For only £130M more, we could have had Pogba and Lukaku!Love the way radio5 reporting it with an almost astonished voice, you can almost see the twit sucking his teeth and shaking his head in disbelief..."proven premier league international in 'sold for 50m' shocker..."
I, for one, will say that you have come to an incorrect assessment. Most fans of most teams will be sad to see a long-term player leave (9 years). But gutted we are not. Fair play to him. Let's not kid ourselves though he moved for money which is to be expected at his age. Spurs don't pay crazy wages like the other members of the top 6 because our revenue is at least 100 million less than the others. FFP is a thing you know and we are not bankrolled by an oligarch, sheik, or debt.Spurs fan's can say what they like but they will feel like we would have done if Zabba would have signed for them at the same age.....gutted.
Brilliant news.David Anderson @MirrorAnderson 1h1 hour ago
Kyle Walker is expected to sign a five-year deal with Manchester City. City also close to Benjamin Mendy. Hope both will be done by Monday.
I'd pay £60m if I had to. Walker is the best in England comfortably and as people are very quick to point out, we don't have a single right back, ergo we don't have a single piece of leverage with the deal.
Would we rather Walker didn't sign but the moral high ground of '£50m is too much' being upheld make anyone feel better because it sure as hell wouldn't me?
The money is high but look at the market! Swansea rejected £40m for Sigurdsson, Everton paid £30m for a Championship keeper and Chelsea are about to pay £40m for a player who will miss preseason and won't be available until September as he had the fluid removed from his knees.
Get him in, get him integrated and fix one of two glaring problems with our squad with a great player.
David Anderson @MirrorAnderson 1h1 hour ago
Kyle Walker is expected to sign a five-year deal with Manchester City. City also close to Benjamin Mendy. Hope both will be done by Monday.
Pereira for £22m is a much better deal than £55m for Walker.
couldnt agree more, seems like the best wing back available to suit our system!Hallelujah! Moan if we don't buy moan if we do and fee is too high. The management team know what they are doing! Some on here will be surprised at Walker will bring to the team!
Anything over £40m is absolutely fucking ridiculous. For this kind of money you'd expect David Alaba in return. Walker is a decent player, but he isn't even in the bracket that the fee would have you believe. This is just as absurd a price as the Lukaku fee. For half this amount we could have bought in just as good a player from the continent. What's even more worrying is that the other clubs we're dealing with will now believe that they can dramatically increase their demands.
The club should have walked away from this deal a long time ago. It reeks of desperation.
City WatchVerified account @City_Watch 4m4 minutes ago
City are understood to have offered £45m plus a further £5m in add-ons for Walker, which Tottenham have accepted. [Daily Mail]
You have an incredibly outdated view of him, as do a few others. His positioning under Pochettino has been fantastic and that will continue under Guardiola.
I love the idea some people seem to have that Pep Guardiola has signed a pace merchant with poor technique who can't defend and has no positional awareness. It's laughable.
You are top of the ITK list for me
I'm happy we got Walker but what is this obsession with premier proven? Mendy isnt premier proven, neither is Bernardo Silva, did we make a mistake with those (assuming we get Mendy)?Okay tell me who you would get who is premier proven?
Nope. No idea.