Posted on Thursday, 30th August 2012 by Harry Hotspur
Good evening.
This from the Official Site. The Olympique Lyonnais Official Site, that is. This was published at a minute after 2000hrs this evening.
L’Olympique Lyonnais informe ne pas avoir trouvé d’accord avec Tottenham pour le transfert d’Hugo Lloris.
Les propositions transmises ce soir par Tottenham se sont éloignées très sensiblement du principe qui avait été acté le 26 août et qui avait permis d’ouvrir les discussions entre le joueur et le club londonien.
In short the statement says that the proposal submitted tonight by Spurs is significantly different to a proposal that was agreed in principle four days ago.
To my mind this smacks of everybody, not just Tottenham playing chicken on these transfer deals. The first guy to blink loses.
The Dembele deal is a good example. Not a single ITK had a sniff of it. Because the price was quoted and Spurs told that was the price. Not an opening a price, but that only two bids would be entertained. A bid at the figure on the swing ticket …or a bid in excess of that figure.
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
Thirst
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Phil McAvity Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
I’ll have a beer please Bob.
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Irritable Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Grow up plse, all imbeciles that come up with this meaningless line@=
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Phil McAvity Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
OK fine, I’ll have some tequila if it means that much to you.
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Sekonda
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Spurstacus Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Always been more of a Timex man meself.
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Habib Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 6:10 am
I really like my Skoda actually
August 30th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Be interesting to see what we come back with, if anything. Hope this doesn’t sour the deal and stop him joining.
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Habib Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 6:11 am
I think egos are involved now. That usually means Football loses. Don’t see this happening. Skeltenburg it is!
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
This is Bollocks just sort it Levy or we will end up with nothing.
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mynameissiggy Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 7:55 pm
I don’t think so… (well at least I hope not!) Its maneuvering… he wants a move, spurs want a deal & OL are playing hardball… we did it with RM!
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Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
This is poor, real poor. I think DL is shortdchanging this Hugo Lloris deal because he wants as much money available to him as possible to bring Fernando Llorente on board. I like Llorente, but there are better strikers out there that cost less, but we still need a keeper. Saldado is great but he’s not leaving his club, but Falcao is good, Remy is decent and we could have signed Demba Ba before the end of July but as usual, fired a blank. What’s going on you SPURS!!!????
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TD Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
End up with nothing ?.
So Sigurdsson,Vetonghen,Adebayor and Dembele a figment of my imagination ?
Some people
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Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
No imagination, maybe a figment, but certainly no imagination TD. We made some very good signings and Dembele is one to watch for the future. However, no one signed over £15m/£16m. In the case of Adebayor, not that Man C. needed the £5, but they wanted his wage concerns dealt with so they could be rid of him. I wouldn’t have minded if we could have also taken Edin Dzeko as the forward may eventually find he has no place at his club if Mancini and co. have their way.
Something’s not right with these stories as for one, we basically ended our interest in the 29yr old Dutch keeper Stekelenberg only to flop on the Lloris deal? I would have thought that if Lyon was such a tough club to deal with and they asked for £12.9 then I wouold have thought we should have just offered £13.1 and got it over with, so they can’t say we never met the player’s valuation. Penny pinching may save money but if you don’t spend money you can’t make money, thus the business won’t move forward.
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Calum Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
None of these signings are good enough – were heading for a shit season unless we get a creative player on board, someone who can pick a pass and control the tempo of a game.
If Adebayor is injured its season over because Defoe can’t lead the line.
If we don’t get a big top class player in tomorrow there is no hope of CL.
Does no one else think sigurdson is a poor mans vdv?
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Rocks Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
I agree with everything you said son. Apart from the bit about siggy! He has the potential to be be much better in creative plays and finishing than Vdv ever was or will be. He wil hit this potential this season. Watch this space
Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
ROTFLOL!
This is good, very good. Dembele has big potential. he showed a lot of skill and awareness in Fulham’s loss to Man. U. Sigurdsson is good, but he shines in a team with less star players, looks ordinary so far for us. Vertonghen is a good signing. Ade, well….Ade is Ade. Somewhere in the middle of the season he goes MIA. QWe need an attacking midfielder that’s a real trouble maker with the opposing defenses and a goal greedy striker. The difference between Big teams and the rest is that if a Big team really wants someone good who’s being sold for £20m, they pay £21m and get it out of the way. When a team asks £20m for a player (like Willian), Spurs offers £11.8m then renew their bid after being rejected at £11.9m. LOL I wouldn’t be surprised at this rate if we end up signing Del Piero and Michael Owen and extend Friedel’s contract through 2014.
Devonshirespur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
This could be the Dawson Effect…..Levy banking on a £9m sale to QPR now trying to juggle figures as we need to keep Daws after Kaboom’s injury
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Lets face it, if you were running Lyon and you wanted to squeeze an extra few hundred grand out of someone, this is exactly the sort of story you might put on your website.
I still see it being done.
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
What the hell?! We reached agreement with Lloris.
But at the last moment, Levy blowed it!!!
What’s wrong with Levy?
OL is now angry, and they will never talk with us…. Fuck.
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StrappingYoungLad Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Oh hush
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Gilzeanwasgod Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Calm down dear.
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Habib Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 6:12 am
AND breathe….
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
another transfer window is passing us by and again levy is letting us down. in levy we trust?????
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Frontwheel 2 Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
4 good signings so far,you anti Levy mob would like Tottenham to roll over and show our belly to all.Levy is acting in the good interest of Tottenham,like any good chairman would do.
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Clarkspur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
YEAH! Getting Siggy, Jan, Adey and Dembele is just a complete let down. Only 4 great players…two attacking midfielders, a class CB and top notch forward is a massive let down.
(now repeat in a very sarcastic tone)
Honestly, people believe the shit about us buying Hulk, Llorente, Kaka, Ronaldo, Maradona, Messi, Pele, and then moan when it doesn’t happen.
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Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
LOL x 20
Ade, a top notch forward? Hmm…something doesn’t sound quite right in that sentence. Ade has the potential to be far better than he is currently. Much like Andy Carroll, he loses focus too easily, tends to get very frustrated when things are going his way, also tends to be lazy, work rate not specialm, gets by on being naturally gifted and an imposing figure as a forward. Has decent speed, not the best finishing but not horrible either. Much better than Andy Carroll who has no speed and gets lost on the pitch quite often. This is just my opinion though.
