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Fans can expect the same strategy next summer

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In the news this morning is Danny Murphy telling the London Evening Standard that Fernando Llorente is an excellent addition to the squad and that Serge Aurier is a decent full-back. Many would say he is a bit better than decent.

“Llorente should be excellent back-up for Harry Kane but, if Tottenham are chasing the game, they could play together. Spurs face a lot of defensively minded teams so Llorente will allow them to get balls into the box from wide – and there is nothing wrong with playing that way when required. 
“I also like the look of Serge Aurier. He has been a decent full-back and is an excellent athlete, so he should be able to cope with the physical side of English football.”

Transfers are still a matter of balancing the books for Spurs with outgoing money matched by incoming money, player sales produce the opportunity for purchases. In reality, transfer fees are lumped together into annual instalments, both incoming fees and outgoing fees. The positive difference in these figures adds to any additional transfer pot.

We know these figures for the next few years and thus know where we stand. Not all players are going to stay forever, much as fans would like them to, that isn't the real world. Big players will be sold in future, every club sells them, but that allows future stars to come in.

It will remain that way until the new stadium starts generating additional income, then we can start addressing issues such as wages which will then help to keep the players happy in the manner fans want.

There is a clear strategy, it just can't be implemented at the speed fans might like.

TRANSFER INS AND OUTS

INS
Davinson Sanchez (Ajax, undisclosed, possibly  £38.74m including add-ons
Paulo Gazzaniga (Southampton, undisclosed, possibly £2m )
Juan Foyth (Estudiantes, undisclosed, possibly £12.01m including add-ons)
Serge Aurier (PSG, undisclosed, possibly £24.91m including add-ons)
Fernando Llorente (Swansea, undisclosed, possibly £15m including add-ons )
Possible Total Paid = £91.66m including add-ons

OUTS
Kyle Walker (Manchester City, £50m + £4m add-ons)
Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke, £16m)
Clinton Njie (Marseille, £5.95m)
Federico Fazio (Roma, £2.7m)
Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham, loan)
Luke McGee (Portsmouth, undisclosed)
Josh Onomah (Aston Villa, loan)
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Sheffield Utd, loan)
Kevin Wimmer (Stoke, £15m + £3m add-ons)
Will Miller (Burton, undisclosed)
Total Possible Received = £89.65m + £7m possible add-ons (£96.65m)


COYS
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9 comments

  1. You forgot the 4.5 million from the sale of Sigurdsson to Everton in your calculations.
    • Then you'd also have to factor in the sell-on fee to Sheffield Utd for Kyle Walker. There are many more non-disclosed sell-on fees or bonuses, in & out, that are applicable. Impossible to get 100% accuracy without being the THFC accountant. But good article and as good as accurate.
  2. Wonderful, so we buy a (young) player for £17m with one year’s experience in the Eredivisie and then destroy his career within 12 months!
    So what was the point in the first place?
    Is that the strategy that we can expect?
  3. Hib I normally agree with some of your points but it could be looked upon that he was given a shot at the big time. It is up to him to take it, we aren't a Sunday League side giving people a run out because they turn up every week.
    He may or may not make good but he doesn't offer us what we need so he has to be discarded to make room for the next fella. It's professional sport !
    COYS
    • That’s fair comment Steve but could not this have been dealt with in a better manner?
      p.s. only some?
    • Yes your right. He has been played and probably forced down a tunnel and into a move he wasn't hoping or looking for.
      That's the bit that gets me. If a player wants a move he is a money grabbing B but if the club want rid of you it's by bye bye, no hard feelings.
      If we had done our business early, everyone knows where they stand and V/J knows he's out but dear old Danny loves a deal so everyone has to play along. To him and us , we save a couple of mill but the flip side is where does that leave a decent hard working V/J who just happens not to be quite good enough at his job ?
      I known exactly what's coming at me from this comment , as wages , players choice of clubs and any other all valid reasons are directed but it is also other peoples lives that are at stake and that is professional at it's worst and you could say that is why they are paid so high and have no place for complaint.
    • I think you're right to anticipate those comments coming back at you Steve.

      I'm a big fan of VJ, but I'm not sure that he could really get too much sympathy from your average fan as being harshly treated. It's a big business world out there, and frankly top level football players are doing very well out of that indeed.

      Should the worse come to the worst and he's discarded from Spurs then sold on for X millions of pounds then he's still on a salary that most of those supporting THFC can only dream of.

      It seems to me that those wages are offered and with that comes an expectation that the player will perform at the top level. VJ hasn't shown yet that he can do that. There are many millions that would love to be in his place but can't be. It may be that it turns out that he can't either. Is that really unfair on him?

      I'd love to see him do better. I'd love to see him succeed at Spurs. Is it really Spurs and Mauricio's job to ensure his f…
  4. Feel a bit sad for him... this was his ticket to the big time... if he succeeded he would be a football superstar... maybe he just doesn't have the footballing intelligence required to adjust... maybe he just didn't want to... maybe there are other factors we don't know... but when he plays, he seems to always to panting really hard... seems like not fit... is that really the case?
  5. Don't get me wrong. I understand he's in a tough position. I really wish he'd been able to handle the switch. I was certainly rooting for him and have always appreciated his attitude. I just don't think it fair to expect a football club to take responsibility for a player falling below the expected standard. They do to their fans of course. They can be criticised for selecting someone who doesn't make it, but the players and their agents have to carve out their careers, and I doubt the boy's done too badly for himself even if he doesn't make it at the top level of the Premiership. There are many levels below that where he can still carve out a very decent career and living.

    For his attitude I'm glad for him.

    COYS!!