Gareth Bale Transfer Speculation | Done

Status
Not open for further replies.
How can Real even throw money at Spurs before solving Ronaldo's current contract situation? I can't help but feel he'll be off if Bale signs.

A few months ago, Perez said that the best players will be paid in the best way. Yet, Ronaldo's contract issue has not been dealt with.
 
It's kind of laughable to compare the Spurs squad to the United squad. They might as well be playing in different leagues because the difference is gigantic.

Anyways, the truth is Real always get there man - ALWAYS. Unless by some chance we do make a bid to match whatever Real offer and Bale prefers us as I suspect he would simply as a Welsh lad, he will be an RM player within 12 months.

Absolutely no chance of Spurs keeping Bale for more than an extra season. Real have put the cogs on there ruthless player acquisition machine that quite simply never ever fails.
 
KingMinger22 said:
It's kind of laughable to compare the Spurs squad to the United squad. They might as well be playing in different leagues because the difference is gigantic.

Anyways, the truth is Real always get there man - ALWAYS. Unless by some chance we do make a bid to match whatever Real offer and Bale prefers us as I suspect he would simply as a Welsh lad, he will be an RM player within 12 months.

Absolutely no chance of Spurs keeping Bale for more than an extra season. Real have put the cogs on there ruthless player acquisition machine that quite simply never ever fails.
Click to expand...


I'd say Spurs have better goalkeepers and midfielders. But united have a much better defence and attack.

Levy will hold out for a world record fee, or the inclusion of players that he actually wants, not ones real want rid of.
 
Spiersey said:
Lloris is the best keeper in the league currently in my opinion. Is there a better back up than Friedel, despite his age?
Click to expand...

I don't doubt Friedel's quality, but let Lloris have more than a few games in the league before you decide he is the best in it...if anything our keepers are closer to being on par, i'd personally put United ahead, but I accept that may be due to red goggles.
 
DDG was the best in the league for me last season. Lloris is good but he isn't scrutinized to the extent of De Gea and they had/have very similar issues especially with crosses and set pieces.
 
KingMinger22 said:
It's kind of laughable to compare the Spurs squad to the United squad. They might as well be playing in different leagues because the difference is gigantic .....
Click to expand...

What tosh.

There are many posts on this forum currently discussing whether or not United will now be overtaken by Chelsea and/or Man. City. Spurs finished just 3 points behind Chelsea last season and just 6 points behind Man. City. Yet according to you, Spurs "might as well be playing in different leagues". :wenger:

Our squad is now stronger than last season, not least with the addition of Paulinho and Soldado. So I'll tell you what is actually laughable: your blinkered complacency.
 
GlastonSpur said:
What tosh.

There are many posts on this forum currently discussing whether or not United will now be overtaken by Chelsea and/or Man. City. Spurs finished just 3 points behind Chelsea last season and just 6 points behind Man. City. Yet according to you, Spurs "might as well be playing in different leagues". :wenger:

Our squad is now stronger than last season, not least with the addition of Paulinho and Soldado. So I'll tell you what is actually laughable: your blinkered complacency.
Click to expand...

So out of interest from a personel/ squad POV, where/how would you rank the top 4 English clubs as things stand? For me it's

Manchester United
Chelsea
Manchester City
Spurs/Arsenal
 
GlastonSpur said:
What tosh.

There are many posts on this forum currently discussing whether or not United will now be overtaken by Chelsea and/or Man. City. Spurs finished just 3 points behind Chelsea last season and just 6 points behind Man. City. Yet according to you, Spurs "might as well be playing in different leagues". :wenger:

Our squad is now stronger than last season, not least with the addition of Paulinho and Soldado. So I'll tell you what is actually laughable: your blinkered complacency.
Click to expand...

If Spurs had purchased a striker in January and kept 1 or 2 players fit. I think they would have been a top 4 side.
 
GlastonSpur said:
What tosh.