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Winston wolf Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Transfers are dirty business & not for the feint hearted. OL are skint the player has agreed terms now levy & OL will haggle like 2 romanian’s at a horse fare,it was already aledged arsenal had bidded up early as a favour. The only people who 9 times out of 10 “get their man” are the Chelsea’s & Man city’s who can afford & don’t care about their pants pulled down throwing vast amounts around. So far we’ve bought good players & I’m happy. I’d like to see a few more go which would free up funds & wages. Hopefully a couple of players will be joining us tomorrow,I love the madness of deadline day & I’ll be alittle sad if VDV goes but I believe Levy does a good job & we’re moving in the right direction after stuttering under Harry & his very rich dog
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Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
I wouldn’t like to see either VdV or Lennon leaving but we cannot discount the possibility of such a thing happening. If Levy and co. have agreed to terms with other teams for some special players and Spurs realize that teh only way they could acquire these players is to offload VdV, Lennon, Thudd, Dawson and Parker then they will. That’s 5 players, so just tink if they got 3 for thos 5 also counting the Modric Sale. Say Central Defender: Samba, Attacking Midfielder: Pjanic and Striker: Falcao/Llorente; would you think shipping off those 5 good players would be worth the 3 excellent and already established players?
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Lloris had a medical this afternoon at spurs..i can only assume that doctors might have some saying in this to warrant some reduced offer.
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
He failed the ‘holding the glass of water’ test. It was half empty within ten seconds due to shakey hand – bag of nerves. Still, not as bad as Gomes…he dropped it.
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Habib Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 6:13 am
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
They are probably all poker players but it does seem typical Levy. Not sure it is a big loss but the signs in general are not good and made worse by the Defoe contract extension.
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
just checked the line ups for tonites europa league and remy is starting for marseille and lorrente isnt in the squad for bilbao……
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Just the sort of thing you want to post when you want to enrage the other guy’s fans and put pressure on Spurs management to sweeten the pot. The deal may or may not be made. But it remains to be seen. 26 hours to go?
I would be surprised if there were more than two deals in the 26 hours. Maybe one, maybe none. The team has done pretty darn well with the four that have been made.
I’ll say one deal to come, and it will come out of nowhere, like Dembele.
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
I wonder if the Remi Garde / arse plan to create a Dutch auction with the intention of pushing up the price for Lloris has backfired?
Levy’s revenge!
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
But the children; won’t someone think of the children?
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
From what I hear from my best mate working in Lyon he will be a lily White!!! That s promise and before Friday!
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cincyspursman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Irish–I hope you are right, but. . .meanwhile, I have some marsh front real estate I could make you a real deal on. . .maybe your Lyonnaise ami would like to invest as well?
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Brad will do fine if he is playing games leave him there and see what they may take in Jan I,ll bet it will be a lot less
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
this TW is doing me in. Just sort it and buy some big players NOW!!!
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
#### ##!
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Spurstacus Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
How long will it be before we on this blog only comment in symbols?
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Hartley Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
?
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
We are also in dispute with Marseille, who say they rejected a bid from us for Remy.
We are saying no bid was ever made.
If you think this is bad, have a look at the Berbatov to Fiorentina/ Juve/ Fulham story.
Not the first time he has been hi-jacked en route to talks with a prospective buyer.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
mickspur are you serious we brought in Jan, Ade and gylfi……we could land Llorent and Moutihno sold Modric for a good price…..OL are trying to get as much as the possibly can. They need the money and Lloris wages of the bill a deal will be struck…..Lets not forget that Levy has brought in the likes of Luka, VDV, Berbs, Friedel, Bale in Levy we trust!
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mazzo Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
well said mate.
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Yid from the States Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 1:13 pm
As we are all seeing today Lloris and Moutinho are headed to the Lane. Shows how ridiculous this article really was. In Levy we trust!
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
daniel waste of space levy as usual, thanks, we can never compete this season, goodbye champions league once again
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StrappingYoungLad Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
jesus, talk about your all time doom monger. Just chill and see what happens
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mazzo Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
don’t write levy off just yet, there’s still a day to go till the window closes.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:03 pm
The fee was agreed, the guy from Lyon confirmed that about a week ago, so why would we change our stance when we know we have the deal in place and that Lloris according to his dad was waiting to join us upon completion of the Modric deal. Seems Lyon are the ones playing the game but will probably lay it on us. W*****s
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Sirled26 Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Exactly, people on here slagging Levy are brainless! All the noise has come stade Gerlande! They claimed yesterday it was now down to the player!
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Also in dispute over our valuation to sell VDV to Hamburg. Hope Levy is aware their window closes at 18.00 tomorrow.
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niyido36 Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
window closes at 11pm mate
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jfdit Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
german window shuts at 6.00 local time I’m afraid, after that beer, large busts and bratwurst
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Jamie Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
He means the German window. Incoming signings to Germany have to be listed at noon, and completed by 6pm.
So we could be in a situation where we have to sell VDV before we know if we can agree Moutinho / Willian. Pretty farcical system this, f*cking UEFA. Just make the window the 6pm 1st of August?! What’s with this after the season starts and at different times bollocks?!
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Clarkspur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
UEFA recently balloted the idea of extending half time by another 5 or 10 minutes so guests dining in exec boxes could eat a proper meal at leisure.
Maybe that gives you perspective on what they care about.
August 30th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
FFS sign him…we need him grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
…Tomorrow will be a BIG disappointment to us all. After all the hype and excitement, we will sign…..no-one.
But we really need to, so lets not mess about any more. Get the deals done we need now.
We’ve paid out £38m and received over £50m (as well as got a lot of big wages off the bill). More will follow out tomorrow, but we are nowhere close to signing anyone. So what is going on Mr Levy? If you’re saving for the stadium, just let us know, and we’ll understand!!!! But COME ON!
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Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
LOL + LOL x LOL
Some real great, funny yet truthful comments in this place today. I wonder what would happen in here on Saturday morning if you heard that…
Spurs signs both Marouane Chamakh and Niklas Bendtner £19m in total.
