16 Jun 2026 18:35:00
Spurs agree fifty odd million fee for Van Hecke. Feels like a benchmark for this summer's CB market. I’d expect to pay a similar fee for Lacroix, with the rumour mill heating up around our interest in him.

1.) 16 Jun 2026
16 Jun 2026 20:05:43
Or we trust Hato, Levi and Josh?

2.) 16 Jun 2026
16 Jun 2026 20:14:26
I think we need one more high quality starting, out and out, CB to play alongside Colwill. They would also need to be the figurehead in the case of another prolonged absence from Colwill. I see Acheampong and Hato as hybrid CB/FBs who will both see plenty of mins under Alonso.

3.) 17 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026 02:03:44
£52m for Van Hecke, when he has one year left on his contract, is crazy. He's nowhere near that good, imo. Didn't he make the most mistakes leading to a goal this season, too?

4.) 17 Jun 2026
Risk vs reward with his passing out from the back, I think he's up there for line-breaking passes, too. I'm not sure how good he is defensively. It feels like a strange thing to say for a CB, but it's getting said more and more.

5.) 17 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026 11:30:16
Badiashile gets slaughtered for being a player that makes risky forward passes.

I wouldn't mind £52m for him.

6.) 17 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026 12:23:06
Badiashile struggles to walk, he runs like he's got a garden rake up his top, saying that a lot fitter than me.
We need defenders, for me, all the way across the back line. Hato is still raw.

Josh will end up going, it's only a matter of getting players in before that's allowed to happen, and the others are OK on their day, but none are at a world-class level for me.

7.) 17 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026 12:39:57
When I see how Hato is now described by some fans, he seems completely different to how he was in the early days of last season.

I cannot see Josh or Reece leaving anytime soon, but it's rare for a player to spend his whole career at one club. So, I guess they will leave at some stage.