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Trowel wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 12:52 pm Wouldn't be surprised if he joins one of the newly promoted teams, Ipswich or Southampton, absolutely smashes it for one season as a big fish in a small pond, then gets picked up by an Aston Villa or a West Ham and lets his career fizzle off into the sunset.

Shogun wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 12:32 pm Doubt he plays football again. Good luck to him in terms of getting over his issues but you can tell when someone is truly desperate to be playing again even when they're low and I don't get that vibe from him.

weimaranerblues wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 8:41 am Clearly a gamble we shouldn't be taking at this point.. leave it to an other club. How many years has he got left at Tottenham let them keep him , we've had too many of these players left on our books in the past and still payythe price now.

If he does make a comeback good for him just not us.

74Blue wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:36 pm He doesn't have any years at all left at Tottenham. We signed him on a permanent deal with no initial fee and instalments due based upon appearances. I'm pretty sure that if we offered him another deal, even as a free agent, there will be some sort of clause in that original deal that would trigger the additional payments as soon as he makes a few more appearances in an Everton shirt.
Although,.if we really wanted him and thought for one second that he was anywhere near back to his best, could he possibly sign for Roma as a free agent, only to be sold to Everton for a nominal fee in January?

AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:24 am Feels like we'll take care of him whatever happens and so he's in the best place for any potential comeback... But it also feels like if we can't agree a deal and he can't play for us he'll have to sign for someone else which may very well be the end of any glimmer of hope for him.

He needs to stay here, whether he ever plays for us isn't really important as if he doesn't then he most likely wouldn't wherever he went.

However Spurs need to just let him go too, there's no value in him at the moment and any resistance to allowing us to sign him for free means they get nothing anyway.

No fee, no money to be paid if he achieves x, y or z. Let the lad stay where he's happy and well looked after, give him half a fighting chance of reviving his career and the obvious positive implications that'd have on his wellbeing and life.

Then we need a very sensible deal with the player that reflects his contribution to the team, even if it's a one year deal at £10k a week and then reassess in 12 months.