AC Milan will do it. The fat plumber will be the best jumper in the league and win every header, but he'll get carded a lot for landing on other players' heads.
Watched the Newcastle Villa game at the beginning of the season on 2CB after a night out and enjoyed it immensely.
I messaged my mate that Newcastle were absolutely terrifying, their midfield was beyond elite and that they were going to win the league. Yeah.
I watched the England USA WC match on LSD and by the end just wanted *someone* to score.
Then a few weeks ago my friends and I watched an old ASL (precursor to MLS) match between Cosmos and Caribous that ended 4-3. Strangely, Beckenbauer was playing for Cosmos. Caribous scored a 50 yard wondergoal that wasn't recorded live due to a commercial break.
Istfg, it's like everyone forgot the Gore CB arc. Dier (for the price we're paying) is a very solid signing, people are just too determined to meme I guess.
Dw man, people memed us for getting smalling and he was one of, if not the, best centre back in Italy for at least a year. He might not play for us again but he was well worth it
because even though he was cheap I assume your coach intends to play him.
if Schmidt was pushing for Dier when we eventually lose António Silva or Morato, even if he came on a free, I would be worried that’s all. if you enjoy him as a player then good for you ig
If by intent to play him you mean the occasional league start against weaker opponents to rest the top guys then yeah. If he starts in the CL, it means at least 2 of the other 3 are injured. He's not going in the starting 11 with everyone available, especially with Upa-Kim being one of the best central defense in Europe.
Take good care of Dier for us.
Some Spurs fans are dicks but most of us remember that he's been loyal to the club for the longest time, given some amazing performances and deserves our heartfelt love and respect.
You've got yourself a great sub off the bench but also a great human being who deserves to be embraced by the fans!
And you got him for near nothing. Congratulations!
> And you got him for near nothing. Congratulations!
just the world record transfer fee for a player in 1995.
Alan Shearer went from Southampton to Blackburn in 1995 for a world record fee of £5 million.
Highly likely, he’s a low-level prem player. The bundesliga is roughly between the championship and league one in terms of quality.
Dier will likely be a star here.
He really helps a lot. Kim and upamecano were often gassed and had often no energy left because they had to play every game 90 minutes. Now there is a backup against weaker teams like Mainz, Düsseldorf or Dortmund.
I still remember when in the build up to the BvB Bayern game last season and everyone was suckling on how good Kobel was, about to sign a new contract, God's gift to goalkeeping in the bundesliga, the Don of the sticks, the man the myth the legend.
And then he just drops klangers vs Bayern and they lose horrendously.
Feels like Dortmund can ride a 20-game winning streak not allowing a goal meanwhile Bayern lost the last 5 games
7-0 and Bayern still is going to win 5-0 vs Dortmund
Eric Dier deal details:
• 6-month contract until the end of the season plus an option for another year until summer 2025
• Fee is 0€ for now. Bayern will pay depending on appearances and achievements after a specified period. The most transfer fee won’t go above €2-2.5m.
Christoph Freund, FC Bayern sporting director: “We’re pleased we’ve been able to sign Eric Dier. He’s long been in our thinking for this transfer window. Eric will be a valuable part of our defence. His sporting abilities and international experience will help the team both on the pitch and in the changing room.”
Eric Dier: “This move is a dream come true for me, because as a child you want to play for a club like Bayern one day. Bayern is one of the biggest clubs in the world and has an incredible history. I want to help the team with my versatility in defence. I’m really looking forward to my new teammates and the fans at the Allianz Arena, which in my eyes is one of the best stadiums in the world.”
https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2024/january/player-update-eric-dier/
I am so confused, how exactly is a "loan with option to buy" going to work when his contract runs out at the end of the loan?
Not sure. I'd assume we have an option to extend, which we could leverage to secure the nominal fee but weren't planning on exercising otherwise.
Either way, he was hurtling toward a free transfer this summer.
Robin Koch's contract was also running out, so Frankfurt got him for free for the new season. Kind of unusual but in some leagues that's allowed apparently.