Spurs picks up a 1 year contract on Andrei Arshavin
Spurs sold Gareth Bale on deadline day for €86m to PSG.
And at August 31, 10:59pm, Spurs have sold Aaron Lennon to Juventus for £17m and acquired Del Piero as an add on.
I think Spurs fans would demolish WHL.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
This is amateurish. I am very unhappy with the way that this has been handled. If our transfer dealings are indeed being conducted in this way I despair of Levy. I don’t believe that there is any room for this type of behaviour in any part of life. There is nothing wrong with driving a hard bargain but be honest & true the whole way along.
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mynameissiggy Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
this has to be the most idiotic post I have read in years. “amatuerish”… sometimes I despair!
New manager, some top drawer signings, and You call Levy an amateur!… jasus wept!
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Frontwheel 2 Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
I’d even put a H in there,Jahasus as they say in Dublin
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
“Football Team Employs Misdirection.”
In other news, “Water is Wet.”
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Clarkspur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:24 pm
This just in: Pope is Catholic and Bears shit in the woods!!!
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cincyspursman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
No. Bear is Catholic; Pope shits in the woods.
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Andy Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
Have some respect you moron.
Spurstacus Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Andy are you a bear?
Alspur Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 1:29 am
Respect for the pope? Seriously?
the man!! Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:11 am
I’d happily take advise from a bear than the pope
Mitchell Thomas Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 7:22 am
The pope’s Catholic you say? But i’ve booked him to baby-sit my son tonight…..
Cancel cancel cancel….
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Gruffmac Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Chuckle
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
geez even the spammers have got carroll,why does levy always play these games i still expect something out of the blue to happen,personaly if the moutinho thing doesnt come to fruition,would have gone for the malaga kid isco
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Clarkspur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
NOthing confirmed with Carroll. I can’t see that one happening.
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stantheman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
so say sky sports
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Good shout – here’s your finger, rammed up your arse, miles from said pulse.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Levy sort it ya tight fuck!! Fuck this I’m having serious doubt or season already!!! Hope I’m wrong…
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jamie Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
i hope your wrong mate but its frustratin i no how ya feel
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Gruffmac Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Enough with the doom and gloom. We’ll get pleasant surprises tomorrow. We’ve already acquired 4 top class players. Wait till Saturday for the doom-mongering.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:09 pm
the absolute least we can now do is sign hugo lloris, and then it shouldnt stop at that, why the last minute bulls***, when clubs like chelsea are willing to splash out 32 mil here and 20 there clubs arnt goin to let daniel levy screw them down to the last little penny
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Gruffmac Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Clubs like Chelsea splashing 20 mil here and there is not the way I’d want our club run. What happens when Abramovich gets bored? Financial Fair Play anyone? Levy runs a tight ship and thats the reason we’ll continue to strengthen over the coming years.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Agreed terms with spurs only for my shit chairmen to back track on what had been agreed a week ago…very annoyed…see my twitter account…agreed then10 minutes later Lyon back track over more money!
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mynameisluka Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
thanks for clearing that up Hugo.!
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Je vous fais juste Hugo. La seule chose qui a changé, c’est depuis le 26 août, c’est que les Spurs ont maintenant £ 33 millions. Je suggère M. Levy acheter une courge buuternut grande et collez le trou du cul du bâtard avide français.
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
by the way I thought your name was Siggy??
Stuthemidsyid Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
Fabulous!
mynameissiggy Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:36 am
This is what happens when you use your mobile… instant split personality disorder!
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Why accept anything your read unless it comes from Chairman Levy? Negotiations are private matters and all the conflicting stories and noise amount to nothing.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
This is traumatising- admitedly this wasn’t based on the full facts but I did a rough calculation based on Sky’s in and outs screen for us and I reckon even with yesterday’s purchase, we’re still about 13 million to the good. That’s without the club injecting cash in. If this is roughly the case then Levy needs to wax’n'buff that beautiful, bald head of his and take care of business.
I’m predicting one more in on loan and VDV out for 11mill. There, I said it. Reassurance, anyone?
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jamie Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
vdv is not going anywhere and there will be no one coming in on loan
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doctorstefanfreund Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Is this it then, Jamie? Christ on a stick, that’s bleaker than a Bob Dylan protest song
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Clarkspur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Why bleak? 4 great players in. Only short of another striker but maybe youth will finally get a chance to play back up this year.
doctorstefanfreund Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Cos the hunt for 4th place is going to be savage this year. Chelsea won’t be gifting other teams a way in.
Clarkspur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:55 pm
It was savage last year, with everyone faltering. Then look what happened…
Acton_Yid Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
He will if Hamburg up their offer to around £10-12m !!!
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
We don’t need him, stick Tommy Huddlestone in goal.
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Frontwheel 2 Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:16 pm
The first sensible comment on these pages in ages
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
This morning promised so much, this evening the buzz is going. At one point it looked like we may sign Lloris, Moutinho and even Llorente and I was sporting a semi-on.
Now it looks as though the Lloris deal is off, the Moutinho deal was never on and Llorente could be going to the bin dippers.
Talk about floppy!!
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Clarkspur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
You should be seriously worried about your downstairs stimuli. I know some folks like scat, dressing up as babies or even a bit of S&M, but having a boner-dependency related to grown men coming into the club is scary.
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Phil McAvity Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
To be fair I did say it was only a semi-on!
You brought up about dressing up as a baby!
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Uhm, are we beginning to find out the cost of a new stadium?
I’d be surprised if Levy makes a susbstantial outlay before the window closes. The last few windows has seen surplus money from the transfer market stashed away for the NP project.
Trust me, Levy is only interested in making THFC Ltd a very attractive buy a couple of years down the line.
How often have we been fed the PR bs we’re after this top player, that top player with no genuine interest in buying.
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doctorstefanfreund Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Explains going to Sharkattack Dontask with a 12 million bid for Will.I.Am.
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paul Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Exactly my point Sir
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Jon Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
William only has a year left on his deal and can talk to us in January, why should we offer 20m. Shaktar have money and would rather wait it seems and lose out, that’s their choice. He’s made it perfectly clear he would come to us so we can wait and get him signed up for next summer for nothing.
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doctorstefanfreund Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:27 pm
I thought he had two years left?
