Worst recent signing?

[murphy]

3 hours ago, Lloyd90 said:

I’ve just been looking at his injury record. metatarsal fracture in May 2021, which required surgery on a broken bone in his foot. Then had pelvic/groin injury/inflammation that required surgery in 2022. Then when he returned after a lengthy lay off, he got a hairline heel fracture which included a deep laceration and also secondary damage on the bone.

Dont think he has ever been the same player since. He was considered an extremely promising player before this and was a regular in the premier league for Spurs.

he really is done.

 

Excellent due diligence by us, as usual. 

[murphy]

9 hours ago, LeePhilpottsBaldSpot said:

Unbelievable that we bankrupted ourselves spending €167m / £147m on this lot...

And it doesn't even include this one.  The undisputed all-timer... 

 

 

[Finnegan]

In context, Oliver Skipp. 

 

Doesn't mean I think he's the worst player on the list, although he isn't great. 

 

But when you consider what that 25m could have been spent on and what it could have done for the club, it's pretty honking. 

 

It completes the trio of our worst signings in recent history along with Slimani and Perez for wasting potential and momentum. 

 

[ian__marshall]

Not sure what's worse, the transfer fees paid, or the wages. Any normal club signs these clowns at much lower fees, however even if they ended up overpaying, they'd be on half the salary we've offered and would have been moved on relatively quickly at a small loss as soon as it became apparent they were not the right fit.

 

Instead we've locked them into huge salaries over very long contracts and in order to try and right our wrongs we've ended up stockpiling a load of dross.

 

We're like a gambler whose made a loss and stays at the table to try and claw back enough money to break even, but inevitably loses more and more getting themselves into deeper trouble. 

 

Ric summed it up perfectly when discussing Rodgers on the latest pod. We created an insane liability on the P&L. Who in their right mind offered Rodgers £50m over 5 years. It'd be absurd for Man City, Man Utd, Real Madrid, etc., let alone a club with our level of revenue generation.

 

A quick Google tells you the average tenure of a PL manager is 2 years, so why commit to 5, when a) the manager has already served time on a previous contract, and b) statistically the probability of having to sack him prior to the 5 years coming to an end is very very high. The levels of incompetence in the board room are beyond imagination. 

 

Edited 2 November 2025 by ian__marshall

[Haywood_6]

It was between Skipp or Daka for me but Daka takes it. Simply for how long he's been here. He’s the absolute poster boy for the Top and Rudkin collapse. There was once a half decent player there somewhere banging in goals for fun in Austria but since he’s been with us he's been completely ineffective. No strength, no balance, can’t link the play, and his finishing and decision making are just dreadful. He's not even fit to even lace a 37 year old vardys boots.

[when_you're_smiling]

18 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Show this list to any KPFC idiot that bleats on about "PSR".

Do a Man U or Chelsea list then. Our shite outlay not even as much as Harry Maguire and Jaydon Sancho - never mind Anthony.

[Pliskin]

22 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Show this list to any KPFC idiot that bleats on about "PSR".

Yea, the PL definitely made us sign those players didn’t they? 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

4 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Do a Man U or Chelsea list then. Our shite outlay not even as much as Harry Maguire and Jaydon Sancho - never mind Anthony.

Ah yes because our turnover is the same as Man United and Chelsea you're right.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Just now, Pliskin said:

Yea, the PL definitely made us sign those players didn’t they? 

They're out to get us!

[UniFox21]

4 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Do a Man U or Chelsea list then. Our shite outlay not even as much as Harry Maguire and Jaydon Sancho - never mind Anthony.

Yes but Man United and Chelsea have hundreds of millions if not billions of income, the ability to then flog the player for a decent sum and the league looking the other way when they do some behind the scenes moving to make ends meet

[fazzyfox]

Following the first relegation there were claims that there would be a root and branch investigation into everything including I presume recruitment / contracts / wages. Mistakes had been made, identify them, draw a line in the sand then say “never again”.

 

Fast forward a year, with every penny needing to count a huge slice of our budget goes on Skipp. For such a fee and contract that player should be integral to our side week in week out but look at it now, one thing Marti has got right is his assessment that he’s a championship sub who you don’t even use in rotation when you’re on an awful winless run. 

So for me it’s Skipp, it was one we had to get right and came after the alleged deep analysis of past mistakes.

