Teasy

I forgot about Defoe, not sure what they got/are getting for him (probably more then they'll get for Bent ).

Fair enough their revenue will likely go up a bit (12th finish instead of 5th and not going as far in Europe will counter that extra money to a degree). But they have spent £40 million already this year, so it'll be interesting to see if last years break even is already standing at a loss this time around. Not really a valid comparison.. We made about the same last season after finishing 13th (£87 million) as we did the season we were in the Champions League and finshing top 4 regularly (£96 million).. Not only has the money clubs make moved on since then but so has the cost of players. Spurs are spending a lot more now then we ever spent back then.. They're on the verge of spending more then we ever have in a single season, and we ended up with quite significant debts. I just think that from now until the end of the transfer window anything they spend will be outweighed by player sales.

Considering where Spurs have been finishing in the league table for the last few seasons that's not that great (one reason why they'll be looking at a new stadium soon I suppose). No doubt there next financials will be significantly down when they finish 12th this season instead of 5th like the last couple of years.

What's there revenue and profit per season for the last few seasons? I suppose they may sell some other players to finance some more signings, but without significant outgoings (Bent plus a few more) I can't see them making any more decent size signings. Debts building up would be my guess. I'm not talking about major debts of course, I just think they'll need to sell now before they can buy.

I can't see it happening, I really think they'll have to sell after paying such a large fee for Modric. Unless of course they're not planning on making any more signings this season.

Where did you read that they've paid £21 million plus addons? That's a crazy price, but I suppose it backs up the story that Spurs told Zagreb they would beat any offer we'd made providing it meant the player would only be able to discuss terms with them.. Never mind, we'll move on and spend on cash on other players, Spurs have taken one hell of a gamble and the way they're going they're going to find themselves in financial trouble soon enough. Though I suppose this signing will be covered by the sale of Berbatov, I doubt they'd be able to finance such a move without knowing they'll be getting a similar amount from his sale soon enough.

Diego wasn't an option when I voted, I'd have gone for him..

That and the extra few million we wouldn't pay..

agggh, get another offer in quick before the scousers turn up! What do you think the scouse tramps will offer them? Bin lids?.... They've got no money. Of course there are other clubs that could step in, so I agree, lets get the deal done now!

Not sure if this was posted yet (did a search and found nowt) or if its as bad as it sounds.. But its certainly interesting and if anything nice to see shit written about other clubs for once http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/liverpool/article3768457.ece The Liverpool fans aren't too happy about it http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=217775.0

Riise?? Why the fuck would we want Riise?

Who Modric? I don't think we can draw that conclusion. When i read it i thought it was more like we have an interest but thats as far as it as gone hope im wrong like I wouldn't expect Keegan to go any further then positive words/admitting an interest in signing a player, not until the deal was done. The fact that he hasn't denied the rumours or ridiculed them as he did with the Henry rumour makes it pretty clear that we are after Modric. But it doesn't tell us anything about how close we might be to signing him IMO.

Who Modric? I don't think we can draw that conclusion.

No need to be like that Dave.. Everyone deserves a chance, or has IcemanBlue made claims like this before?

Seriously excited. Sorry, I couldn't resist..

Just been reading the Modric thread on the RAWK forum. According to one of the thieving inebriates on there Bilic might only be saying good things about us and advising Modric to come here because he could secretly have a deal setup to replace Keegan after Euro 2008. Because apparently Keegan is "on thing ice at the moment" mackems.gif

Dear me... where's our Croatian friend?

Just put this on your profile picture and you're in http://sport.hrt.hr/htvsport/slike/nogomet/igrac/maric.jpg Would Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal and Juventus be after a player who could be as much as a flop as Maric was? ?? He didn't compare him to Maric, or say he would be a flop..

Well if we've offered 20 million Euro's (£16 million) and they want 25 million Euro's (£20 million) then hopefully they'll meet us half way at £18 million.. Its a lot of money, but if he's Keegans first choice then lets get him!

Well, that was well overdue.

What? Is he just talking about tradition here? Probably, until Chelsea were taken over they'd won less then all the teams mentioned there, less then us as well.

Where??. EDIT: never mind, my browser wasn't refreshing properly.

f*** yeah, something a little more solid it seems.......and in english You realise that those articles say exactly what the Croatian ones do? Just because it's now in English, doesn't give it greater credibility, they've just done what we've done and got someone who speaks Croat to tell us what they say the only difference is that more people read their posts than whoever it was who wrote it on here and they're too up their own arse to acknowledge their sources. Actually they aren't exactly the same as the Croatian sources from what I can see. None of the Croatian sources I read had the quotes the Sun has in.

I never had any doubts, it was obvious to me that the run of games Keegan had when he took over made his job (which initially was to bring confidence back) impossible. I was sure once we got a run of winnable games he'd bring back the confidence in the players and have the team playing better Football and winning.