Jamie Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
I don’t buy this. Levy’s background is in property. He approaches our squad like an investment fund. He’ll sell before a players sell on value can drop away (why we’ve entertained Defoe, Dawson, and VDV bids) to re-invest in younger players. This way you can recycle the cash over and over again for years.
Very occasionally he’ll break this model for sporting reasons, ala Parker. And if you think that’s to be taken lightly, that’s like him giving up £5m he won’t see back – 20% of which belongs to him as a shareholder I believe.
ENIC aren’t stupid, they know Spurs value and sale-ability becomes greater as our exposure and commercial appeal goes up, and that means CL. But we cannot afford to make any Bentley style mistakes, THAT is the cost of a new stadium. That we can’t afford to f*ck up and do a Liverpool in the market. Once we do that, it’s game over. Back Tramezanni, Moussa Saib and a decade of mid table mediocrity..
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Andy Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
You my friend are the smartest person on this thread. That is exactly what is happening. DL won’t allow sentimentality to get in the way of astute business decisions. His priority is to build Tottenham as a brand so that it becomes an attractive business and investment proposition to prospective buyers. The new stadium and ensuing increase in capacity and income is his means of achieving that. In the mean time, DL will only spend within our means.
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Frontwheel 2 Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:46 pm
The more success we have the more attractive we would be to buyers,why does there always seem to be a sneer about Levy trying to build a great investment for future buyers(if there is any truth in it ,I doubt)
Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Well, that’s what you get when you purchase a ‘Bentley’ instead of a Rolls Royce or Jaguar XF. Spend the money on a PROVEN comodity or two Mr. Levy rather than spreading £38m around on 4 or 5 average players and another two with potential you’re not sure will ever be realized. Gamble much?
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Nobby Nobbs Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:50 pm
I dont see a stadium being built on moey saved on transfers. We will only get our Stadium Sponsors with continued success. Modric is the only class act to go, maybe Dembele and Siggurdson together = Modric Perhaps we will skip Moutinho and get another striker. Given how many chances we blow I would like to think so.
August 30th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
My wishful thinking……
AVB said earlier that while we are in need of a keeper for the future it could be addressed in the January window.
……so maybe we managed to get another deal on, moutinho lorente etc and decided to use the money for that????
Probably not but it’s cheering me up untrue the moment.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
They’re all playing a game… let’s see what happens tomorrow… could be worse, we could have tried to re-sign Berbatov haha!! COYS
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stantheman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
would have took that .
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:24 pm
There is no official statement – it’s Goaldotyourmuminthecom
Useless source – where on the Lyon website does it say this – and why would anyone do it. Say whatyou want about Levy – but he is a fucking financial guy – more bollocks from news sources that totally missed the dembelee deal.
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The Tottinghams Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
http://www.olweb.fr/
Check it out. Unfortunately its true
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Smog Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Sorry mate it is on the Lyon official site and has been all night
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Smog Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
It’s been taken down now. Desk back on? Its like the okey fuckin cokey
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Clarkspur Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
CCCHHHHHHOOOOOOOOON!
August 30th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
That’s what the doctor said when you popped your ugly face into this world.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Transfer Deadline Day is like Christmas Day…lots of anticipation and invariably a let down…we can blame the media to an extent (Sky Sports Sources understand….nothing) but Levy is also such a master of brinkmanshp we end up not getting the presents we deserve. We’d like Moutinho, Lloris and an international forward – we’ll end up with Kaka and Sturridge.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Levi sort it owt u mug! yew avnt dun anyfing dis tranfer window! WE WAZ PROMIZED FALCAO LORENTAY AND HULK!!! now we will be relegahted and wont win DA LEGE!!!!1one! LORIS WUD HAV WUN US DA LEGE EASY!!!!one!!1
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PauloYid Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
can you be our next manager please? you seem ever so wise
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doctorstefanfreund Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
I can’t find an appropriate google translator.
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lolwut Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
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Spurstacus Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
lolwut can you do poetry?
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Is that you Professor Hawking???
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lolwut Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Yes, it’s me, Dr. Hawking Under the guise of a degenerate spurs fan
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
How on earth can people be pissed off with levy for ‘not handling it well’? none of you are involved with Spurs or Lyon staff so you have absolutely no idea what is going on behind the scenes so who are you to judge?? It could just be Lyon trying to blag an extra million or two for him. Not just this but people slating Levy in general. Why? His business has played a massive role in making us a top 4 side so excuse my acronym but STFU! If I was Harry Hotspur I would block all Levy slaters from the site, because your moaning is pissing me off royally (in case you hadn’t noticed)
COYS!
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stantheman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
thats what a forums about mate ,debating what a tight cnut our chairman has been for the last 3 transfer windows.look outside the paxton road stand because thats where our money is going .
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PauloYid Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
would you rather Levy was like a wag with a credit card and risk us ending up like Leeds?
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jolsgonemental Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Also a banning offence.
The whole spend and ‘we will do a Leeds’ defence. Is as boringly overused as it is flawed.
Two consecutive life bans.
Same applies to anyone who uses the Leeds defence. Or Portsmouth.
jfdit Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
from memory didn’t leeds have potless fans & owners and fans who only turned up for big games?
Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
I’ll go with Rangers then – would you rather we do a Rangers? Would you? Would you? Would you? Would you rather we done a Rangers?
…because I wouldn’t.
jfdit Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
look at the list of clubs that have nearly/or gone bust in past 12 years:
chelsea
leeds
portsmouth
liverpool
man city
rangers
you’ll notice the clubs that were fundamentally good businesses with decent ‘sterling weighted’ fan bases quickly found richer new owners and have bounced back stronger than ever
in rangers case they’ll be back in no time
onedavemackay Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Was he tight when he let Harry spend 40 Million odd in a January transfer window or when he spent 33 million on Bentley and Bent ?
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stantheman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
thought levy did all the transfers at spurs so if he spent big money on donkies ,thats his fault,also how much compo have wepaid for sacked managers.
jfdit Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
that spend by harry was a desperation spend to avoid relegation, we’ve been trying to balance the books since that splurge
we’ve an average net spend of 6 million a season for past three years
Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Harry Spent loads of money on mainly shit players – then the penny dropped with LEvy when he managed to secure a decent player (VdV) for a bargain bucket price at the end of the window. From that point on, Harry was tight as he had no choice.
