Dimi Payet; the Epilogue

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  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    ;lol
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    ;lol
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    ;lol
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Dimi is a hammer.
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

    For me, money for Payet is like the old points on the board v games in hand argument. Having points in the bag is a better position to be in, IMO, than playing catch-up with midweek gams, knowing you 'might' overtake the opposition should you collect enough points.

    I would much rather have Payet in our squad over any amount of money offered because, as seen with Spurs and Liverpool, you can sell a star player for silly money, and chances are you will still be a worse side even if you reinvest all the cash in new players.

    We, as fans, do not benefit from his sale. The club and board do, financially, but that money does not come to us and then it is a complete unknown whether that money is widely invested.

    Yes.....

    But there is a flip side

    We turn down 50-60m and he doesn't continue the form of the last 12 months for some reason or has an injury. Then he is never worth that money again

    Not saying that will happen and I very much doubt it will but

    #justsaying
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    A Payet in the hand is worth 4 or 5 possibles in the future.

    As others have said, Spurs and Liverpool are clear examples of failing to use 'windfall' money effectively.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Good tweet -

    Whoever wants to buy Dimitri Payet must contact me through email: [email protected]
  • simoncsimonc
    Spurs are looking pretty good right now, everyone has a price and he is 29 so 60 mill would be very tempting,its a business after all
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    No payer leaving rumours from either sky paper talk or bbc gossip column today ;nonono
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    simonc said:

    Spurs are looking pretty good right now, everyone has a price and he is 29 so 60 mill would be very tempting,its a business after all

    Naaaaaaah, Levy would never buy a player without potential sell on value
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Expat

    I don't think Simonc is saying Spurs would buy him - I think he is saying Spurs are in a good place now having cashed in on their prized asset
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    Oh, OK ;ok
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Spurs are in a good place because they made smart shrewd signings after the season the Bale windfall had largely underwhelmed

    They went back to basics and picked up Dier and Ali for a combined sum of less than £10 mil and now both are in the spine of the team

    Got to also be said Tottenham had/have a far superior squad who had been among the top 4 the last few seasons so had a better base then us to cope with losing Bale
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    When did we lose Bale ;wink
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Dimi is a hammer.
  • HammerexHammerex
    You can say he is Our Club Hammer.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Indeed you can.
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    A Payet in the hand is worth 4 or 5 possibles in the future.

    As others have said, Spurs and Liverpool are clear examples of failing to use 'windfall' money effectively.

    Well last I saw Spurs were challenging for the title most of the season, albeit a year or two after the money came in.....
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited June 2016
    Bale was sold in 2013

    13/14: 6th (No Bale)
    12/13: 5th
    11/12: 4th
    10/11: 5th
    09/10: 4th

    Think it's fair to say that Tottenham were battling the tip 4 before Bale was sold and the players who have helped secure them challenging the top 4 again only Eriksen was bought with the Bale money

    We aren't as big or have as much strength as Tottenham did to cope with the lose of Bale

    We are more similar to Liverpool and Suarez as we have a good squad but not nearly good enough for top 4 especially if we lose our star
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited June 2016
    albeit a year or two after the money came in.....
    Which was the point I made.

    They didn't significantly benefit from the Bale money, in terms of the players they bought as a result. They shipped out most of them again, almost all at around a 50% loss, with Soldado the worst case, costing £26m and selling fro £10m

    Similarly, if we cashed in on Payet (but we won't) there is no guarantee that the money would bring us the players needed to make up for his loss.

    The current Spurs team mainly relies on holding on to their best players, more sensible transfers and bringing younger players through, a model I would hope we will follow.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    How exactly have Spurs benefitted from the Bale windfall? They continue to remain 2nd (out of two) in North London
  • simoncsimonc
    It would be very hard to turn down any significant offer, its a team game and if we over rely on any one player its a mistake. At 29 he is not our-future but is a great model for how we wish to grow. I loved watching him this year and think we would be sending the wrong message to prospective players if we sold him. WHU needs to be a destination not a station on the way, but if it comes down to it given current fecent signings i would expect the resulting team to be stronger coyi
  • MoojorMoojor
    I have nevery in my life had a player name on a football shirt. I may have to get one with Payet this season!
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited June 2016
    Madrid in talks with Juventus over a world-record move for Pogba. If that is true I can't see them signing him AND Payet, given the two fees involved.
  • alderzalderz
    ;ok
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    With James Rodrigues having trouble getting games at Madrid and the fans at Barca are on Arda Turan's back, I'm not that worried about them going after Payet. I'm sure he wants games and similar players are struggling.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    And if they do get Pogba you'd imagine that they would be reluctant to spend big money on Payet

    Bit off west ham but if they secure Pogba for a world record fee then surely Kroos, who's already been linked with City strongly, would probably be moved on......personally I'd take the inteligence and subtle brilliance of Kroos over the flash of pogba
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Kroos is absolute quality ;ok
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    The problem if you sell Payet is we would n't be able to attract a similar quality player to us as players at that level want champions league football
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Kroos is absolute quality ;ok

    Lethal combination him and Gundogan if City can pull it off

    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    The problem if you sell Payet is we would n't be able to attract a similar quality player to us as players at that level want champions league football

    This
    See Liverpool and Suarez
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