Spurs Summer Transfer Window Day 48

Birds flying high

You know how I feel

Sun in the sky

You know how I feel

Breeze driftin' on by

You know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

For me

And I'm feeling good

I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea

You know how I feel

River running free

You know how I feel

Blossom on a tree

You know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

For me

And I'm feeling good

Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don't you know

Butterflies all havin' fun, you know what I mean

Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean

And this old world is a new world

And a bold world

For me

For me

Stars when you shine

You know how I feel

Scent of the pine

You know how I feel

Oh, freedom is mine

And I know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

It's a new life

For me

And I'm feeling good

I'm feeling good

I feel so good

I feel so good

Isn't that how we generally all feel about being a Spurs fan right now and about the Spurs Summer Transfer Window in general.

Alas no, not all.

Some apparently still yearn, some still complain because we are not signing 'flashy' names for this mythical pretence that it is making a statement.

A statement is useless if nobody is taking any notice of it and clubs, managers, head coaches and players don't, only the fans and media do, it means something to them, but they are not important, they don't bring you three points.

Yes they help, yes they can create the right vibe around the club, yes they can create a healthy happy environment and positivity when the word Spurs or Tottenham Hotspur are mentioned.

But we don't have  a fanbase that do that.

Despite on and off the field being very rosy, it's not flashy enough for some egos.

Chelsea flashed 100m on Lukaku, a statement, knocked out in the Group Stages of the Champions League, 3rd Round of the FA Cup and League Cup, 3rd in the Premier League.

So much for statement and putting fear into the opposition, all worried by your statement signing(s).

Give me Dejan Kulusevski over a flashy name any day, one of the best signings of last season by anyone.

Where did the £750 a week Ronaldo transform to?

Premier League 6th, FA Cup 3rd Round, League Cup Round of 16, Champions League Round of 16.

Dele Alli made a statement of intent at the beginning of the season but as soon as the going go tough, he got going, well he gave up basically.

He would give it everything if he was guaranteed a starting place is what it boiled down to. If I am not going to be picked I'm not going to put the effort in in training.

Yet putting the effort in on training is how you get picked!

All this "statement of intent" talk is baloney.

It's shout your mouth off stuff because if you shout loudest you are the best bollocks.

Substance is what matters.

Getting a group of like minded people, people who want to continually improve and being surrounded by those people keeps pushing you.

Being surrounded by slackers like Dele doesn't, it drags you down.

A player, however skilful, is only worth big wages if they have proven that they want to continue improving, that they have that winning mentality that pushed them to do that.

That is what Antonio Conte is looking for in building a squad.

Take the maligned already Clément Lenglet.

By all accounts, all Barcelona centre-backs have been poor, have made mistakes and, for want of a better word, broken his confidence, how much remains to be seen.

The same that happened to the also maligned Eric Dier.

Even though he was fourth choice, he still played 27 games last season in a four man backline.

A winning mentality thrives on a fresh challenge and we have offered him one with Barcelona in the throws of rebuilding after Messi and bringing in the wrong mentalities.

Once you start bring in the wrong mentality you have to cut them out as fast as possible but they don't want to go and are on higher wages than their mentality is worth so nobody wants them at a price they are not worth and on a wage they are not worth.

I mentioned Ronaldo earlier, a winning mentality but so successful few can afford him and for Manchester United it was a bit of a publicity stunt to appease the fans and yes for Ronaldo publicity too.

He personally cam through with his reputation intact, he scored goals in the Premier League, as we know to our cost. For him it's look for the next yearly project in the twilight of his glorious career.

At United he wasn't surrounded by winning mentalities, it isn't the Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson assembled.

This mentality side is so so important, you can't succeed without it so look at our squad with a critical eye, who has the right mentality, a winning mentality, a mentality that drives them to improve?

Look at potential signings and ask yourself the same questions.

I don't care about their name, I care about their mentality.

Plucking the right mentalities at lesser clubs when you see them is the key to a successful transfer policy, even if, as is inevitable, some players move on as their value will increase.

The mainstream media are catching up with the news that Jermain Defoe is joining Tottenham as an academy coach and he will be joined by Yaya Toure. 

I say joined but the Ivorian international is already coaching at Tottenham.