There are many posts on this forum currently discussing whether or not United will now be overtaken by Chelsea and/or Man. City. Spurs finished just 3 points behind Chelsea last season and just 6 points behind Man. City. Yet according to you, Spurs "might as well be playing in different leagues". :wenger:

Our squad is now stronger than last season, not least with the addition of Paulinho and Soldado. So I'll tell you what is actually laughable: your blinkered complacency.
Click to expand...

Chelsea and City have strengthened with some decent players as well as new managers. Chelsea now has the Maureen influence, although I don't believe that will have the effect it once had. I do believe that they will be considerably more difficult to take points from.

I believe that you will lose Bale to Real at some stage during this transfer window and if you do, you will struggle to be within three points of Chelsea or within six points of City.

Fans don't have blinkered complacency, that is something you could only accuse management of. Moyes has never given the impression of ever being complacent during his management career and I don't think you will see it this season.

What you are seeing in here is contempt for your team and until such time Spurs become a credible threat, it will rightly continue.

Results earn respect. Having a doughnut chairman that continually breaks promises to players does not help.
 
I keep seeing this 'Manchester United waiting in the wings' stuff on Bale, as if we are somehow going to dive in as soon as Real get a bid accepted with a matching bid. At any rate, even that would be a pointless exercise.
 
GlastonSpur said:
What tosh.

There are many posts on this forum currently discussing whether or not United will now be overtaken by Chelsea and/or Man. City. Spurs finished just 3 points behind Chelsea last season and just 6 points behind Man. City. Yet according to you, Spurs "might as well be playing in different leagues". :wenger:

Our squad is now stronger than last season, not least with the addition of Paulinho and Soldado. So I'll tell you what is actually laughable: your blinkered complacency.
Click to expand...

Football doesn't work like that. Spurs finished just 3 points behind a brand new Chelsea squad with Benitez at the helm for over half the season. Mourinho is there now, and that is a huge difference. Chelsea's team will have a season under the belt together now as well, which people are really underestimating the importance of. City as well now have a much better manager and it is very unlikely that they will have another bad season like last year where they were in turmoil for most of the year. Those two teams still finished ahead of Spurs and were better over the course of the season despite really underachieving and having many problems during the season. Spurs on the other hand had their best season ever in the premier league and still couldn't make the champions league. I'm sorry, but it is just laughable comparing Spurs' squad to United's, because we finished way ahead of the other two teams despite having plenty of key players under perform. Spurs at best can challenge for a top 4 spot with Arsenal, anything more then that will be very very unlikely, and a real title challenge is almost impossible I'd say.
 
:lol:

It's weird being a spoiled fan. I have no comprehension of the suffering of the fans of bottling clubs. Maybe it's not so bad as it looks.
 
GlastonSpur said:
What tosh.

There are many posts on this forum currently discussing whether or not United will now be overtaken by Chelsea and/or Man. City. Spurs finished just 3 points behind Chelsea last season and just 6 points behind Man. City. Yet according to you, Spurs "might as well be playing in different leagues". :wenger:

Our squad is now stronger than last season, not least with the addition of Paulinho and Soldado. So I'll tell you what is actually laughable: your blinkered complacency.
Click to expand...


Given the fact that last seasons United team didn't have to perform anywhere near it's capacity because of the gaping chasm between us and everyone else, it would be exceptionally naive of us as well as Spurs to believe that Chelsea and City particularly (and probably Arsenal if they pull their transfer fingers out) are going to be as poor.

Our of curiosity - when was the last time Spurs finished closer than 15 points behind United?

"might as well be playing in different leagues", might be taking it a bit too far, but if you split the league into: Relegation contenders, Mid-table, European hopefuls and title hopefuls you wouldn't be in the same bracket. To put it bluntly you're far closer to (and far more likely to finish) 7th than to compete for a title.
 
StuCol said:
I keep seeing this 'Manchester United waiting in the wings' stuff on Bale, as if we are somehow going to dive in as soon as Real get a bid accepted with a matching bid. At any rate, even that would be a pointless exercise.
Click to expand...


