How do you know he wasn't being offered more money than said players ? Sigurdsson makes no mention of not being happy with Liverpool's financial package.
Gylfi Sigurdsson
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How do you know he wasn't being offered more money than said players ? Sigurdsson makes no mention of not being happy with Liverpool's financial package.
Same reason we didn't show any interest in Henderson: He wasn't good enough.
At the time, O'Shea, Gibbson and Brown were heading to Sunderland in a £12M package, and for a for 'a few million quid more' as you put it, we could have taken Henderson, but we didn't sniff didn't even ask even though everyone said we were lacking strength in CM and crying out for numbers. That's pretty daming in my opinion.
You're not interested in every player. We don't know if they were interested at all. Gylfi spoke to more clubs than Swansea, Tottenham and Liverpool.
I think it's pretty clear as well that Gylfi doesn't fit into SAF's style of play. He could be used here sure but not when Wayne Rooney is about. He isn't chucking him or Welbeck out and he's already signed Kagawa so he would essentially be bidding for a player not meant for the starting lineup. Maybe if he was still undecided and available come August who knows? He might have been more sure on what to spend on but currently I think he's only after players for the starting lineup or young talents like the Crewe lad. You don't buy a player for the sake of buying.
Gylfi essentially chose Tottenham because of their style of play.
How many strikers have done well for Liverpool in the past 10 years besides Torres? Players don't always fit for various reasons. Berbatov was very poor in his first season here but he came good. RvP was a very slow starter. Who knows how Keane would have done with a little more time. There are numerous cases of good players not making it at a club. Seldom is it because the player was very overrated to begin with.
I don't know, which is why I said "could". Though I think it's a fair assumption that whatever Swansea could have afforded to offer him wouldn't be close to what most players in your squad get at present.
Do you disagree?
Which is probably why he picked Spurs instead of Liverpool. He would be essentially competing directly with Van der Vaart for the same role in the starting line up at Spurs based on merit, whereas he'll have to compete with Gerrard at Liverpool, who's always going to get picked because he's the captain. It makes no sense both in terms of his development and financially for him to go to Liverpool just because they hired Rodgers as their coach.
Player not admitting to moving for money? I'd guess that Rodgers would have found it hard to offer him x3 times what he'd agreed at Swansea. No problem for Spurs.
Scored 2 against Slovenia tonight. Here's his first goal.
It took me three plays to establish that wasn't Lawro commentating.
Certainly doing wonders for my fantasy football team.
The only Tottenham supporter I know still seems to think he's a good player even after his less than successful spell there, though maybe that isn't the majority opinion among spurs fans. Wonder if he was just unlucky there or if he isn't quite cut out for top four level?
The only Tottenham supporter I know still seems to think he's a good player even after his less than successful spell there, though maybe that isn't the majority opinion among spurs fans. Wonder if he was just unlucky there or if he isn't quite cut out for top four level?
He was never giving much of a chance there, was he? Understandable after they signed Eriksen, TBF.
He played out on the left a lot for Tottenham and that was never the right position for him. He needs to be in an area where he can shoot from central positions and get into the box.
Triffic player, mistake by the Hotspurs allowing him to rebound to the Swans.
I thought we were going to be in for him last year, and probably would have been a better buy than Fellaini. He's a good player but not as good as Herrera in my opinion, and with Strootman coming (I'm convinced of this) he would struggle to get a game with us. He's a very good passer and crosser, gets in the box to score goals, but can be greedy and wasteful around the box. Definitely one to keep an eye on though.
He's not really a centre mid so he wouldn't have been an alternative to Fellaini. He's a good player on his day, think Swansea's about his level though.
As our team and Arsenal show, a lot of players are at their best as a 10, and only one player can play there at once, so while he might be a bit too good for Swansea, he's probably not good enough to be a nailed on starter for a top 7 team.
Might be best off outside the Prem, actually, as the 10 for one of those harmless CL sides like Leverkusen, Napoli (if Hamsik ever leaves or moves deeper), Valencia (though they play a 4-3-3) or Galatasaray once Sneijder leaves.
Might be best off outside the Prem, actually, as the 10 for one of those harmless CL sides like Leverkusen, Napoli (if Hamsik ever leaves or moves deeper), Valencia (though they play a 4-3-3) or Galatasaray once Sneijder leaves.
you could argue that Fellaini isnt a centre midfielder either
in fact you could argue that hes not a footballer
A better buy than Fellaini isn't really a great endorsement.
Completely inflexible much like Kagawa in that he has to be played in one set position in a team that plays one set way but when that happens, he's very talented and effective indeed.
Could become a Swansea legend and Prem cult hero unless he wants to try his hand at a bigger club and ruin his career again.
Could become a Swansea legend and Prem cult hero unless he wants to try his hand at a bigger club and ruin his career again.
Always a CM for Iceland in a 4-3-2-1 or 4-4-2. Coincides with us doing well. He's no slacker and he's both an excellent passer and shooter who rarely loses the ball.
He's not an out and out AMC for Swansea. All three of him, Shelvey and Ki are quite mobile and fluid. Fact is you lot have rarely see him play in his position for a club besides Swansea and despite him performing there consistently well, that's his level? He got something like 5 games in his position in his whole Tottenham career, with the manager who bought him being sacked shortly after his purchase. It's not like Young who was great at Villa then came here and played the same position to a massively underwhelming effect.
Swansea plays the same way as Iceland and Hoffenheim? That's news to me.
I don't think so. We got back what we paid for him, and although he was decent enough at Spurs he never really made his mark and so was never going to be part of our 1st XI going forward ... so it was probably best all round that he go to a club where he'd get regular league starts. Besides, it's freed up a place to allow the likes of home-grown Ryan Mason to get his chances ... which so far he's taken well.
Always guarantees points in FPL. Can only be a good thing.
I agree... he wont get better playing out of position or sitting on the bench.
Its difficult to see how Eriksen and Gilfi can play in the same team (without one of them being stuck out wide which suits neither) - its not that gilfi is a bad player but based on what I have seen of them I think Eriksen is the better of the two right now and has the most potential as well. As such it made sense for spurs swansea and the player for him to go back there
Scored goal of the night yesterday: http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/9512127/goal-of-the-night-sigurdsson
Why is this thread in the transfer forum?
Because we're obviously in for him
