Who: Prof
When: 11th January
Where: COYS
Multiple targets being worked on. Has to be that way because January can be a tricky time for transfers, not only because it’s part way through the season but also because you only have 25% of the time to conclude a deal, compared to the summer window. We’re pushing for two in particular, however one of them would be challenging to complete in this window unless the player’s current club reduces their compensation requirements. The other one was agreed with the player and was mostly agreed with the club, but then another club expressed an interest and the player’s agent is looking to leverage that into getting a better deal for his client. There is also a younger player we’re in negotiations for, but that deal would be for him to join us in the summer.
Even though I know it’s a targeted approach based on our metrics+scouting data, because we’re kicking the tyres on a significant number of potential options, and we’re trying to get January deals concluded in parallel with laying the groundwork for potential summer signings, from my perspective as an ordinary Spurs fan whose info is entirely 2nd and 3rd hand via gnomes, it can feel a bit scattergun even though it clearly isn’t. The COYSers who were on that Dec 30th zoom call will know that during the call I shared the snippet that we would buy between 1 and 3 players in the January window and that a young European goalie would be the first signing. With that one in the bag, now I wouldn’t be surprised if we successfully acquired both, or only one, or none of our top targets in this window.
Please don’t ask me for names or positions. I know most COYSers appreciate that I share what I’m told I can - except when my decrepit brain forgets to post the info, which has only happened twice …. unless I’ve also forgotten about other times
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