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Enjoyed how Vinai Venkatesham spoke and handled the questions on @sportsagentspod
Obviously, we all want to know which players are coming in and what the plans are for January.
What I took away, though, is that IF the club's number 1 target is available, they will go for it; otherwise, the 'plan' would be to wait until the summer and address it then.
They didn't strike much more in January because of this, and they only did so much this summer because so many of the number 1 targets were available.
So I'd be surprised if they change that model in January.
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"When I talk about being here to win, that means being here to win the Premier League, that's what this club wants to do, and ultimately the Champions League.
Can I tell you what year that'll happen in? Obviously not, but I want every single person who works for this club to think every single day: what can I do to get there, to never settle and be completely relentless to us get there."
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"We were a club that was disconnected; I didn't feel this great connection with the supporters and the club, and the players and the club.
I just didn't think we were connected"
"I think we are getting much closer to that; I firmly believe we're on the right track to get to where we want to get to"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"In these types of deals (Addressing Will Lankshear), we try to put the right things in, like a sell-on or a right to buy them back, as protection."
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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Vinai Venkatesham confirms to @sportsagentspod that the Academy is to provide players for the first team and profit for the club.
"It's both; we want our academy to make players for the first team, the connections, and how the supporters feel about the players that come through, it's special"
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"Right now, we know what the positions are; all things being equal, are the positions we want to improve, we always have a plan, and we have an eye on what we want to do."
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"I think our supporters were unbelievable (at the end of the last season); they got right behind the head coach and dragged us across the line"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"Of course we could have done more in the January window, if we did, would the second half of last season have been less stressful?, possibly, but would that have meant we have the right players going forward for this season? No"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"I was frustrated (at the start of the season); I wasn't panicking, but we felt the results would come. "
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"We achieved so much more than we thought we might do, because so many of our number 1 targets we were able to land. Because if we couldn't get our number 1 target, we weren't going to settle"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"When we're looking for players, we look through lens, one is the quality today and who they might become; character- is this a player we want in the dressing room, and can they be a leader today or in the future; physical robustness can they stand up to the demands of the Premier League"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"We already have an idea of the positions we want to strengthen in the summer window next year.
"That idea will change with injuries that might happen and surprises on the upside and down"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"Thomas (Frank) was the complete gentleman that you would think he would be (during sacking), and we continue to have a good relationship"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"We're trying to change the culture; I'm not sure there's another sports organisation on the planet that's gone through as much change as we have (In the last year)"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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"The owners have come out with their ambitions of the club and are very clear that we are here to win and be successful on the pitch"
- Vinai Venkatesham via @sportsagentspod
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" I don't think the club had the heart and the feelings of the supporters in mind when making the biggest decisions.
On the sporting side, a bit of a revolution needed to happen to change our fortunes"
- Vinai Venkatesham on what he noticed joining Spurs via @sportsagentspod
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A hugely disappointing evening for AC Milan at the San Siro.
It feels very much like two steps forward, one step back for them at the moment.
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Tottenham retain the right to match any first option for Harry Kane, despite his new Bayern Munich contract.
The agreement was part of his transfer and sits outside his contract.
- As per @Matt_Law_DT
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Jun'ai Byfield shown in first-team training alongside Luca Williams-Barnett.
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And now a professional at Tottenham Hotspur.
Congratulations, Oscar Sandiford
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OSCAR SANDIFORD:
ANOTHER SPURS ACADEMY NAME TO REMEMBER
Tottenham defender Oscar Sandiford has been named in The Guardian’s prestigious Next Generation 2026 list, highlighting the best first-year scholars at each Premier League club.
The recognition continues an impressive rise for the 16-year-old.
Sandiford is primarily a defender who can play at centre-back, but has established himself at right-back for Tottenham’s Under-18s.
Remarkably, he played regularly at that level last season while still a schoolboy.
The Guardian describes him as the most advanced of a talented group of first-year scholars currently coming through at Hotspur Way, highlighting his strength, speed and ability to attack from full-back. One club source described his forward runs as being “like a bull.”
Sandiford joined Tottenham from Crystal Palace at 14 and has a genuine connection with the club. His father is a lifelong Spurs supporter, and Oscar himself attended matches at the old White Hart Lane growing up.
His development has already extended beyond club football.
After representing England a year above his age group at Under-17 level, Sandiford has progressed into the Under-18 setup and recently started England’s 2-1 victory over South Korea in the UEFA Friendship Cup.
He was also part of the Tottenham group that won the Under-16 Premier League Cup before becoming a full-time scholar this summer.
The Guardian recognition continues a long line of Spurs players, including Luca Williams-Barnett, George Feeney, Mikey Moore, Jamie Donley, Alfie Devine, Harvey White, Oliver Skipp, and others.
There is a lot of excitement around Oscar's potential in N17; let's hope he continues his impressive rise to the first team.
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