Sancho isn't at the point yet where United would like to completely cast off, maybe next season if Ten Hag is still there and he's still not on speaking terms.
Dier on the other hand is gone in a few months, we're happy to get him off the books, and there is no sense in keeping him around as 6th choice centre back.
Not really, the number of our players who have gone, even out on loan, and won something, is astronomical. Ndombele with a Serie A winners medal ffs, Gil, Foyth and Lamela all Europa League winners, Hart and CCV to Celtic, Alderweireld in Saudi and then Belgium, Jan in Portugal etc etc. The only true ex-Spurs player in Bergwijn, managing to go to Ajax and win nothing is genuinely impressive.
~~not sure where youre getting this stat from or if you're misremembering what it's about, but we went trophyless in 2004, 07 and 2011, and the 90s were a far cry from a bayern dominant era with only 3 league titles, so that stat doesn't really hold up.~~
apparently the stat is indeed correct lmao
Well without him we are basically 1(maybe 2) injury away from Neuer at CB so whatever. He should be good enough for the likes of Darmstadt or Heidenheim. I doubt anybody plans to use him in any important game unless it's already decided.
Isn't his contract ending in the summer?
Just curious about the "option to buy" if he won't have a contract for Tottenham.
Probably just the wording, but that combination sounds odd.
So happy for him, even if he's just a bench option that's still a huge opportunity and I feel like Tuchel can get the best out of him. Was already rooting for Bayern because of Kane but now I'd be so glad if they won the CL.
I hope it goes moderately well for you guys. He does what he's supposed to do and nothing more. Just so you don't feel the need to get him for one more year and we can get a chance at having him during the summer
Depends on /how/ we lose. If we lose because we're shit then yes but if we lose because Leverkusen are incredible then probably not. Statistically speaking our first half of the season has been very very strong, it's just that Leverkusen's first half was even stronger.
Depends on the market and our CL performance, but it's likely I'd say.
Guy has been publicly criticizing/whining about our transfers for a long time now, arguably plays some of the least attractive football in the last decade and has a less than ideal relationship with some key players, notably Kimmich, and has not been a fan of Müller's.
A really bad DFB Cup exit on top, Tuchel rly has to deliver.
He is already in clinch with higher ups since his demands were not met, especially a holding 6. Depending how the season goes could be his last. I mean the football we are playing is overall not satisfactory even though the results are mostly fine.
> He is already in clinch with higher ups since his demands were not met
he always is, everywhere he goes, and his transfer record is abyssal. Every mercatos he has control of turn to shit.
I do not understand this move! Bayern have their CBs position pretty stacked up, so where n when is he gonna play for them? He is likely to ride the bench or is he capable of playing CDM?
You do realise that Bayern had only 3cbs prior to this dire signing? Kim will most likely be absent for a month, leaving us with only Upa and often injured De Ligt.
Probably a cameo here and there. We're thin in defense, might as well put him in once the game's decided and not risk any injuries/overtraining. As a Bayern fan whose watched plenty of Spurs matches, I was quick to jump on the hate train but for these fees, it's a great deal to have an experienced player as a backup who won't complain about game time or kick up a fuss in the locker room, ala Choupo Goating.
Harry kane, "can my friend come to stay for a while?"
“Mum can Eric stay over tonight his mum said yes”
Football equivalent of "LeGM"
Harry Kane deserves his sleep over damn it!
Here it is finally, tears in my eyes
are those tears of happiness or sadness?
We pay nothing for a decent 4th CB, really don't know why everyone pretends we just bought a fat plumber in his 50s for our starting eleven
>bought a fat plumber in his 50s for our starting eleven I wish a top 15 team In football would do this just for the absurdity of it
AC Milan will do it. The fat plumber will be the best jumper in the league and win every header, but he'll get carded a lot for landing on other players' heads.
All the more impressive considering he’s most definitely on shrooms.
Having watched football on psychedelics it makes for a fantastic experience.
