Tottenham Transfer Talk - Strikers
Tottenham Transfer Talk - Strikers
It has been a while as I'm working on another project in another sport. I hope you are all well.
It has been pleasant just forgetting about football for a couple of months and hopefully the period has educated some to chill out a little. Why should football be a sport that produces tribal hatred, vulgarity and the abuse it does and that's just between our own fans!
How nice it has been to work on a project in a sport where the opposite is the case.
For my own interest as much as anyone else's I have started to get up to speed.
Covid-19 has meant that Spurs did the right thing not buying a striker in January. Clubs simply wanted too much for players and Jose Mourinho, not just Daniel Levy didn't want to overpay for players.
The club will have less money to spend now that the world is going into a recession. How much less?
The 2019 results basically show a £637m debt after an investment of £1.4bn.
Appreciated the way to manage money is through debt, but you still have to service debt and when income goes down that obviously is more difficult and adjustments have to be made.
Transfer fees will be reduced to more sensible levels. We are going to have to be savvy in the market.
TheTwitterati haven't grasped that yet, nor it seems have journalists and website owners.
Tottenham wants a second striker, but the players we want are too expensive.
Now I have reported before that we want youngster Victor Osimhen.
The 21-year-old (22 in December) Nigerian striker is a highly sought after footballer. Napoli, Manchester United are strongly linked, and Real Madrid has been the talk since August for instance. Others include AC Milan and Inter Milan (is there a player they are not linked with!)
Lille are a club who find youngsters, develop them and sell them for as much as possible. That is their business model, one that allows them to survive.
Currently though, they may still be expecting pre-pandemic prices which makes buying a player from them impossible early in the window I'd suggest.
Do you possibly overpay for a player now, not knowing what your income will be or take stock, look for a short-term backup striker before trying to buy a main target next summer?
What business are struggling as a result of the economic shutdown?
How many of our sponsors will be looking to tighten their belts?
How much will commercial income drop, as it surely will?
Which clubs have appreciated we are in a new financial climate than just a few short months ago?
Until you can answer those and more questions, such as how Spurs matchday supporters have been affected financially and thus how much they spend in the stadium, then you can't accurately budget and therefore don't know your spending power.
Release clauses are pretty meaningless now. If a club wanted £22m or £75m before the pandemic began, then they can't expect that now.
The question is though, how much less?
Nobody knows, the industry has to try and figure it out, agents and clubs have to reach a consensus. Will that player now only be worth £30m, £40m, £50m? Will there be a 50% drop in prices?
In an uncertain market and with some clubs affected more than others, there may be bargains to be had.
A club in financial difficulties who had perhaps previously overstretched themselves (there are quite a few in the Premier League who have done that) may be forced to accept lower fees, just to get some money through the door.
This morning there is news that Spurs have made a £4.5m (€5.02m - AUS$8.41m - US$5.48m) mbid for Vedat Muriqi, the 26-year-old (27 next April) Fenerbahce striker that we have been tracking for a while.
It must be remembered that an initial bid is not what you are prepared to pay, it is solely to tell the other club that they are expecting too much and to lower their expectations.
Equally, the amount demanded by clubs is not what they expect to get, it is overvaluing a player to tell any potential buyer to pay more than they expect.
Ths a negotiation begins, a battle of wills, each side doing what is financially best for their club.
In this case, Fenerbache are said to be wanting anything from £19.70m (€22m - AUS$36.81m - US$23.99m) to £26.86m (€30m - AUS$50.18m - US$32.72m) depending upon who you read.
I would point out that the news all stems from the Turkish press who are as unreliable as the Portuguese press.
Lazio's Sporting Director Igli Tare has started negotiations with Vedat Muriqi's agent on signing the Kosovo International suggests Corriere dello Sport.
Covid-19 has meant that Spurs did the right thing not buying a striker in January. Clubs simply wanted too much for players and Jose Mourinho, not just Daniel Levy didn't want to overpay for players.
The club will have less money to spend now that the world is going into a recession. How much less?
The 2019 results basically show a £637m debt after an investment of £1.4bn.
Appreciated the way to manage money is through debt, but you still have to service debt and when income goes down that obviously is more difficult and adjustments have to be made.
Transfer fees will be reduced to more sensible levels. We are going to have to be savvy in the market.
TheTwitterati haven't grasped that yet, nor it seems have journalists and website owners.
Tottenham Transfer Talk - Strikers
Tottenham wants a second striker, but the players we want are too expensive.
Now I have reported before that we want youngster Victor Osimhen.
