Players ability doesn't determine transfer fee
He may be an Arsenal man, but he talks sense when it comes to the transfer market, a players price now doesn't depend upon his ability, but which club is buying him.
You can see it with the fees we are quoted, our target this summer Berahino had scored 10 Premier League goals that weren't from the penalty spot and for that the fee expected was £25-million. Being realistic he isn't worth that, he is £15-million at best on what he has done, what he will do in the future is another matter.
Arsene Wenger was talking about French football and how he can't mop up over there like he used to.
Agents put wage demands up as well when an English club is interested in a player, what he is offered over here is not what an Italian or Spanish club might pay, but money is not the only factor in a player moving otherwisde everyone would come to England.
Tottenham have to play the market and go in for a lot of deals to get players at the right price and on the right money, that means walking away from some deals and as fans accepting that we have to.
Further Tottenham Reading
Plenty of questions to answer at the weekend
Is it too early to suggest we have a new Dembele?
How can England fit Kane and Rooney in the same team?
You can see it with the fees we are quoted, our target this summer Berahino had scored 10 Premier League goals that weren't from the penalty spot and for that the fee expected was £25-million. Being realistic he isn't worth that, he is £15-million at best on what he has done, what he will do in the future is another matter.
Arsene Wenger was talking about French football and how he can't mop up over there like he used to.
“Of course it’s harder because when I arrived here we were alone on the French market!
"Now when you go to a league game in France there are 23 scouts there from England and that’s why it’s harder. The overall problem has changed. Today you face competitive attitudes from everyone and that drives the price up. People are not stupid, they read how much money the English clubs get.
“Before in the transfer market you could rate the price of a player, but that has gone. Before you could say ‘good English player - £5m.’ Today the value of a player depends only on the identity of the buyer.
If a small club goes to buy the same player the price is sometimes divided by two or three.”
Agents put wage demands up as well when an English club is interested in a player, what he is offered over here is not what an Italian or Spanish club might pay, but money is not the only factor in a player moving otherwisde everyone would come to England.
Tottenham have to play the market and go in for a lot of deals to get players at the right price and on the right money, that means walking away from some deals and as fans accepting that we have to.
Further Tottenham Reading
Plenty of questions to answer at the weekend
Is it too early to suggest we have a new Dembele?
How can England fit Kane and Rooney in the same team?
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