So you're Pochettino...what do you do next?

[skiathospurs]

I agree with a lot of that and I would make three additional points. Poch also needs to look and learn from two previous excellent seasons of what works and what doesn't. We had a high defensive line with AvB, we're fragile playing like that and after a long season last year we raised it at the end. Need to do that again. We've scored plenty of goals without Harry including beating Chelsea away. Only Poch and Harry know if he's fit, if he isn't don't play him. We have two games left, make sure players know they are playing for big future contracts.

Also with Harry,he mentally and physically carries the club.When does he get a rest?and also NO player should know they are guaranteed to start because there are no other options.We have had years to get someone in,we are blessed Harry rose up and did amazingly well.Imagine if Harry also had some competition to push him onwards!!!
Have to say if Soldado was pants,janssen is clown pants then Llorente is a massive wizards sleeve of a signing,fucking awful.

 

[wilson]

Also with Harry,he mentally and physically carries the club.When does he get a rest?and also NO player should know they are guaranteed to start because there are no other options.We have had years to get someone in,we are blessed Harry rose up and did amazingly well.Imagine if Harry also had some competition to push him onwards!!!
Have to say if Soldado was pants,janssen is clown pants then Llorente is a massive wizards sleeve of a signing,fucking awful.

I think the mental strain on Harry is actually pretty key. You're totally right in that he carries us both physically and mentally. He is the man with the desire that gives others a boost and energy to put in as much of a shift and dig in.

I think that is something that needs to change. Can't really think of many others that do it in a vocal 'come on lads' way... Jan to some extent I suppose. But nobody else in the core does - Moussa, Dier, Alli, Son, Eriksen, Toby, Davies, Trippier, Lamela, etc etc etc. Not saying they should as it just doesn't seem to be in their personality - also not saying they don't inspire others in their performances, but just not in the same way that Harry offers. I personally would like to see a Dawson/Parker type personality added to the dressing room, real leadership and a clear voice to either calm things down or motivate to put in extra effort. Maybe others do it already that I'm not aware of but it just feels like if Harry has a quieter game, not in terms of goals but just in general, then the overall team performance feels a bit lacklustre with it. Can't always be reliant on one of our attacking players scoring a goal to motivate the team and kick them into gear.

Really hoping we don't just bring in a bunch of prospect youngsters in the summer. Not asking for £200m superstars either. Amongst other players I want Poch/Levy to bring in a couple of old heads WITH a leadership personality (looking at you Llorente) that have been there and done/seen it all before and can grab the game by the scruff of its neck. Bring in a winning mentality. Not tripe from random french leagues or players who only know how to fight at the other end of the table.

 

[Nundy]

So knee-jerking to the WBA defeat;

We are running on a squad of around 15 players,over 50 games with that number for sure there will be burn out.Lets say what we would call 1st choice or trusted players this season are;
lloris,davies,rose,jan,sanchez,toby,trippier,dier,eriksen.dele,kane,son ,for the benefit of fairness wanyama,dembele,winks,lamela through injuries have been in/out and I`d say also trusted members of Poch`s schemes.
Aurier,Sissoko,Moura expensive signings but not clicked (yet?) i am being kind here! The rest are either done&dusted,academy (KWP),mere potential (Foyth)or already out on loan.

That means we are 8/ 9 players short of the 25 allowed (i`ll allow vorm and gazzanigga as its fine to have an outright #1 as GK),so for me its clear the way onwards involves clearing out and bringing new blood in.

OUT
When I say out i dont mean sell toby&rose who seem to be pushing for an exit,i mean who have to go because its just deadwood,
llorente,sissoko,nkoudou,onomah,CCV,janssen,edwards,KWP
my heart says dont be unkind,but aurier and maybe lamela too.
FFS janssen,llorente and sissoko cost us £60m and have not been worth a wank.We are using Son and Dele as auxillary cover for kane because the pair we bought just cant do the job.

This is what Poch needs to do,fuck the heart,go with the head because you cant compete in 4 competitions with 13 players and 3 or 4 decent others but who are out frequently with injury.We need an overhaul of the squad,not the team.First names on the team sheet no problem,the couple of others whom its a toss up who starts,no problem,but the 8-10 players mentioned above,how long can we wait for them to come good?yes dont give up on Moura yet,if you lose aurier fine give KWP a season,but really if those 10 head on out,I wouldnt be upset or suprised.I would be more upset if we are still dreaming of janssen,sissoko,llorente,nkoudou making it at spurs.

