Said it on another thread, but I think Spurs will face a challenge holding onto their best players due to increased wage demands, coupled with paying for their new stadium. Players like Kane and Alli know that they can get £250k per week elsewhere, so it's going to be up to Spurs to persuade them to stay, as well as not pay them as much as they could earn at a bigger club. If they do end up paying somewhere near these figures, then other players will want an increase too, so their whole wage structure is going to go out of the window.
Increased TV money, plus their increased income from their new stadium should allow them to compete, especially if they stay in the top 4 and keep suckling off the Champions League teat too (Thats if they can stay in the top 4 though).
Depends how much their top players are willing to accept I suppose. TV and CL money will help offset any wage increases (as long as they can maintain Top 4) but they won't really see any benefit of increased income from gate receipts until the stadium is paid off, as the profits will go towards paying for it. Spurs have done well to build a team on relatively low wages, but their (relative) success last season put those players on the radar of the big clubs, and Spurs will know that 2-3 clubs can offer Kane and Alli 4 or 5 times what they are earning at Spurs. The next couple of seasons are going to be crucial for Spurs. If they can maintain top 4 and not get humped in Europe, then they can build on what they have got. If they have a ****e season at Wembley and bomb again in the CL and Europa league, then their top players are going to get tempted away.
No way! I've told you before, Pix, I am not playing your tragic game of self-love. I've claimed the points for you. Fill your boots and add them to your tally-of-woe. Meanwhile, I will continue to rampantly rip the piss, mate.
I think what Pixie is trying to say is that if Spurs want to keep their best players, they had better not "do an Arsenal!" "We are Cech's helmet." Those ****ers should be forced to put those words on their kit.
Wrong thread title ... it should read " How much money will the Spuds Make This Summer " .... if you go by past seasons .
Wow, what a rant. Make your mind up mate, you're either in or you stop blubbing about it. For a thread that you said would be irrelevant and that you want no part of, you seem to be getting awfully flustered about it
I can see why you need to convince yourself that I am "blubbing," Pix. I think you know only too well that your WfU thread is, itself, a massive WFU. Surely, even you can appreciate the tragic irony in that, through your tears, mate? You're hoping that anyone half-decent is going to join in, but you seem to have forgotten that you've got Skiddy and Akky wedged firmly up your arse; and no one in his right mind will want to associate themselves with either of those two Muppets. You ****ed up, mate! Let me enjoy that.
Okay I will attempt to engage you in a serious football question. How do you think that Spurs will manage their wage structure, and therefore their overall wage bill given that players like Kane and Alli will be offered sums like £250k to play for the big clubs. Do you think that they will stay at Spurs on vastly lower wages out of loyalty, or will they demand to be paid on a par with other top players around Europe ? If Spurs improve their contracts with bigger wages, do you think that other players will want to see their wages rise, or will they be happy to stay at the club on the same wages, with a huge disparity between the top earners and those at the bottom ? Also, taking into account revenue from CL and TV money, how do you think that Spurs will manage to pay for their stadium alongside improving contracts and making key signings in the transfer market ?
Spurs will spend big on improving wages because they haven't spent big on net transfers for years . You guys spent big on net transfer and wages Piskie , without anything to show for it...reference Spurs ..
We've won 3 trophies in the last 4 seasons Roofie. Also do Spurs have a £200m cash surplus to spend on transfers due to their frugal wage structure ? You've just highlighted the point of my question. If Spurs are going to ditch their wage structure to keep their best players at the club. How are they going to pay for it ? Especially given that they have a new stadium to pay for.
I doubt it, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt. Now, what ****e have you come out with? Let's see... You assume that Spurs (a) aren't already "managing" its wage structure, and/or (b) hasn't planned for this type of contingency. Poch/Levy have been extremely shrewd by tying-in all our stars with regular contract upgrades, each successive season. It is no coincidence, I believe, that Spurs' performance in the EPL has improved with each successive season. This achieves two things simultaneously: (1) it lets the players know that good performances and success will be rewarded, and (2) it enables the club to keep a tight leash on its best players. What "clubs" are you talking about? There are only three clubs in the EPL that could even contemplate paying those kinds of silly wages, and Levy is unlikely to sell our best players to any of them. Yes, they could go abroad, but not many English players do that. Plus, for either Alli or Kane, Levy is going to be looking for record-breaking transfer fees, and I really cannot see many clubs being prepared to stump up that kind of cash. Finally, both players have made it crystal clear that they have no intention of leaving the club. I think Spurs will significantly improve the contracts of the two players that you mention, and that will be enough to keep them at Spurs for the foreseeable future. Isn't that the way it works at every "big" club? I don't see Spurs being any different. Players know that success will bring reward. It isn't rocket-science. How the Hell do I know! What I do know is that we have, at Spurs, one of the shrewdest chairman in top flight football. You are a fool if you believe that Levy hasn't thought everything through.
Okay so that's rather a lot of waffle without actually answering my question. In simple terms. If Spurs want to keep their best players, add depth to the squad, improve the wages to match (or at least get somewhere near) what the top players around Europe earn and finance a new stadium. How will they pay for it all ?
Come on HIAG, don't do a runner on me now. There's no right or wrong answer to this. I'm just interested to know how you think Spurs will manage the finances seeing as you've agreed that they will have to improve contracts as well as pay for the new stadium. This is your chance to prove that you don't just have a scratch the surface knowledge of football.
The contracts have been improved slowly but surely. As performances improve on the pitch, the players get their share. It was getting silly at times last season with new contracts being signed every week. There was even speculation that Poch had a cardboard cut-out doing the arm around the signer, such was the onerous task of appearing at yet another new signing. Another year of CL I'm sure we will reward players further. As for the stadium, it has already been stated by the club that it will not be financed by funds that would go on the team - naming rights, American football, etc. I think Joe Lewis has even put his hands in his pocket for that.
So bailed out by the sugar daddy eh ? As for contracts, I think Kane's latest one was around 100k per week ? Do you think that will need to be improved again and again, if somebody like Maureen or Real come in with a £300k offer and £100m for Levy ?
He's young enough and level headed enough to know that he can make an awful lot of money if he does the right things in his career. Right now, working with Pochettino seems to have appeal for these players. We might need to go to £130k or so, but I don't see any need to match the top payers. Are you guys going to pay Sanchez and Ozil the reported £350k pw?
