29 Jul 2021 11:31:46
Spurs apparently keen on Vestergaard for £25m. Snap their hand off.

I also know it isn't how we work but looking at the 'big six', apart from Kane there aren't really any out and out goal scoring centre forwards - Martial, Lacazette, Firmino, Jesus, Werner aren't exactly prolific.

I'm sure if we offered Ings around for £20-25m one of those teams would take him.

That's £50m in the bank. According to Semmens every penny goes towards transfers. That's four or five good quality players we could get in. GK, CB, FB, AM, ST.

Obviously pipe dreams but sounds like a decent plan on paper. And time, as ever, is running out this window for the club.


1.) 29 Jul 2021
29 Jul 2021 12:22:23
I agree that if Vestegaard and Ings want out and we can get £25m for each of them it makes sense to move them on however your next bit where you say about bringing in 5 players with that money doesn't really add up. That only allows an average of £10m per player which I don't think would get us anyone better than we already have in any of the positions you state. If there were players available in any of those positions for £10m that are good enough to come in and improve the team surely Saints and others would already be looking at them.


2.) 29 Jul 2021
29 Jul 2021 13:38:59
If Ben White is worth £50million why should either of our players you’ve mentioned be worth any less?! Saints know Spurs will have more than enough in the bank if they let Kane go so why should we settle for £25m. If they want our big stars we should stop being a push over club and hold out for more.

{Ed002's Note - It has nothing to do with Ben White.}


3.) 29 Jul 2021
29 Jul 2021 15:53:22
We tend to look at players worth £10-12m. Anyone worth above £15m tends to flop or price us out and we won’t usually buy for that much so I think that estimation is reasonable. A few youngsters and then two or three more marquee signings - and we may well be looking at these players, but you know how terrible we are at recruitment!

Lookman, Maitland-Niles, Giakoumakis, Delaney would probably cost £50m in total max, plus Williams on loan. Not a bad five. That’d be the dream window.


4.) 29 Jul 2021
29 Jul 2021 17:46:23
I'd be fairly happy with those 4 players for £50m plus Williams on loan but what about a new keeper.

{Ed077's Note - you could try and tempt Sergio Romero on a "free." (He might have other more attractive proposals though)}


5.) 29 Jul 2021
29 Jul 2021 21:03:43
If Frase doesn’t go then Ralph definitely won’t go out and get one. West Ham just signed Areola. They have Areola AND Fabianski. We have Forster and McCarthy. I’m struggling to think of decent options for £5-8m that might be out there.

If Ramsdale is apparently £35m then we’ll be looking at another late-20s keeper as the last young english keeper we bought for potential we just sold.

Mat Ryan, Adrian, Randolph, Foster, Hart would all be improvements and probably fairly priced short term options but none are any better than Forster on a good day.


6.) 30 Jul 2021
30 Jul 2021 18:12:10
I was hoping that Ralph would have gone for Areola after some of his performances for Fulham last season and the fact that PSG has about 9 or 10 keepers on their books but Ralph doesn't seem interested in any keepers which suggests that he's happy with the 2 that had poor seasons last year. Maybe he's thinking that they can't possibly be that bad 2 seasons in a row?


7.) 30 Jul 2021
30 Jul 2021 18:19:31
I think that Ralph is happy with his 2 senior keepers although he doesn't seem to know which is his number 1. I think that Forster will see out the final year of his contract and hope for a decent last payday coming in next year as a free agent, possibly Celtic again or 1 of next seasons promoted championship teams.

Just hoping that Mccarthy gets his act together this coming season as he's shown at times that he can be a good keeper but lacks consistency and confidence. As it stands we have pretty much the same team as last season so I hope that Ralph can get at least 3 or 4 more players in soon otherwise I fear a poor start to the season and with our poor record from the second half of last season still fresh in the memory I'm not filled with confidence.


8.) 31 Jul 2021
31 Jul 2021 00:31:10
Leicester signed Kante and Mahrez for a few mil so 10m can be plenty. There’s the Ajax keeper who’s banned for a couple months on the cheap.