By the way, were is that oily little tike Bentley? Has he camouflaged himself as a plant until the window has closed??
onedavemackay Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Well said.
Are the Levy haters the same people who would prefer any foreign owner even if they were the likes of Hicks and Gillette or Carson Yeung ?
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stantheman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
not all levy haters just seems when we get near to anything good it seems to go wrong at the last minute,surely you would have liked to see some more big names and quality players ,rather than the bentleys and man with no name making up our squad.i reckon if thudd and daws had of gone he might of spent more dough,still hoping for more faces to come in though come on levy do the business.
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onedavemackay Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Sure I would like a couple more top players I just happen to think doing a deal is far from straight forward and blaming Levy for every failure to sign a player is unrealistic.
jolsgonemental Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Right. Youre banned, calling for bans is a banning offence. Read the small print, gimp.
Clearly a gooner.
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jfdit Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
that’s your lot, you’re also banned, you can’t go banning people for calling for bans for banning people for having a different point of view
levy is our god he must be worshipped
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PauloYid Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
please don’t, truth is i am Mr Levy under a false identity and i’m a bit upset, dont worry though guys, Loris, Moutinho and Llorente on the way tomorow. Oh and i sent a hitman after jenas. aparantly if hes dead we dont have to keep paying his wages. Every little helps….
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Nobby Nobbs Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:54 pm
The staple gun will be upon you…sort it out
the man!! Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:21 am
Levy is full of crap, arry got as into CL. It would’ve been 3 times in 3 years if it wasn’t for levy not spending money.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Curious how most people think the problem is DL. The selling club can also play silly buggers.
This is horse trading plain and simple and the best time to try and screw more money out of THFC is 24 hours before the window closes
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jfdit Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
DL is not the problem, if we get the top striker we’re clearly missing our business in this window will be the best in a long while
if we don’t our whole season could go pear shaped with a couple of injuries and ade’s call up to the ANC – then our problem will be one of a failed strategy or failed implementation of that strategy
in recent windows we’ve failed miserably to secure a decent striker, this cannot continue if we are to progress
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jolsgonemental Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Because we are still in an incomplete state with barely 24 hours to go before the deadline?
I do actually think the problem is Levy.
im not entirely sure what our strategy was this window (or is)
Surely we could have tied up Dembele and Adebayor before the season started for a start.
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onedavemackay Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
According to most accounts the hold up on the Adebayor deal was Adebayor.
I’m guessing the Dembele deal was agreed some time back but THFC did not want the deal to go through before Modric left
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
If someone can translate French go on the Lyon site and see what has just been posted at 21.23pm and let us all know, thanks.
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Bes Dennett Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Come on then Jon, tell us what has been posted…don’t keep us in suspenders!!! What have they said…
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
The exact same happened to me last night, car for sale, advertised price, phone call, “is the motor still for sale” yes, came and looked, deposit received, came back and tried to offer £600 less. PRICK
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stantheman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
cant blame levy for that one.
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jolsgonemental Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Levy all over. Why was he fuckign around buying used cars last night, when he should have been out buying players.
Levy out. Prick indeed.
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Rossi Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
he did have a levy likeness about him as it goes, reckon Levy was behind the haggling of my motor which is now still sitting on my driveway and unlike Lyon…..I am not happy to keep hold off
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Did he offer a Bentley in part exchange? If so don’t take him – he’ll ruin you.
Rossi Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:21 pm
lol
Mitchell Thomas Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
We buy any player.com
Actually we bid for any player.com
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Frontwheel 2 Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
You read too many newspapers,Tottenham never deal through the media
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Mitchell Thomas Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 7:00 am
Actually it was a bit of a poke at webuyanycar.com after Rossi’s comment on his travails selling his motor.
If only i’d had the annoying jingle to go with it…
August 30th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Levy is going to come unstuck again, weve only really had one good window doing things late.
Liverpool will sign Llorente tomorrow thats the reason the idiot Rodgers was so desperate to shift that poor long haired jesse from the tooon!
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stantheman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
got a feeling youre right ,unless danny boy pulls one out of the hat and trumps the bin dippers
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Paul Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Maybe but lets face it, we all sit round waiting for news on transfer night, he only major one I can think of was VDV, the rest is just BS.
If levy needs money for the stadium then fairplay, but all this media crap we fall for every year (me included) just wont wash.
Me thinks Daniel hired the private jet to stock up on Vodka because if he went all the way to the Ukraine and offered £11m for Will i an then he must be on drugs, they paid that for him ffs, lol
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:50 pm
We’re all being taken for mugs Defoe, Ade and Cane up front! no cover on the wings Dembele good player, but no Modric and left with a 41 year old in goal!
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Rossi Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Cant help but agree. I dont even care if DL does pull something out of the bag, I am not happy with the way our club goes about transfers, he is giving us a bad name, everyone knew he was difficult but if this Lyon thing is true what a knob. I hated Redknapp in charge of our club but I cant help think AVB is the wrong man, hope to god I am wrong
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:50 pm
The cheese eating surrender monkeys will….well….surrender as the might of the Yid Army invade their squad. We’ll take Remy whist we’re in there.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
I still don’t understand all the fuss to buy a goalie now. Get someone in Jan or next year when Brad retires.
In the meantime I hope we are finding another striker.
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Rossi Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:42 pm
what if Brad gets injured?
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Seems levy offers £5m/£10m below market value for 5 or 6 players hoping selling club’s got money problems and will accept, could end up with nothing or a couple of panic freebies (Saha Nielsen ) strange strategy , can see avb being proper pissed off with levy come sat morning
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Olympique Lyonnais informs not have reached an agreement with Tottenham for the transfer of Hugo Lloris.
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August 30th, 2012 at 8:55 pm
well thats that fooked! lol like Brad anyway!
Just imagine Dawson went to QPR last week, Gallas gets his usual injury Ledders a distant memory, we would not be looking to healthy me thinks
so we have no ledders or Kaboul till Xmas, no Parker, no modders thats a pretty awsome 4 missing for a club that wants 3rd or 4th place.going to be difficult this season to finish that high
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
I blame all our bloody fans and media for assuming we’d signed him already when picking there teams for this season. Got really annoyed everyone assuming it would go through. Totally jinxed, typical levy changing prices at last minute. Why would lyon want to sell him to us now and why would he want to join us.
