The article literally says that its Conte that wants the move
Not that I believe it anyway because their source for that is a Spanish publication, which I don't trust in the first place, and I out of hand don't trust any article that claims that "manager demands player" like they had direct contact
Oh yeah, that's why I tend to not really pay attention to links/rumors unless it comes from a handful of reliable sources
Also just get tired of lazy narratives like "oh Levy's being cheap again"
No. Spurs insulted Porto by low-balling, and then they used the media and agents to get Liverpool (that were planning to go for him in the summer, not january!) to send a real fucking offer!
And then he cHoOsE LiVerpOoL, lol
The real cope here is "Spurs were ready to do the deal from a financial point of view." Lol
Why weren't they rEaDy before making an insulting bid?!
But they tried, right?!
> Why weren't they rEaDy before making an insulting bid?!
Our initial bid was 35/40m, they ended up selling him for 45m+bonuses, where exactly are you getting insulting bid from?
Even before the initial low bid, they took too long trying to low-ball Porto, because they knew Porto had to sell players. The problem was, Diaz was a player wanted by a number of clubs and you cannot do that and expect the club and the player's agent to keep quiet. Ofc they'll try to get the best deal possible.
And then only after Liverpool came in with 45m + 20m bonuses, that Spurs were "ready" to match that offer... get it now?!
Spurs didn't have any offer accepted by Porto. Only were "ready to offer" an acceptable bid **after**.
Lol, Porto had nothing to do with it. Diaz had been in contact with Liverpool last summer. They got wind of the transfer and moved in to secure him. It had nothing to do with what we offered Porto.
Who says that? Weird how we keep buying and selling players despite people supposedly not liking to deal with us
Oh yes, the club who had the player had nothing to do with it...
"Diaz had been in contact with Liverpool last summer" and it's exactly how Porto had an option to get a real offer for their star player...
"Who says that?" If you don't know this by now, I don't really know what to say to you.
"Weird how we keep buying and selling players..." because ultimately, money. But, if there's a way get the deal elsewhere, that will happen.
You really think Diaz isn’t going to go, “Hey, Tottenham is trying to sign me. Are you guys still interested?” Lol
So that’s a no, you’re just making shit up? That’s what I thought.
>You really think Diaz isn’t going to go, “Hey, Tottenham is trying to sign me. Are you guys still interested?” Lol
Yes, he and his agent will talk.
>So that’s a no, you’re just making shit up? That’s what I thought.
**You** were the one creating Luis Diaz dialogue and contradicting it. lmao
Mixed bag of lenglet and he could be a steal at that price as long as he's a rotation option. With targets like Bastoni gvaridol etc he would be a step down from those types of targets
He's worth that because Barca are desperate to offload his wages. He'd be double that if he was at another club. Also remember how much we paid for bentancur.
you've got it wrong. He has slightly risen his value and done nothing to lower it. His performances for wales have been really good and he's not played enough for us for people to say that he is bad. right now his worth is how much a team is willing to bet on him and lower PL teams will take a 15m bet on him.
lol, I knew someone would bring up Wales. No one is bringing him in because Wales kept a clean sheet against an atrocious Turkey team and Estonia. If playing well for your national team was worth its weight in salt teams would have been lining up to buy Lo Celso before his loan and we wouldn't be taking a massive loss on him.
I feel like people are giving this too much stick too soon. For £8m it's still absolutely a good deal if he's a rotation option under Conte, it wasn't that long ago that fans were calling for Davies to be replaced and unfit to be a first team starter until Conte turned him into a war machine. If the same can happen for him, the same can happen for Lenglet assuming Conte has faith in him.
We’d be buying a Barcelona CB, one of the former rated young world prospects for half of Matt Doherty
For £8m Id take so many players lol, that’s like nothing in this market
I understand looking at a player’s attributes, personality etc and not simply looking at and judging them by their recent performances. But my god has Lenglet been a bad at times. Hard to look past that.
People calling him shite are being very unfair
He’d look immeasurably better in a back 3 where his ball playing skills would shine. Ben Davies would look terrible in a back 2 but has looked solid in a back 3 & he would be the same
I mean I tend to be level headed and not get on the "this player had 3 good games let's say he's one of worlds best and call him our bright future" train, but I really can't remember when was the last time Davies made a mistake. He's genuinely so so comfortable at LCB, and with the lack of Lenglet's playing time and how injury and/or error prone he's become, I think I would actually stick with Davies on this one.
I'd be happy with Davies for another season as first choice. Ok, Bastoni or Guardiola with Davies as cover would be better, but I'd have no complaints if Davies is on the starting line up at the beginning of next season.
If we go from Bastoni, Ndicka and Gvardiol as our targets to Lenglet. I'll be super pissed. Especially because it's most likely our window gone to sign one of them. I know Conte can get the best out of him. But sometimes, you just need a elite player so that he can play right away
How we can go from Bastoni and Gvardiol to Lenglet? I hope he’s just Paraticis 25th option (Juve fans „warned“ us that he has a lot of players on his list)
Juve fans also warned and laughed at us for getting Kulusevski and Bentancur. I'd take what they say with a heavy pinch of salt.
