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Originally Posted by FlameZilla
Sooo... enough arguing about Cantona's ban 18 years ago please fellas. There's some really interesting stuff going down in the EPL.
How about Tottenham this season and the squad they've built using money selling one player. They've broken their signing record 3 times this summer and are looking like title contenders, even without their talisman.
Selling: -Gareth Bale for £78 to £86 million (not yet finalised)
-Parker, Huddlestone, Caulker for £20 million
Buying: -Erik Lamela as a direct replacement for Bale(upgrade some might argue) for £30 million
-Roberto Soldado for £26m
-Paulinho for £17m
-Etienne Capoue for £9
-Vlad Chiriches for $8.5
-Nacer Chadli for $7
THAT ladies and gentlemen is how to rebuild a sports franchise.
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add in Dempsey for 6m too
so just in Sales (assuming Bale is 86) that's 112 with potentially more to come
and they have spent as you have above (plus 8m£ for Eriksen) 105.5
so the summer is still a net gain, I've said it before but Baldini might be the signing of the summer, Levy was always a great negotiator in selling players, but because he drives such a hard bargain buying was an issue in the past
With Baldini and AVB it doesn't seem to be an issue anymore