Transfer thread for 2016-17 season

We could also perhaps tempt them with a swap deal for a fully established, £30m-rated French international who plays RW or CM/CAM?

 

Leverkusen signed Leon Bailey, read up on him about 6 months ago, watched a few YouTube videos as you do, reminded me a bit of how Bale used to be early on with us, bombing it down the left, beating a man and getting a cross or shot in. Could prove a good signing for them.

 

Adebayor is in Turkey for talks and a medical with a Super League side.

 

Lost interest at this point and stopped reading.

 

I don't think so. A moderate meteorite shower over Stratford will suffice.

 

How would you distinguish that event from the shower (of sh*te) in Stratford ??

 

The meteorites could be sifted from the rubble and reclaimed by the taxpayer.

 

A shower of meteorites is more entertaining

 

That depends on where in Stratford the meteorites land.

 

Nothing to see here. It’s highly unlikely that Spurs will do any business today, in or out.

The real work took place over the past year as the first-team squad plus the new breed of youngsters agreed long-term contracts. The resulting photo opportunities with manager Mauricio Pochettino’s paternal arm round the shoulder of a beaming player have become the Tottenham trope, signalling continuity and forward planning. He won’t risk upsetting that.

No rumbles of dissent, just squad harmony and calm determination.

Alan Fisher, co-author of A People’s History of Tottenham Hotspur

It's been a long time since any of us have been this calm on Transfer Deadline Day. It doesn't feel right. Why am I not pacing up and down swearing? Where's the fun in this?

 

The real question marks aren't hovering over 'Who is out there?', but over multiple members of the current squad. It is too early to pass judgement on Sissoko, Janssen, GKN, Onomah and other fringe players (ok maybe not Sissoko ). There is a chance - however small - that they will all impress between now and the end of the season. But if they don't, I think Poch realises that the summer window will be an incredibly busy one. We'd be looking to secure permanent moves away for Fazio, Bentaleb and potentially 2-3 more out of the list above. It could be another summer of 4-5 incomings and I think we're bracing ourselves for that, rather than give ourselves a headache unnecessarily early.

 

To placate you ... Leandro Damiao.

 

It'd be typical of Spurs, in that during a window where none of us are bothered about any incomings, Levy will go and pull off another van der Vaart type deal.

I mean, Iscould happen

 

Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can dream of the old days
Life was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

 

<dead to me>

 

And the big rumour for today is...Feyenoord U19 attacking midfielder Ozancan Kokcu on a free at the end of the season.

I take it he won't be joining us on any pre-season trips to the US...

 

A change of name doesn't lessen the sense of betrayal

 

We are apparently tracking Nuneaton defender Alex Penny.

 

That's the title in the bag then.

 

Ranocchia joins Hull on loan.

Told you our being linked to him as wide of the mark...