come on here to fish for news. The ITKs have to be really careful how much info they post just for this reason. Anyhoo after our last game, I thought the players have gelled really fast and that bodes well. COYS!!
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We were going to spend 30m on a 2 cap wonder. There are other players out there. Lamela got 15 goals in Serie A last season and is 21 he's the key. Willian is 25 he's not gonna get any better. Sign Lamela and then keep Bale until we get the number 10 we want.
It really needs to be said dozens of times before people realize that the number of alternatives that we can sign in one week is very limited.
Pjanic: Roma will not sell him on top of Lamela. They've already sold Osvaldo. They're fans would be furious beyond belief. His agent has already said he will not be moving anywhere this window.
Ljajic: Has made it clear he wants a move to Milan and completely controls his own destiny with a contract that is running down. There is no chance we sign him.
Mata, Ozil, Reus, Draxler: None of them will be sold, and certainly not to us, of all clubs.
Griezmann: Apparently has a massive release clause, but Sociedad are on the verge of qualifying for the Champions League and have no need to sell him on. There is no way they sell him before they've qualified late next week. It is highly unlikely that we could do a deal for him at this stage.
Pastore: Will be outrageously expensive, on big wages, and likely wouldn't leave a mega-club like PSG to move to a Europa League side. PSG have no need to sell and if they did, numerous teams like City, Arsenal, and United would line up with big offers.
Eriksen: Really the only one who is attainable, in my view. Ajax are reasonable and will sell him, but the issue is whether he would want to join us. He can stay at Ajax, where he's happy, and engineer a move to a Champions League club for next summer. Ajax also know we are desperate, and will likely want more money than many here think (I would guess at least 12 million pounds, may more).
Maybe there is a surprise or two out there for us. Maybe if we're real desperate late in the window, we'd ask Hamburg about whether they want to dump Van der Vaart to save on his wages? Or maybe AVB can convince Hulk to take a pay cut and come to us?
Either way, it's going to be a hectic 10 days.
Pjanic: Roma will not sell him on top of Lamela. They've already sold Osvaldo. They're fans would be furious beyond belief. His agent has already said he will not be moving anywhere this window.
Ljajic: Has made it clear he wants a move to Milan and completely controls his own destiny with a contract that is running down. There is no chance we sign him.
Mata, Ozil, Reus, Draxler: None of them will be sold, and certainly not to us, of all clubs.
Griezmann: Apparently has a massive release clause, but Sociedad are on the verge of qualifying for the Champions League and have no need to sell him on. There is no way they sell him before they've qualified late next week. It is highly unlikely that we could do a deal for him at this stage.
Pastore: Will be outrageously expensive, on big wages, and likely wouldn't leave a mega-club like PSG to move to a Europa League side. PSG have no need to sell and if they did, numerous teams like City, Arsenal, and United would line up with big offers.
Eriksen: Really the only one who is attainable, in my view. Ajax are reasonable and will sell him, but the issue is whether he would want to join us. He can stay at Ajax, where he's happy, and engineer a move to a Champions League club for next summer. Ajax also know we are desperate, and will likely want more money than many here think (I would guess at least 12 million pounds, may more).
Maybe there is a surprise or two out there for us. Maybe if we're real desperate late in the window, we'd ask Hamburg about whether they want to dump Van der Vaart to save on his wages? Or maybe AVB can convince Hulk to take a pay cut and come to us?
Either way, it's going to be a hectic 10 days.
Spurs_Bear
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I can't help but think that the those who are most to blame for this colossal fubar are in fact the very people that spend so much time here.
We all demand ITK.....to know what's happening before anybody else. I only do it for the absurdity, but its no different that the people that do it serious.
And so a market like that produces suppliers. And those suppliers tipped SSN and then Chelsea off to this (as much as we want to blame Kia or Mourinho).
And he we are.
Levy always wants lock-down and this proves why.
Time to reevaluate. I feel that I have harmed the club pretty terribly here. Hell I am the one that posted 50% of the rumors that made it to twitter. And if I am hurting the club on the same level as Chelsea that makes me a **** and I really don't want to be a ****
I'm not sure I can even call myself a supporter right now.
Fucking hope this is not a serious post...
JayB
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Absolutely gutted about Willian and the manner in which it all went down, totally amateurish for the club to have spent 48 hours quibbling over an agent fee in such a public deal - really it was set on a tee for Chelsea.
That being said I'm quite sure that Baldini and AVB had targets identified to address our creativity crisis before the Anzhi fire sale took place. We've got the money to make it happen, I just hope we haven't left it too late.
That being said I'm quite sure that Baldini and AVB had targets identified to address our creativity crisis before the Anzhi fire sale took place. We've got the money to make it happen, I just hope we haven't left it too late.
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