The Official Tottenham Hotspur thread [Vol 14]

[Byker28i]

Looks like we are getting back former sporting director and transfer guru Fabio Paratici after his two-and-a-half-year Fifa ban for alleged financial irregularities ends in July

[TEKNOPUG]

Byker28i said:

We need defenders and a quality attacker/center forward.

Phillips back is good, played well on loan at Plymouth and Stoke and he's a big centre-back.
Danso I think could be another of those great players if developed more.

Are we looking to shift on Yves Bissouma? Same for Manor Solomon, did well at Leeds and we had him on a free so thats easy money.
Bryan Gil can go.
Richarlison? His best game last year was the sodding Final where he showed what he could do. Kept the ball, was a good target man for breaking out, worked back and defended to help out the team, worked the ball well carrying it upfield.... Where was that all season

Dane Scarlett and Yang Min-hyeok?

I don't think we need more defenders. Vicario, Kinky, Romero, VDV, Porro, Udogie, Spence, Danso, Davies, Phllips, Dragusin, Vuskovic, Gray. When Vicario, VDV, Romero, Porro and Udogie all started, we had the same PPG as Chelsea.

The defence looked bad at times because we had so many injuries and Angeball exposed these shortcomings. However, the real issue was scoring. 9 games when we failed to register. We lost 6 games 1-0. We lost 14 games by a single goal. Sure we scored a lot of goals over the season but they were mostly scored in big wins; 3/4/5 in a match. Angeball largely failed because we sacrificed defence for attack but failed to score regularly when we had the attacking overload. If we had Palmer and Isaak in our team, I expect Ange would still be in a job.

What we lack is guile. We basically just have Madders and Kulu as the only 2 creative players. Everyone else are just runners. Coupled with just a single, hard working but limited centre forward. We desperately need another couple of creative midfielders (like Eze) and another goalscorer. We currently have about 7 left wingers, 1 CF and Johnson on the right. The recruitment has been a total mess, as usual.

[Byker28i]

Defensive midfielder, someone to sit in front of the back 4?

We do seem to like creative wingers, but not many can put in a good ball, or have any quality in the box? Johnson was top scores last year!

[Terry Winks]

Well we're suing Jim Ratcliffe for breach of contract that essentially means Tel is free.

[Byker28i]

Spurs has said no decision on Son until after the tour of Korea/Asia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/czxe...

and
Spurs have reportedly made a more substantial offer than United for Mbeumo's services, with the north London side able to offer Champions League football next season
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-n...

[Willo777]

Byker28i said:

Defensive midfielder, someone to sit in front of the back 4?

We do seem to like creative wingers, but not many can put in a good ball, or have any quality in the box? Johnson was top scores last year!

Adam Wharton ticks all the boxes for me

[resolve10]

I've spoken to a couple of Spurs supporting colleagues and they seem to think it's a foregone conclusion Manor Solomon will be on his way out. I can't understand why you'd want to move him on? He had a very strong and injury-free season in a competitive division last season, and Leeds only finished 4 places lower than Spurs in the football league. Surely he'd be a good option for you this season?

[Byker28i]

resolve10 said:

I've spoken to a couple of Spurs supporting colleagues and they seem to think it's a foregone conclusion Manor Solomon will be on his way out. I can't understand why you'd want to move him on? He had a very strong and injury-free season in a competitive division last season, and Leeds only finished 4 places lower than Spurs in the football league. Surely he'd be a good option for you this season?

At the moment he's stuck in Israel after getting married last week
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c625...

[48k]

Willo777 said:

Byker28i said:

Defensive midfielder, someone to sit in front of the back 4?

We do seem to like creative wingers, but not many can put in a good ball, or have any quality in the box? Johnson was top scores last year!

Adam Wharton ticks all the boxes for me

And Bayern still owe payments for Kane which means Wharton would effectively be free.

[48k]

Byker28i said:

and
Spurs have reportedly made a more substantial offer than United for Mbeumo's services, with the north London side able to offer Champions League football next season
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-n...

Hmmm. Player for a smaller club has one great season and we sign him at which point he turns to ste. I've seen this script already.

[Guvernator]

TEKNOPUG said:

I don't think we need more defenders. Vicario, Kinky, Romero, VDV, Porro, Udogie, Spence, Danso, Davies, Phllips, Dragusin, Vuskovic, Gray. When Vicario, VDV, Romero, Porro and Udogie all started, we had the same PPG as Chelsea.

The defence looked bad at times because we had so many injuries and Angeball exposed these shortcomings. However, the real issue was scoring. 9 games when we failed to register. We lost 6 games 1-0. We lost 14 games by a single goal. Sure we scored a lot of goals over the season but they were mostly scored in big wins; 3/4/5 in a match. Angeball largely failed because we sacrificed defence for attack but failed to score regularly when we had the attacking overload. If we had Palmer and Isaak in our team, I expect Ange would still be in a job.