When Yaya Toure finished playing he joined Ukrainian Premier League club Olimpik Donetsk as assistant manager in February 2021.

From there he wen to Russian Premier League club Akhmat Grozny in June 2021 until December that year.

Since then he has been working alongside head of coaching Chris Powell, Stuart Lewis and Dean Rastrick with out academy players whilst he does he UEFA coaching badges, although not actually employed by the club.

He was interviewed for a permanent post in May after he impressed with his work with out Under 18's.

Toure started out working one day a week but that gradually increased as we saw the quality of his work.

The former Barcelona and Manchester City player lives in Hampshire and Tottenham are going to appoint him to a full-time post.

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is unique among football stadia in that it earns from outside events that can bring in £100m a year.

News of events coming up in 2022/23.

There are tickets available for six events with discussions taking place for further events, boxing being just one of those and a potential Tyson Fury fight.

In March the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium hosted the International Sports Convention and the estimated £100m+ income from stadium hire events doesn't include conference events like this one.

When we get to see the accounts it will be very interesting to see how much this stadium is generating for the club, which in turn benefits the on field football through greater investment in players and wages.

I don't think people really understand the impact the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is going to have on the season.

Sat 06 Aug PL Southampton

Sun 14 Aug PL Chelsea

Sat 20 Aug PL August

Sun 28 Aug PL Nottingham Forest

Wed 31 Aug PL West ham United

Sat 03 Sept PL Fulham

Tues/Wed 06/07 Sept UEFA Champions League

Sat 10 Sept PL Manchester City

Tues/Wed 13/14 Sept UEFA Champions League

Sat 17 Sept PL Leicester City

Sat 01 Oct PL Arsenal

Tues/Wed 04/05 Oct UEFA Champions League

Sat 08 Oct PL Brighton & Hove Albion

Tues/Wed 11/12 Oct UEFA Champions League

Sat 15 Oct PL Everton

Wed 19 Oct PL Manchester United

Sat 22 Oct PL Newcastle United

Tues/Wed 25/26 Oct UEFA Champions League

Sat 29 Oct PL Bournemouth

Tues/Wed 01/02 Nov UEFA Champions League

Sat 05 Nov PL Liverpool

Tues/Wed 08/09 League Cup

Sat 12 Nov PL Leeds United

WORLD CUP - season resumes Monday 26 December

Then we have the remaining rounds of the League Cup, the FA Cup, the knockout rounds of the Champions League and the Premier League fixtures which includes those missed because of the World Cup.

It means the FA Cup Final in now in June so warm weather may have an impact on games too.

For 8 weeks prior to the World Cup there are two fixtures a week.

There are only 4 weeks with one fixture so squad rotation is going to be vital.

We are not in the UEFA Conference League now, we can't just throw out a 2nd XI of squad players, we are genuinely going to have to rotate players and this is where Richarlison comes into his own.

He is not just a Plan B, he is a rotating Plan A too.

Kane will have to come off and have a rest, Son will too.

From Reddit:

I have been asked about Sergio Reguilón and why he has fallen out of favour.

Personally I think there are many factors. His defending isn't great but I always maintain the first job is to have attacking prowess and second is to be a good defender.

This is what you have at Liverpool for instance in Robertson and Alexander-Arnold.

I don't think his attacking prowess is that great, I don't think his crossing is good enough and, for me, he makes too many mistakes.

Ryan Sessegnon was poor in the first half of the season and I don't think he was learning much from Reguilón, he'll learn a lot more from the quality of Ivan Perišić who I think showed in the brief pre-season friendly appearance against Rangers that he'll fit in quickly at Spurs.

But you also have to keep in mind that we are rebuilding the squad and there are only so many non-homegrown players we can have in a squad and even less in a Champions League squad.

Therefore you have got to decide which players you can do without and which players can bring in a transfer fee.

Spurs have NO Champions League places available at the moment without even including Reguilón, Ndombele, Sarr, Gil and Lo Celso.

In addition it is World Cup year and a player isn't going to get selected for one of the major nations unless they are playing regularly. He was last on the bench for Spain in the Nations League Final against France in October 2021.

He is expendable and clearly Conte doesn't think he is up to the job, having no future at the club given there is no squad place available for him.