His agent is doing his best to tout him, telling reporters that 'the big five' (...) are all interested. Doubt we'll get him, but that's one of the rumours.
His agent is doing his best to tout him, telling reporters that 'the big five' (...) are all interested. Doubt we'll get him, but that's one of the rumours.
Also, there's a pretty funny bit of insider knowledge that says United and Spurs have a strange semi-friendly rivalry going now...Gill contacted Comolli to see if they could get a deal for Berby but was told to fuck off. Then he asked about Defoe, only for Comolli to then ask about Heinze and Smith...Comolli said that we moved aside to let United get Nani so allow us a cheeky bid on those two, but Gill says back that they let us have Bale so we're equal...funny stuff.
The mere fact that we're going for the same players United are after, and getting a few of them, is really encouraging.
I MGP but his lack of consistency means he'd be some way behind Bentley, Reid, Nelsen, Samba and Warnock in my 'bothered if they left' list.
We could really do with a left winger, maybe we need him more than you. I'd rather get the Bentley though.
Nah, Bentley loves it here. Big interview in the local rag the other day saying how much he owes to Hughes, the club and the fans for getting his career on the right track.
Says everyone at the club is looking at certainly being top 6 and pushing the top 4 next season.
Yeah I've seen him mention a few times that he's really happy there - he's matured a lot since he joined you lot, cos he used to be a right arrogant, mouthy cunt. He's a Tottenham boy though, so maybe one day we'll have him away from you. He was in the papers the other day talking about how when he was a kid his favourite players were the Tottenham strikers.
"Bentley issues a come and get me plea to Spurs"
Bale and Berbatov the main ones. Zokora also.
I don't think we were in for Zokora mate.
Certainly were linked with him, and Fergie admitted interest. Dunno about a bid. Ignoring him, getting Bale and Berby ahead of you when we're nowhere near your level isn't a bad effort.
We don't need Bale when we have FABIO and RAFAEL.
I'm happy with our summer spending
Won't win nothing with kids mate.
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/-/54/69/...archtype=genre
I think you should buy this Simon.
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Nah get this.
http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/2...e/Product.html
MASSIVE CLUB!!!
MASSIVE FIRM!!
WE ARE THE TOTTENHAM MASSIVE!!!!
They're jews, they want it free or not at all.
Villa back in for Defoe, £8m bid. Fuck off away from him.
We're either offering £8m for Petrov or we're not depending on what paper you read.
Apparently we want Marlon Harewood; I'm hoping that this is a very cheap deal for a spare striker rather than any attempt to put him into our first team any time soon.
Oh and following every Spurs fan in the world saying that they don't want Luis Figo and Spurs saying that they wouldn't break their wage structure for older players who come on a Bosman...
Luis Figo has come out and said he doesn't want to play in England anyway.
Here's a quick impression
"I'd love to play in England"
*Tumbleweed*
"I didn't want to play in England anyway"
i'm sure during his time at real madrid he was dreaming of one day playing for spurs mate.
Apparently we're making bids for Jussi, Healy and Nuggent.
I thought that you spurs guys would be interested in that.
Cheer Mik,
Nuggent you say.
Apparently so.
You should take Lee "The Hotshot" Barnard on loan for a year, he'd score a shitload and keep you up.
I actually wouldn't be completely devastated if we got Harewood...I don't rate him much, but he's happy enough being fourth (fifth if you include Ashton) choice at West Ham so I'm assuming he'd be happy doing the same with us, considering we have UEFA Cup football and so more matches in which he'd be needed...certainly preferable to fat man Mido, and at least Harewood works hard. Although on the other hand I watched the last game of the season, and seeing Kieran Richardson outmuscle Harewood on about four different occasions was one of the strangest things I'd ever seen.
Obviously we should be looking for someone (much) better, but I don't think you'll find many players who are willing to be fourth choice and are better than Harewood.
Harewood is a terrible footballer. You'd be better off buying Jeffers off us.
Not a transfer but the best news ever....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6731537.stm
Bye bye Alan Sugar you cunt. -----
EDIT --- Can someone clarify if that's allowed in the football forum? Wouldn't want to get in trouble for my foul language.
EDIT 2 --- He is a cunt though.
Yeah mate, you get banned for saying "cunt" outside the Asylum
You fucking massive dickhead.
That's an 'asylum attitude' you're using there Rosk.
Very banable.
I'm still in shock that we got shot of that bastard after 16 years of him hanging around the club.
"Double? what double?" Yeah Alan; great Spurs fan you are.
I'd be perfectly happy with Sugar as a chairman to be honest. He did nothing wrong for Spurs as far as I'm concerned.
We do need the rules and regulations confirmed, I think...I don't think an Asylum attiude will work because you know you'll get a few smart arse Yanks who'll come in here causing trouble with the "This is Asylum rules" attitude to fall back on. Silly cunts.
We're all grown up lads here. A bit of industrial language and football-related banter is all a-ok in my book.
Someone being a deliberately annoying penis should be given the boot
Indeed. This place doesnt need any written rules or regs as such. It just people to have a thick skin and it needs to be able to deal with idiots when it is necessary.