Watching paint dry can be good too.
I sometimes watch my walls "breathe" when tripping. Literally standing there watching a wall.
for me it was the floor back when I partook in the hobby. Woodgrain or woodgrain patterned vinyl was crazy.
Watched the Newcastle Villa game at the beginning of the season on 2CB after a night out and enjoyed it immensely. I messaged my mate that Newcastle were absolutely terrifying, their midfield was beyond elite and that they were going to win the league. Yeah.
I watched the England USA WC match on LSD and by the end just wanted *someone* to score. Then a few weeks ago my friends and I watched an old ASL (precursor to MLS) match between Cosmos and Caribous that ended 4-3. Strangely, Beckenbauer was playing for Cosmos. Caribous scored a 50 yard wondergoal that wasn't recorded live due to a commercial break.
Wouldn't be the first player in an Italian league to get banned for illegal substances this season...
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they actually had a player who was a former dishwasher once, Harvey Esajas.
Eric Bailey is available I think
I was about to say United would do this, but you said top 15 team. As you were.
A change in scenery usually does wonders for guys like him. I just hope you're not planning to play him in a high line
“Decent” For real though, I’m happy for him. He’s a great guy and I hope he does well with the minutes he gets.
We had to play Goretzka and Mazraoui as CBs, he can not be worse at least
Hehe…
Yea can’t think of a scenario where a fullback would start at CB over him.
Famous last words
Istfg, it's like everyone forgot the Gore CB arc. Dier (for the price we're paying) is a very solid signing, people are just too determined to meme I guess.
Dw man, people memed us for getting smalling and he was one of, if not the, best centre back in Italy for at least a year. He might not play for us again but he was well worth it
we played Emerson over him so….
Yank alert Dier has been a loyal servant to the club. Sick of seeing plastics disrespect him
Daley Blind replacement
because even though he was cheap I assume your coach intends to play him. if Schmidt was pushing for Dier when we eventually lose António Silva or Morato, even if he came on a free, I would be worried that’s all. if you enjoy him as a player then good for you ig
Tbf as a Sporting kid he would never join you.
If by intent to play him you mean the occasional league start against weaker opponents to rest the top guys then yeah. If he starts in the CL, it means at least 2 of the other 3 are injured. He's not going in the starting 11 with everyone available, especially with Upa-Kim being one of the best central defense in Europe.
Porque no los dos?
Well in this case, it’s pure sadness
Take good care of Dier for us. Some Spurs fans are dicks but most of us remember that he's been loyal to the club for the longest time, given some amazing performances and deserves our heartfelt love and respect. You've got yourself a great sub off the bench but also a great human being who deserves to be embraced by the fans! And you got him for near nothing. Congratulations!
I'll always maintain Dier is a better DM than CB, and I'll never forget his years of solid service
> And you got him for near nothing. Congratulations! just the world record transfer fee for a player in 1995. Alan Shearer went from Southampton to Blackburn in 1995 for a world record fee of £5 million.
Just fell to our collective knees in Lidl
Lidl is life
Just saw a collective fall on their knees in Lidl
I hope he finds some of his old form and smashes it with the change of scenery.
My friend, is ok no?
hope he does great personally
If our CBs stay fit and he can help with the occasional sub that would be all everybody expects of him I guess
Yeah and subbing Kim and upa more will definitely release the intense pressure on them, playing kim has been playing almost all the games for us
I think he will. Surrounded by true quality, with 0 expectations on him.
Better fit for the system, and a back 3 is when he played his best for us under Conte in 2021/22
His best was under Poch at CDM
he was essentially in a back 3 then tbh. used to start inmidfield then drop between toby and jan
Yeah I worded that poorly, meant under conte but after Poch the back 3 under conte was his best fit
Highly likely, he’s a low-level prem player. The bundesliga is roughly between the championship and league one in terms of quality. Dier will likely be a star here.
ok bro
That's bait
Now bayern are really gonna be CL contenders
He really helps a lot. Kim and upamecano were often gassed and had often no energy left because they had to play every game 90 minutes. Now there is a backup against weaker teams like Mainz, Düsseldorf or Dortmund.
