Tottenham Talk on Friday 6th Aug
Tottenham Talk on Friday 6th Aug
Good morning folks and welcome to Tottenham Talk on Friday 6th Aug in which we'll have some Spurs Chat and some Tottenham Transfer Talk.
So far we have bought Bryan Gil, Pierluigi Gollini and Cristian Romero (although not announced).
We have seen Oliver Skipp and Ryan Sessegnon return to the club and Paratici is far from done in the transfer market.
My original estimate at the start of the window of 6 players coming may well be short by a couple, we might see as many as 8 new arrivals.
That tells you the squad simply isn't good enough to a new pair of eyes.
Now it has already been explained that Fabio Paratici lines up many deals and then decides which ones he wants to make while not acting on others.
I'm expecting another centre-back to come in, either Koundé or Milenković I assume, a right-back to replace Aurier, a wide right attacker having brought Gil in on the left, a striker obviously and an attacking midfielder.
Nothing you don't already know but the fact we are determined to bring them all in may be.
Getting players out will be crucial.
If Kane goes, you can add another striker to that list.
Spurs Chat
We will start with the friendly against Chelsea and despite conceding two against Chelsea, a positive start from Pierluigi Gollini in goal for us.
The Italian looked to be a step up on Joe Hart, who was magnificent off the field for us and, I thought, had lost the spring in his legs which is vital to a keeper.
Chelsea Friendly
Doherty looked out his depth.
Tanganga looked all at sea, some half-hearted stuff there.
Skipp has a way to go yet.
Dele played most of the game in the wrong areas of the pitch.
Moura still flatters to deceive.
Bergwijn isn't a top four player for me.
Very poor display where we had no midfield for large parts of the game.
A training game for fitness but Chelsea were in a different league to us to be honest, clearly fitter at this stage, but then they do have a UEFA Super Cup to play on Wednesday 11th August.
This may be controversial, but I think Skipp needs a Premier League loan spell, I don't think yet he is top four level yet, which is where we should be aiming.
Newcastle United have enquired, as have Norwich City and others who will give him the game time he needs.
If he stays at Spurs he will be rotated, get less game time and slow his development.
I'd loan him out for another season and bring in a more ready-made replacement.
He would then return to us a more complete player. This is how the top clubs do things in Italy and something I have written before that we need to do.
My view is that Skipp has been overhyped at the moment. I'm sure he'll be an excellent player, but he has only just come out of a season in the Championship, he needs another years development.
Tottenham Transfer Talk
Darko Ristic has held talks this week with Fabio Paratici about his client and Spurs #1 striker target, Dušan Vlahović, whom Fiorentina do not want to sell.
The Italians have rejected a bid of €50m (£42.47m - US$59.13m - AUS$80.01m) from Serie A champions Inter Milan.
Tottenham and Galatasaray may have reached an agreement foir a season-long loan for Japhet Tanganga, but it is up to the player to decide if he wants to go and play in Turkey for a season.
Galatasaray will now have to convince Tanganga that it is best for his development to get game time with them.
Danny Ings will earn £150,000-a-week at Aston Villa. He was offered to us by Southampton but we, which will be Paratici, declined to outbid Villa for the 29-year-old (30 next July).
Sheffield United have made Spurs an offer for Welsh left-back Ben Davies.
Sunderland are talking with 19-year-old (20 next April) Tottenham left-back Dennis Cirkin about a permanent move for a fee in the region of £1.3m (€1.53m - US$1.81m - AUS$2.45m).
The 'Webster Ruling' allows anyone who signed a contract before their 28th birthday to buy out their contract.
We have had the Bosnan ruling that changed football transfers forever, are we to see the England captain pull a stunt and nullify contracts, which will again change the game totally.
Article 14-15 regulates to the right of players to unilaterally terminate contracts for just cause and for just sporting cause.
'Just Cause' is assessed on a case-by-case basis and you would struggle to see how Kane has any just cause, it's merely his desire, the club haven't mistreated him on a regular basis, like being unable to pay his wages for instance.
'Just Sporting Cause' means having played less than 10% of matches, so Kane doesn't have a case their either.
Article 17 of the Status and Transfer of Players and civil responsibility of Players (RSTP) covers the consequences for unilateral termination of contracts without just cause.
Terminating a contract with just cause incurs an individually calculated compensation figure.
If you terminate within 3 seasons of signing a contract before your 28th birthday then their are sanctions, Harry signed his last contract extension in June 2018 so avoids the sanction period.
The Council of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled "there is no economic, moral or legal justification for a club to be able to claim the market value of a player as lost profit".
That means that compensation to replace a player should not be taken into account when assessing a compensation figure.
However, there are other rulings to take into account which paint a different picture, perhaps one more favourable to Spurs, but I must say, the fact that we have to discuss this shows the way the game has turned and it's all about me me me and money.
The Matzulém case in 2007 also concerns a player terminating outside the protected period, as Kane would be.
The Brazilian notified Shakhtar Donetsk in writing of the fact that he unilaterally terminated their contractual relationship with immediate effect.
On 5 July 2007, Shakhtar replied Matuzalém and/or his new club (Real Zaragoisa) should pay the sum in the release clause of €25 million, or Shakhtar would start legal action.
On 19 May 2009, the CAS ordered Matuzalém to pay €11,858,934 to Shakhtar for breach of contract, a decision upheld by the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
Neither Matuzalém or Zaragoza could afford to pay the ordered compensation so Matuzalém was banned from all football-related activities on 31st August 2010 and points were deducted from Real Zaragosa.
An appeal to the ban was rejected by the CAS on 29 June 2011 and overturned by the Swiss Federal Tribunal on 27 March 2012, the only time a CAS decision has been overturned.
The CAS panel ruled on this occasion that compensation should return the injured party (Tottenham Hotspur in the Kane case) to the position it would have had if contract had been performed properly.
Now, the CAS had ruled that the panel has to “construct total value of services lost to the club,” in other words loss of transfer fee and cost of replacement.
Matzulém was his clubs captain and best player thus the CAS ruled for the increased compensation.
That element still stands and sets a precedent.
As you can also see, the legal battle takes years, there could be a points deduction and huge compensation plus legal fees, which surely the losing side would have to pay.
In the Mexes v FIFA case, Mexes terminated his contract with Auxerre after they rejected a €4.5m bid from AS Roma.
Auxerre argued they should be entitled the value of similar players which they felt was €18m.
The CAS ordered Roma to pay €7m.
Is £100m City's valuation or just what Kane thought he could get released for?
That would be the key issue in any Kane case.
But, isn't it time clubs in England started putting huge release clauses in contracts the way the Spanish and Portuguese do to prevent people leaving cheaply.
For Kane, a release clause should be £400m minimum, absolute minimum as these clause are to prevent players leaving cheaply and doing what Kane is doing now, basically holding the club to ransom.
Kane should be being fined two weeks wages for each time he misses a days training as each day is a separate incident.
Missing training for a week should therefore be accrue a 14 week fine.
Iñaki Williams
Another striker on our radar is 27-year-old (28 next June) Iñaki Williams of Spanish LaLiga side Athletic Bilbao.
Strange one this as the former Spanish international (1 cap) has a lengthy contract, until 2028 with a buyout clause of €135 (£114.89m - US$159.86m - AUS$215.94m).
In 234 LaLiga games he has scored 46 goals and had 33 assists, a goal participation time (minutes played divided by goals and assist) of 215 minutes.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Everton and England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin is another forward we are interested in. The 24-year-old (25 next March) is under contract until 2025.
Well that's all for now folks, until next time, have a good day.
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Great blog and happier days Bob