Thread: Connor Wickham

Originally Posted by Yid4Ever#1

@P UNIT 1980

oh! hasnt been very productive thus far has it?

Maybe that £10m might be better spent on actually developing some Tottenham/North London boys? hell (i think sceptics are rubbing off on me!!!) we could nearly build Steve Austin for that much money!

You mean they still play football? We can start this one off in another thread if you want, but in my opinion the English youth player pool is far behind the likes of spain/italy/brazil/argentina etc. which would lead me to think there may be better outcomes recruiting younger players into our youth program from abroad.... I know there are a lot of regulations here but point is, dropping money on a 16 year old is one of our main ways to bring in quality youth players.

Now I'm making use of my non-football weekend and I'm off to a beach in mexico until monday.... suckers!!!

I agree we have to develop our youth players and Harry Kane seems to be doing very well on loan BUT Wickham would do very well at our club and imagine in 5 years time Wickham and Kane is a starting 11 together with Bale, Modders, Hudd and lennon behind all of which have massivly matured.

It wouldnt be 15 million straight up, we wouldnt pay that much for him but it could be lined up as this

8 million upfront

a further 2-3 million based on appearances
1-2 million on hitting a certain amount of goals
1-2 million on featuring for England

I could see Levy working the deal out like this, maybe the up front fee is around 10 million with the add ons coming into the picture at a late date once he's achieved the add on criteria

Originally Posted by spursman18

It wouldnt be 15 million straight up, we wouldnt pay that much for him but it could be lined up as this

8 million upfront

a further 2-3 million based on appearances
1-2 million on hitting a certain amount of goals
1-2 million on featuring for England

I could see Levy working the deal out like this, maybe the up front fee is around 10 million with the add ons coming into the picture at a late date once he's achieved the add on criteria

yah levys not that stupid is he? then again with that whole bent fiasco....

Originally Posted by T.K. Massive

yah levys not that stupid is he? then again with that whole bent fiasco....

he certainly is not, but with this sort of player who were buying on the basis of having potential with glimpses of what he's capable of I think its a bit different to the Bent deal. We were in a desperate situation when we bought him, and I think if we can bring in another striker who is a bit more established and Wickham then I'd be happy.

I think Wickham has the potential to be our 4th striker in a fairly short amount of time. He's young so is more unlikely to make noises while on the bench.

We have a 'pre-agreed' deal with Ipswich subject to a 'fair' price ...... just depends whether we want him or not ......

Originally Posted by Musashi

I think Wickham has the potential to be our 4th striker in a fairly short amount of time. He's young so is more unlikely to make noises while on the bench.

With Keane having one foot out the door already, anyone we bring on will be at least our fourth choice striker. Wouldnt mind him coming on late in a game to give some extra run and pace.