Confirmed Signing Dele Alli

[TheNinja]

So he plays 80 games, scores no goals and generally is rubbish, we give them €40M...great...

If he's generally rubbish, he won't be playing 80 games...

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

That DiMarzio is about as reliable as my Nan on transfers, and she’s been dead for 20 years.

Might be right, but every other decent source says it’s heavily performance (not just appearance) based

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

So he plays 80 games, scores no goals and generally is rubbish, we give them €40M...great...

Well he wont play 80 games if he doesnt score and is generally rubbish so you can relax

 

[MikeH72]

If he's generally rubbish, he won't be playing 80 games...

Michael Keane has played 170 games for us.

 

[matty1878]

He's still only 25? Feels like he's been around a lot lot longer. He and Barkley were both considered the top up and coming talents in midfield, I think?

yearh feels ages like

 

[tadpole]

So he plays 80 games, scores no goals and generally is rubbish, we give them €40M...great...

Other sources are saying that future payments are linked to team as well as individual performances.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Michael Keane has played 170 games for us.

Despite recent opinions, Keane hasn’t always been rubbish for us.

 

[nsno-chris]

Like I said yesterday I’m quite happy with this deal under Lampard; not under the kopite.

Lampard was the GOAT of goal scoring midfielders and he’ll be able to coach Alli even more.

Alli has seemed to struggle under defence minded coaches (as my issue with fat Benny buying him) but under an attack minded manager, new surroundings and a bit of fire in his belly then this could work out as a fantastic purchase

 

[MikeH72]

Despite recent opinions, Keane hasn’t always been rubbish for us.

He’s been rubbish for as long as fans have been in stadiums.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

Or if he plays 79 games with 20 goals and 35 assists we pay 10 mil

I like it...we sell him when he hits 79 games...

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

He’s been rubbish for as long as fans have been in stadiums.

Absolutely; he is a lionheart; except he is not a lion and he has no heart...

 

[blu87554]

I’ve been thinking about this since yesterday. I’m hopeful for both signings but not getting to excited about them. Really don’t see how they fit into the same team. Feels like people are getting caught up in the excitement of the day, in the cold light of a couple of months down the road people are going to be saying this is like the year we signed 3 number 10s in one window when other areas of the team needed attention

Prettay prettay spot on. You could argue with richy we now have 4 number 10s again.

 

[malcson]

I am sure that some of the bonuses will be linked to Dele playing for England as well. International caps is a clause that often goes into contracts as it implies the player is performing well and also market value is higher for an England international. Dele Alli in the form that saw him play for England in the past is a steal at £40 million but there are lot's of questions over whether he can recapture that kind of form.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

Michael Keane has played 170 games for us.

OMFG...really?

No wonder we are in a relegation dogfight...

 

[BlueToff]

£150k according to the local journos in London. Think that probably includes appearance money etc though

I suspect we have simply matched the contract he was on at Spurs as he had 2.5 years left on it.

Yep, I doubt we'll be paying him £150k though... like you said, likely a lot of other things factored into that. Spurs have a pretty tight wage structure