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talkSPORT: Sam Matterface gets emotional as he reacts to Dele Alli's interview with Gary Neville

https://youtu.be/hWCWTts6kmw

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More Kane than Spurs but figured some might like it.

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Is Levy screwing up the van de Ven deal now? 🤦‍♂️

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-chelsea-fc-colwill-van-de-ven-b1094220.html

"The are fears that Liverpool, who also regard Colwill highly, could hijack talks for Van de Ven as they target a similar profile of defender."

It's not exactly a "hijack" when we've had eons to get the deal done. What's Levy quibbling over? And extra £5m on top of the original asking price?

So we're now considering a player 5th in Chelsea's defence pecking order? 😖

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Interview on The Overlap's YouTube channel with Dele.

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Manor Solomon transfer news: Tottenham's new signing on fleeing war in Ukraine — BBC Sport

"I woke up to the sound of explosions and sirens," says Manor Solomon. "It was like being in the middle of a movie."

"I was running out of food and water. There was nothing to buy," he adds. "I managed to cross the border with the help of Israeli diplomats. If they hadn't come I don't know what would have happened to me."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64893002

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This Manor Solomon kid has impressive levitation capabilities.

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Some stats of the latest "Here we go" on route to Spurs

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Welcome r/coys pioneers and refugees

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Looks like a £40 mil fee

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Via Paul O Keefe on Twitter

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In what must be one of the fastest deals Levy has ever completed, Vicario (and not Raya, after Brentford insisted on the ludicrous fee of £40m) will be the successor to Lloris!

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The 23-year-old has signed a five-year deal, reportedly for a reduced fee of £25m.

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Never seemed likely to me in the first place, but if true, one fewer place for our talisman to go to.

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Another article from The Athletic on the possibility of Raya coming in from Brentford. Some of the more interesting paragraphs copied in below:

Raya started all of Brentford’s matches this season and, according to Opta, made more saves (154) than any other goalkeeper in the top flight, recorded the second-highest number of catches (51) after Emiliano Martinez and kept 12 clean sheets.

Spurs have held discussions with Raya’s camp over a potential move. Although he feels ready to make the step up to a bigger club, the situation is far from simple.

Raya joined Brentford from Blackburn Rovers for £3million in July 2019 and he signed an extension in October 2020. His deal expires in 12 months and he has rejected two new contract offers from Brentford that would have made him one of the highest-paid players in their history. In an interview with The Athletic in February, he said “that they weren’t the offers we were looking for” and “I want to play in Europe and fight for a title”.

Thomas Frank has publicly spoken about Raya’s chances of leaving and given him a valuation of “at least £40million”. Despite only having a year left on his contract, Brentford are adamant they will not sell Raya for anything less.

If Spurs find the cash to sign Raya, he will instantly elevate their ability to play out from the back. Finding a new goalkeeper who can pass the ball will be extremely important as they try to transition to a more possession-based style under Postecoglou. Raya grew up on the outskirts of Barcelona and he would spend hours as a child playing futsal with his older brother, Oscar, on a concrete pitch next to their house. This is part of the reason he is so comfortable passing with both feet under pressure from opposition strikers.

Raya’s passing grabs everybody’s attention and it means his shot-stopping goes under the radar. We know Raya makes a lot of saves but by using the goals prevented metric, which compares how many goals a goalkeeper actually conceded versus the number they were expected to based on the quality of the shot, we can get a better idea of how truly effective he is. Raya stopped nearly six more goals than he was expected to, which comfortably puts him in the top bracket in the division.

The obvious area of his game that needs to be improved is dealing with shots from long distance. Brentford conceded 10 goals from outside the box this season, which was the third-worst record in the league after Nottingham Forest (15) and Leicester City (18).

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Article from Charlie Eccleshare analysing the squad and potential additions suited to Postecoglou's high line and pressing system.

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Since Brentford bought Mark Flekken from Freiburg, Raya's departure looks to be all but certain. Reports are they are holding out for £40m, but fee more likely to be around £30m.