I am not demanding Bale,Martial,sessegnon size signings,but at least someone with talent and hunger to come in,can take a throw in,or have the balls to kick a lump out of someone.And that still doesnt address how do we rest Kane,Eriksen!!

Its no wonder since Chelsea we look shagged,Kane looks double shagged and carrying injury but who could we turn too??The options from the squad/bench are not worthy of £1,200 for a season ticket Daniel.

I'm not knee jerking. I'm simply stating that with such a lead. What are the reasons this is happening. I agree with a majority of what your saying but if it does happen it is unacceptable for me as a fan. Yes we have played 50 games. But still as a professional player i don't care. Teams in league one have had 60+ games this season. We just need to work out quickly what the problem is. I think missing out on UCL would be a huge blow to improve the squad. Its hard enough now with having such a strong starting eleven. Trying to convince players to join but will be sitting on the bench. Praying we don't mess up but if we do, we need to address it quickly as our form has not been great past few years during the last few games.

 

[Yid]

If Kane and Ericsson were sold wed have 200+ million to bolster the squad

 

[Style And Glory]

If Kane and Ericsson were sold wed have 200+ million to bolster the squad

As I mentioned elsewhere, if we were to move 8 players this summer (which is a lot & unlikely),I would move the following:

1. Llorente 12M
2. Lamela 30M
3. GNK 15M
4. Dembele* 20M
5. Sissoko 20M
6. Toby* 50M
7. Rose* 38M
8. Vorm 10M

*quoted / rumoured to be moved or wanting out

The values are conservative estimates & Levy could most certainly squeeze more money & life out of any buying club. Nevertheless, this total is very close to £200M. There is plenty that can be done with that. If we use that to get 3 quality players that could essentially step in to our starting XI plus any money that was in the transfer kitty, we could very much replenish, & more importantly, rejuvenate the squad.

The team has looked rather lifeless since the Juve match. I think that sucker punch really got to the players. Haven't been the same since. Add the Kane / Eriksen goal fiasco & we've been flattened even more. I sense a shakeup of personnel is needed before we can really push on upwards.

 

[J.spurs]

I agree with a lot of that and I would make three additional points. Poch also needs to look and learn from two previous excellent seasons of what works and what doesn't. We had a high defensive line with AvB, we're fragile playing like that and after a long season last year we raised it at the end. Need to do that again. We've scored plenty of goals without Harry including beating Chelsea away. Only Poch and Harry know if he's fit, if he isn't don't play him. We have two games left, make sure players know they are playing for big future contracts.

The high line isn't going to change. But its part of a very demanding style of play that needs more squad depth to play over the course of a long season on multiple fronts IMO. We get done with the high line when we can't press like Poch wants to do.

The striker issue is the biggest thing for me, I'm willing to give Aurier another season given Poch's success at training fullbacks. It's a shame we can't bring anyone through the ranks as a striker (or haven't done so yet) because its got to be so hard to persuade anyone who's worth having to come to the club to play second choice. It's not something I see a lot of people talking about, but I also think Winks's injury was a real blow in midfield. If we can't be guaranteed he's going to come back fit, that's an area that needs strengthening, maybe looking for someone more dynamic who can break from that deeper-lying position.

 

[skiathospurs]

As I mentioned elsewhere, if we were to move 8 players this summer (which is a lot & unlikely),I would move the following:

1. Llorente 12M
2. Lamela 30M
3. GNK 15M
4. Dembele* 20M
5. Sissoko 20M
6. Toby* 50M
7. Rose* 38M
8. Vorm 10M

*quoted / rumoured to be moved or wanting out

The values are conservative estimates & Levy could most certainly squeeze more money & life out of any buying club. Nevertheless, this total is very close to £200M. There is plenty that can be done with that. If we use that to get 3 quality players that could essentially step in to our starting XI plus any money that was in the transfer kitty, we could very much replenish, & more importantly, rejuvenate the squad.

The team has looked rather lifeless since the Juve match. I think that sucker punch really got to the players. Haven't been the same since. Add the Kane / Eriksen goal fiasco & we've been flattened even more. I sense a shakeup of personnel is needed before we can really push on upwards.

