Transfer thread for 2016-17 season

I think we'll be getting a big target in before the window closes.

Of course, I also think fluffy bunnies will descend from the heavens to hand us the league trophy.

That's right. Best of luck, Nacer! You gave us some great moments, none better than that goal against the goons. Nice finish, and if that yellow for hand to ear didn't demonstrate officials' bias in favor of certain teams, I don't know what could.

 

I think he's set to join Leicester but is still technically working for us at least until the end of the window.

And I have something potentially realistic for you...

We sold Chadli, who wore the shirt number 22.
We're linked with Isco, who wears the shirt number 22.

Just sayin'

 

I like this post cos a man, so confident about something that he will be proved so wrong about, deserves to have his confidence built up a little bit more in the hope that, when it all goes tits up, he lands that little bit harder and hurts himself a little bit more as a punishment for being an optimistic spur!

 

it's a strange one. if he's going to Leicester, why would he put his efforts into signing players for us that he could try to sign at his new club?



Ok, you've sold me now. Isco 22. Done deal.

 

But we sold the other five for decent amounts which funded other purchases. Your 30% hit rate is bang on. We lost Bale and got Alderwiereld , Dier, Janssen, , Alli, Eriksen and Lamela is another way of looking at it.

 

Cos Levy has his bollocks in a vice and is tightening it by the hour until some mo fo...any mo fo...signs for us...which kinda explain zaha!

 

take this with a pinch of salt, but there's 1 or two rumours floating about that Carroll is going to Derby. No idea where it came from, though.

 

You saying I'm wrong, RCL? You my friend will be left with egg on your face for doubting me.

 

I suppose throughout of professionalism and respect for Spurs/ Poch. It'd be a real dick move if he half-hearted stuff to the people that are still paying his wages.

Good to see you've been swayed mate, we'll be the ones laughing come Thursday morning, just you watch.

 

Just read that apparently Onomah is being lined up for a loan move to Hull as Sunderland have stolen a march on them visa-vis Mason. Also, CCV to Newcastle on loan is now doing the rounds. And apparently Trippier is considering a return to Turf Moor to secure regular football.

 

Egg on my face...piece of cake for me after the piss socks
But seriously now...STFU...you are raising my hopes that this will be a VDV window rather than a Fraser Campbell one...and I dont want to be heart broken!

 

N'Koudou

 

Hopes should be raised mate, they'll be fully warranted come the deadline.

I really hope we do what Barca and Madrid do with new major signings, would be great to parade Isco around WHL in a special ceremony.

 

Just looked at the OP for this thread to remind myself of what's happened this summer.

You know the worrying thing is that on paper this looks like a good window so far. And you know that "on paper" is Levy's favourite footballing surface.

We've sold two players who barely ever got a kick in the first team (Yedlin and Pritchard) for a combined 13m, sold a fringe squad player who was never gonna be good enough for our first 11 for a double-your-money 13m, sent out a bad egg on loan to a non-rival with a lielihood that the deal will turn permanent and we'll get a decent fee for an academy product.

We've bought a very handy-looking striker (much-needed) who can play on his own up front for a decent fee and a relatively proven CM who, to be fair, is looking better with each game he plays (maybe not playing with Dier at the weekend helped in that regard, though) and again for a very decent price.

We've got a net spend of about 2m, have barely weakened the bench, never mind the starting 11 and added two Prem-ready players who are already contributing.

I mean I don't agree that it has been a great window or anything (I, like most, long to see a really able AM challenge Eriksen and Alli but then again who knows? Maybe Son can still be that player, maybe Onomah can). But actually in Levy terms it's a very steady, very solid-looking bit of business overall.

Still longing for a VDV to happen*. Though like someone said earlier - we've been using that one instance as our golden memory of deadline day as if anything close to as good has ever happened before or since. In decades to come Spurs fans will be hoping for "a VDV-type signing" and won't even know what VDV stands for - it'll be such a central part of Spurs folklore.

*Sod it - can't we just sign VDV again? He'd cost peanuts and I'd love to see him come on with 10 minutes left! (I'm only 98% joking).

 

You're ****ing kidding?

Levy has seen the situation at hull and doesn't think we need any players, as they have managed to cope. Why pay all these wages?

 

@Roo and @remembercolinlee did you know that Isco took this photo?

 

WTF? What the hell is going on with this?! I have never seen anything like it! He's training with us, he's happily posting photos of himself wearing a Spurs shirt in the dressing room! Any chance we might actually sign him at any point?!

 

That's a pretty accurate summary Lenny, but there seems to be a lot of players going and very few coming in.
If the rumours about departures are true, then we'd better be bringing in replacements or we're far too light.

 

Players are so 1990's.

 

i didn't look too closely at first and wondered why he was wearing a Spurs top to a bowling alley.