All or Nothing: The Spoiler Thread

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Does it explain Vertonghen's release? Did he want to go or did we bin him? I heard that he wanted a longer contract than we would offer.

In one of the early episodes he comes across as being 50-50 as to whether he wanted to stay or not. Can't remember the exact dialogue but he didn't seem as 100% hopeful on staying as I initially thought he was. I guess the longevity of a potential contract did come into play though, he's signed a 3 year deal with Benfica and that'll take him to 36, I reckon even if we definitely wanted him to stay we would've offered a rolling contract or maximum of 2 years.
 
Does it explain Vertonghen's release? Did he want to go or did we bin him? I heard that he wanted a longer contract than we would offer.

Not really,you see very little of Jan apart from a nice bit at the end where he said he never watches football but would always follow Spurs results <wah>
 
In one of the early episodes he comes across as being 50-50 as to whether he wanted to stay or not. Can't remember the exact dialogue but he didn't seem as 100% hopeful on staying as I initially thought he was. I guess the longevity of a potential contract did come into play though, he's signed a 3 year deal with Benfica and that'll take him to 36, I reckon even if we definitely wanted him to stay we would've offered a rolling contract or maximum of 2 years.

Quite surprised he signed that long at Benfica to be honest, unless he’s given up on the return to Ajax as a player.