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2022/23 Dele Alli

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To be honest I think he found himself in a very convenient position at Spurs. He had Eriksen and Dembele behind him and Kane ahead of him. I’m not sure there’s too many attacking players who wouldn’t look good in that system. Eriksen and Dembele never really got the credit they deserved but when they were out of the team and Dele had to be the sole creative player it wasn’t his game. His game was just getting on the end of stuff as a second striker really.
 
The point stands though.

Could - potentially - be grounds for termiation.

Are baloons actually illegal though?

No, though the gov has plans to make nitrous oxide so soon to demonstrate how 'tough' they are on crime.
It's currently covered by the Psychoactive Substances Act so don't drive, fly an airplane or perform brain sugery while under it's influence. Illegal to supply it for 'psychoactive effects' but ok if you sell it for other reasons (? as an additive in combustion engines? )
 
No, though the gov has plans to make nitrous oxide so soon to demonstrate how 'tough' they are on crime.
It's currently covered by the Psychoactive Substances Act so don't drive, fly an airplane or perform brain sugery while under it's influence. Illegal to supply it for 'psychoactive effects' but ok if you sell it for other reasons (? as an additive in combustion engines? )
Whipped cream canisters being a principle use of it apparently, as it’s his birthday today I’m prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume the NoS was for the cream on his birthday cake.
HBD Dele you maverick 🎂
 

It doesn’t matter what his status / career position was when he signed for us, he was still owed £13m (or their about) from his contract with Tottenham.
Either Spurs paid it out or we’ve picked it up.
As I said before, I personally very much doubt Levy paid him out while at the same time potentially letting him go for free.
That would be kenwright levels of transfer nous.

Wouldn't agree with your take at all there mate. This would be more reflective:

His representatives are told that he doesn’t have a future at the club and if he stays he can look forward to a continuing eroding of prestige and profile under a manager who wouldn’t use him. Said agents, say fine we will out his contract, club comes back and says listen we will let him go for initially nothing to move his wage on - all agree. Agents go out and try and find a buyer, Everton are interested, but as third stakeholder are concerned about regression and value depreciation - negotiations happen, contract agreed, heavily weighted on incentives on top of base. Everyones compromises. Everyone wins something.

Thats really how deals like that would happen in my opinion. You are totally overestimating the amount of leverage Dele and Spurs had.

Nit saying your wrong - there is just no evidence bar assumption, I’m just saying everyones assuming he’s on 100k, just on the basis of his contract at Spurs - which I think isn’t as logical an assumption as it seems to some.
 

It was the state of the accounts that forced us to take a chance on dele. It made little impact on the accounts.
I can’t get as worked up as you, about it.
Think we can agree it hasn’t worked out.
But disagree that the long shot bet was or wasn’t worth taking at the time.
Hindsight’s always 20:20

Its costing £5.2 million if he's on £100,000 a week

That is not a "little impact on the accounts"

The club is haemorrhaging cash!!! :rant:

People trying to trivialise and minimise. The club is losing money. Big time. :rant:
 
Wouldn't agree with your take at all there mate. This would be more reflective:

His representatives are told that he doesn’t have a future at the club and if he stays he can look forward to a continuing eroding of prestige and profile under a manager who wouldn’t use him. Said agents, say fine we will out his contract, club comes back and says listen we will let him go for initially nothing to move his wage on - all agree. Agents go out and try and find a buyer, Everton are interested, but as third stakeholder are concerned about regression and value depreciation - negotiations happen, contract agreed, heavily weighted on incentives on top of base. Everyones compromises. Everyone wins something.

Thats really how deals like that would happen in my opinion. You are totally overestimating the amount of leverage Dele and Spurs had.

Nit saying your wrong - there is just no evidence bar assumption, I’m just saying everyones assuming he’s on 100k, just on the basis of his contract at Spurs - which I think isn’t as logical an assumption as it seems to some.
You've convinced me, Alli will have flushed a few mill down the bog just to do exactly what he was doing at Spurs only for us.
I think it’s trailblazing now I can see it for what it is.
My job’s a bit of dead end one, think I’ll ring round a few competitors tomorrow and see if they will take me on for 1/2 the going rate so I can be unhappy there but on less money.
It’s genius.
 

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