Fans split on Dier, stay or go, where do you stand?
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Fans really are split on Eric Dier it seems. The issue is the money really. We would want to replace him without depleting the standard of the squad and make a profit on the process.
Seriously cannot understand why some Spurs fans would even consider selling Dier. Just no.
losing eric dier for £50-60m is no catastrophe. Not the best CB or DM at the club. CCV coming through at CB and winks at CM
These two opinions sum the situation up. Personally I don't want to sell him but appreciate that at £60m it is an offer we shouldn't be refusing.
I agree with Grumpy Yid that it wouldn't be a catastrophe. He has cost us goals in the important games playing as a centre-back where he has lapses in concentration and positional problems. I think he is a pretty decent defensive midfielder personally, but you can't argue with what Victor Wanyama has done there.
We are looking for another centre-back anyway, who presumably will be able to play in a back three and Cameron Carter-Vickers is developing. Pochettino has already said he will play more this season, which presumably means in all the Cup games.
Harry Winks has been a revelation, he has taken to the Premier League like a duck to water. He was replacing Mousa Dembélé on a regular basis last season until his unfortunate injury.
We have been linked with versatile players like 25-year-old (26 next January) Ajax captain Joël Veltman, whose contract ends in a year. He has had 139 games as a centre-back and 53 as a right-back.
You wonder whether our lack of transfers so far is because we rate our squad, or whether we are waiting to see if we can keep them all together and will only purchase if we can't, apart from perhaps a striker and attacking midfielder.
Pau Lopez is surely going to be signing, given we have now young goalkeeper Luke McGee has passed his medical and joined Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee.
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Remember Michael Carrick it took us years to get over loosing him!
This player does not have the confidence to play out from defense or to be able to retain the ball under pressure.
More to the point Clive is where do you stand?
Your first two posts on the Dier drama were emphatic…no chance!
Now you appear to have changed your position somewhat…
Yes he’s made a few mistakes but I’m prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt especially since he’s racked up more playing time than any other current first team player.
I am in no doubt that this a deliberate attempt to de-stabilise our squad especially when the EPL fourth place in UEFA standings comes under pressure from Italy during the next two seasons!
Only the top three associations are allowed a guaranteed 4 CL places.
See here for end of this season table:
http://fr.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/
But my worry is that doubling wages to £140000 a week will turn anyone's head.
Therefore the reality is maybe an extra 12,000/15,000 GBP in actual receivable income. If you were already on 5 million quid a year, would you be so concerned about an extra 12,000/15,000 GBP per week?
There is a great team spirit at Spurs and Pochettino is a terrific manager to play for, plus Dier's best mate, Dele Alli, is here. I personally don't see Dier being swayed by the lure of the Glazers' filthy lucre, as his only motivation for moving!