Paradici Turns To Selling Off Players To Fund More Incomings
Once right wing back Djed Spense was sealed last week , Spurs director of football travelled to Milan focusing on the outgoings. They had left Reguilon, Ndombele , Winks and Los Celso at home as they are looking to move them on. Also on the list is Tananga who will sign for Milan for around 17 million this week. Reguilon and Los Celso will find clubs easily enough but there is no money in the foreign leagues. Why do you think Man City are selling to English clubs. Sterling went to Chelsea and Jesus and Zinchenko to Arsenal. The premiership is where the money is. Barcelona also known as Brokelona are becoming the laughing stock of European football with their cap in hand saying they are broke and yet they are buying all around them. Expect problems and lots of them down the line here. Spurs won't budge for anything under 20 million for Los Celso. An Argentianian international who can pick out his teammate Messi blindfolded. Surely someone will pay the money. Reguilon is wanted in Spain by Seville so we will see what happens here. Winks is homegrown so Everton, Leicester or Nottingham Forest will be in for him. The elephant in the room is Nom Nom Belly. He has 3 years left on his £250k a week contract. He thinks he is still an elite player by his entourage so he is hoping Barcelona or Mbappe's PSG will come in for him. The truth be told his loan move to Lyon in January was a disaster and he still was not fit enough to last 90 minutes which is shocking. Spurs have no suitors so it will be a case of him going on loan on the last day of the season. It will cost the club £31 million to pay up his contract. It is just a disaster so I predict he will go on loan to an Italian or Spanish club. Spurs will pay half his wages while he is away and we will be saying prayers hoping he comes good or the club will give him back just like Lyon did. At the moment he is not even at the Ligue 1 level so he is a big gamble. Conte won't want him near the side so he will be training away from the rest of the squad. He needs to go. Turkey is another option for the midfielder but I think he thinks he is too good for there.
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With the exception of the 4 I just mentioned and Tananga, it is rumoured that Joe Roden, Lucas Moura , Emerson Royal and Matt Doherty are free to leave but want to fight for their place. In 2 preseason games, Conte chose Moura at right wing back ahead of Doherty and Emerson. Doherty is safer than Royal as he is the better player having a strong 2nd half of the season before he got injured. If Moura does not excel in the wing back position he will find it hard to get game time with Richarlison and Kuluevski ahead of him so the future may not be bright for one of the favourites Lucas Moura. Sanchez had a poor pre season but they may want to hold onto him for another year for cover during the world cup. Paradici has alot of work to do.
Spurs beat Rangers in a preseason friendly last Saturday. They went 1 - 0 down but it was against the run of play. Harry Kane popped up again with 2 goals. But it wasn't a proper Spurs game unless Kane took and missed a free kick. Conte has hired set piece specialists Gianni Vio to head the squad in this department. Hopefully he will take Kane off the free kicks and give them to Sonny or even Eric Dier or Bissouma. One thing I noticed about pre season is the games we are playing are not that friendly. Rangers gave Tottenham a pretty hostile reception and so did Seville during the week. Mourinho's Roma are next Saturday and it will be the same here so Spurs do not have it easy. However it is not far to look at the results as this is where Conte is trying out new things. He has them run ragged in training and wants them to play these friendlies with fatigue so take the results with a pinch of salt. Link up play could be better also.
As regards more signings, we have 6 over the line but I reckon we will sign another right wing back , a centre half (a big one) and also an attacking midfielder. The Centre half will come from Inter but whether is Skriniar or Bastoni is anyone's guess. Juventus put a spanner in the works by buying Bremer which was Inter's target. PSG and Inter cannot reach a deal on Skriniar and they have to sell someone so this may be a bargaining chip for Paradici. As regards an attacking midfielder Roma's Zaniolo is Conte's favoured option but the guy is injury prone and he is just back from a serious one. Maddison is another option but Leicester will price this homegrown talent at around 60 million.
Troy Parrot and Scarlett will be sent out on loan with Spurs interested on Parrott being a number 9 so they will loan him to a club that will play him there. That club in rumoured to be Preston North End but we will see. Conte took Troy to Korea and he impressed him with his fitness levels so he may well be Harry's replacement sooner rather than later.