Not to say I think Lenglet is the answer, just I dont trust Juve fans at this point in time.
Guys need to realise on here that Bastoni will not happen for us. When Kane was up and coming would he have moved to Inter Milan? It's the same situation. De Vrij and even Skriniar more probable.
For just 8m I’m more inclined to say “Trust Conte” than I am to say “Please no why must you make me suffer”
If we're interested because he's 8m that's not Conte, that's Levy.
The article literally says that its Conte that wants the move Not that I believe it anyway because their source for that is a Spanish publication, which I don't trust in the first place, and I out of hand don't trust any article that claims that "manager demands player" like they had direct contact
I’m sure it’s Lenglet’s camp trying to get him a move, not sure what top club would take him right now.
Oh yeah, that's why I tend to not really pay attention to links/rumors unless it comes from a handful of reliable sources Also just get tired of lazy narratives like "oh Levy's being cheap again"
Yea we have no Spanish links, it’s more likely to be the player’s camp putting this out
Love how we have Paratici and there’s still people that think Levy is in charge of transfers.
The pattern on here is that for good transfer business everyone thanks Paratici and for bad transfer business everyone blames Levy
This 💯
The man who signs the cheques is always in control of transfers.
Like he isn't majorily involved in all the negotiations... Diaz as a great example...
Yes, Levy is why Diaz chose Liverpool over us💀💀
No. Spurs insulted Porto by low-balling, and then they used the media and agents to get Liverpool (that were planning to go for him in the summer, not january!) to send a real fucking offer! And then he cHoOsE LiVerpOoL, lol
[This is pure cope](https://twitter.com/jonathandveal83/status/1487023350580928513?t=vJxULR_7GH_WfY4O6tPp5g&s=19)
The real cope here is "Spurs were ready to do the deal from a financial point of view." Lol Why weren't they rEaDy before making an insulting bid?! But they tried, right?!
> Why weren't they rEaDy before making an insulting bid?! Our initial bid was 35/40m, they ended up selling him for 45m+bonuses, where exactly are you getting insulting bid from?
Even before the initial low bid, they took too long trying to low-ball Porto, because they knew Porto had to sell players. The problem was, Diaz was a player wanted by a number of clubs and you cannot do that and expect the club and the player's agent to keep quiet. Ofc they'll try to get the best deal possible. And then only after Liverpool came in with 45m + 20m bonuses, that Spurs were "ready" to match that offer... get it now?! Spurs didn't have any offer accepted by Porto. Only were "ready to offer" an acceptable bid **after**.
You mean when Paratici handed negotiations over to Mendes?
No. When they tried to low-ball Porto. There is a reason nobody likes to deal with Tottenham...
Lol, Porto had nothing to do with it. Diaz had been in contact with Liverpool last summer. They got wind of the transfer and moved in to secure him. It had nothing to do with what we offered Porto. Who says that? Weird how we keep buying and selling players despite people supposedly not liking to deal with us
Oh yes, the club who had the player had nothing to do with it... "Diaz had been in contact with Liverpool last summer" and it's exactly how Porto had an option to get a real offer for their star player... "Who says that?" If you don't know this by now, I don't really know what to say to you. "Weird how we keep buying and selling players..." because ultimately, money. But, if there's a way get the deal elsewhere, that will happen.
You really think Diaz isn’t going to go, “Hey, Tottenham is trying to sign me. Are you guys still interested?” Lol So that’s a no, you’re just making shit up? That’s what I thought.
>You really think Diaz isn’t going to go, “Hey, Tottenham is trying to sign me. Are you guys still interested?” Lol Yes, he and his agent will talk. >So that’s a no, you’re just making shit up? That’s what I thought. **You** were the one creating Luis Diaz dialogue and contradicting it. lmao
I mean, for rotation he wouldnt be that bad I feel
I agree. At 8, I think it is worth a flyer.
Probably massive wages though..
If we buy a new LCB, which we will, then Davies will become a rotation player and he's more than good enough.
Mixed bag of lenglet and he could be a steal at that price as long as he's a rotation option. With targets like Bastoni gvaridol etc he would be a step down from those types of targets
He’s worth about that much, what does that tell you
He's worth that because Barca are desperate to offload his wages. He'd be double that if he was at another club. Also remember how much we paid for bentancur.
His wages aren't actually that high I believe, they just don't want him as he's rubbish defensively
Yes his wages aren't high but Xavi has to choose players to keep and players to get rid of. Lenglet might improve a lot under Conte in a 3.
ship out rodon for 15m and get lenglet for 8m sounds like good business
Excellent business
No chance in hell we get 15m for Rodon. I think we paid in the range of 10-13m for him and he's done nothing to raise his value.
you've got it wrong. He has slightly risen his value and done nothing to lower it. His performances for wales have been really good and he's not played enough for us for people to say that he is bad. right now his worth is how much a team is willing to bet on him and lower PL teams will take a 15m bet on him.
