Tottenham in the Summer Transfer window - 2013 edition!

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Tottenham Jamspurs said:
Strikers Levy has signed since 2003...

Adebayor - 2012 - £5m
Coulibaly - 2011 - £2m
Van Der Vaart - 2010 - £8m (Technically AM but signed to play specifically behind crouch)
Keane - 2008 - £12m
Defoe - 2008 - £15m
Pavlyuchenko - 2008 - £14m
Dos Santos - 2007 £4.7m
Bent - 2006 - £16.5m
Mido - 2006 - £4.5m
Berbatov - 2005 - £10.9m
Rasziak - 2005 - £2m
Defoe - 2003 - £7m
Kanoute - 2003 - £3.5m
Postiga - 2002 - £6.25m
Keane - 2002 - £7m

Whats my point?

In 10 years Levy has spent nearly £120m on strikers. 6 of which have come in the last 5 seasons. Thats averaging out at more than a striker a season.

People that say Levy doesn't care about our striker problem are just trying to find a scapegoat.

I actually missed Crouch off there - Add another £9m.

Stop blaming Levy and open your eyes.
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It's clear he cares - you have to question how much though, as some on that list were dross.

You can buy striker after striker but if they're all crap it doesn't do much good.
 
Tottenham Jamspurs said:
Strikers Levy has signed since 2003...

Adebayor - 2012 - £5m
Coulibaly - 2011 - £2m
Van Der Vaart - 2010 - £8m (Technically AM but signed to play specifically behind crouch)
Crouch - 2009 - £9m
Keane - 2008 - £12m
Defoe - 2008 - £15m
Pavlyuchenko - 2008 - £14m
Dos Santos - 2007 £4.7m
Bent - 2006 - £16.5m
Mido - 2006 - £4.5m
Berbatov - 2005 - £10.9m
Rasziak - 2005 - £2m
Defoe - 2003 - £7m
Kanoute - 2003 - £3.5m
Postiga - 2002 - £6.25m
Keane - 2002 - £7m

Whats my point?

In 10 years Levy has spent nearly £130m on strikers. 7 of which have come in the last 5 seasons. Thats averaging out at more than a striker a season. Ill admit some of those strikers didn't become world beaters but they did a job for us and they are the kind of players we had to sign at that time as we were not considered a "top 4 club" - in the last 2 seasons we have become considered one of the best teams in the country and can attract a higher calibre of player.

When we broke top 4 / looked like breaking top 4 Levy opened his chequebook to sign VDV, Adebayor, Modric, Paulinho, Dembele, Sandro, Parker, Vertonghen, Sigurdsson, Dempsey, Holtby - Who were all considered some of the top players in their respective leagues.

So next time you accuse Levy of trying to make a smokescreen for signing lesser quality of players maybe think again!
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You're forgetting that he also sold some of those strikers, and for a good profit at times - Keane to Liverpool! Yes, mistakes have been made. Personally, I think that a lot of that was down to Comolli. Levy has now, maybe become a tad too conservative. Sometimes you have to trust other people's judgement - just be more sure who you give that trust to.
 
It's hard to believe that Bent cost us £16.5m.

I am surprised and ashamed in equal measure.
 
Adebayor - 2012 - £5m - yep senior striker
Coulibaly - 2011 - £2m - youth team punt
Van Der Vaart - 2010 - £8m - not a striker
Crouch - 2009 - £9m - yep senior striker
Keane - 2008 - £12m - yep, but not really £12m more like a really expensive loan for Pool
Defoe - 2008 - £15m - yep, fee debatable as buy back due to Pompey crisis
Pavlyuchenko - 2008 - £14m - yep
Dos Santos - 2007 £4.7m - not a striker
Bent - 2006 - £16.5m - yep
Mido - 2006 - £4.5m - yep
Berbatov - 2005 - £10.9m - yep
Rasziak - 2005 - £2m - punt from lower division
Defoe - 2003 - £7m - yep
Kanoute - 2003 - £3.5m - yep
Postiga - 2002 - £6.25m - prospect punt
Keane - 2002 - £7m - yep

That's 11 senior strikers in 10 years and I would argue that it's actually 9 as Defoe and keane appear twice. The money spent is almost irrelevant as those players have probably been sold for more than we bought them for.
Of those 9 only 5 are above £10m, which is cheap for a striker. The Defoe one is a debatable figure too as we prob would not have bought back for £15m cash. Keane is also debatable as we sold him not long before for much more.
So really, he's splashed big-ish on a striker 3 times in 10 years (berb, bent, pav)
 
PISKIE said:
Don't forget, you spend nearly as much on David Bentley.

Didn't sell him on for a profit though .....
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<doh> Firstly, he's not a striker. Secondly, I suppose Arsenal have never made a mistake like that?

If you're going to Wum, don't make it so obvious!...
 
Not a striker, just a purchase of note.

Yes we've had similar players, Arshavin springs to mind.

and calm down <ok>
 
Tottenham Jamspurs said:
Strikers Levy has signed since 2003...

Adebayor - 2012 - £5m
Coulibaly - 2011 - £2m
Van Der Vaart - 2010 - £8m (Technically AM but signed to play specifically behind crouch)
Crouch - 2009 - £9m
Keane - 2008 - £12m
Defoe - 2008 - £15m
Pavlyuchenko - 2008 - £14m
Dos Santos - 2007 £4.7m
Bent - 2006 - £16.5m
Mido - 2006 - £4.5m
Berbatov - 2005 - £10.9m
Rasziak - 2005 - £2m
Defoe - 2003 - £7m
Kanoute - 2003 - £3.5m
Postiga - 2002 - £6.25m
Keane - 2002 - £7m

Whats my point?

In 10 years Levy has spent nearly £130m on strikers. 7 of which have come in the last 5 seasons costing £65m. Thats averaging out at more than a striker a season and £13m every season on a striker. Ill admit some of those strikers didn't become world beaters but they did a job for us and they are the kind of players we had to sign at that time as we were not considered a "top 4 club" - in the last 2 seasons we have become considered one of the best teams in the country and can attract a higher calibre of player.

When we broke top 4 / looked like breaking top 4 Levy opened his chequebook to sign VDV, Adebayor, Modric, Paulinho, Dembele, Sandro, Parker, Vertonghen, Sigurdsson, Dempsey, Holtby - Who were all considered some of the top players in their respective leagues.

So next time you accuse Levy of trying to make a smokescreen for signing lesser quality of players maybe think again!

Also worth mentioning we spent £61m in transfer fees alone last season.
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Can we really class Rasziak as a striker?

Point taken but he has also sold a lot both Defoe and Keane have been sold and returned - granted good business by both by Levy.

Just a question, where do you feel we need to strengthen?
 
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