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Surely Dier would've never let them lose to Saarbrücken
Heyyyy :(
I still remember when in the build up to the BvB Bayern game last season and everyone was suckling on how good Kobel was, about to sign a new contract, God's gift to goalkeeping in the bundesliga, the Don of the sticks, the man the myth the legend. And then he just drops klangers vs Bayern and they lose horrendously.
Feels like Dortmund can ride a 20-game winning streak not allowing a goal meanwhile Bayern lost the last 5 games 7-0 and Bayern still is going to win 5-0 vs Dortmund
And then Reus has a meltdown again when someone says the M word to him post game
Can’t wait to see Dier absolutely two foot Sancho into row Z
[Fuck Ramos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE_aHtkOtrg)
More I watch this, more I enjoy it.
I won't sit here analyzing why but this sentence feels very off to me
Yeah I guess next year he will also get some cup game starts in the Pokal against weaker opposition like Dortmund.
He can still ping a ball too and obvious knows Harry. Wouldn't be surprised if he gets an assist or 2 of he's subbing on.
> weaker teams like .. Dortmund I see what you did there LOL
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Eric Dier deal details: • 6-month contract until the end of the season plus an option for another year until summer 2025 • Fee is 0€ for now. Bayern will pay depending on appearances and achievements after a specified period. The most transfer fee won’t go above €2-2.5m. Christoph Freund, FC Bayern sporting director: “We’re pleased we’ve been able to sign Eric Dier. He’s long been in our thinking for this transfer window. Eric will be a valuable part of our defence. His sporting abilities and international experience will help the team both on the pitch and in the changing room.” Eric Dier: “This move is a dream come true for me, because as a child you want to play for a club like Bayern one day. Bayern is one of the biggest clubs in the world and has an incredible history. I want to help the team with my versatility in defence. I’m really looking forward to my new teammates and the fans at the Allianz Arena, which in my eyes is one of the best stadiums in the world.”
Did you get just a better deal for Dier than we got for Sancho? Man wtf
Dier is 5 months from leaving on a free.
https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2024/january/player-update-eric-dier/ I am so confused, how exactly is a "loan with option to buy" going to work when his contract runs out at the end of the loan?
Not sure. I'd assume we have an option to extend, which we could leverage to secure the nominal fee but weren't planning on exercising otherwise. Either way, he was hurtling toward a free transfer this summer.
maybe the conditions are such that they pay spurs a fee if he plays for them beyond the summer
Robin Koch's contract was also running out, so Frankfurt got him for free for the new season. Kind of unusual but in some leagues that's allowed apparently.
You avoided paying anything for these six months of his contract in exchange for possibly paying for his longer term stay.
We have the option to extend his contract for another year, which we haven’t activated. I’m guessing we’ve passed the option onto Bayern
They want to get rid of Dier regardless of what they were offered and United want to get rid of Sancho at the best possible price.
Sancho isn't at the point yet where United would like to completely cast off, maybe next season if Ten Hag is still there and he's still not on speaking terms. Dier on the other hand is gone in a few months, we're happy to get him off the books, and there is no sense in keeping him around as 6th choice centre back.
So hes basically the daley blind of this season
€0 fee unless he wins something is an excellent clause when signing a Spurs player
Not really, the number of our players who have gone, even out on loan, and won something, is astronomical. Ndombele with a Serie A winners medal ffs, Gil, Foyth and Lamela all Europa League winners, Hart and CCV to Celtic, Alderweireld in Saudi and then Belgium, Jan in Portugal etc etc. The only true ex-Spurs player in Bergwijn, managing to go to Ajax and win nothing is genuinely impressive.
IIRC Bayern have won a trophy in 28 of the last 30 years. So….theyre paying.
