Tottenham Hotspur

[Sam0697]

I suspect there's some break in the contract should they get relegated. No way they pay him up 5 years if they get relegated and he gets sacked and I suspect a massive staying up bonus in there too

He probably won't get the full 5 years but if he comes in right away he's going to be demanding an absolute fortune.

Whether he succeeds or fails he's going to make several million, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's left the club within 12 months.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

The team is that fragile / not arsed ( take your pick ) if they lose their next game ( Sunderland away ) and they end up in the bottom three as a result, can you see them getting out of it ?

I would tentatively say yes if only because I just don’t think West Ham have it in them to pip them to 17th

Spurs could not win another game and still stay up if West Ham keep failing to really take their chances

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Watching Tottenham turning themselves into Rich Watford is absolutely delightful

“Rich Watford”

incredible

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

He definitely still listens to Hybrid Theory in the car.

I still do

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Getting in another disciplinarian hard case for a bunch of fragile unmotivated players who ultimately just need an arm around the shoulder is certainly a choice

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

There has to be a “Spurs man” who can come in on a short contract, give them the confidence to get out of this, and then step aside for Poch in the summer surely?

 

[Nymzee]

De Zerbi might keep them up, I don't think it would be hard, but he would still be a disaster appointment long term.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Correct. Funny he was strutting round these pages like a rutting stag after they won the europa league.
Fair weather fans.

Ah yeah, got very triggered with the "lads, it's Spurs" saying, asking if "it's Spursy" to win trophies now.

Funny how the turn tabled here.

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

The vibe I always get from him is dispensable Gomorrah street boss, brutally gunned down by episode three, unleashing a spiral of bloody retributions. “We gotta avenge Prettyface”.

You’ve absolutely nailed him with that tbf. Won’t be able to look at him ever again without this popping into my head.

 

[Neiler]

 

[Gallaeo]

He’s never lasted even 3 yrs at a club but demanding a 5 yr deal now?

He has them down on all fours, knicks down handing him a tub of lube.

He’ll keep them up but he’s gone before end of next season with contract paid up

 

[Rita_Poon]

Roberto De Zerbi: Tottenham must spend whatever it takes to bring in ex-Brighton boss and avoid relegation, says Paul Merson

Tottenham and De Zerbi are progressing in talks to appoint the Italian as their new head coach; Spurs sit one point above the bottom three with seven games to go; De Zerbi has been described as the final roll of the dice by the club to avoid relegation

www.skysports.com

"the best money they'll ever spend" - Paul Merson, pundit and professional bankrupt former footballer who blitzed over £16M at the bookies.

Like taking advice on monogamy from boris johnson.

 

[Abertonian]

A managerial appointment that will seal their fate. He will take them down. It will be glorious.

To dare is to do.

Well it's certainly daring..

 

[GoldenToffee]

Honestly any manager worth his salt should keep them up. It's a clean slate now and they just need about 5 points. With the fixtures they've got, you'd think they are capable of about 10 points.

 

[Zatara]

People in here sneering at McGinn was classic non-trendy footballer reaction, same as some when we signed KDH, Tarkowski etc.

If they aren’t young or foreign or ideally both there are people that just won’t have it

McGinn showed again for another season he’s a cracking player (even though his celebration is rubbish)

KDH turned 27 in September and some of us wanted him next to Garner in 2023.

Tarkowski was on a free transfer and a defensive leader of high quality.

Lets not confuse them with McGinn.

A player who recently turned 31 who Villa wanted £30-35mil for. According to different sources if was at the higher end and they didnt want to lose their leader.

Being "young" or being "foreign" or being "Tarkowski" or being "KDH" are all extreme references which have no bearing on anyone with common sense. Looking at a £35mil fee for a soon to be 31 year old whose energy level is a big part of his game would have been utter madness.

It seems like you'd sign him at £30mil this summer which would be equally insane.

Cant be spending money on players like that. This is how Moyes destroyed Sunderland and West Ham.