Daniel Levy: League transfer spending unsustainable

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Bodinki said:
Isnt the new stadium being built on the same ground?
They are just bulldozing the old ground and building over it I think, you could see the new stadium was half built last season wrapped around the old one, looked funny.
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Is it? I don't know. HIAG will be able to tell us once he's googled it.
 
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luvgonzo said:
He's got a bit of an ego mate.
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So did Walker, so the story goes like this:

Walker- 'Hey, gaffer, wtf, why didnt you pick me for the cup semi?'

Poch- 'right, **** off, you're not playing for the rest of the season'

Barkley better think about this **** before he rocks up, thick meathead kant.
 
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NowsufferinginSpain said:
What was Levy supposed to do? He had a very unhappy player who had made it abundantly clear he wanted out. Modric actually went on strike, Bale reportedly threatened to. Where's the profit in keeping unhappy, unsettled and unsettling players who don't want to play for you?

What he did was the most pragmatic thing any chairman could do in the circumstances, extract the maximum fee possible for that player.
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Southampton made Schneiderlin wait until they were ready to sell. United refused to sell Rooney. It's doable.
 
Stan said:
Easy profit mate not quick profit.

I don't know the ins and outs of the new stadium deal. Did Spurs try and become squatters at the Olympic Stadium before deciding to develop a new stadium of their own? Are they planning on developing resi and retail property on the site of the old ground?
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Retail for sure. Residential? Around there? Not sure right now.

All profit in the PL is easy right now. Inflation is rampant. But, if an easy profit was the only aim, they'd have sold before now. Not gone through the daunting task of bringing the new stadium on stream.
 
Stan said:
Southampton made Schneiderlin wait until they were ready to sell. United refused to sell Rooney. It's doable.
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Only if you have the resources to happily lose a large sum of money. The player will not give of his best, will depreciate in value due to age and poor performances.

Apart from being bloody minded, where's the percentage in that?

The only similar thing I can think that Levy did was to ensure Bale went abroad. Reportedly, you lot offered more than Real, but Levy refused to sell to you?
 
NowsufferinginSpain said:
Only if you have the resources to happily lose a large sum of money. The player will not give of his best, will depreciate in value due to age and poor performances.

Apart from being bloody minded, where's the percentage in that?

The only similar thing I can think that Levy did was to ensure Bale went abroad. Reportedly, you lot offered more than Real, but Levy refused to sell to you?
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Don't believe that. He's sold enough to us in the past, don't think he'd suddenly become precious about that.
 
NowsufferinginSpain said:
Only if you have the resources to happily lose a large sum of money. The player will not give of his best, will depreciate in value due to age and poor performances.

Apart from being bloody minded, where's the percentage in that?

The only similar thing I can think that Levy did was to ensure Bale went abroad. Reportedly, you lot offered more than Real, but Levy refused to sell to you?
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Remember that time Berbatov was going to United for 28 million so Levy offered him to City for 26?

<laugh>
 
Stan said:
Don't believe that. He's sold enough to us in the past, don't think he'd suddenly become precious about that.
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He sold Carrick and Berbatov to you. Both of whom put in written transfer requests.

Berbatov was another who went on strike to force a move.
 
NowsufferinginSpain said:
What was Levy supposed to do? He had a very unhappy player who had made it abundantly clear he wanted out. Modric actually went on strike, Bale reportedly threatened to. Where's the profit in keeping unhappy, unsettled and unsettling players who don't want to play for you?

What he did was the most pragmatic thing any chairman could do in the circumstances, extract the maximum fee possible for that player.
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So you only sell players that want to leave then, which is what most other clubs do.
 
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NowsufferinginSpain said:
That's not what I mean and you know it.
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It looks that way to me, I assume most of your players are happy. Alderweireld looks like he wants a better contract or a move, but apart from him it looks like the rest are happy. If they become unhappy, then you'll sell. Like Walker.

I don't see any other complication to this, it's more or less straightforward unless you have multiple bidders.
 
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