Make it just over £200m with CCV,Onomah and edwards.also Janssen so lets make it £220m in the kitty.

Top class striker #1
Experienced CB like Evans as cover/rotation
Experienced older CM to bolster squad after demebele/sissoko depart like Modric
LB to replace Rose shaw/bertrand/sessegnon

then also we could buy another ready made quality CB like tah or Ligt
good striker prospect like kluivert

thats 10 out and six in sounds a lot but onomah,gkn,janssen,CCV,edwards arent with us anyway.llorente doesnt play cos he is pony,ditto sissoko,so infact we are only replacing toby&rose and adding useful additions to the squad.(hopefully!!)

 

[Yid]

While the wood needs to be thinned out to bring in quality/experience..... Our depth is what seems to be our Achilles heel a lot of the time. We don't need 8 out with 3 quality in... We need 8/10 out with 6+ quality in and the youth team to produce enough to fill the gaps and get through the preliminary stages of both the FA and Milk cups...

We need to start spending serious cash and getting in enough players to compete with the richest clubs in the world.

Cheap ass Levy needs to make the squad as good as the stadium and training facilities. That's will cost half as much again and with Poch you'll get amasing value for money so for me its well worth investing now for next season while everyone is still on track and committed to Spurs... Season after may not be the case as deals are running out and silverware ain't forthcoming.

 

[Motspur Hotspur]

While the wood needs to be thinned out to bring in quality/experience..... Our depth is what seems to be our Achilles heel a lot of the time. We don't need 8 out with 3 quality in... We need 8/10 out with 6+ quality in and the youth team to produce enough to fill the gaps and get through the preliminary stages of both the FA and Milk cups...

We need to start spending serious cash and getting in enough players to compete with the richest clubs in the world.

Cheap ass Levy needs to make the squad as good as the stadium and training facilities. That's will cost half as much again and with Poch you'll get amasing value for money so for me its well worth investing now for next season while everyone is still on track and committed to Spurs... Season after may not be the case as deals are running out and silverware ain't forthcoming.

Well tight arse Levy is charging you lot enough now so if he doesn't stump up I expect a full scale revolt, although I have a feeling he thinks he can get away with a past his prime Bale coming home.

 

[Yid]

Well tight arse Levy is charging you lot enough now so if he doesn't stump up I expect a full scale revolt, although I have a feeling he thinks he can get away with a past his prime Bale coming home.

Its not me he's skimming bruv but I 100% get your point... He fucking can't in my book BTW... Poch needs to get what he fucking needs to deliver. End of story for me.

 

[wilson]

I really don't think there will be a big a turnover of players as you some of you guys want/think.

I think the only ones leaving this season are:
Janssen (£11m),Rose (£35m),Toby (£45m),GNK (£9m) and loans out for Onomah, CCV and Edwards.

As for Vorm, I'm pretty certain his contract runs out this summer so he will either be going on a free or get a 1 year contract extension - dependent on Gazzaniga's progress in training I'd imagine.

The only other ones I can see maybe going is Sissoko and Llorente. But I just don't see either going. Llorente is worth fuck all anyway so pretty much irrelevant and will be an okay 3rd choice striker. And I don't see a buyer out there for Sissoko for £20m+ aside from maybe a Turkish team but he probably thinks he is too good for that league. Really, really can't see Lamela or Dembele leaving and I think both still offer something different to the squad. Plus these players would just be sold for a like-for-like of the same level of ability unless we spend twice their sale fee. It would just be like a more expensive version of N'Jie for GNK.

That only gives us £100m to play with. Toby and Rose replacements - approx £70m. Decent back up striker- approx £25m. So that is the sales transfer kitty basically gone before we have even begun to strengthen to bench properly.

Time for Levy to reach into his pocket and truly back the manager!

 

[Yid]

Time for Levy to reach into his pocket and truly back the manager!

LMAO.....

 

[conor1]

I really don't think there will be a big a turnover of players as you some of you guys want/think.

I think the only ones leaving this season are:
Janssen (£11m),Rose (£35m),Toby (£45m),GNK (£9m) and loans out for Onomah, CCV and Edwards.

As for Vorm, I'm pretty certain his contract runs out this summer so he will either be going on a free or get a 1 year contract extension - dependent on Gazzaniga's progress in training I'd imagine.