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
To be honest after the Dembelle (or however u spell it!) signing I’d hoped to see the Lloris deal wrapped up and 2 others – 1 striker plus 1 cm . Is anyone else worried about BAE – he concerns me and the lack of cover there also concerns me ! Anyway no need to panic still got 25 hours of the window to go !! COYS
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
I reckon Berbatovs agent is running things at Spurs now, the whole of European football will soon hate us for the way Levy handles things, time and time again other clubs come out and criticise us for the way we do business.Im not saying throw money away but dont get involved, deny speculation quickly.
Levy loves the fact that we are a wet dream to any Sports editor, we sell copys and he loves that.
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
sounds like Lyon are back peddling hoping for more money W*****s
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
the press are full of bollox we all know that, they wrote the deal was off regarding dembele, next day he signed for us, now it’s the same shit with remi and loiris. all crap i tell ya.
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Same ol same ol we see this every year , most of these stunts by Levy are done to please the fans, like Aguerro for 40 million yeah right, Rossi for 35 million yeah right……. I still think we are weak at left back and the one striking position ……and a goalkeeper would have been nice. this transfer window is very exhausting.
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
If this is true and Levy is fucking around then we won’t hear a peep from Tottenham, if it’s Lyon I’d expect a reply from Levy to tell us exactly what’s going on coz I don’t think he’ll take kindly to someone lying about him and dragging our club through the shit.
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
last time I shop at Mr Byrite!
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Paul Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Me too!
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
I laugh when I read all the dopes on here who are slap happy to spend money that isn’t theirs to spend. They know nothing about the negotiations except what they read on sites like this. Maybe if any of them ever got to run a business they’d realize the responsibilities involved.
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stantheman Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
sorry mate who are ,what company do you run then.
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Harry Hotspur. You do not know anything. Give up. I fart in your general direction. The day you die will be celebrated, by none. Cos’ no one cares. You silly little attention whoring penis.
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Mitchell Thomas Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Be nice eh
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Spurstacus Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
I fart in your general direction.
I like that as a tattoo. Written in Sanskrit.
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Listened to senior journos and connected media types on TS tonight with Danny Kelly and they both said they had been bare faced lied to by clubs, players and agents alike. No one really knows what these deals are all about and what drives them and fluidity in each window. Why shouldn’t we drive a deal and why should we drop our pants to Lyon or Real Madrid. If one person can give me full details of the deals and how they are done, then great. If not, I would have a little more respect for our club and chairman and sit tight until tomorrow night and see what happens. I think we have added 4 great new players and I don’t think we need another striker…..did sain need one to win the world cup? Football is changing.
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Paul Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
You dont think we need cover for both wingers? 2 more forwards is a must. we may not know all the details but for years Levy has been criticised by other clubs for the way he carrys on.
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Hairy barrell Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
No I don’t think we need two wingers. And what would you prefer, a chairman that got shafted the whole time? Also. Listen to a few players that have signed recently. Levy and the club are good and have we have a great vibe at our club. I would like to check the age of some people on this site as they just don’t get business or football.
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Fuck them. Horse Eaters.
Let’s get Butland.
Yours,
Diplomatic Attache
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
I’ve seen loris and he’s a great keeper I can’t say what’s going on behind scenes but can any tottenham fan be happy if dembelle is the only player we sign before deadline ? Dembele had a release clause at start of window and we only buy him after season starts ? I can’t beleave AVB and press conference he’s happy with or strikers ? I no if we don’t move quick 2marr or season will be ruined and one man to blame levy !dembele and ade should of been signed before a ball was kicked levy had whole year to sort out ade he dose it every year well it won’t wash we made bids for such and such but we failed ther will be no we this time levy you will be to blame not anyone else !
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
,,,,I can’t say what’s going on behind scenes but can any tottenham fan be happy if dembelle is the only player we sign before deadline?
Have you just been thawed from cryogenic suspension – If so, breaking news WE’VE SIGNED VERTONGHEN, SIGURDDSSON, AND ADEBAYOR!!!!
Yeah, I know.. Fuckin’ unbelievable eh?
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
This could be something as simple as how a fee is paid.
They thought we were offering £12m (or whatever) as a lump sum, whilst we want to pay 50% up front with the rest in installments.
24hrs to go, time to keep calm and see what happens. Plenty of time for recrimonations after the window closes.
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jfdit Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
it’s quite normal for english clubs to structure their deals in that way but foreign clubs are not keen on delayed payments
if the goons get llorente as rumoured they’ll be a lynch mob on here tomorrow
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Gary B Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
That’s my take on it. Most of these deals are installments, not money up front. My guess is that Lyon want more than the normal rate as a downpayment.
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August 30th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Why do people keep referring to Barndoor as a ‘NEW’ signing.He was in the squad last season he is not an addition and last season even with him in the squad we still needed two more quality strikers… unless we have players who can score on a regular basis then nothing else is important… a great defence and midfield cannot win matches… banging more in the net than your opponents does that and we have been missing that since Berbatov left FFS!!!!!!!!!
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August 30th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
I am starting to get worried by us only approaching players with a double L in their name, especially when Carroll is concerned
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Hartley Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:42 pm
I’ve heard we’re in for Roger Mellie, yknow the man off the telly……fits in with the theory if nothing else….
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mynameissiggy Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:44 am
Harold Lloyd?… now, there was an athlete and comedy genius!
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August 30th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Tomorrow night nobody will be second guessing which super duper player we will be signing nor slagging off the chairman and manager for failing to put the club into financial trouble by spending silly money we don’t have on unproven foreign crap…..roll on tomorrow night….
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Hartley Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
‘After’ Tomorrow night…….before you all start
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melcyid Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Trust in Daddy Warbucks
The sun’ll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There’ll be sun!
Just thinkin’ about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
‘Til there’s none!
When I’m stuck a day
That’s gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh!
The sun’ll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
‘Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You’re always
A day
A way!
arf arf
arf arf COYS
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Hartley Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Bastard!
