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Every time I see his name on this site, my brain autocorrects it to Pork Chop Drop
Every time I see his name on this site, my brain autocorrects it to Pork Chop Drop
Lowdown on him from Andrew Gaffney
http://www.football.london/tottenha...news/spurs-transfer-pape-cheikh-diop-13490209
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I don't think we should take Poch's "4 in" at face value. Things change in the transfer window and players suddenly become gettable again (like Martial).Been a day and a half... What's the likelihood of him replacing Barkley in Poch's 4? And with word of Foyth potentially arriving as well, how possible is it we buy the both - each pair of CB and B2B CM?
It would make since to have a first team budget and a separate budget for players that are a season or 2 away from first team. Perhaps a 60/40 split or something.I wonder if it was him or foyth, with similar fees talked about for future players. Maybe a separate budget, plus someone said foyth can play dm.
There isIt would make since to have a first team budget and a separate budget for players that are a season or 2 away from first team. Perhaps a 60/40 split or something.
Any idea or ball park for what was/is available in the war chest? Wishful thinking to get an answer I know.There is
Come on now.Any idea or ball park for what was/is available in the war chest? Wishful thinking to get an answer I know.
This makes me think even more that the foyth and diao deals were linked, with jj saying this was unlikely at the same time foyth reappeared on the radar.There is
I know, I know. Sorry.Come on now.
Any idea or ball park for what was/is available in the war chest? Wishful thinking to get an answer I know.
Any idea or ball park for what was/is available in the war chest? Wishful thinking to get an answer I know.
Budget talk - I'm gone .............Let's do the math: assuming we wouldn't move forward with both Foyth and Diop (both rumoured around £10m), you can take it to mean our budget falls close to Gazza + (Foyth or Diop). I believe around £15m, though can't say for certain. Anyone know what the GK fee might be?
For the first team, we can confirm Sanchez right away. Fee is £42m, but I think it's fair to only consider (if we're budgeting here) to account for the expenditure on this year's books - reported at around £30m if memory serves.
Then we can add Barkley for £20m (If the ITK is to be believed), as he's the next most-likely signing. The injury complicates things: either the move may be held off until Jan or the price may drop, but we can comfortably claim a move was to be made, and therefore the verbal agreement for £20m can be added to the subtotal (Again, pinches of salt as necessary).
This leaves us with the two other widely-agreed upon needs, WF and RB. Most of the RBs we've been after have been poo-poo'ed for various reasons, and Aurier seems to be nearly the last man standing. The number associated with him is again £20m. (A wild pattern appeared!) If initial reports on Martial at ~£25-35m are to be believed, this puts the first team budget right around the £100m mark. Whether -- or, more likely, how -- this number was shaped by Walker's transfer I can't say. Nor can anyone confirm with much certainty if those are the planned-on "Poch 4" or not, if all will be pursued let alone bought, or even if that is a fair reflection of the budget or just some arbitrary number that is left in the burning wreckage of a panic-induced barnstorming buys.