Apprenalty we dont know how to value players, so we will leave it up to Real, even if it ends up us buying Spurs a new stadium.
 
starman said:
Apprenalty we dont know how to value players, so we will leave it up to Real, even if it ends up us buying Spurs a new stadium.
Click to expand...

Cheeky £15 million bid for Bale? After all, it's just a negotiation tactic and the player wants to come to us. Right Ed? Ed?
 
StuCol said:
I keep seeing this 'Manchester United waiting in the wings' stuff on Bale, as if we are somehow going to dive in as soon as Real get a bid accepted with a matching bid. At any rate, even that would be a pointless exercise.
Click to expand...


Yeah, some of the stuff written in the press is just ridiculous. Only way we'l get him is if we wants to come to us only.
 
As good as De Gea's been, and with a lot of future promise as well, it's not outrageous to claim that Lloris has been better. He's an excellent goalkeeper himself.

I'd probably say De Gea shades it on last season's evidence but that was Lloris's first in English football. Both of them are top bananas as Peterstorey would say.
 
marjen said:
As good as De Gea's been, and with a lot of future promise as well, it's not outrageous to claim that Lloris has been better. He's an excellent goalkeeper himself.

I'd probably say De Gea shades it on last season's evidence but that was Lloris's first in English football. Both of them are top bananas as Peterstorey would say.
Click to expand...

De Gea has been by far the better keeper in last season. Lloris has been a bit terrible in the beginning and then came good but I would say that except De Gea, both Mignolet and Cech had better seasons then him.
 
Lloris is not better than De Gea. Agreed with Revan that Mignolet was better. Wouldn't say Cech was though. De Gea > Begovic > Mignolet > Lloris for me last year.
 
Lloris better than De Gea? :wenger:


Lloris is an outstanding keeper but he's not capable of making some of the saves De Gea is capable of making.
 
GlastonSpur said:
What tosh.

There are many posts on this forum currently discussing whether or not United will now be overtaken by Chelsea and/or Man. City. Spurs finished just 3 points behind Chelsea last season and just 6 points behind Man. City. Yet according to you, Spurs "might as well be playing in different leagues". :wenger:

Our squad is now stronger than last season, not least with the addition of Paulinho and Soldado. So I'll tell you what is actually laughable: your blinkered complacency.
Click to expand...

So you finished 3 points behind a side that never had a hope of catching us and 6 points behind a team whose hope ended around February, this somehow proves to you that you are close to United's level. Cool.
 
Ruud10 said:
Lloris better than De Gea? :wenger:


Lloris is an outstanding keeper but he's not capable of making some of the saves De Gea is capable of making.
Click to expand...


Then watch some more of him. They are both excellent shot stoppers. I'd say they are the two best in the league, with Lloris ahead for me. Until Courtois comes :D
 
GlastonSpur said:
What tosh.

There are many posts on this forum currently discussing whether or not United will now be overtaken by Chelsea and/or Man. City. Spurs finished just 3 points behind Chelsea last season and just 6 points behind Man. City. Yet according to you, Spurs "might as well be playing in different leagues". :wenger:

Our squad is now stronger than last season, not least with the addition of Paulinho and Soldado. So I'll tell you what is actually laughable: your blinkered complacency.
Click to expand...


Of course we are, no disrespect to Spurs but your a million miles away from our standard. A great season for you would be finishing 4th, that would almost be a disaster for us. Just look at Arsenal they finish top 4 every season yet are years behind us as well, the gap from 4th to 1st is huge (or in your case 5th)
 
Glaston always gets the rival thing a bit muddled. He's right to not want to sell us Bale, but not because we are rivals. We are not at all (at the moment). But there's nothing wrong with Spurs thinking they can catch us on the playing field in the future. A few years ago Bayern Munich fans would have laughed at Dortmund for thinking the same thing.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.