August 30th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
so lyon requested that lloris was stopped from completing his medical/contract negotiations because we agreed to pay them say 12m and then said we would only pay 8m,if this is true we can forget any big signings aslong as levy is negotiating the buying deals.
we have needed a TOP striker for the last 3 seasons and im sick of all these false biddings shit,either bring in the players we need or forget a top 4 finish.
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August 30th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
I thank you Senor Carlos Kickaballs
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August 30th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Calm down Ladies… In Levy We Trust
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 12:59 am
we have one more day of trust
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August 30th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Daddy Warbucks is Levys dad.
Would not be surprised if auntie Whinger is pulling strings behind some of this french farce, ALLO ALLO.
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 12:59 am
Mel an IQ over 250 and a shots to goals ratio of 1 to 1 ??????????????????????????
Should be more than 8 quid plus paying the 108 million reserve clause.
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melcyid Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 1:24 am
that would be a steal
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August 30th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
if we were to get just 1 more player I would take an intelligent striker who does score goals.
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Hartley Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 11:10 pm
I’d take a total retard if he scores goals……..no offence harrynotspur
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Thepin Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Klinsmann!
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August 30th, 2012 at 11:54 pm
Berbatov to Fulham?!!?
Granero to QPR ?!!?
Gaston Ramirez to Southampton?!!?
Andy Carroll to West Ham?!!?
Richard Wright to Man City?!?
Joey Barton to Marseille???
Mmmmmm, Juicy Fruit…..
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August 31st, 2012 at 12:55 am
ITK ALERT
Nuffink appenin after 12pm tomorrow norf of finchley rd ,all done and dusted by shabbat.oi vey muzzeltov ,already
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 1:00 am
You are right…no gelt allowed.
We can trade commandments
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 1:11 am
mel its not 12 pm its 8pm
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melcyid Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 1:19 am
its darker over here early
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August 31st, 2012 at 1:02 am
Look I will give you a pound of smultz herring for a striker
Ok so I wont.
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August 31st, 2012 at 1:22 am
so pissed it will be no more transfers for us. Levy is that all you can do?
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Alspur Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 1:44 am
If we don’t make at least one more transfer in by the deadline, tomorrow, I will personally give/send you 100 of our English pounds…
…assuming you’ll give/send me 100 quid if we do make 1+ transfers?
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Levy costs us another season Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 3:20 am
We will make another signing but it will be a Dempsey rather than a Llorente.
Levy out
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August 31st, 2012 at 1:26 am
look he’s just used up all his saved up air miles all over europe and caucasia ,wot more do you want?
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August 31st, 2012 at 1:39 am
Carroll on loan to WHU.
Sahin on loan to the arse.
We cant get a sniff
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seattlespursguy Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:35 am
Sahin went to Pool.
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`rich g Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 5:26 am
i wouldnt want either of them anyway, lol at the tools crying for sahin, YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM PLAY, REAL LIFE ISNT 20 SECOND YOU TUBE CLIPS
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August 31st, 2012 at 1:47 am
I wish a lot of the posters on here played poker, because you’d make me a very wealthy man…
I’ve never read such a bunch of lily-livered, knee-knocking, faint-hearted claptrap in my whole life…
All of you, just man up, grow a pair and keep the faith in the men in charge at WHL: there’s still one day left, FFS…
Bring it on, I say: last one to blink takes all…
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melcyid Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 1:50 am
levy is blinking good
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Phil McAvity Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:56 am
I can play snap if that’s any good to you?
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August 31st, 2012 at 3:09 am
So Levy costs us another much needed player.
All you Levy lovers need to wake up. He agrees a deal then tries to lower the fee already agreed. 15m for a world class keeper and he thinks that’s too pricey?
He has already fucked up deals for Willian and Mouthinho by expecting to get them for 10m less than the asking price.
Those waiting for a deadline deal for Llorente need to get real. They are asking 27m so we will offer 17m and wonder why we don’t get him.
Levy can fuck off. Tries to con us every window, makes loads on selling players then spends bare minimum to replace. Top four? Hahahaha.
And before the bumboys start defending him, the 4 signings we have made are average at best, Siggy is a squad player , Ade is lazy and a poor finisher, Dembele has had one good game in 2 seasons and Vert is the best of a bad bunch.
We will never finish top four again with that prick in charge.
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the man!! Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:32 am
Yeah not anymore since arry is gone!
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melcyid Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:47 am
wot arry the gooner and cheatski lover?
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`rich g Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 5:29 am
Another idiot, i suppose it was DLs fault we didnt make top four last year???? . Stop crying little children, this isnt FIFA on the X box, go and ask mummy for another rusk and get daddy to turn off SSN and put C beebies back on. Total bellends
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Thepin Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:36 am
Point of order Rich – we did make the top four last season.
On Levy cost us another season: ‘Five’ Dembeles – one good game in 2 seasons? Vert is the best of a bad bunch?
Go away!
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 6:58 am
You sir, are an imbecile.
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August 31st, 2012 at 4:36 am
Via google translate: Olympique Lyonnais informs not have reached an agreement with Tottenham for the transfer of Hugo Lloris. Proposals submitted by Tottenham tonight are significantly distant from the main
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August 31st, 2012 at 5:33 am
And another point, whats all this” hes trying to con us” bollix, why would he try to con you?, are you a shareholder? what part of the club do you own? how are you being conned? because you shoot your silly mouths off about signing players, then look like total twats? thats your fault, you are conning yourselfs. Just get behind the Team and the manager, and the Chairman whos taken us from midtable, to consistently challenging for the top four.GET A FUCKING DOSE OF REALITY
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Thepin Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:41 am
I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there RG.
There are dipsticks out there that stake their rep on the big names, then get all diva-ish when it falls through, thereby making them look like big shiny bell-ends to their mates. They will save fa if it’s Levy’s fault.
