Anti-Levy fans admit they don't know what they are talking about
Anti-Levy fans admit they don't know what they are talking about
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| Mauricio Pochettino and Daniel Levy at one with how the club needs to progress forward |
Transfer Talk
A poll on Twitter is asking if fans understand and support Daniel Levy's transfer policy. Well firstly it isn't Daniel Levy's transfer policy, it is Spurs transfer policy, he isn't a dictator. Secondly, if you don't understand something then your opinion on it is rather immaterial, you are admitting you don't know what you are talking about.Mauricio Pochettino is the man who decides who we buy and who we sell, he helps formulate our strategy. He openly admits he would rather use an academy player if possible than make a signing. he spoke to the press telling them that it is easier to leave an academy player on the bench then have a signing as a bench warmer. he stated it causes problems buying players you don't need.
If you buy a player and pay his wages you feel you must use him or he is a waste.
If you grasp that then you can grasp why Pochettino is very picky over the players we try to buy.
This has been a very different window. The fallacy is that everyone around us is strengthening, when in fact they aren't really.Manchester City have signed one player of note, Manchester United one player and a right-back nobody has heard of for £20m. Chelsea nobody, Arsenal a bunch of players who wouldn't get into any other Top 6 side.
Signing someone doesn't mean improvement, it means change. If it meant improvement then Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and perhaps Everton should all have finished above us last season, they didn't. Chelsea and Arsenal, in particular, got worse.
This window shuts before the season as a lot of fans wanted and all managers say they wanted, now it's here they don't want it, they now see the problems. Nobody is actually buying and European clubs don't have to buy before 9 Aug, indeed it is in their best interests if they don't buy.
Every club tries to buy low and sell high, Manchester United wants £100m for Martial, Crystal Palace wants £70m for Zaha, Aston Villa wants £40m for a Championship player. It isn't just Daniel Levy who demands top dollar.
A huge proportion of transfers are conducted in the last 2 weeks of a summer window statistically, this summer is no different. Clubs wait to buy to drive prices down and as we need to sell before we buy that is an issue.
Firstly, Pochettino does not want a big squad, Daniel Levy doesn't want to be paying big wages to players not playing, why would you.
Secondly, Pochettino only wants certain players and it is clear we are focussing on those targets.
Thirdly, we have 17 non-homegrown players on the books and we can only name 17 to the Premier League (over 21) to be eligible to play in the Premier League.
If we want to buy a non-homegrown player like Martial, then we have to offload a player first and nobody is buying at the moment.
The window is a simple one to understand with a logical approach instead of an emotional approach that ignores the facts.
We all would like a couple of additions, but at present circumstances don't make that possible and for all the folk who think ENIC should be ploughing money in, Financial Fair Play rules dictate we must be self-sufficient and any loans from owners (which can't be used to buy players or pay their wages) must be paid back.
The anti-Levy folk don't actually understand the game today and by voting no in a poll they prove it.
2 comments
It is frustrating but we cannot pay the top dollar that the other five clubs seem able to and Poch also looks at loyalty his Youth players if they can see the possibilities of breaking through will be loyal whereas big money buys like Zaha will only be loyal to the money he can make on his next move.
I want to see great players indeed i was brought up on Blanchflower, Mackay, White, Greaves, Gilzean etc but all were loyal to the club and played that way to. That's what I want give me five Harry Winks rather than one who is just here for the money
I think it's an inspired approach that results in better players and better people. I read MP's book and have such admiration for who he is as a person - as well as the approach he's taking. That approach can only be taken by a person of that calibre. Brave and honest. Very rare attributes.
COYS!!