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Funny how much real estate this guy had in Canadian heads when he was deciding where to play...
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Funny how much real estate this guy had in Canadian heads when he was deciding where to play...
robertmac43
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Haha, yeah I would agree. At this point I will take any dual-nat I can just to say we convinced someone to go the Canada route.
For Flores, it will be interesting to see if he can use Tigers to find his game at the senior level. I'm thinking he may be in NA for a while now.
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International transfer agents fees near £800m in 2023 according to Fifa
Agents' fees for international transfers in 2023 are nearing $1bn (£800m), according to football's world governing body Fifa.
www.bbc.co.uk
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Hate it when guys who could’ve played for us get one-and-done for other countries
I’ll never forgive Southgate for Fik (even tho he almost def would’ve played for Nigeria over Canada)
Not Canada, but it’s also why I don’t like that he called up Nketiah
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That can't be how it works for FFP, right? Surely they have to take into account all of the transfer costs, including the transfer fee and agent/intermediary fees (though I'm not sure if agent fees get capitalized/amortized vs expensed right away).
I thought only spending on club infrastructure, facilities, and youth development was excluded from FFP calculations.
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Yeah, I saw that as well. Hard to see them go after him again considering how much they spent.
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Athletic center back with good feet for his size, a goal threat on set pieces. Was a project for Hajduk Split thus made his debut with the senior team at the age of 16 though as expected being thrown into the fire so early there was some growing pains even at the Croatian league level. He was supposedly close to joining PSG but the transfer fell through. This season he hasn't played at all (probably due to the impending sale). The Croatian media reports he will stay at Hajduk until the winter then probably move on loan to another European league ala Belgium/Netherlands for further development
Only concern is outside of Modric and to a lesser extent Kranjcar these Croatian League to EPL moves rarely work out, though it appears he is still a few years away from making a significant contribution to Spurs and will hopefully "grow" on loan at the leagues in between the two levels
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Thanks!
It sounds like he'll be staying at Hajdjuk until 2025 before moving to Spurs.
Great talent, but I've seen a lot of great talents not live up to their potential.
He's bigger than anyone in his age group, but tbf, he's already played senior football last season.
Turned 16 and started games for Hajduk.
This season he's still to play, had a minor injury and then they kept him out of the lineup, most likely to avoid any further possible injury concerns before the transfer.
He is the best CB prospect in his age group in Europe, that's more or less a fact. And by some distance too.
Whether he lives up to it or not, remains to be seen.
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robertmac43
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A malign star kept him
I don't see any surprises on these list, personally. Actually, PSG is pretty high considering that they've been only been massive since Qatar 12 years ago. Tottenham is one of the biggest clubs in the EPL and Inter/Juventus are well...Inter/Juv. Inter was as big as anyone else for the entirety of the aughts/early 10s while Chelsea/City/ManU are crackhead clubs.
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Today Gold said this is a huge shift for Spurs, they all but stopped spending money on young players years ago and apparently Ange is getting his way in injecting youth into the squad.
"Over my time I'd found that the earlier promising players are thrown into the mix, the better for everyone," Postecoglou said in his book 'Changing the Game: Football in Australia Through My Eyes'. "The better players will really thrive and the strugglers will be found out, and no further resources will be used up on them."
Postecoglou has overhauled the age of his squad. Among those heading out of the door this summer were Harry Kane (30), Lucas Moura (30), Harry Winks and Davinson Sanchez (both 27), while the loan of Clement Lenglet (28) was not taken up again. Former club captain Hugo Lloris (36) declared that he wanted a new challenge although that is yet to be found.
Of the new faces in his squad this season, James Maddison and Guglielmo Vicario are by far the oldest at 26, the rest were 22-years-old (Van de Ven and Brennan Johnson), 23 (Manor Solomon), 19 (Alejo Veliz) and 18 (Ashley Phillips) while Pedro Porro and Dejan Kulusevski (both 23) had their loan moves made permanent and Udogie (20) finally arrived after his loan season back at Udinese.
Postecoglou has also used 20-year-old Pape Matar Sarr in every match so far with 22-year-old Oliver Skipp getting a fair bit of game time. Older players such as Ivan Perisic (34), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (28) and Ben Davies (30) remain useful squad members but have seen their minutes shrink this season so far while Eric Dier (29) has not been named in a single matchday squad yet.
