Spurs Banter Archive July 29 2013

29 Jul 2013 22:27:51
80million plus, or 60million plus players is an incredible deal for one player, and I will understand if the club decides to sell Bale. But he's a game winner, like Ronaldo, messi, RVP, to name a few and there is only a few! We have a great squad without Bale, one capable of challenging for the top 4 IMO. But with him we would challenge for the title!

If you could do a straight swap with any other player in the world who would you choose? I can only think of 3 players Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar. maybe RVP? In similar way they all have the ability to win games like Bale.

I just hope Levy is thinking the same and can convince Bale to stay for one more season and help us win something, maybe even the league!
d00gie

Ibrahimovic, Robben, Cavani, Suarez, Falcao, there's many a game winner out there but I would rather have a squad who work for each other and chip in with goals from all areas than have to rely on 1 player to win us a game.

How about a whole team that chips in along with a player who can win games on his own? Surely that's how the big teams work? I. e Barca-Messi, Madrid-Ronaldo, United-RVP. That's how you win titles. None of the mentioned teams rely on 1 player but that 1 player grabs them extra points in games you struggle to win. That's why keeping Bale is vital if we want to challenge for the league!

Exactly with Bale staying and our recent acquisitions we are title challengers, but I would settle for champions league.

A team working together making goals while bale gets us out of tight jams will ensure we get 3 points from every game. We just need to get our backline in order and stop letting in so many goals and we look like real contenders.

Either 60 or 80 at this point would show a serious lack of ambition. Perez has basically staked his presidency on getting Bale and he is getting very desperate. He's getting all the RM old boys as well as spreading rubbish through Marca and other papers sympathetic to RM (or wanting attention) trying to make it seem like there is a story here when there is not. Yes this is tapping up but we all know these clubs get away with things because they have the real power not UEFA.

So they are desperate and we don't need to sell. We could get 80 next year for him and his contract is long enough that we cannot be pressured. Also if he does stay and we get into CL then he may decide to stay longer - sure that me be a low chance but it is something the other clubs have to account for.

If you don't want to sell and someone really wants to buy then you squeeze them for every penny. Because selling is going to cost us a lot more than people seem to think (reputation, ability to attract top players, broken promises).

30 Jul 2013 15:06:18
how can tottenham have a top 4 capable side without bale, when you missed out last season with bale scoring over 30 percent of your goals? you have the worst strike force in the top ten, if u lose bale you need to invest quickly, soldado ain't the answer. unless the money is reinvested youll struggle.

29 Jul 2013 14:32:57
BALE BALE BALE BORING>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Di maria and Ozel = BALE

if they really want him that is the only deal we should ask for.

if we sell him forget about his replacement. prices will be sky high for players after that.
QUESTION ALL spurs supporters

no bale 80mil or so in bank V a Shot at the title

Basically I dnt care about the bank balance at whl
i want to see us win the title 1st in my life time as never witnessed
Arsenal, chelsea, utd liverpool city have all done it

mr g
still happy tho

Exactly, why is anybody even considering what would be a good deal? Bale staying with us for 1 more season is the only option.

If he goes we loose our best player and hope that the squad as a whole will fill the gap. Yes they will, no doubt about it. But what that then means is we come 5th at best again. But if we keep him the squad takes the pressure off him but he still pops up with a wonder goal to get us 3 points we wasn't going to get. That in turn pushes us up to a top 3 finish.

Keep Bale buy Saldado transfer window done. (Sell players who will not feature)

There may not be a choice in the end.

Marc

Of course there's a choice. Keep him, tell him he will play 1 more season with us (if he plays well there's no reason Madrid won't want him next season) or sell him for as much as we can get for him.
Unfortunately the choice lays in the hands of Levy, so it's a case of trying to consol ourselves before Levy cashes in. Hence all the fans debating what would be an acceptable fee.

29 Jul 2013 12:26:58
I really hope we keep bale what ever real offer as I believe we have to in order to keep squad happy after promise paulino and avb he will stay and if dose go top players wil be very hard to attract as don't have champions league or bale and we can still get champions league and push for top 3 with bale if right signing are made as well as this I love watching bale play so good to watch
coys

I don't agree I think both Paulinho and AVB are smart enough to know that if 90mil is bid then circumstances change. How do you know if AVB was asked bale or 90mil he would choose bale?
He would choose what he would want with the 90 and see if it can be done if so he may be very happy who knows.

Marc

Agree Marc but he won't get all the money will he, and prices to us will double because of it!

29 Jul 2013 09:20:27
I think the papers and media are disgusting the way they claim Bale is angry and upset and refusing to talk to Levy. Its a complete load of rubbish. Its all down to Levy taking a very large offer of money or not

You're right but the worst thing is that if he was forced out by all this speculation then the media would start saying we've lost another great player but what they don't realise is that they force out all the good players, suarez is another example

29 Jul 2013 08:09:02
Don't shoot the messenger guys, but I have heard as some of you have I would assume tat 1 of Bales Reps have official said he wants to leave.

Levy has alledgedly agreed to sell, but in good old fashioned Levy manner only on his terms and Bales rep has been told £107m will seal the deal. £70m cash + Di Maria (who is valued around £22m) and Conterao (who is valued around £15m).

Only problems I see with this are firstly Part exchange players very rarely work out and in general are sold for less than their value when the original deal is made and secondly if Bale does go, with him being one of our main pulls when trying to sign players what happens then? does Soldado still want to sign, does Paulinho want to stay? what other players will want to leave? Does AVB want to stay if Levy sells his star player?

Don't get me wrong the figures being touted around are mind boggleing and Levy would be silly not to accept them (especially given the THFC is firstly a business for Levy) and secondly next season we would not be able to command these sorts of figures. But surely the bigger picture is more important. By keeping Bale (If he is happy to do so) for 1 more year at least this keeps all recently signed players happy and allows us to carry on building, keeps AVB happy and then next close season after CL qualification (Hopefully) let Bale leave if he still wants to as we would have the added incentive of CL football for any potential targets. IMO the best solution would be for Levy to offer Bale a new contract with a Minimum release clause in it for around £55m to any club outside the EPL fto come in effect from 1st July 2014 regardless of CL qualification. This way we keep bale for 1 more year at least still get a decent fee for him regardless and hopefully have a very talented and settled squad for this year.

Easy this chairman role of a football club!

Nobody knows anything yet! I assume everyone is sick of talking about it? avb has to probably deal with that question 'is he going, is he staying' every 5 yards? Let's see what happens

Contreauo and di Maria may be unwilling to come to us without champs league! I think it's bull tbh just Real trying to unsettle bale and get him to force a move.

29 Jul 2013 00:24:11
I think this bale thing is getting blown out of proportion. It seems as though every news paper is jumping in the back of a story Marca did which had supposed quotes from Bale himself (even though he was in hong long at the time. ) But if you look back too a year ago Marca had the exact same comments from Modric. So there pretty obviously false. Even if we ignore the fact that this is illegal, the last official interview from Bale was for the kids MOTD magazine where he said about how focused we are on rotting in to the champions league, it was like a week opt two ago, look it up non-beleivers. Doesn't sound like he's pushing for a move does it?

29 Jul 2013 00:14:33
I don't know why anybody is believing the spanitos they always chat rubbish an nobody has noticed bale has nt handed in a transfer request, do u know why cause the team is getting built around him and CL will be the outcome this season or then bake will walk COYS