Pointless buying a third choice goalkeeper!


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I read on Spurs Comminity that a fan asking why we are signing a third choice goalkeeper, especially when we haven't signed anyone else and suggested it was baffling. Another calls it pointless!

The only baffling thing is that the question actually needs answering.

Players are not signed in any particular order, you have a strategy for the whole of the transfer window and you purchase as and when the right opportunity presents itself.

Tottenham are not the first choice destination for every player, some players would be waiting to see if their preferred option becomes available and have Spurs as a back-up option, while other players may well be our and their first choice but the price isn't where we want it to be.

Instead of giving up, or simply paying stupid money, we apply pressure by allowing the window to run down. Every club in the world has done that, it happens with most clubs every window, especially those who have less financial capacity that the top 5, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.

We are not in the market that the clubs below us are in and not interested generally in the players they are seeking. We need to find those players who are going to develop into stars in the short term. Such players on the cusp of stepping to the next level have many options, we are just one.

There is no point making signing for the sake of it, Sissoko shows that.

As for goalkeepers specifically, each club needs three, an injury to one and your third choice is sitting on the bench. Having one is essential therefore so signing one is just as important as signing a right-back or any other player wee want.

The window is about the whole window and where you are at the end of it. we don't know where we will be yet, what we do know is the right deals at the right price have not been available to us yet, or we would have bought.

The article on wages and on the one commercially viable player we could buy may be worth a read in conjunction with this article.
What would £150,000-a-week wages cost Spurs
Bale, the one commercially viable player we could buy

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