Like the majority of transfer related tweets.
No you aren’t I’d prefer Maguire too.
Why? Isn't he available for 25 next summer? Why would they feck themselves out of 15m? He isn't even first choice there anymore.
A year is a huge amount of time in football
They can likely sell abroad for closer to their valuation imo.
I doubt they'll find a foreign club who'll offer more than 40m pounds for him. A superior player (Bonucci) just went for 35m euros.
Really? You really believe you will get Martial for Toby + change ?
He's posted this belief of his multiple times in his very limited posts on the Caf.
I am blaming it on FiFA career mode. You include the player you dont want and try to get the player you want for some change.
It had toby done.
No idea what this means
BBC confirmation of negotiations??
What is the bottom guy on? He's making out like Alderweireld is out of contract next summer. "a little in 6 months, and nothing next summer". Err no, Spurs would get 25 million next summer, Alderwerield still has two years left on his contract if Spurs exercise the one year option.Great, if it's true I hope we will keep Martial or sell him abroad and buy Toby next summer for 25mil to wind up Levy. It'll be really funny to see if Levy is ready to afford a 30-35mil loss and keep an unhappy player...who ends up playing at United next year.
My reading is that he is out of contract next summer, but Spurs can exercise a one year contract extension - at that point he will have a buy out clause of £25m. So If Spurs do not take up the one year extension (clearly they will), he would be out of contract next season.
I'm not fussed if we sell him, we managed fine without him last season, but it's not the desperate scenario some are making it out to be. Even if Spurs kept him this season, they'd still get 25 million for a nearly 31 year old CB. Not bad if you ask me, it would be clear Spurs would have had his best years. I think Spurs should take 60 million now but not a penny less. He's one of the best CBs in the league at a peak age.
Surely nonsense. Whether he is sold or played is entirely at the clubs discretion, as is the decision to extend.
Correct but the guy was saying Spurs would get nothing for him next summer, or would have to sell for cheap in January. Neither scenario is reality. He's making it out like it's a standard player running down his contract and can leave on a free, that isn't the case here. Spurs are guaranteed to get 25 million next summer for Alderweireld regardless of anything. For Spurs to have incentive to sell him this summer, the price would surely have to be attractive enough for us to lose a top CB, and strengthen a rival, and the reported '40 million fee United offered' (which could be rubbish) doesn't cut it. That's why I can see why Levy is saying 60 mill or no deal. It's just brickmanship, I wouldn't be surprised if the fee ends up being between 50 or 60 mill. There is not a cats hell chance it will be less than 50. I think Toby is off to United, it's just how much, and of course, is Martial going to be coming the other way.
Well , the bigger question is 25m next year or 50 now. Is he really worth 25m for you guys ?
I'm not fussed if we sell him, we managed fine without him last season, but it's not the desperate scenario some are making it out to be. Even if Spurs kept him this season, they'd still get 25 million for a nearly 31 year old CB. Not bad if you ask me, it would be clear Spurs would have had his best years. I think Spurs should take 60 million now but not a penny less. He's one of the best CBs in the league at a peak age.
Right. It's not desperate, it's just stupid. Toby doesn't want to be there, the manager clearly doesn't want to pick him and United offered 50m for a player at the start of the window who can leave for half the price in a year's time and is 29. Trying to milk the asset for every penny it's worth while not addressing any other area of need in the squad over the entire window is foolish.
They always do. Levy is such a genius.
No, which is why I think we will deal, but at the right price. The player has burnt his bridges at Spurs, he has no future there, and apparently he wants to leave too, so it's just about getting the best deal possible.
The two things aren't mutually exclusive, what makes you think Spurs have spent 100% of their resources, time and energy all summer on trying to milk Toby Alderweireld's value and have neglected trying to bring in any incomings?
Why is it?
think you are missing the fact that Toby wants out and has said there was nothing wrong with him last season just he wasn’t being picked.
He is probably fed up of playing CB
No, he won't. He's under contract. Tough shit.
I don't know what they have or haven't done, but the fact is they've done nothing to unload unwanted players and haven't brought in any of their reported targets. This to me indicates Levy is haggling to the extreme on prices. That's his wont to do, I simply think that in certain cases, Toby's being one, this is a bit short-sighted given the overall situation.
ahhh that’s what courts are for... enjoy!
You really think any court is going to open that can of worms? You'd have players going to CAS trying to get out of their contract for every minor grievance. Isn't going to happen.
They don’t have to play ball. They don’t have to sell him, don’t have to pick him, don’t have to pay him more (what he’s worth??). Levy can price him out of a move if he wants, he can flat out refuse to sell him at any price. Pochettino can play other players in his place all he wants. And if Alderweireld doesn’t like it, then he shouldn’t have signed the contract. Spurs wouldn’t be doing anything they are not perfectly entitled to do. The idea of appealing against the potential extension is laughable.
Agree - Its all on Levy which spurs fans doesn't seem to get and they consider that as his trait.
You do know that the whole "let him rot on the bench" gives a player, if fit and willing to play, sporting just cause to unilaterally terminate their contract?
