Jan Vertonghen

Aryagorn

Improvin' Perfection!!
For all their wealth, English clubs are having their criminally low bids accepted for quality players lately
 

Aryagorn

Improvin' Perfection!!
Tottenham are not wealthy
Man united payed 17m for Zaha and 24m for RVP
And Man City and Chelsea........
Tottenham are wealthy actually... Zaha and RvP don't count, coz they are talents in the British land itself. The players who have already proven themselves in the country tend to cost more.
Besides RvP didn't really cost much, despite the fact that he only had an year left on his contract, considering he was the MVP in England the previous year. RvP is proving himself to be worth the money, isn't he!?

Look at all the players who were transferred from La Liga to EPL, all of them were cheap except for Silva. But then it's Man City :shrug:
All those players from Ligue 1 who ended up in EPL lately... All of them were dirt cheap!!

Name the reason as the glistening fame and fortune in England or the worrying economic crisis in some of the other European countries or the imoproved scouting network that English clubs boast lately... They are finding some exciting talent at pretty reasonable prices lately
 

GiantKiller

New member
Can't really blame him for moving to Tottenham as it's an excellent move from his perspective. He'll be first choice and get regular playing time that he might not have in a team like Barcelona. Who knows, he may use this as a stepping stone for a move to bigger club later on.
 

Deco 20

Scandinavian 101
Tottenham are wealthy actually... Zaha and RvP don't count, coz they are talents in the British land itself. The players who have already proven themselves in the country tend to cost more.
Besides RvP didn't really cost much, despite the fact that he only had an year left on his contract, considering he was the MVP in England the previous year. RvP is proving himself to be worth the money, isn't he!?

Look at all the players who were transferred from La Liga to EPL, all of them were cheap except for Silva. But then it's Man City :shrug:
All those players from Ligue 1 who ended up in EPL lately... All of them were dirt cheap!!

Name the reason as the glistening fame and fortune in England or the worrying economic crisis in some of the other European countries or the imoproved scouting network that English clubs boast lately... They are finding some exciting talent at pretty reasonable prices lately

It's got nothing to do with having better scouts, it's all about being richer and the status of the league
 

Barcaman

Administrator
Staff member
Clubs need money and players get higher wages. Easy.
Also, some players are clearly brainwashed by EPL propaganda.
 

Catorce

Cruijff's Heir
Playing superbly in the PL, I think we should keep an eye out for him. I personally saw him bring the title to Ajax last season, and know he has quality. Left footed, good in the build-up, great tackling and a good long shot/header. Scoring 33 goals in 267 matches is not at all bad for a CB. That, plus he will be twice as cheap as Hummels for that matter...
 
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Flavia

Guest
Playing superbly in the PL, I think we should keep an eye out for him. I personally saw him bring the title to Ajax last season, and know he has quality. Left footed, good in the build-up, great tackling and a good long shot/header. Scoring 33 goals in 267 matches is not at all bad for a CB. That, plus he will be twice as cheap as Hummels for that matter...
He should've been brought, instead of Song. I remember Frank de Boer saying that, but no one heard him.
 

Catorce

Cruijff's Heir
The move on Song has been very weird. If Vertonghen would have come in, we would have a good CB as extra option and successor to Puyol. That, and Mascherano could just return to be stand-in CDM.
 

barcanuck

New member
We really missed out. Left footed CB who can play as a defensive LB is just what we are missing with Abidal out.
 

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