The 21-year-old (22 in December) Nigerian striker is a highly sought after footballer. Napoli, Manchester United are strongly linked, and Real Madrid has been the talk since August for instance. Others include AC Milan and Inter Milan (is there a player they are not linked with!)
Lille are a club who find youngsters, develop them and sell them for as much as possible. That is their business model, one that allows them to survive.
Currently though, they may still be expecting pre-pandemic prices which makes buying a player from them impossible early in the window I'd suggest.
Do you possibly overpay for a player now, not knowing what your income will be or take stock, look for a short-term backup striker before trying to buy a main target next summer?
What business are struggling as a result of the economic shutdown?
How many of our sponsors will be looking to tighten their belts?
How much will commercial income drop, as it surely will?
Which clubs have appreciated we are in a new financial climate than just a few short months ago?
Until you can answer those and more questions, such as how Spurs matchday supporters have been affected financially and thus how much they spend in the stadium, then you can't accurately budget and therefore don't know your spending power.
Release clauses are pretty meaningless now. If a club wanted £22m or £75m before the pandemic began, then they can't expect that now.
The question is though, how much less?
Nobody knows, the industry has to try and figure it out, agents and clubs have to reach a consensus. Will that player now only be worth £30m, £40m, £50m? Will there be a 50% drop in prices?
In an uncertain market and with some clubs affected more than others, there may be bargains to be had.
A club in financial difficulties who had perhaps previously overstretched themselves (there are quite a few in the Premier League who have done that) may be forced to accept lower fees, just to get some money through the door.
This morning there is news that Spurs have made a £4.5m (€5.02m - AUS$8.41m - US$5.48m) mbid for Vedat Muriqi, the 26-year-old (27 next April) Fenerbahce striker that we have been tracking for a while.
It must be remembered that an initial bid is not what you are prepared to pay, it is solely to tell the other club that they are expecting too much and to lower their expectations.
Equally, the amount demanded by clubs is not what they expect to get, it is overvaluing a player to tell any potential buyer to pay more than they expect.
Ths a negotiation begins, a battle of wills, each side doing what is financially best for their club.
In this case, Fenerbache are said to be wanting anything from £19.70m (€22m - AUS$36.81m - US$23.99m) to £26.86m (€30m - AUS$50.18m - US$32.72m) depending upon who you read.
I would point out that the news all stems from the Turkish press who are as unreliable as the Portuguese press.
Lazio's Sporting Director Igli Tare has started negotiations with Vedat Muriqi's agent on signing the Kosovo International suggests Corriere dello Sport.
Spurs are not the only side in the market for him but we are seeing if we can beat everyone else and snap up a bargain.
Yağız Sabuncoğlu is a reporter for TRT Spor in Turkey and he reports some of the clubs who have sent scouts to watch Muriqi since August:
- Manchester United
- Napoli
- WBA
- Brighton
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- Leicester City
- Monaco
- Sevilla
- Lazio
- Glasgow Rangers
I can not see Spurs entertaining more than £13.43m (€15m - AUS$25.09m - US$16.34m) for him.
Our bid has come about because Oliver Giroud was the first choice short-term option, but the Frenchman has just signed a new one-year deal with Chelsea.
Another mentioned, 31-year-old Russian captain Arten Dzuba would be a risk with no experience. The Zenit St Petersburg forward says that Jose Mourinho and Tottenham spoke to his representatives in January.
Few transfers from Russia actually happen and the last two we had, Sergei Rebrov and Roman Pavlyuchenko were not successful. Yes I know some of you will claim Pav was a success but to the standards I set, he wasn't.
According to Corriere dello Sport, Atletico Madrid are looking at 26-year-old (27 next February) Polish international striker Arkadiusz "Arek" Milik.
Our bid has come about because Oliver Giroud was the first choice short-term option, but the Frenchman has just signed a new one-year deal with Chelsea.
Another mentioned, 31-year-old Russian captain Arten Dzuba would be a risk with no experience. The Zenit St Petersburg forward says that Jose Mourinho and Tottenham spoke to his representatives in January.
Few transfers from Russia actually happen and the last two we had, Sergei Rebrov and Roman Pavlyuchenko were not successful. Yes I know some of you will claim Pav was a success but to the standards I set, he wasn't.
According to Corriere dello Sport, Atletico Madrid are looking at 26-year-old (27 next February) Polish international striker Arkadiusz "Arek" Milik.
The former Ajax centre-forward is leaving Napoli after four seasons and is another we have been tracking, along with Chelsea, Arsenal, and Juventus.
It is very early days and the papers are of course desperate for some news so keep a cool calm head and don't believe all the press tell you.
It is very early days and the papers are of course desperate for some news so keep a cool calm head and don't believe all the press tell you.
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