Building a Spurs squad for Bale
Gareth Bale will leave Real Madrid one day and when he does Tottenham may well want to try to buy him. Daniel Levy knows that the deal can be funded through the commercial revenue he generates, it's why Real Madrid paid so much for him in the first place and why he won't be leaving until they have recouped it.
Bale is a winner, he has the winning mentality that makes you continuously look to improve, the same way that Cristiano Ronaldo did to get to the top of his profession. Players like this congregate at the bigger clubs and feed off each other. If a player like this is coming up for sale then that players will want to join a club with players who have the same mentality, he would be wasting his time going anywhere else, unless he is simply chasing money.
If Tottenham want to attract and more importantly hang on to top quality players, players of the ilk of Luka Modrić and Gareth Bale, then we must build a squad that shares that belief. Why would you go to a club where there are negative influences, where some people are going through the motions for their pay cheque or not looking to improve themselves as a footballer. The assumption that every player is looking to improve is nieve, there are plenty of players happy to sit in their comfort zone and earn a nice living, there are plenty of negative Tottenham fans.
Etienne Capoue thinks he should be guaranteed a place, Adebayor is only interested in money, I could go on, but you know their names. Players like Nabil Bentaleb though show the other side of the coin, he has had the right attitude from day one and he demonstrated it again recently when speaking to the official club website.
Look at England and our players who believe an Under-21 tournament is beneath them when in fact it educates them about tournament football and winning. They just want to massage their ego at a World Cup, you hear them then saying how unlucky we were. It has nothing to do with lack, it's pathetic preparation, it's the mentality of the players.
Calling yourself unlucky is simply an excuse, your fate is in your hands so if you don't do everything you could have done to make it happen, then that failure to achieve rests with yourself, or in our case with the squad. The wrong mentality is cancerous, why would you keep cancerous cells longer than you have to, you get rid of them as fast as possible and thankfully that is now what Spurs are doing. Paulinho and Capoue are at the exit door.
We have made sure certain players know they will not play, will not even be in a squad, we are forcing them to leave. It's a brave step, short-term pain for long-term gain, we don't want a few Heurelho Gomes types refusing to leave so they can collect their cheque for doing nothing for three years.
So who do you want playing for you, who do you think can take us to the next level, a guy inspired by success and knowing it takes dedication and commitment to get there or someone who thinks he should be guaranteed a place in the side?
The mentalities are worlds apart. Thank goodness Mauricio Pochettino has now got our players thinking along the right lines. Weed out the wasters, bring in more winning mentalities and then we may be able at last to compete at the top table.
He has more to him this Pochettino guy than many fans realise.
Further Reading
Medical for Capoue Tuesday
Bale is a winner, he has the winning mentality that makes you continuously look to improve, the same way that Cristiano Ronaldo did to get to the top of his profession. Players like this congregate at the bigger clubs and feed off each other. If a player like this is coming up for sale then that players will want to join a club with players who have the same mentality, he would be wasting his time going anywhere else, unless he is simply chasing money.
If Tottenham want to attract and more importantly hang on to top quality players, players of the ilk of Luka Modrić and Gareth Bale, then we must build a squad that shares that belief. Why would you go to a club where there are negative influences, where some people are going through the motions for their pay cheque or not looking to improve themselves as a footballer. The assumption that every player is looking to improve is nieve, there are plenty of players happy to sit in their comfort zone and earn a nice living, there are plenty of negative Tottenham fans.
Etienne Capoue thinks he should be guaranteed a place, Adebayor is only interested in money, I could go on, but you know their names. Players like Nabil Bentaleb though show the other side of the coin, he has had the right attitude from day one and he demonstrated it again recently when speaking to the official club website.
“The great basketball player Michael Jordan said ‘I scored 300 points, but I missed 600 to score 300’.
“It’s a quote I always remember, so when you fall on the floor you get up and use the experience to make you stronger. That’s what this squad will do.”
Look at England and our players who believe an Under-21 tournament is beneath them when in fact it educates them about tournament football and winning. They just want to massage their ego at a World Cup, you hear them then saying how unlucky we were. It has nothing to do with lack, it's pathetic preparation, it's the mentality of the players.
Calling yourself unlucky is simply an excuse, your fate is in your hands so if you don't do everything you could have done to make it happen, then that failure to achieve rests with yourself, or in our case with the squad. The wrong mentality is cancerous, why would you keep cancerous cells longer than you have to, you get rid of them as fast as possible and thankfully that is now what Spurs are doing. Paulinho and Capoue are at the exit door.
We have made sure certain players know they will not play, will not even be in a squad, we are forcing them to leave. It's a brave step, short-term pain for long-term gain, we don't want a few Heurelho Gomes types refusing to leave so they can collect their cheque for doing nothing for three years.
So who do you want playing for you, who do you think can take us to the next level, a guy inspired by success and knowing it takes dedication and commitment to get there or someone who thinks he should be guaranteed a place in the side?
The mentalities are worlds apart. Thank goodness Mauricio Pochettino has now got our players thinking along the right lines. Weed out the wasters, bring in more winning mentalities and then we may be able at last to compete at the top table.
He has more to him this Pochettino guy than many fans realise.
Further Reading
Medical for Capoue Tuesday
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