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August 31st, 2012 at 6:12 am
Last season levy spent £6m on Parker, got brad on a free, ade loan fee, sold crouch,willy,Keane and pav £31m, season before bought vdv pienaar, khumalo all for £12m but with £25m champs league money, this window got in £50m spent £38m, £12m difference ( just what we offered for will.i.am Coincidence think not) levy playing A blinder gets bale to sign new contract gets avb to sign, and won’t spend a penny ( net ) the point about he’s trying to con us is we are being told the new stadium won’t affect transfers etc, he’s playing another blinder with us
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Habib Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 6:21 am
I suppose you paid the salary increases that now account for 60% of our revenue and built the 45M pound training ground? Arm chair accountants
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Hhitkmyarse Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 6:39 am
60% still way below must clubs, training ground paid over 10 years not 3, what about £35m+ a year from sky, £20m+ from season tickets other match day revenue, under armour deal biggest ever, shirt sponsorship biggest ever, merchandising, etc etc etc…….. Arm chair what..
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Hhitkmyarse Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 7:36 am
by the way hh posted article £15m-£20m available after TOTAL exbenditure
Thepin Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:58 am
Spending money for sake of it? Let’s look at a case study:
Liverpool have £50 mill waved at them by a desperate Russian gangster for the magic beans that are Torres. They chuck £35 mill of that at the Geordies for a Clydesdale horse – Why? Because he was the finished article? because he was World class? No, because they had a load of cash lying around and they thought they had to spend it.
Consequence: Breakingnews – Andy Carroll joins West Ham n Loan for the season, 18 months after moving to Anfield. £35 mill down the swanney
OF the ‘close to £100 mill’ that Liverpool spent in the last two seasons, all of it is sitting on the bench now under Rodgers, except the racist.
If you want an expample closer to home, we could look at the mysterious case of the missing Bentley?
Levy will not risk several seasons of mediocrity, and irrepairable damage to the brand/business/franchise (whatever turns him on) by punting all our money on one messiah. We should rejoice in this, as in recent seasons it has meant we have shown steady, and consistent progress, and relative success in the most competitive league in World Football.
As I say to my tortured Gooner foe, when they laugh at our CL mis-fortune, “I’d rather be on the way up, than on the way down”.
August 31st, 2012 at 6:18 am
Well, I’ve got meds ready for today.
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August 31st, 2012 at 7:44 am
Morning all.
We are in pot 1 for this arvo’s draw:
http://uefa.to/T0P15Z
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Phil McAvity Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:00 am
Pot 1? Shit, I hope we don’t get drug tested.
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August 31st, 2012 at 7:49 am
This is how it works.
I open a Twitter account.
I call myself “@Official ITK Agent”
I post “Messi enquiries made by #THFC”
Lost of people then retweet causing a stir.
It doesnt happen, obvioulsy.
But now Levy is an inactive let down who fucks up our chance of the PL title…
I’ll give you an insight into how things work in every business.
Tentative offers are made, subject to contract. Sometimes the purchaser or seller then takes that proposal as a comitment.
It isnt, its a proposal subject to contract. Sometimes those offers are made by agents who believe they may be working on the buyers or sellers behalf.
It happens all the time.
I work in the drinks business. I will get a call in the morning “Ive got a truck full of X, it will cost you £X” What I now know is that the seller is willing to sell, I dont have an interest in the cost becasue I can work out my own cost, but I may have some tradables the seller may want, so I;ll speak to him directly and offer a price that isnt linked in anyway to the “proposal” he may have already agreed with the agent.
Now he is pissed becasue he isnt getting the 10K he thought, Ive only offered 5K, but then I tell him I might be interstesd in another truck full next week and the week after, he then tells me thast intersteing but he cant accept 5K it has to be 10K, I offer 6K and a promise if the stock moves quickly I will garantee him another truck full the following week for 6K again…. We end up at 7K and everyone is happy…. accept the agent who says he feels let down so you pay him a minimal finders fee… say £500. so now the deal has changed by 25% and the same deal is done.
Boom.
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Thepin Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:01 am
How much do you pay the truck load of drinks in wages, win bonuses, loyalty bonuses, and image rights?
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August 31st, 2012 at 8:12 am
Gentlemen, set your expectations to “LOW”
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`rich g Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 3:16 pm
no spurs fans call themselfs spuds, im a yid and you are a gooner, twat
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August 31st, 2012 at 8:26 am
Afellay?
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Phil McAvity Reply:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:02 am
Same to you with nobs on!
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August 31st, 2012 at 8:39 am
9.39am and i’ve alraedy refreshed newsnow at least 100 times, a new record for me and i suspect im not alone. :o(
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August 31st, 2012 at 9:06 am
Today will be torture.
Maybe by the end of it we will get a new GK, new CM and new Striker.
Yes we all want the best that’s available but unfortunately we can’t afford to do that – that’s what City and Chelsea can do. Not us.
What I do trust is that AVB will work with DL to get the best players that we can attract and afford. I am much more comfortable with this that I would be with Harry Rednap working with DL. I do not think that we will bring in any players who do not fit AVB’s style of play – this in itself is heartening as there is nothing worse than watching players who do not give their all when playing for Spurs.
What I also expect is that we will get rid of some more fringe players. In the past harry would like to keep them around just in case he might ever need them. I believe AVB is much more ruthless and if they are not in his plans he will want to move them on. I think that DL has more faith in AVB and will be comfortable to get rid of players based on AVBs assessment of their potential. I could never imagine DL listening to suggestions from Harry that we should let Tom H go out on loan or sell VDV or Dawson – it just wouldn’t happen. He would be wondering where the kick backs for Harry were in the deals
If we got no one else in I’d be happy enough with this window provided we could get rid of some more dross. I’d like to see Jenas and Bentley moved on as I don’t think they offer anything to us.
It’s gonna be a long day but look on the bright side – we won’t end up with a Frazier Campbell or Grzegorz Rasiak – not while AVB is in charge.
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August 31st, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Come on hazza I am waitin on the moutinho piece……
Its a fcking great day to be a spurs fan
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August 31st, 2012 at 3:27 pm
If Lloris and Moutinho come in as expected will some Spurs fans actually stop moaning? Anyone else getting fed up with the parrots saying “JD cant lead the line” over and over when he got 17 goals last season and so far 1 scored, 1 dissalowed and hit post, he also scored in friendly under AVB. These are stats not waffle. In AVB and DL i trust. In forum gobshites i dont.
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August 31st, 2012 at 8:22 pm
I just wish FIFA career mode was real and I was the chairman . Follow me on twitter @Onthebench_thfc
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