For all of those doubters out there.
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news...altypoint.html
Originally Posted by Ben Alnwick - Part time porn star and England's goalkeeping future
Massive.
Aye, but he thinks that he has a massive cock...which sadly, we all know to be untrue.
We've apparently moved ahead in the race to sign Sneijder.
From The Independent.Tottenham Hotspur have edged ahead of Aston Villa in the battle to sign Wesley Sneijder as they are willing to pay the €15m (£10.2m) transfer fee being demanded by Ajax.
The creative midfielder, who is 23 this weekend, is also keen to team up with Spurs' Dutch manager Martin Jol and would prefer a move to London rather than Birmingham. Talks are understood to have been held with his agent, Rodger Lindse.
Ajax have already rejected a series of bids from Valencia for the Dutch international which peaked at €12m (£8.1m). He was recently watched by the Villa manager Martin O'Neill at the Dutch Cup final but Jol is believed to have the advantage in chasing his signature.
If he does arrive at White Hart Lane, it will be another bold statement of intent from Spurs who have already spent up to £10m on Gareth Bale from Southampton. The pair could link up down Spurs' problematic left-flank although Sneijder, who is genuinely two-footed, can play on either flank or through the middle.
Sneijder, who played for the Netherlands in their friendly victory over Thailand on Wednesday, has been a first-team regular at Ajax for five years. He has two years on his current contract and the Dutch club has said they will hold on to him and run the risk of him going for free if they do not receive the transfer fee they are demanding.
Spurs' interest in the player is even more long-standing than Villa's, with Frank Arnesen enquiring about his availability when he was sporting director two years ago.
The only bit of insider info regarding him is this:
Sneider is our main midfield target. It is expected that he is our replacement for routledge and upgarde on Malbs - their not confident Lennon will be the star he think he is next year and want a proven talent - Lennon does have a price apparently.
Which doesn't really tell us much.
Other than that, we're looking at Fabio Quigliarella who is apparently immense, not seen much of him other than two fantastic goals he scored in Serie A last season, and I heard he got a couple of excellent goals the other night for Italy as well...supposed to be top drawer, the future of Italian football etc etc.
Chimbonda is now being linked to Seville - seems like something of a sideways step unless he just wants to move abroad. Mido to Birmingham and Murphy to Wigan, also.
Don't need him when we've got STEVE DAVIS mate.
I bet he'll be too busy potting balls.
Sneijder for that price is a bargain still.
he certainly would be. I would expect some more interest if an offer was accepted
Well the rumour is that Spurs have paid the asking price without even trying to negotiate. It looks like we're trying to push it through before anyone else can get in with an offer.
which would be smart. I would be very suprised if his agent isnt keeping a few other clubs informed. Thats not to say he would chose them over you anyway but i would expect a few late offers in.
I'm shocked that Valencia wouldn't go above £8m; insanity right there.
If we get him I'll be very happy but you couldn't blame a Champions League side for coming in for him and you couldn't blame him for signing for a bigger side if they do come in.
What's another £2m in this day and age in transfers? Fuck all, that's what.
Exactly; and especially for a player who's only 23.
You can almost understand penny pinching for players who will only have a couple of years left in them but not for a player with most of his career in front of him.
I could understand it if Spurs were only offering about £2m for him in the first place and being asked to pay another £2m, but when a player's being valued at £10.2m and you're offering £8m, you obviously badly want the player, so why not pay the extra £2m they're asking?
Spurs have just completed the best signing that any club will make this summer.
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news...tchagreed.html
Adel Taarabt's loan move has been made permanent.
We've also signed a 17 year old from Bilbao called Yuri Berchiche.
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news...inacademy.html
Add these guys (I'm assuming Berchiche is quite good based on Comolli's quotes in that link) to Dervite, Peckhart etc and we've got a great youth team going.
Well, we've got the new David Beckham:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/archive...tlawrence.html
To be fair, I saw Fletcher play for Scotland U16s and he was by far the best player on the park when they played England.
I got £20m for Fletcher when I sold him in my Man U FM07 game.
Palermo must've been desperate.
Nani, Anderson, Ronaldo, Rooney
I went to an England under 16 match in 97. At the City Ground against Scotland.
i saw owen for the under-16s against northern ireland u-16s maybe it was u-18s it was a shit game
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Watched Rovers Vs West Ham in a youth game years ago.
Present Premiership players on both teams. Best player on the pitch BY A MILE was Leon Britton who's at Swansea now. Absolutely tremendous technically.
Doesn't he host This Morning too?
I don't think Sneijder would be a bargain at £10 million. He'd definitely be a risk.
Considering what English players you could get for £10m...absolutely.
If we get £6m for Mido from Brum then we should be arrested for paying only £10m for Sneijder.
We won't get £6m for Mido. I'd be surprised if we got £3m for him...the deal with City in January was supposed to only be about £2m, don't see why we'd suddenly have jacked his price up like that.
Latest ITK stuff says that Bent won't be joining the Spam - that's supposedly come directly from Curbishley. No guarantee that that means he will join us, but West Ham were the main stumbling block with their riches.