Stay up or relegation!!! Just make sure we sign Lewis Holtby!!!

[Luffy86]

Basically!!, we can mould a team around this guy!!
Feel like he has a big connection with the club already!!, I don't care what happens between now and the start of next season.... Just make sure this boy is our centre pin!!
A £15m bid should be make the deal doable, make him out highest earner on a long contract, and then we make out mark!!
Murphy no.2!!
His passion is unquestionable!!
One Lewis Holtby, There's only one Lewis Holtby!!
Great win and effort from the boys today, new lease of optimism!!

COYW!!!

[ChesterTheTabby]

He will never play in the Championship, at age 24 he is aspiring to the international scene. We stay up, and he will want to join I think, and I think we will pull out all the stops.

[Luffy86]

We live in hope!!

[premFlem]

He will never play in the Championship, at age 24 he is aspiring to the international scene. We stay up, and he will want to join I think, and I think we will pull out all the stops.

He would run riot in championship, pay the guy and spurs the right money build the team around him we get promotion and shad gets his money back tenfold ...why risk the tv money?

[Black, White and Fred]

Would love him in a Fulham shirt for life but cant see it happening. Stand up bloke.

[EJL]

No chance.

[premFlem]

No chance.

If we get relegated and fail  to bounce back first season lose 70 mill (per season).......risky.
Only premier Quality players willl win promotion if needed.

[HatterDon]

IT'S NOT HIS CHOICE

[Count Berbatov]

If Mitro is worth 12m, how about offer 24 for this guy. Levy likes £$£. He'll sell anything and anyone for profit

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[TonyGilroy]

IT'S NOT HIS CHOICE

Of course it's his choice. If he wants to stay and we pay the price he signs permanently.

I can't imagine that happening if we're relegated.

[leonffc]

If we stay up I think there's a chance if signing him if Spurs make it clear he has no future but it depends who else wants him.
Apparently a few clubs were in for him with us but were scared off by his wages. That could hinder a permanent deal but it shouldn't!!

[HatterDon]

IT'S NOT HIS CHOICE

Of course it's his choice. If he wants to stay and we pay the price he signs permanently.

I can't imagine that happening if we're relegated.

Really? He loaned himself? And, this summer he can transfer himself? And all this time I thought he was contractually obligated to Tottenham. Silly me.

[Pluto]

Absolutely zero chance of keeping him if we go down. He wants to get back in the Germany squad and realistically has the ability to play for a Champions League side. It's some kind of fluke/gift from the gods that we have him for the rest of the season. The suggestion that we could keep in him is unlikely if we stay up, but frankly laughable if we're relegated to the Championship.

[King_Crud]

i thought Schalke wanted him back?

[TonyGilroy]

IT'S NOT HIS CHOICE

Of course it's his choice. If he wants to stay and we pay the price he signs permanently.

I can't imagine that happening if we're relegated.

Really? He loaned himself? And, this summer he can transfer himself? And all this time I thought he was contractually obligated to Tottenham. Silly me.

Bizarre argument.

If Tottenham wanted him they wouldn't have loaned him out.

They may change their mind or name a price we won't pay but the first thing needed is for Holtby to want to join us permanently.

That's the case with every transfer. The players may not get the move they want but they don't go anywhere unless they want to.

I know things were done differently in the good old USA but that was anti bellum and was special treatment for only a part of the population.

[MrProphet]

i thought Schalke wanted him back?

I could see him going back to Germany lots of talk of him going to Dortmund but can't see that happening as he's a schalke boy and those two absolutely hate each other

If whoever is in charge at spuds next year doesn't fancy keeping him then they are an idiot.would love the guy to stay but he is champions league quality and deserves to play for a top top team

[Danitar]

I actually think if we do stay up the khan will spend the cash as he doesn't want another season like this. So why not go for holtby

[Craven Mad]

I cannot understand why he isn't liked by Spurs fans. Holtby seems like one of the nicest blokes on the pitch, puts in a shift every game, and seems to seriously care about how the team do (not just himself). He's up there with Vincenzo Montella at the top of my 'favourite loan signings' list.

If we stay up, I would be delighted to see him stay. However, if he wants to go elsewhere I wouldn't hold it against him either.

[HatterDon]

IT'S NOT HIS CHOICE

Of course it's his choice. If he wants to stay and we pay the price he signs permanently.

I can't imagine that happening if we're relegated.

Really? He loaned himself? And, this summer he can transfer himself? And all this time I thought he was contractually obligated to Tottenham. Silly me.

Bizarre argument.

If Tottenham wanted him they wouldn't have loaned him out.

They may change their mind or name a price we won't pay but the first thing needed is for Holtby to want to join us permanently.

That's the case with every transfer. The players may not get the move they want but they don't go anywhere unless they want to.

I know things were done differently in the good old USA but that was anti bellum and was special treatment for only a part of the population.

Tottenham didn't loan him with an option to buy. They loaned him as a favor to him so as to get more pitch time in hopes of making the Germany squad. There was never any indication that he was not in their long term plans.

Just like every other player under contract, the decision about the future of the player starts and ends with the club that holds the contract. This is pretty much the same all over the world.  What the player wants may have an impact on the decision, but the club who holds the contract must be willing to transfer and there must be a club willing to sign. The player can turn down a transfer but he cannot effect one.

I thought someone who followed football as you do might understand that, and I also thought you were in the legal profession.

Oh, by the way, many in the USA are philosophically predisposed against war, but I think you really meant "ante bellum." 

[The Doctor]

Seem to remember a vague rumour knocking around when we got him on loan that Spurs would be prepared to listen to offers about £8m.  If true, his availability would depend on how much we're prepared to spend.

Entirely plausible to my mind, given Spurs usual midfielder churn