And Finally Over At Woolwich
So with only 2 weeks to go to the start of the Premiership it is all business for Spurs. The Arsenal All or Nothing Documentary starts on the 4th August on Amazon. I have the popcorn at the ready for this. I hear it is a disaster documentary rivalled only by LES MISERABLES OR TITANTIC.
from the trailer it looks like Arteta is using the word "Guys" every 2 seconds. I am nearly as looking forward to this than the Premiership starting!!
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Barcelona buying players made no sense as they have no cents lol. They were and have been over their wage cap last season and will be again but La Liga who hold the players contracts must be getting sticky with them now. They sold their TV revenue for the next 20 years so as a club they are more than screwed. They have learned nothing from the previous administrators as all their signings are increasing the debt for the next poor souls who take over.
True it's all about the presidency although if the club is in debt at the end of the presidency then the president has to settle that debt.
Barcelona are not the only club that sold their tv right. in 2006 Real Madrid sold 100% of their tv rights but Barca is only selling 25% of their rights I don't see the problem, they still have 75% of their rights so tell me how they are screwed.
They are still over the wage cap by as much as 30% and should never have been allowed to buy any new players. They had to get rid of half their squad and they never did that and this should cost them points as a penalty. La Liga holds all the players contracts in Spain. The TV rights they sold for $520 million and the retail arm for their merchandise they sold 50%. This revenue from tv equates to over $40 million per season for 25 years so over $1 billion for $500 million basically half price. This money is not being used to fund their debt but to purchase players which is absurd as the hole is only getting deeper with less revenue coming in.
It's a ridiculous gamble on their part for short term success vs longer term financial stability.
A lot of the players they are buying also have little to no resale value because of their age. They are simply an expense and not an asset.
I’m also surprised that so many top players are still choosing to sign for them given that they’re current squad is still owed wages from a couple of years ago!
There are rumors circulating that the club could actually go under which would be disastrous for football in general. What they are doing is unsustainable and why they have been pushing for a super league as they are that desperate.
La Liga have allowed them to spend 25% of savings and revenue earned on players and no more 1/4. This is why hey are selling off tv rights and the merchandise business. Problem is by doing this they are losing future revenue. The club is allowed a wage bill of $144 million and why players have to be under 410 million per season. Current squad were asked to reduce salaries by 40% so it would help them buy new players. Barcelona if they were a public company would have been liquidated last year already. This is not going to end well and why they are seriously screwed.
I get your point but as you said they are rumours, the club won't go down the drain like that.
We don't know how bad it really is but if they sell 50% of their retail which is madness they must be in serious trouble. Compare the likes of Real Madrid who have a $692 million salary cap this season which is nearly 5 x more than Barcelona.
This is madness, La Liga needs to sort this out.
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Feels like Levy is already sniffing around Barcelona waiting for them to go bust so we can pick up a couple of bargains in the same way we did with Leeds way back when.
Yeah, it’s been a proper pre-season with some challenges flying around but Conte spent most of his first 6 months in charge saying if you give me a pre-season to work with this squad then you’ll see…
Yeah but I'd be fairly confident if I won what is it? 5 league titles in 7 years. It looks like the culture is changing and now players are fighting to get on the pitch.
Very well, it is a true fact that the Premiership is where the money and its flow it. The transfer and monies flying around is a game of numbers. May the best man win!!😁
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Spurs are not playing at all, they are ready to fight for the EPL title, this coming season is giving me chills.
It going to be one hell of a ride.
What if, with all these new signings, Tottenham do not still make it to the top 4 ??🙄🙄.. it's just a question please!! before someone will throw stones at me
Get the stones Jives. Belovedave is fast becoming unlovedave
😂😂😂 maybe I'm the Stephen of my generation, but before I'm stoned, I'll have you know that, this is Football anything can happen...like Manchester United winning the league this season 😂😂
I have no sympathy for Lucas Moura 😂😂🤣🤣🤣. He left us for Spurs when he toyed with our hearts as we felt he was coming to us.
Jokes apart, Spurs should be watched this season. The recruitment and the desire is so high that I am definitely going to keep an eye on their games. This is a new Spurs turning up for next season and I know you will be happy. Conte is being equipped so well.
Yeah I'm excited. Oh while you are here. I didn't see you pick a team yet for last man standing. Link is below. Cheers.
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I missed it. Thank you. Getting to it right now.