Rumoured Toby Alderweireld

[Superblue 6,372]

On 13/02/2018 at 6:12 PM, Jason said:

Is there any chance that we'll actually sign him? I know we are reportedly interested but a lot will depend on whether we'll continue stick with the back 3 - aka will Conte stick around? - and what we're gonna do with Luiz and Cahill.

Any negotiations with Spurs would be hard, but he has 18 months left on his contract or Spurs apparently can extend by another year and trigger a £25m release clause which teams would snap up. He may well force their hand.

For me he would be a perfect partner at the back for Christensen. Either a back 3 also involving Azpi or a back 4 with Azpi at right back should be extremely solid. 

If there is any possibility to make such a move we should be all over this. City having brought Laporte are now pretty well stocked in defence (depending on Kompany's situation). United would more likely be the ones to make a real push for him over anyone.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Any negotiations with Spurs would be hard, but he has 18 months left on his contract or Spurs apparently can extend by another year and trigger a £25m release clause which teams would snap up. He may well force their hand.
For me he would be a perfect partner at the back for Christensen. Either a back 3 also involving Azpi or a back 4 with Azpi at right back should be extremely solid. 
If there is any possibility to make such a move we should be all over this. City having brought Laporte are now pretty well stocked in defence (depending on Kompany's situation). United would more likely be the ones to make a real push for him over anyone.

We need a left sided defender desperately. I don’t think Toby is the ideal fit here


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[Superblue 6,372]

15 minutes ago, Chelsea Legend 11 said:

 

We need a left sided defender desperately. I don’t think Toby is the ideal fit here


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When Spurs play a back 3 which position does he usually play?

I would actually prefer us to revert back to a back 4 next season. Whether that happens or not we'll see, but if we did he would be an excellent choice to partner Christensen at centre back.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

When Spurs play a back 3 which position does he usually play?

I would actually prefer us to revert back to a back 4 next season. Whether that happens or not we'll see, but if we did he would be an excellent choice to partner Christensen at centre back.

Central or right side I think. What a player he is though by the way. Would take him here for 50m never mind 25m.

[Hamilton 2,120]

3 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Central or right side I think. What a player he is though by the way. Would take him here for 50m never mind 25m.

Vertonghen always takes left, so you’re probably right.

 

[Leif 6,006]

I think Ake could eventually (talking 4+ years) offer the same qualities. I'd just appreciate what we have outside of Cahill until then, then bring him back as Azpi no doubt physically demands rotation by that point.

 

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[Hamilton 2,120]

RM also keeping an eye on him

[Special Juan 28,141]

They will not sell to us.

[Johnnyeye 7,510]

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 10,861]

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 10,861]

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 10,861]

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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[Hamilton 2,120]

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 8,886]

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.