Comments on: ‘Big Spending’ Tottenham’s transfers since summer 2008 http://soccerlens.com/big-spending-tottenhams-transfers-since-summer-2008/36999/ Football News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: hotbertaa http://soccerlens.com/big-spending-tottenhams-transfers-since-summer-2008/36999/#comment-120534 hotbertaa Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:20:21 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=36999#comment-120534 What about Gomes? What about Gomes?

]]> By: alexblackcap http://soccerlens.com/big-spending-tottenhams-transfers-since-summer-2008/36999/#comment-120528 alexblackcap Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:10:27 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=36999#comment-120528 Paul, Defoe was 15mil. Even look on wikipedia =D Paul, Defoe was 15mil.

Even look on wikipedia =D

]]> By: jonathan http://soccerlens.com/big-spending-tottenhams-transfers-since-summer-2008/36999/#comment-120526 jonathan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:11:55 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=36999#comment-120526 Paul, I wouldn't be so quick to assume that Defoe cost less than 10m on the basis that Spurs didn't report anything to the LSE. It's possible (especially concerning Portsmouth's recent transfer dealings) that much of the fee was simply a write-off of money owed to Spurs from the original sale of Defoe to Portsmouth. If so, it's entirely reasonable that the cash changing hands at the time of the transfer would be below the 10m bar. Paul, I wouldn’t be so quick to assume that Defoe cost less than 10m on the basis that Spurs didn’t report anything to the LSE. It’s possible (especially concerning Portsmouth’s recent transfer dealings) that much of the fee was simply a write-off of money owed to Spurs from the original sale of Defoe to Portsmouth. If so, it’s entirely reasonable that the cash changing hands at the time of the transfer would be below the 10m bar.

]]> By: Paul http://soccerlens.com/big-spending-tottenhams-transfers-since-summer-2008/36999/#comment-120519 Paul Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:34:52 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=36999#comment-120519 Bit of shoddy reporting there if I might blunt. Defoe was clearly not anything like £15m. Spurs reports any transfer fee exceeding £10m to the London Stock Exchange and Defoe was not reported. What is clear from the recent figures on player trading profits is that Spurs must have signed Defoe for LESS money than they sold him for to Pompey. Bent was also sold for more money than he was signed for (Spurs paid Charlton £10m upfront according to the market announcement at the time, plus an additional £6m over the course of the contract and upon certain appearance targets being met. Sunderland paid a greater amount upfront and took over the clauses on additional payments to Charlton). Bit of shoddy reporting there if I might blunt. Defoe was clearly not anything like £15m. Spurs reports any transfer fee exceeding £10m to the London Stock Exchange and Defoe was not reported. What is clear from the recent figures on player trading profits is that Spurs must have signed Defoe for LESS money than they sold him for to Pompey. Bent was also sold for more money than he was signed for (Spurs paid Charlton £10m upfront according to the market announcement at the time, plus an additional £6m over the course of the contract and upon certain appearance targets being met. Sunderland paid a greater amount upfront and took over the clauses on additional payments to Charlton).

]]>