Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

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Our transfers are always that dragged out you have no excitement when they actually happen.

Take Gabriel - I heard he had agreed terms far back as Feb/March yet we are still negotiating near end of July lol
 
blueblue said:
Would you have said the same when we signed Gueye ?
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Gueye had 1 season with Aston Villa. They got relegated and he had a very low buy out clause. The risk factor was very low.

in that 1 season he played 35 prem games and had the following stats: -

53 passes per match

144 tackles

75% tackle success rate

141 interceptions

344 recoveries

295 duels won


in comparison

Hojbjerg has had 4 full seasons in the prem already

this season his stats are: -

55 passes per match

80 tackles

61% tackle success rate

46 interceptions

326 recoveries

210 duels won


we are paying 25 mil for a much inferior player to gueye

if we were paying 5 mil then that is fine

would much rather spend 25 big ones or contribute 25 big ones on a much better player like Allan
 

Lanolin said:
In miles maybe, but not really in travel time. I reckon you could probably get the train from Lime Street to London as quick as you can get from Southampton to central London by either car or train.
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That's assuming he lives in Southampton. Plenty of players live outside the area they play in.

I don't know his personal circumstances but if he's settled down there or has a young family or partner with close relatives / commitments down that part of the world then the Spurs move makes more sense.

Or he might just really like London or maybe thinks Spurs have a better crack at getting back into the CL as opposed to the revolving door circus that is Everton of the last few seasons.
 
RomanReigns said:
Gueye had 1 season with Aston Villa. They got relegated and he had a very low buy out clause. The risk factor was very low.

in that 1 season he played 35 prem games and had the following stats: -

53 passes per match

144 tackles

75% tackle success rate

141 interceptions

344 recoveries

295 duels won


in comparison

Hojbjerg has had 4 full seasons in the prem already

this season his stats are: -

55 passes per match

80 tackles

61% tackle success rate

46 interceptions

326 recoveries

210 duels won


we are paying 25 mil for a much inferior player to gueye

if we were paying 5 mil then that is fine

would much rather spend 25 big ones or contribute 25 big ones on a much better player like Allan
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also his interception stats are atrocious

we already have two passengers in central midfield who barely intercept a thing, hojbjerg is not the type of player we need right now who is going to solve that issue for us
 

ClausThomsen said:
That's assuming he lives in Southampton. Plenty of players live outside the area they play in.

I don't know his personal circumstances but if he's settled down there or has a young family or partner with close relatives / commitments down that part of the world then the Spurs move makes more sense.

Or he might just really like London or maybe thinks Spurs have a better crack at getting back into the CL as opposed to the revolving door circus that is Everton of the last few seasons.
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I was responding to a post about him 'staying' in London. He won't live in London now I don't think, it'd be a 4 hour round trip to training every day. If he lives in London now he could live in London and play for us, it'd be a minimal difference. That will have absolutely nothing to do with it though. He'll want to go to Spurs because they've finished above us in 9 of the last 10 seasons, and play regularly in the Champions League, including getting to the final last season. In all seriousness, the only reason for a Danish footballer to want to move to us over Spurs would be for the money. For purely footballing reasons it's a no brainer.
 

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