£13mil for Ryan Mason £8mil for Pritchard £8mil for Carroll
How much will Tripper cost....if he's affordable I'd much prefer him to Jenkinson he's much better defensively and just in general is a better player, and sill only 26
Levy will ask for silly money for Trippier despite him being a back up. The normal Spurs TF way which will basically waste some of that 24/7 time Sullivan and co apparently spend trying to secure deals. Trippier would be a very decent signing so its a case of mentally trying to dismiss it as it is highly unlikely to come off.
Jenkinson, to be frank, isn't worth chasing IMO
Fonte will go to Everton I reckon. They've got money burning a hole in their pockets and he knows Koeman/vice versa. Us putting in a 4M bid is hardly likely to alter that. Ginge is nearing fitness as a back up and I'd prefer we promoted Oxford into the team rather than buy someone like Fonte. If Oxford is that good then he'll show it in the first team soon enough without us paying a lot of money for a 30+ year old on the decline
Blind faith says I still believe we'll get Hogan and he will band 'em in for us ;biggrin
My fear is we'll bid low for Trippier, then be forced to negotiate with Levy who will have no intention to sell him to us, and then lose out on Jenkinson or Iorfa, who are perhaps more realistic targets.
Don't get me wrong, I hope we are in for Trippier because I've always rated him, but I think we're doing something into the wind if we think Spurs will let him go for anything close to what we're prepared to pay.
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The Dave's need to put forward a straightforward cash offer of £10m for Defoe and stop playing silly games. It might not get the player but it should at least bring them to the table
Depends, Alderz. If we let Feghouli go to Roma, we only have Antonio and Payet to play in the wide positions. If Bilic decides to use Antonio up front, or even right back, then we have no wide options.
I’d take Snodgrass, but he isn’t a long term fix, IMO
We won't get next level in January. I think the board know they dropped the ball in the summer (Tore gone, Zaza gone, Calleri gone, Feghouli rumoured to be going) and I think all they can do is patch for now.
Hogan is a prospect and I hope we get him. Snodgrass can do a job for us for the rest of the season and maybe beyond, but it's in the summer where the board need to push on.
OCS - normally I would agree. I think we all know that Jan is not the time to buy and if it was all rosy we could just carry on with no incomings or outgoings.
But when you make such a mess of one window (I honestly don't feel one signing is worth keeping), I think you have to be prepared to get out £20m and attempt to make it right. We need a RB and ST, maybe a WG, and should be willing to go up to £20m-£25m for them, especially when we haven't splashed out on Zaza, which I assume we aimed to do and budgeted for?
As you say, Tore, Zaza, Feghouli and Calleri have all been exiled more or less. So, at the very least, they need replacing, otherwise why did we bother signing them initially? Then we've got Sakhalin and Masuaku on the long term injury list and Kouyate and Ayew away for ACoN. All the while we have two massive games coming up against Palace and Boro. 4-6 points and you can safely tick this season off as secured, but take 0-2 and we're right back in the mix at the bottom.
I think the summer window was a strange one. None of the signings have worked out as yet, but at the time I was genuinely excited by Ayew, Feghouli & Tore, and felt that Nordtveit was a good addition too.
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I reckon the Board think they can operate using the "Levy" process & he comes unstuck on occasions.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/2591568/west-ham-transfer-news-scott-hogan-set-to-move-to-london-stadium-after-15m-fee-agreed-with-brentford/
We've offered Brentford £13m plus clauses for Hogan. They're holding out for £15m
Trippier is our No1 right back target. I think we all know how that ends.
Also interested in Iorfa, Fonte, Jenkinson and Sakho
We're trying to sell Feghouli to Roma but they want a loan deal. Snodgrass would be the replacement target.
Bilic watched Martinez play for the U23s the other night and was impressed. He may feature for the first team soon.
Antonio and Randy will be offered New contracts.
Payet likely to go in the summer.
I hope we don't miss out on Hogan for the sake of £2m. I wonder if Martinez is the back up plan ;hmm
Would love Trippier, but I feel Jenkinson is more likely.
Twenty long days to go...
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£13mil for Ryan Mason
£8mil for Pritchard
£8mil for Carroll
How much will Tripper cost....if he's affordable I'd much prefer him to Jenkinson he's much better defensively and just in general is a better player, and sill only 26
Jenkinson, to be frank, isn't worth chasing IMO
Fonte will go to Everton I reckon. They've got money burning a hole in their pockets and he knows Koeman/vice versa. Us putting in a 4M bid is hardly likely to alter that. Ginge is nearing fitness as a back up and I'd prefer we promoted Oxford into the team rather than buy someone like Fonte. If Oxford is that good then he'll show it in the first team soon enough without us paying a lot of money for a 30+ year old on the decline
Blind faith says I still believe we'll get Hogan and he will band 'em in for us ;biggrin
Sullivan probably offering 50p up front and 13m over 20 years
My fear is we'll bid low for Trippier, then be forced to negotiate with Levy who will have no intention to sell him to us, and then lose out on Jenkinson or Iorfa, who are perhaps more realistic targets.
Don't get me wrong, I hope we are in for Trippier because I've always rated him, but I think we're doing something into the wind if we think Spurs will let him go for anything close to what we're prepared to pay.
;lol ;lol ;lol
Transfer News - I'm told Scott Hogan should sign for West Ham in the next few days
A team is built on the defense a strong backline and the rest will follow.
I’d take Snodgrass, but he isn’t a long term fix, IMO
Just not sure Snodgrass is that 'proper winger'.
Snodgrass replaces Feghouli.
Hogan relaces Zaza.
It just doesn't scream 'next level' to me, which is what we were teased.
Hogan is a prospect and I hope we get him. Snodgrass can do a job for us for the rest of the season and maybe beyond, but it's in the summer where the board need to push on.
But when you make such a mess of one window (I honestly don't feel one signing is worth keeping), I think you have to be prepared to get out £20m and attempt to make it right. We need a RB and ST, maybe a WG, and should be willing to go up to £20m-£25m for them, especially when we haven't splashed out on Zaza, which I assume we aimed to do and budgeted for?
As you say, Tore, Zaza, Feghouli and Calleri have all been exiled more or less. So, at the very least, they need replacing, otherwise why did we bother signing them initially? Then we've got Sakhalin and Masuaku on the long term injury list and Kouyate and Ayew away for ACoN. All the while we have two massive games coming up against Palace and Boro. 4-6 points and you can safely tick this season off as secured, but take 0-2 and we're right back in the mix at the bottom.