The only other ones I can see maybe going is Sissoko and Llorente. But I just don't see either going. Llorente is worth fuck all anyway so pretty much irrelevant and will be an okay 3rd choice striker. And I don't see a buyer out there for Sissoko for £20m+ aside from maybe a Turkish team but he probably thinks he is too good for that league. Really, really can't see Lamela or Dembele leaving and I think both still offer something different to the squad. Plus these players would just be sold for a like-for-like of the same level of ability unless we spend twice their sale fee. It would just be like a more expensive version of N'Jie for GNK.

That only gives us £100m to play with. Toby and Rose replacements - approx £70m. Decent back up striker- approx £25m. So that is the sales transfer kitty basically gone before we have even begun to strengthen to bench properly.

Time for Levy to reach into his pocket and truly back the manager!

Problem is we've done the decent £25m back up to Kane thing before and it hasn't worked. I truly think we are at the stage where "back ups" to what we have isn't good enough. I know it wont happen but, as you say, Levy needs to reach into the pockets and go big imo. If we are in a position of strength at the end of the season, Pochettino needs to get what he wants. We may only have one more season out of Kane, Eriksen, Dele etc

 

[wilson]

LMAO.....

Hey a man can dream haha.

 

[wilson]

Problem is we've done the decent £25m back up to Kane thing before and it hasn't worked. I truly think we are at the stage where "back ups" to what we have isn't good enough. I know it wont happen but, as you say, Levy needs to reach into the pockets and go big imo. If we are in a position of strength at the end of the season, Pochettino needs to get what he wants. We may only have one more season out of Kane, Eriksen, Dele etc

I do agree but Kane is arguably the one player that we can't buy a player of a similar level in his position without having to pay £100m+ (at least!) which would pretty much be our whole transfer budget gone in a flash so a £25m backup is the best we can do. Any player worth more than that won't join a team to never play unless it is at the Citys and Madrids of the world where they will earn stupid wages for doing nothing - something we can't offer and nor would I necessarily want to.

It's not even like a backup for Kane is all we need either. The list of must have essential purchases is already pretty hefty and expensive without even beginning to look at how we can strengthen overall - we will 100% need a CB (Toby replacement),LB (Rose replacement),ST (Kane backup) and CM (Dembele backup/equivalent). Genuinely can't see us progressing without Levy putting his hands in his pocket. Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, United and City will all be splashing big this summer and we risk getting left behind.

I know money doesn't always buy success and I honestly do love that we haven't had to spend as much as the others to compete but there is close approaching a time where the core of our squad will start to think about leaving if we don't continue to invest in the squad in an impactful way. Hopefully Levy proves us wrong and invests so that we can enter the new stadium with a real chance of doing something incredible and finally getting some silverware.

I think a slight change in Poch's mentality will help too - the whole league and champs league being the sole focus is all very well but I'd take any bit of silverware next season just to give the players a nod in the right direction and give them the feeling of what it is like to win something and a hunger to repeat/expand on it. Likewise giving the fans a trophy will give us that much more confidence and less panic that we are going to 'spursy' it up.

 

[Don Diaz]

Why do we need an expensive back up for Kane when we can score 4 against Bournemouth and beat Chelsea scoring 3 without him? Harry is an integral part of an attacking 4, if anything Son is already his back up. We would be better invested securing an experienced ‘winner’ in midfield, defence and a play maker role, to take the pressure off Eriksen. At the moment he makes everything work, almost single handedly.

Think how important De Bruyne and Silva are to City, Hazard at Chelsea, Xavi and Iniesta, Modric, etc etc

 

[Finchbee]

Why do we need an expensive back up for Kane when we can score 4 against Bournemouth and beat Chelsea scoring 3 without him? Harry is an integral part of an attacking 4, if anything Son is already his back up. We would be better invested securing an experienced ‘winner’ in midfield, defence and a play maker role, to take the pressure off Eriksen. At the moment he makes everything work, almost single handedly.

Think how important De Bruyne and Silva are to City, Hazard at Chelsea, Xavi and Iniesta, Modric, etc etc

I agree, i would rather back these youngsters as a back up for kane, could you imagine our midfield with the modric that was here.

