LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said: I don't understand how Levy can be at fault though, he should sell on the cheap because 'the market' might suffer? You put a ridiculous figure on a player because you don't want to sell them, if that club is rich enough to not care then well, maybe the failure lies in system which allows such opulence while there is such a poverty. A direct parallel of the society we live in, perhaps. You are not getting the irony in what Levy is saying. He only sells players for premium prices and then moans that clubs are paying premium prices. Think about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 6 minutes ago, LFCMadLad said: You are not getting the irony in what Levy is saying. He only sells players for premium prices and then moans that clubs are paying premium prices. Think about it! How is that any of his fault, he's spot on. He's benefiting from the madness but has the nouse to tell as it is. Karl Marx was a wealthy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,102 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 hour ago, The Artful Dodger said: How is that any of his fault, he's spot on. He's benefiting from the madness but has the nouse to tell as it is. Karl Marx was a wealthy man. Levy is one half of the market. The seller and the buyer are sides of the same coin. The fault lies at both those that sell high and those that demand high. Levy has set a precedent to sell high and that in itself is simply another domino in the chain that started whenever the first money transfer was made. It is an awkward statement for Levy to make, as he indulges in Tottenham's exorbitant fees while the rising fees make it coincidently more difficult to purchase players. In effect Levy himself is partly to blame as he drives up selling he is only driving up his own outward fees as clubs will expect Tottenham to reinvest their transfer fees. It is simply a classic chicken v egg dichotomy. One cannot exist without the other, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Levy didn't actually say anything about the price of players. So I'm not sure what the irony in what he is saying is or how he is to blame. He's talking about clubs spending money they don't have. Man City and Chelsea have billionaire backing and Man Utd are floated so the idea that they don't have this money to spend is highly questionable and probably just outright wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Anyone read Conte's response to Levy's claim ? Hell of a shot about Spurs lack of ambition and the status of Spurs. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40736388 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,102 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 24 minutes ago, Redcanuck said: Anyone read Conte's response to Levy's claim ? Hell of a shot about Spurs lack of ambition and the status of Spurs. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40736388 Fucking roasted Best manager in the world; this Conte fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,402 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Clever that. Puts pressure on the other four managers by making out finishing lower than Spurs would be a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,776 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 12 hours ago, The Artful Dodger said: How is that any of his fault, he's spot on. He's benefiting from the madness but has the nouse to tell as it is. Karl Marx was a wealthy man. He wasn't really. Engels would be the better example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 1,437 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 8 hours ago, Spike said: Fucking roasted Best manager in the world; this Conte fella. Yeah wow. Amazing, blistering comments from Conte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 800 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Of course there is far more pressure on the other 'big clubs', as their wage bills are much bigger than Tottenham's. Funny how football fans moan about not giving young players a chance at first team football, and then lambast a club that isn't spending huge amounts of money every summer. Seems they want it both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 That is brilliant from Antonio Conte! The Spurs fans will be led down a merry road like @VanPanna said in the same fashion Arsenal fans were because the expectations aren't those the fans think. Those Spurs fans will believe it too n, no matter what anyone else says. The end piece "What are Spurs' expectations?" is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Inverted said: He wasn't really. Engels would be the better example. Living where he did he was hardly proletariat. Point being you don't have to be a victim to criticise something. Conte's comments are churlish and odd really, obviously been ruffled. Chelsea are a soulless husk of a club whereas Spurs have built something by savvy leadership and good coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Liquidator 259 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 10 hours ago, Redcanuck said: Anyone read Conte's response to Levy's claim ? Hell of a shot about Spurs lack of ambition and the status of Spurs. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40736388 Caught on quick our Conte ~ Best of all, Liverpool were added as an afterthought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,267 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 He said that maybe 3 or 4 months ago. How the hell is this news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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