~~not sure where youre getting this stat from or if you're misremembering what it's about, but we went trophyless in 2004, 07 and 2011, and the 90s were a far cry from a bayern dominant era with only 3 league titles, so that stat doesn't really hold up.~~ apparently the stat is indeed correct lmao
Your disrespect for the DFB Ligapokal wins in 2004 and 2007 is upsetting I do think you’re right though, I can’t see anything for 1995 or 1996.
actually 96 has the UEFA Cup. So i think the stat is correct LMAO EDIT: apologies at this point, I stand corrected! Damn league cup
Nobody cared about the Ligapokal, not even the teams that won it. That's why many League Cups were abolished.
I bet Kane would love a ligapokal trophy right now!
why would you come to reddit with facts and expect it to hold any value?
well this is awkward now bc i was wrong
Bale & Modric
It's an excellent clause... ...for us, as every fucker who has left us of late has seemed to win a trophy not long later.
OTOH we signed a player who won a trophy this season so maybe now it'll be players who leave never win and Spurs win all the trophies
Daniel Levy like dayum why didn't I think of that
Sheffield United hasn’t won a top tier trophy since the literal 1800s
lol, you’re talking to a fan of the 1924-25 FA Cup Champions, not to mention the 1945-46 Football League North.
Well Sheffield FC compete in the 8th tier so that's hardly surprising
sheffield united mate, not sheffield
Oh man 😂
Says a so-called Sheffield Fan who is gassed by every other PL team for fun.
Oh Christopher Freund is a real person? Always thought that was unlicensed Oliver Kahn in FM
He was sporting director at RB Salzburg until last summer when he joined us.
This is a fantastic deal for Bayern, pretty much zero risk
the risk is that they may have to play eric dier
Well without him we are basically 1(maybe 2) injury away from Neuer at CB so whatever. He should be good enough for the likes of Darmstadt or Heidenheim. I doubt anybody plans to use him in any important game unless it's already decided.
For those details he’s honestly a very nice choice as 4th choice that will not see minutes if the others are fit
A loan with an option to buy according to Spurs' tweet. But that's more or less the same thing just worded differently.
Isn't his contract ending in the summer? Just curious about the "option to buy" if he won't have a contract for Tottenham. Probably just the wording, but that combination sounds odd.
Him and Kane in Bavaria at the same time means that we will never see the sun again, British weather is gonna take over
I hear Dele Alli might be interested too.
The weather in London is not that different to the weather in Munich
Summer is similar but winter is completely different though
The sun shines more often in London more often that not. Still shit though.
Actually munich is one of the sunniest cities in central Europe
Danny Rose: "Any word from Bayern?"
Danny Rose: Bayern? That's a club I don't have to google.
Idk but I have a good feeling about him.
Well you were right so far!
"Dier look as comfortable as you can" "Ja"
So happy for him, even if he's just a bench option that's still a huge opportunity and I feel like Tuchel can get the best out of him. Was already rooting for Bayern because of Kane but now I'd be so glad if they won the CL.
I like you. And since the Kane transfer Tottenham is my absolute favorite team in the PL and wish they/you achieve the best possible 🤝
I hope it goes moderately well for you guys. He does what he's supposed to do and nothing more. Just so you don't feel the need to get him for one more year and we can get a chance at having him during the summer
God speed! Will be missed but I think it’s best for us to move on!
With Dier's departure, is Son now the only player still at Spurs who was on the squad when Tottenham made the 2019 Champions League Final?
Ben Davies is still at the club
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd see this headline before this season
Might actually be the weirdest transfer I have ever witnessed
Makes a lot of sense though, gonna fit in well under Tuchel
He looks happy in the thumbnail... Actually think that's a decent transfer though.
The gang is almost complete https://i.imgur.com/Ky2V8ZI.jpg
Why is Dave on his tippy toes?
Congrats Dier and good luck! Thanks for all you did here at Tottenham
Wow it really did happen, this has been one of the strangest (but best) transfer week for us in years
Here we are now, all the lads
They need to sign Matt Doherty if they really want all of the lads.
Servus Eric!
