The Official Tottenham Hotspud thread [Vol 9]

[mickk]

Guvernator said:

Reports coming in of Barca making moves on Erikssen due to Liverpool not wanting to sell Coutinho.

We'll end up with Scott Parker getting a match at this rate.

[Cheib]

TEKNOPUG said:

m3sye said:

I know I have brought this up before but you make enough revenue now to pay a lot more than you do - keeping your wages where they are now is going to tear your very good team apart - forget whether the money 'might' end, that might be 5 10 20 years away - you cannot stand still with wages and expect to keep challenging as your team will get ripped apart - why play for 100k a week when you can get 180k a week doing the same thing wearing a different T SHIRT....

You have the money and will have the money from new stadium, commercial deals and tv money to pay a lot more than you currently do - its Rose who is obviously off and it wont be long till Ali gets his head turned with a big offer....

That's not really the case though. Swiss Ramble did an excellent article on Wages v Revenue and demonstrated that Spurs pay the same ratio or more than the rest of the league. Something like:

Spurs 51%
Arsenal 50%
Liverpool 55%
United 48%
Citeh 52%
Chelsea 68% (the obvious anomaly)

Rose seems to want his wage doubled. So will the rest of the squad. If everyone got a 50% pay rise we'd suddenly be paying 75% of our revenue out in wages - completely unsustainable. Sure WBA might pay him £130k a week, but the majority of players in the squad and therefore the average player wage at the club will be a lot lower. So until Spurs can increase their revenue (which is the whole point of the new stadium) it's unrealistic to expect everyone to get bumper new deals.

Spurs will almost certainly have signed up for certain financial restrictions as part of their new stadium debt (covenants in financial language) which will probably have an impact on how much Spurs can pay players as a % of revenue amongst other things. There's no way the banks would let Spurs spend 75% of their income on player salaries. Arsenal have similar on the debt secured on their stadium.

[jammy-git]

London424 said:

m3sye said:

London424 said:

And we will no doubt see a raft of new contracts offered again this season.

But surely it's wise to wait until you know your revenue before committing to expenses, no?

Not hard to forecast tv money when a contract is signed at x for x number of years

And that's why loads of new contracts were given out last year. Until you actually get the TV money you can't just bump your wage bill by 40%.

I would imagine Levy gave out loads of new contracts last year knowing that the big money from the TV deal was coming this season...

[mickk]

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[jammy-git]

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[48k]

Guvernator said:

Reports coming in of Barca making moves on Erikssen due to Liverpool not wanting to sell Coutinho.

Coutinho transfer request confirmed after all. I suspect the Liverpool thread is about to go in to meltdown.

[mickk]

48k said:

Coutinho transfer request confirmed after all. I suspect the Liverpool thread is about to go in to meltdown.

On the BBC as well now. Shame.

[jammy-git]

48k said:

Guvernator said:

Reports coming in of Barca making moves on Erikssen due to Liverpool not wanting to sell Coutinho.

Coutinho transfer request confirmed after all. I suspect the Liverpool thread is about to go in to meltdown.

Confirmed by?

[jammy-git]

It's not like you've done anything in Europe in the past few seasons, it's clear you've prioritised getting top four in the league and little else.

But you have splurged money on players you didn't need. £30m on Sissoko!

[Ascayman]

Jesus. How long have I been at lunch.

So to clarify. Rose now loves Tottenham but we hate him?. We love Erickson but he loves Barcelona.? And everyone still hates Liverpool?

[TEKNOPUG]

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[Ascayman]

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[Ascayman]

Annoyingly I think it's been a good window for arsenal.

[Yidwann]

I was just hoping this was the kinda scene from the Spurs Press officer yesterday when phoning the Sun

https://youtu.be/0MSScBIopM8?t=2m34s

[mickk]

Ascayman said:

Annoyingly I think it's been a good window for arsenal.

Sanchez and Ox could still go.

[Ascayman]

mickk said:

Sanchez and Ox could still go.

They are better off without sanchez, good player, disruptive man child. The gooners have been to thick to see it but he was a disgrace last season.

As for ox who cares? nothing player. looks weird.

[mickk]

Ascayman said:

As for ox who cares? nothing player. looks weird.

Liverpool have got a bit of Spanish cash now, he was linked with them a little while ago.

[Black can man]

mickk said:

48k said:

Coutinho transfer request confirmed after all. I suspect the Liverpool thread is about to go in to meltdown.

On the BBC as well now. Shame.

tts ! they accused me off bull sheet when i sensationally broke the news earlier.

[Guvernator]

Coutinho doesn't have a release clause in his contract, he's only recently signed a four year deal and Liverpool are adamant he isn't going anywhere. Still at least the news takes the pressure of us for a change.

However if Barca come in with deals of £100m+ for either player I'm not sure who would blink first, Spurs or Liverpool.

I never thought I'd say this as we've done well out of selling our players overseas but I wish just for this season the rich bds would ps off and leave us alone.

Edited by Guvernator on Friday 11th August 15:38

[Ascayman]

Black can man said:

mickk said:

48k said:

Coutinho transfer request confirmed after all. I suspect the Liverpool thread is about to go in to meltdown.

On the BBC as well now. Shame.

tts ! they accused me off bull sheet when i sensationally broke the news earlier.

Pretty much all but RT are in denial even now. A few that have been posting on here in the last 24hrs look particularly foolish now.