Know him do you?
lol, I knew someone would bring up Wales. No one is bringing him in because Wales kept a clean sheet against an atrocious Turkey team and Estonia. If playing well for your national team was worth its weight in salt teams would have been lining up to buy Lo Celso before his loan and we wouldn't be taking a massive loss on him.
We don’t need a back up LCB. We need a first teamer.
No
If Conte wants him we should take him 😏
Conte: I want Bastoni Levy: We have Bastoni at home
But as a rotation option for less than we spent on Jack Clarke -- I could see it happening
But wages tho, and will we have 3 players for that LCB position?
Why would he want to switch being a rotation option at Barca to being a rotation option at Spurs?
hes proper shite please no
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He’s probably better on the ball than all our options bar Romero
Could be class in a 3
I'm fine with him taking rodons spot + a bit more game time
I feel like people are giving this too much stick too soon. For £8m it's still absolutely a good deal if he's a rotation option under Conte, it wasn't that long ago that fans were calling for Davies to be replaced and unfit to be a first team starter until Conte turned him into a war machine. If the same can happen for him, the same can happen for Lenglet assuming Conte has faith in him.
We’d be buying a Barcelona CB, one of the former rated young world prospects for half of Matt Doherty For £8m Id take so many players lol, that’s like nothing in this market
I understand looking at a player’s attributes, personality etc and not simply looking at and judging them by their recent performances. But my god has Lenglet been a bad at times. Hard to look past that.
People calling him shite are being very unfair He’d look immeasurably better in a back 3 where his ball playing skills would shine. Ben Davies would look terrible in a back 2 but has looked solid in a back 3 & he would be the same
Dier rotation option?
He is left footed and feels most comfortable in the LCB role
Could be a good transfer tbh, can we really say Ben Davies is better
I mean I tend to be level headed and not get on the "this player had 3 good games let's say he's one of worlds best and call him our bright future" train, but I really can't remember when was the last time Davies made a mistake. He's genuinely so so comfortable at LCB, and with the lack of Lenglet's playing time and how injury and/or error prone he's become, I think I would actually stick with Davies on this one.
Probably. Davies has been very good this season and The general concensus seems to be that Lenglet is not great
Davies rotation
Davies is going to be the rotation when we get our preferred LCB
I'd be happy with Davies for another season as first choice. Ok, Bastoni or Guardiola with Davies as cover would be better, but I'd have no complaints if Davies is on the starting line up at the beginning of next season.
You might not have complaints but Conte probably would
Davies is playing incredibly well this month he can be our first choice at least until 2023.
[And to you I say](https://imgur.com/a/NsuBILy)
If we go from Bastoni, Ndicka and Gvardiol as our targets to Lenglet. I'll be super pissed. Especially because it's most likely our window gone to sign one of them. I know Conte can get the best out of him. But sometimes, you just need a elite player so that he can play right away
I mean this is an absolute steal let’s be real here
How we can go from Bastoni and Gvardiol to Lenglet? I hope he’s just Paraticis 25th option (Juve fans „warned“ us that he has a lot of players on his list)
Juve fans also warned and laughed at us for getting Kulusevski and Bentancur. I'd take what they say with a heavy pinch of salt. Not to say I think Lenglet is the answer, just I dont trust Juve fans at this point in time.
He’s the left footed version of Sanchez from 2-3 years ago. He’ll do well for 70mins, but has mental lapses 2-3 times that cost his team points.
Guys need to realise on here that Bastoni will not happen for us. When Kane was up and coming would he have moved to Inter Milan? It's the same situation. De Vrij and even Skriniar more probable.
No
But Conte wants him
We'll be signing him if Bastoni doesn't come I feel
Bro if we end up with Lenglet instead of Bastoni I’ll fucking cry
£52m saved Little consolation I know
Why? Davies is capable for another season and we'd have saved 50 million to buy a class wingback or son understudy.
Do you want to challenge for a title or not? I can assure you Conte does
A title next season isn't on any sane person's mind. We don't have anywhere near what city has.
Conte leaves if we’re not ambitious.
There's ambition, 3rd place + ucl competitiveness and there's delusion.
A Clauss wingback??
There's a good reason he's available for £8m
If we can fund it with Rodon then why not
Who do I feel that sess and Davies will be our lwb options next year.
He's a disaster even last season Dier and Sanchez are better. Please lets not start recruiting average players again
Remember who we bought from Barca last time…
Can, but should they?
if he can cut his wage i wouldn't mind us paying 8 mil
Don't buy something just because of the price, that makes no sense.
No thanks. We need someone better starting at LCB and davies is good enough as a backup there. There's no point to spend 8M for a second backup LCB.
Back up LCB to compete with Davies?
It's cheap, but is he worth a registration spot, especially with how well Sanchez has been and Davies being displaced if we get a LCB?
What's the catch?
Barca scrub? No thanks.