What we lack is guile. We basically just have Madders and Kulu as the only 2 creative players. Everyone else are just runners. Coupled with just a single, hard working but limited centre forward. We desperately need another couple of creative midfielders (like Eze) and another goalscorer. We currently have about 7 left wingers, 1 CF and Johnson on the right. The recruitment has been a total mess, as usual.

Good post, we have a team full of cloggers or runners and no one apart from Madders or Kulu to pass to the runners or beat a man. For a system that relies so heavily on talented wingers, we bought an awful lot of ste ones. I can probably count on one hand, the times one of our "wingers" beat his man and put in a decent cross.

The only real winger I've seen in our squad is Solomon and we sent him out to Leeds.

[48k]

Congratulations to Micky Van de Ven and his chocolate hamstrings for winning the "Fastest Sprint in the Premier League 2024/25" trophy.
37.12 km/h against Man Utd to intercept a pass to Garnacho.

Gonna need a bigger trophy cabinet!

[juliussneezer]

Porro is a great crosser of the ball. Love seeing him bomb up the right and whip in a cross for Solanke to fk up

[Guvernator]

juliussneezer said:

Porro is a great crosser of the ball. Love seeing him bomb up the right and whip in a cross for Solanke to fk up

I agree. What he isn't is a defender though. get's beaten very easily. We need to do a Bale with him and move him further up the field or at the very least, use him as a wingback, going wide rather than inverting.

I hope Frank tries it at least, wingbacks pushing up the flanks with 3 at the back would suit this squad a lot I feel.

[48k]

Short interview with Daniel Levy and new CEO Vinai Venkatesham

https://play.tottenhamhotspur.com/video/814598

[S600BSB]

Guvernator said:

TEKNOPUG said:

I don't think we need more defenders. Vicario, Kinky, Romero, VDV, Porro, Udogie, Spence, Danso, Davies, Phllips, Dragusin, Vuskovic, Gray. When Vicario, VDV, Romero, Porro and Udogie all started, we had the same PPG as Chelsea.

The defence looked bad at times because we had so many injuries and Angeball exposed these shortcomings. However, the real issue was scoring. 9 games when we failed to register. We lost 6 games 1-0. We lost 14 games by a single goal. Sure we scored a lot of goals over the season but they were mostly scored in big wins; 3/4/5 in a match. Angeball largely failed because we sacrificed defence for attack but failed to score regularly when we had the attacking overload. If we had Palmer and Isaak in our team, I expect Ange would still be in a job.

What we lack is guile. We basically just have Madders and Kulu as the only 2 creative players. Everyone else are just runners. Coupled with just a single, hard working but limited centre forward. We desperately need another couple of creative midfielders (like Eze) and another goalscorer. We currently have about 7 left wingers, 1 CF and Johnson on the right. The recruitment has been a total mess, as usual.

Good post, we have a team full of cloggers or runners and no one apart from Madders or Kulu to pass to the runners or beat a man. For a system that relies so heavily on talented wingers, we bought an awful lot of ste ones. I can probably count on one hand, the times one of our "wingers" beat his man and put in a decent cross.

The only real winger I've seen in our squad is Solomon and we sent him out to Leeds.

Watched Solomon at Leeds 3 times last season and he impressed on each occasion. Apart from the fact that he is apparently stuck in Israel after his nuptials I’d like to see him get a chance.

[Byker28i]

Well, we made £2m on selling Hojbjerg to Marseille. Tottenham negotiated a fee for the midfielder, with the French side due to pay £17million to sign the Dane permanently.

[Guvernator]

Byker28i said:

Well, we made £2m on selling Hojbjerg to Marseille. Tottenham negotiated a fee for the midfielder, with the French side due to pay £17million to sign the Dane permanently.

Should have just kept him for £17m. While he isn't outstanding, he's better in that number 6 role than any of our current midfielders.

[Byker28i]

Not sure how serious these latest rumours are

The Guardian claim that Spurs are eyeing a sensational move to sign Mohammed Kudus from West Ham United this summer.
The Ghana international has a release clause of £85m in his contract, but Tottenham are expected to test the waters with a £50m opening offer.

Yup, thats Levy


and more talk about Grealish. I'm not sure we want him, or his wage demands
https://tothelaneandback.com/2025/06/18/manchester...

Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 18th June 14:16

[Guvernator]

Byker28i said:

Not sure how serious these latest rumours are

The Guardian claim that Spurs are eyeing a sensational move to sign Mohammed Kudus from West Ham United this summer.
The Ghana international has a release clause of £85m in his contract, but Tottenham are expected to test the waters with a £50m opening offer.

Yup, thats Levy


and more talk about Grealish. I'm not sure we want him, or his wage demands
https://tothelaneandback.com/2025/06/18/manchester...

Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 18th June 14:16

Tbf transfer season is just clickbait heaven for content creators so I take all of it with a huge pinch of salt, especially as it's Spurs. Last year we were almost definitely certain we were going to sign Eze (we didn't). The year before that it was Zaha (we didn't), I can go on pretty much forever.

So far the only certainty is that we've signed Tel. Rumours that Levy has had an epiphany are just that until I see some real, genuine talent with a Spurs shirt on.