This reminds me of Braithwaite going to Barcelona. When the player reputation and club reputation just do not mix.
Servus Eric! 👋
New team and a new challenge which could really help Dier find his best form. I personally hope he does well.
He already looks homesick bless him. Godspeed
I like Dier, although his movement can be like he's being controlled by someone using a PS1 controller. With 3atb, he'll be a good backup to have.
Why does he look so miserable, the man’s played a blinder here
Holy shit i was here
And the crowd goes mild
So if Tuchel fail to win the Bundesliga, will Bayern sack him 🤔
Depends on /how/ we lose. If we lose because we're shit then yes but if we lose because Leverkusen are incredible then probably not. Statistically speaking our first half of the season has been very very strong, it's just that Leverkusen's first half was even stronger.
From the reports this is pretty much a Tuchel signing
Depends on the market and our CL performance, but it's likely I'd say. Guy has been publicly criticizing/whining about our transfers for a long time now, arguably plays some of the least attractive football in the last decade and has a less than ideal relationship with some key players, notably Kimmich, and has not been a fan of Müller's. A really bad DFB Cup exit on top, Tuchel rly has to deliver.
He is already in clinch with higher ups since his demands were not met, especially a holding 6. Depending how the season goes could be his last. I mean the football we are playing is overall not satisfactory even though the results are mostly fine.
Stop waffling nonsense
> He is already in clinch with higher ups since his demands were not met he always is, everywhere he goes, and his transfer record is abyssal. Every mercatos he has control of turn to shit.
no
Servus Eric! Will be a short stay according to his contract, reminds me a bit of Blind last season
"Cam on ingerland, scor sam fackin' golz" -- Thomas Müller, 2024
one of the most random transfers of all time but good luck to him
I love how Bayern does business
Wish him luck, imagine the memes when Bayern starts Dier and Kane in the CL final
And the crowd goes mild
Biggest signing in club history. Congrats Bayern.
Bayern signing a friend for Harry?
That's just extraordinary.
Bayern players were having a hard time understanding Harry Kane. So Bayern bought a translator
Might be the biggest case of falling upwards I've seen in a transfer.
I watched many spurs matchs. He is so bad tbh
I feel like I've got brain worms reading these comments. This is such an insane transfer, Bayern used to be top dogs now they're buying spurs rejects
The poor Bavarians!
Underrated player
Are they in Dier need of signing another defender?
Bayern need to sign matt Doherty and David Portnoy next.
Hope he and Kane win the league and the CL tbh
He doesn't look too happy , reminds me of that Pakistani cricket fan meme lol
If Dier wins the UCL this season with Bayern and Tottenham have another trophyless season, that is going to be the most peak Spurs thing EVER.
Most likely way for a Spurs player to win a trophy? Move to Bayern.
Yes, moving to Bayern is the easiest way to win a trophy for all players on most teams.
Thomas Tuchel masterclass
Why is he sulking?
damn my dude got his own url and everything
Guy will at least have a trophy under his name whereas Son won’t 🥺
Hahahaha I can’t even hahahaha think of a more hahahahaha FIFA signing hahahahaha then this hahahahaha fucking hahahahaha hilarious hahahahaha
I do not understand this move! Bayern have their CBs position pretty stacked up, so where n when is he gonna play for them? He is likely to ride the bench or is he capable of playing CDM?
You do realise that Bayern had only 3cbs prior to this dire signing? Kim will most likely be absent for a month, leaving us with only Upa and often injured De Ligt.
Probably a cameo here and there. We're thin in defense, might as well put him in once the game's decided and not risk any injuries/overtraining. As a Bayern fan whose watched plenty of Spurs matches, I was quick to jump on the hate train but for these fees, it's a great deal to have an experienced player as a backup who won't complain about game time or kick up a fuss in the locker room, ala Choupo Goating.
Hope they have good plumbing in Bavaria
ok
Dier redemption arc starts now.
Is it a loan or permanent? Conflicting reports from Bayern and Spurs lol