Pinch of salt needed but de ligt in, martial in, sess possibly and a high quality CM would be great

 

[conor1]

I do agree but Kane is arguably the one player that we can't buy a player of a similar level in his position without having to pay £100m+ (at least!) which would pretty much be our whole transfer budget gone in a flash so a £25m backup is the best we can do. Any player worth more than that won't join a team to never play unless it is at the Citys and Madrids of the world where they will earn stupid wages for doing nothing - something we can't offer and nor would I necessarily want to.

It's not even like a backup for Kane is all we need either. The list of must have essential purchases is already pretty hefty and expensive without even beginning to look at how we can strengthen overall - we will 100% need a CB (Toby replacement),LB (Rose replacement),ST (Kane backup) and CM (Dembele backup/equivalent). Genuinely can't see us progressing without Levy putting his hands in his pocket. Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, United and City will all be splashing big this summer and we risk getting left behind.

I know money doesn't always buy success and I honestly do love that we haven't had to spend as much as the others to compete but there is close approaching a time where the core of our squad will start to think about leaving if we don't continue to invest in the squad in an impactful way. Hopefully Levy proves us wrong and invests so that we can enter the new stadium with a real chance of doing something incredible and finally getting some silverware.

I think a slight change in Poch's mentality will help too - the whole league and champs league being the sole focus is all very well but I'd take any bit of silverware next season just to give the players a nod in the right direction and give them the feeling of what it is like to win something and a hunger to repeat/expand on it. Likewise giving the fans a trophy will give us that much more confidence and less panic that we are going to 'spursy' it up.

I agree about the way we have gone about things and Im proud of the fact we don't do it the way the mancs and chavs do it but there will come a time, sooner rather than later I feel, when we will go in big time and I mean £50-£70m +. We've already spunked £40m+ on Sanchez but I'm not sure we can go on unearthing wee gems like Dele, Eriksen, Dier etc and expect to win things. I think we need proven world class to come in with a winning background to help move us onto the next level. My fear is that Levy will be happy for us to fall into the scum way and just be happy for us to be perennial top 4 with all the dough that that brings. We are either a football club that exist to win things or we are a business that exists to make as much capital as possible. I'm pretty sure levy falls into the latter category but Im not naïve enough to know that's where football is at the moment. For a different thread I know, but NFL at the NWHL doesn't sit well with me.

 

[conor1]

Apologies for the font size there. Honestly not shouting

 

[Style And Glory]

I do agree but Kane is arguably the one player that we can't buy a player of a similar level in his position.

The way he's been playing of late, I beg to differ

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

I agree with a lot of what you say.

 

[Glenjamin]

At the minute id be thinking along the lines of

Llorente + Lamela + Janssen = Martial

He gives us options. He can play across our forward 3 or replace Kane when needed, and suited to the role more to than Son who can also do it.

Toby = Maguire (Leicester) (aka Spiderman)

Solid centre half that would push Sanchez and I'd say probably make the team.

Rose=Shaw

I'd like better here really but the reason Shaw is at united is Pochettino tutorage so if anyone is going to get him firing it's our coach.

Sissoko = £50

 

[wilson]

A lot of you guys have Lamela down as someone that is going. Have I missed something here? Has he been linked with a move away in the media and I've just completely missed it?

Personally, I still think he has something to offer. However @Glenjamin's "Llorente + Lamela + Janssen = Martial" would be epic! Two birds one stones and top young quality with prem experience who Poch can turn into an absolute monster imo.

I'd rather see us sell Sissoko and stump our some of own cash to fund Martial though. Not getting my hopes up on getting him as I think he will stay at United but I'd be happy if we went into next season with this as our attacking options:

Kane, Son, Eriksen, Martial, Moura, Alli, Lamela + 1 or 2 youth players pushing through.

The only thing missing would be a true playermaker like-for-like with Eriksen. But I think this could come as a joint option combined with a "Dembele alternative" purchase to some extent - I reckon this is what we potentially had in mind when we went for Barkley. Realistically we will have to change our style when Dembele starts to officially drop off as there just isn't many players out there at all that can do what he does regularly over 90mins - if any! So I think we will see a different sort of CM like a standard playmaking CM who will help carve attacks and sit on the edge of the box. This should, in theory, ease the burden for Eriksen over 90mins.

 

[Glenjamin]

A lot of you guys have Lamela down as someone that is going. Have I missed something here? Has he been linked with a move away in the media and I've just completely missed it?