[when_you're_smiling]

3 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Ah yes because our turnover is the same as Man United and Chelsea you're right.

 

2 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Yes but Man United and Chelsea have hundreds of millions if not billions of income, the ability to then flog the player for a decent sum and the league looking the other way when they do some behind the scenes moving to make ends meet

Yeah - and that's PSR. A club our size can't make the mistakes we did where as the top clubs can basically do what they want pretty much and be fine.

[Swarles Barkley]

I voted Skipp but its Ward 100%. A competent goalkeeper that year and we clearly stay in the prem. 

[MattFox]

We deserve punishment for the mistakes we’ve made if we take off the blue tinted glasses and look at it sensibly 

[5waller5]

3 minutes ago, Swarles Barkley said:

I voted Skipp but its Ward 100%. A competent goalkeeper that year and we clearly stay in the prem. 

 

Even worse as we had one on the bench

[Pliskin]

15 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

They're out to get us!

The buggars! 

[ajthefox]

Skipp is the worst decision for me, if not the worst player.

 

Data and Soumare have been bigger failures in being here longer and not performing, but I can understand their fees a bit more given their situations when we bought them.

 

We all knew that was silly money for Skipp at the time, the Spurs fans couldn't believe it.

[beepee1984]

The worse signing is 100% SKIPP - because we knew exactly what we were getting

He was not an unknown - we knew he was useless when we spent £20+ mil on Him

Having this pathetic excuse of a footballer at our club is 100% the recruitment teams fault and was an awful and expensive signing by a club who couldn't afford it

And if I class the worst signing as an error by the recruitment team then he is the worst

 

If you saw Ward at Aberdeen or Huddersfield or even as a cup Goalkeeper for us in the 1st year - you would see potential and would not believe the liability he became. He is an example of a player who devolved under the coaching at our club.

 

Daka had potential, he was brought in because he had pace and scored goals at a lower level  and got into good positions- he was brought in to be the next Vardy - I don't blame the recruitment team for signing him - unfortunately not just has he not fulfilled his potential he is another player that has completed devolved by the coaching at this club and is now scared of his own shadow and spends the entire game questioning himself

 

Both Ward and Daka need a sports physiologist, something we no longer appear to have and it is clear in the players

 

Golding was not a signing -he was effectively a Chelsea discount on Dewsbury-Hall and away of circumventing PSR rules by Chelsea

 

Soumare was a poor signing and has never fitted into any managers approach, but he was a consistent performer at Lille and showed more potential than Skipp ever did.

 

We don't mention the 8 mil loan fee for Eduoard or 3 mil for a 3rd choice Right back when we only had funds/space for one player in a season we were struggling - surely a loan for an top academy player who could fit into the team would be more use

 

Okoli was a poor signing - fell for 1 good season in a close knit team and Ayew/Carrenza are 2 strikers that showed they were not born goal scorers both brought in when we need a goal scorer - why? Although not much outlay, their wages and the decision to sign them is incredibly poor

[murphy]

Whilst we are booting our recruitment team (and rightly so) it is worth pointing out the role that Steve Cooper might have had in this. 

 

I am convinced that Ayew and Skipp stink of Cooper. 

[murphy]

Where is Connor Coady on that list or is it just players that are still here? 

[Lewis's Junior]

A glorious conundrum for a Sunday morning, it’s really difficult to pick just one!
 

Went for skipp. Most of the others showed glimmers of something - Skipp has nothing. Zilch. And if he can’t get in this team then god help us. 

[Dames]

Wout Faes no contest. Any time he gets a decent run in the team results fall off a cliff. 

Edited 2 November 2025 by Dames

[HankMarvin]

Now add the wages, and without a doubt it’s Daks for what he has achieved it 

[The Year Of The Fox]

Mental how Skipps by far and away the front runner when we’ve got an absolute clown in defence who’s been the sole fault for numerous goals over the years    

[The Leicester Badger]

I was hoping for more than one guess, frankly I'd have clicked on  every one of them, utter overpaid chancers the lot of them.But for the Money Skipp is by far the most overpriced, Sunday league footballer I've ever seen, can you imagine Spurs' reaction when Leicester came in with a  bid of £23 Million for him, I bet they're still on the boardroom floor rolling around laughing now...