Rumoured Toby Alderweireld

[Johnnyeye 7,405]

2 hours ago, Special Juan said:

They will not sell to us.

they can fuck off then, thin pot club, karnts all of them

[the wes 7,212]

Tottenham are resigned to losing Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld, 29, this summer but will demand 50m euros (£44m). (HLN - in Dutch)

We should be all over this deal 

[the wes 7,212]

Chelsea have joined the race to sign Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld, 29, who has a £25m release clause in his contract. (Mirror)

[manpe 10,855]

On 3/21/2018 at 2:25 AM, the wes said:

Tottenham are resigned to losing Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld, 29, this summer but will demand 50m euros (£44m). (HLN - in Dutch)

We should be all over this deal 

 

16 hours ago, the wes said:

Chelsea have joined the race to sign Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld, 29, who has a £25m release clause in his contract. (Mirror)

Conflicting reports, how can they demand 44m if his release clause is 25m? Are there release clauses in England at all? I'm inclined to believe the Dutch report more, if Mirror were right then we'd have heard about somebody activating that clause by now.

[Jase 43,479]

On 3/21/2018 at 8:25 AM, the wes said:

Tottenham are resigned to losing Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld, 29, this summer but will demand 50m euros (£44m). (HLN - in Dutch)

We should be all over this deal 

Feel like this boat has sailed years ago. Should have signed him when Atletico let him go but we didn't. At the moment, we're kinda stocked on center backs - Christensen, Rudiger, Cahill, Luiz, Zouma and even Azpi as well as Ampadu - especially if/when we go back to a back 4 next season. Don't even know what the club's plans are moving forward but unless we decide to sell Cahill/Luiz/Zouma, I don't see the point of signing Alderweireld. 

[manpe 10,855]

17 minutes ago, Jason said:

Feel like this boat has sailed years ago. Should have signed him when Atletico let him go but we didn't. At the moment, we're kinda stocked on center backs - Christensen, Rudiger, Cahill, Luiz, Zouma and even Azpi as well as Ampadu - especially if/when we go back to a back 4 next season. Don't even know what the club's plans are moving forward but unless we decide to sell Cahill/Luiz/Zouma, I don't see the point of signing Alderweireld. 

I think the days of Luiz and Cahill are or will be numbered soon. In a back 4 Azpi cannot be considered a CB, so that leaves us with only Christensen, Rüdiger and Zouma looking ahead, with Zouma's future being in doubt. That's incredibly weak tbh, somebody like Toby would help a great deal. Remember, we still pursued Van Dijk despite having all those defenders. We are also being linked to Koulibaly again, so there is a good chance the club will go for a CB.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, manpe said:

I think the days of Luiz and Cahill are or will be numbered soon. In a back 4 Azpi cannot be considered a CB, so that leaves us with only Christensen, Rüdiger and Zouma looking ahead, with Zouma's future being in doubt. That's incredibly weak tbh, somebody like Toby would help a great deal. Remember, we still pursued Van Dijk despite having all those defenders.

Yeah, I mean if we sell Luiz/Cahill, then I can see the logic in going after Alderweireld. Regarding Van Dijk, did we still pursue him after signing Rudiger or was that before? Can't remember the timeline of events.   If we still wanted him after getting Rudiger, then it might have meant Conte didn't really want Christensen but was forced to after not being able to sign Van Dijk?

[manpe 10,855]

Yeah, I mean if we sell Luiz/Cahill, then I can see the logic in going after Alderweireld. Regarding Van Dijk, did we still pursue him after signing Rudiger or was that before? Can't remember the timeline of events. [emoji38]  If we still wanted him after getting Rudiger, then it might have meant Conte didn't really want Christensen but was forced to after not being able to sign Van Dijk?

I remember being linked to him in January before pool scooped him up, but could have easily been paper bullshit.

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[milka 3,306]

 

[Hamilton 2,118]

On 22/3/2018 at 5:37 PM, manpe said:

 

Conflicting reports, how can they demand 44m if his release clause is 25m? Are there release clauses in England at all? I'm inclined to believe the Dutch report more, if Mirror were right then we'd have heard about somebody activating that clause by now.

That clause will activate if Spurs single handed extend his contract for another year this summer.

So they sell big this summer or let him leave on a free summer ‘20.

Or they extend untill summer ‘21but he will have a clause of only 25m£.

Either way theire hands are tight.

Psg also after him reports here say

[!Hazard! 3,394]

I'd rather go after de Vrij who's out of contract, years younger and equally talented

[OneMoSalah 8,611]

21 hours ago, !Hazard! said:

I'd rather go after de Vrij who's out of contract, years younger and equally talented

 

Good player with good potential and as you've said younger yes but Alderweireld is one of the best CBs in Europe. 25m would be an absolute bargain.  

[manpe 10,855]

On 3/24/2018 at 4:02 PM, milka said:

 

Not fair comparisons tbh. All those transfers were made in recent windows when the market had become ridiculous. Azpi of Marseille in today's market would cost at least 20m for English clubs and he wasn't an established player back then, wasn't that good as he is now. Initially a bench player for us, we made him. If we sold him now, we'd ask for 50m too the least. Really good scouting and smart business for sure, possibly the best business we've ever done, but not really comparable to the circumstances under which those mentioned record signings were made.

[LAM09 6,535]

Not fair comparisons tbh. All those transfers were made in recent windows when the market had become ridiculous. Azpi of Marseille in today's market would cost at least 20m for English clubs and he wasn't an established player back then, wasn't that good as he is now. Initially a bench player for us, we made him. If we sold him now, we'd ask for 50m too the least. Really good scouting and smart business for sure, possibly the best business we've ever done, but not really comparable to the circumstances under which those mentioned record signings were made.

Think it just goes to show there is almost no value in the market now

[the wes 7,212]

 

Chelsea are 'lining up a shock bid for Toby Alderweireld' as Tottenham defender fails to agree on a new deal

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5670897/Chelsea-lining-shock-bid-Toby-Alderweireld.html

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

CB is the least of our concerns.  Don't really need any more numbers back there unless we are selling Zouma.

[Tomo 21,681]

6 hours ago, Sideshow Luiz said:

CB is the least of our concerns.  Don't really need any more numbers back there unless we are selling Zouma.

Selling Zouma and getting Alderwierld would be great business.

[Jase 43,479]

8 hours ago, Sideshow Luiz said:

CB is the least of our concerns.  Don't really need any more numbers back there unless we are selling Zouma.

Even if we sell Zouma, we have enough CBs in the team, especially if we revert to a back 4. But if we decide to sell Cahill, Luiz, then it becomes a different story.