Personally, I still think he has something to offer. However @Glenjamin's "Llorente + Lamela + Janssen = Martial" would be epic! Two birds one stones and top young quality with prem experience who Poch can turn into an absolute monster imo.

I'd rather see us sell Sissoko and stump our some of own cash to fund Martial though. Not getting my hopes up on getting him as I think he will stay at United but I'd be happy if we went into next season with this as our attacking options:

Kane, Son, Eriksen, Martial, Moura, Alli, Lamela + 1 or 2 youth players pushing through.

The only thing missing would be a true playermaker like-for-like with Eriksen. But I think this could come as a joint option combined with a "Dembele alternative" purchase to some extent - I reckon this is what we potentially had in mind when we went for Barkley. Realistically we will have to change our style when Dembele starts to officially drop off as there just isn't many players out there at all that can do what he does regularly over 90mins - if any! So I think we will see a different sort of CM like a standard playmaking CM who will help carve attacks and sit on the edge of the box. This should, in theory, ease the burden for Eriksen over 90mins.

Yeah I have no issues with Lamela, in fact he is one player that grew on me over the years, My thoughts of him leaving is really we don't need that many players there if we got Martial and he takes away from mouras play time who i think looks brilliant in attack.

 

[Don Diaz]

I'm not as familiar with other players as some, but whomever we bring in they need pace. If liverpool's play, when they are on form, has taught the rest of the league and Europe anything - it's that pace can unlock and terrify defences. It's just about the only thing we don't have.

 

[Yid]

I'm not as familiar with other players as some, but whomever we bring in they need pace. If liverpool's play, when they are on form, has taught the rest of the league and Europe anything - it's that pace can unlock and terrify defences. It's just about the only thing we don't have.

The only thing that can defend against blistering pace.... Is blistering pace.

Even the hatchet approach fails from time to time and they skip past.

 

[Style And Glory]

I also rate Lamela but he has been linked with a move to Serie A, most notably Inter Milan.
I simply believe we may be able to upgrade with the money we get from Milan for him

 

[Don Diaz]

I really like Lamela, I hope he stays he was great last season, imagine if he had a right foot as well....

 

[Yid]

Lemela has bollox... Some of the lads could learn a great deal from him. Also he has been shown loyalty by Poch and I believe he would be loyal to Poch for it.

 

[Finchbee]

My Squad for next season
Hugo Lloris (captain),Kieran Trippier, Jan Vertonghen (third captain),Davinson Sánchez, Son Heung-min, Harry Kane (vice-captain),Érik Lamela, Victor Wanyama, Eric Dier, Moussa Sissoko, Mousa Dembélé, Dele Alli, Juan Foyth, Paulo Gazzaniga, Christian Eriksen, Serge Aurier, Lucas Moura, Harry Winks, Ben Davies, Kyle Walker-Peters

Out
Danny Rose, Toby Alderweireld, Michel Vorm, Fernando Llorente

In
Sess, Martial, De Ligt and a GK, Bale maybe and a CM

New cotracts for Lloris, Kane, Eriksen, Lamela, Alli, Dier, Jan, Poch, Dembele !

 

[skiathospurs]

My Squad for next season
Hugo Lloris (captain),Kieran Trippier, Jan Vertonghen (third captain),Davinson Sánchez, Son Heung-min, Harry Kane (vice-captain),Érik Lamela, Victor Wanyama, Eric Dier, Moussa Sissoko, Mousa Dembélé, Dele Alli, Juan Foyth, Paulo Gazzaniga, Christian Eriksen, Serge Aurier, Lucas Moura, Harry Winks, Ben Davies, Kyle Walker-Peters

Out
Danny Rose, Toby Alderweireld, Michel Vorm, Fernando Llorente

In
Sess, Martial, De Ligt and a GK, Bale maybe and a CM

New cotracts for Lloris, Kane, Eriksen, Lamela, Alli, Dier, Jan, Poch, Dembele !

I notice you`re keeping lamela then .

I would too,there are plenty I would turn my scatter gun on before erik.Also your forgot to cash in Jannsen,GKN with the other outs.I think GK gazzaniga would be fine as #2,personally if vorm wants to stay,i would renew for another year or two.Personally I would want sissoko gone and I pray he has a great world cup there by forcing some turkish team to pay us good money.