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By ManicSpur
For THBN


As we stated in yesterday's article, our main source (the one who told us first that Davids was about to sign) informed us that Daniel Levy would break the current transfer record on a player.

We were also told that Levy is in current negotiations with the mystery player's club.

We received an email early this morning from another fairly reliable source claiming that one of the players featured in the above picture may sign before the transfer deadline of 31st August 2005.

The first player (left) is Ajax attacking midfielder Westley Sneijder. Sneijder can play anywhere in midfield and is superb at link play. The 21-year old had a troubled last season as there were many changes in the Ajax team. Jol has been a long time admirer of the player. The strange thing is that Sneijder isn't worth more than £11 million. Ajax value him closer to £7 million.

The next player is Internazionale's Andy van der Meyde (centre picture). Van der Meyde is another product from the Ajax School of Excellence. The 26-year old can play on either wing, but prefers the left wing. The Dutch international is exactly what we need on the left wing. He is big and strong and runs at the opposition. Many of you may remember him by the stunning volley he scored against Arsenal in the 2003/2004 season of the Champions League.

Inter value him at around £11 million, which would equal what we paid Dynamo Kiev for Rebrov in 2000.

The thrid player (right picture) is Feyenoord star striker Dirk Kuyt. The 25-year old prolific striker is also in the Dutch squad but has yet to gain a cap. He has scored 49 goals in 68 games with 21 assists to his name. Kuyt is also a very large striker that is normally deployed as a target man. We all know that Martin Jol likes to play the 'little and large' partnership up-front, so Kuyt (pronounced Qu-ift) would fit perfectly alongside Defoe or Keane.

Feyenoord have stated that they will only sell the tall striker if they receive an offer worth looking at. Our source has said that Feyenoord value him at around £10 million, which in today's market is a snip when compared to the £7 million Liverpool paid for ex-Spur Crouch.

Many of you have said that you think neither of these players break the £11 million mark, and to be honest, we agree with you. If we are to 'break the bank' as our sources have stated, then we can expect two signings.

Here at THBN, we think that the most likely signing will be between Westley Sneijder or Dirk Kuyt. Andy van der Meyde has stated that he is very happy at Inter and thoroughly enjoys his life in Milan.

I personally would like Westley Sneijder to join us, as he can play on the left wing, is fast and has an abundance of skill. He had a dip in form last season, but Jol can get the best out of the 21-year old.

I am pleased that Martin Jol is beginning to show his Dutch influence at Spurs. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger started the French revolution at Highbury, Rafa Benitez is starting the Spanish Inquisition at Liverpool, while Mourinho already has four Portuguese players on the books at Chelsea.

In my opinion, Dutch players are pure class, and so it would be great if Martin Jol could influence an orange campaign at the Lane.

322 comments

  1. Exciting times for spurs,
    i cannot see us getting another striker or central midfielder to be honest. Likely to be a left winger.
    Sjneider it is then!
  2. or Sneijder.....even
  3. He's a great player, and Jol know's him very well.

    THBN Team
  4. sneijder would be quality but what happend to yesterdays rumours of a near certain purchase of owen??
  5. We were told that Davids had his medical & fitness tests yesterday and that he passed them with flying colours.

    Our sources told us that the reason he hasn't been revealed to the fans yet is that maybe another player will sign and so there will be a joint unveiling of players.

    Regards

    THBN Team
  6. THBN never said anything about Owen joining Spurs, that was JK.

    THBN Team
  7. Rowling? Menopausal?
  8. I wanna hear more from JK on the owen rumor too!
  9. surely other top clubs in europe would want to also sign Sneijder, he is top quality!? how sure are you that this is true THBN?
  10. I'm sorry but Andy van der Meyde is worth no where near £11m. Inter only paid about £5m and he has failed to settle in Italy and win a regula rplace at Inter. A fee of less than £5m woul dget him.
  11. i cant see any of these stretching anywhere near £11m
  12. according to some reports it isnt a single player that will break the transfer record, its a double swoop!
  13. We were given three names. Sneijder was one of the names

    THBN Team
  14. any broadsheet rumour is normally published with good sources though...
    its hardly the red-tops claiming we will sign Ronaldo
  15. ...yeah Brum were after Butt so... Davis is in the mould of that kind of player
  16. its rubbish the bird cant be right!
  17. THBN were you informed that one of these 3 would break the transfer record, or is it possible that one of these players will come aswell.

    someone said in madrid it says owen is coming can you confirm this.

    has your source from yesterday told you anymore regarding the £11mil+ player
  18. Dutch could mean anything, maybe we will be buying a pair of cloggs!
  19. THBN team...

    will one of these be aswell as an £11mil+ player or instead of because they obviously arent the player you reffered to yesterday.

    have you any more idea on who the player could be??
  20. I'm thinking Villa will miss out on Baros and end up signing AJ. He fits in with the rest of their 'nearly men'...that O'leary will insist on calling his 'babies'....
    even though most are over 30
    idiot
  21. yer theyve done gr8!!!

    wish i new who they were trying to get tho.

    it will obviously be done soon because they will want to announce him with davids

    what a photo that will be
  22. keane to villa to replace vassell, we get owen, pic of owen and davids, nice.

    now i'll wake up, nice dream though
  23. THBN TEAM....

    what do you think this means in terms of the £11mil+ player??

    do you have any idea who he could be...or could it be more than one player

    id love to see sneijder at spurs
  24. Davids was definately in London yesturday, i expect 3 newfaces at the lane tommorow.

    thats all i can tell you.
  25. I think its safe to say we can forget Owen.
    Keane has had a contract on the table for ages...had his best seaso for us last year, i think if he notices we are going places, he'll stay.
  26. THBN...

    are spurs trying to get all three of these or are they interested in one and your source cant tell you exactly who it is???

    hope its sneijder he's wicked.

    do you know anymore about yesterdays mystery player???
  27. anon 12.50...

    will these 3 include Davids??

    im thinking davids sneijder and owen!!!

    what a team that would be
  28. it started out as davids and maybe one other now its 3 players?! maybe gettign carried away.....
  29. Would anyone actually mind if we didn't sign any player this summer.
    I think we'd be fine.
    We're lucky to have transfer money.
    All these extra players are just a bonus
  30. anon 12.50

    are you sure about 3 new faces

    is one of them davids

    give us a clue on who they are

    sneijder

    owen

    ????
  31. Davids will be unvailed tommoz with 2 others.
  32. now we're linked with everyone i want to see some end result!!
  33. are you sure about davids and two others

    i goin on hols cant believe i going to miss it!!!

    we could have the whole dutch national team by the time im back!!!
  34. anon 12.50

    do you know who the 2 others are??
  35. We asked our source to tell us the players name, or at least give us a hint. Then this morning we were given three names and told that the club have been working behind the scenes in order to bring one of the three players in.

    As regards Keane, all we know is that a contract was offered to him five months ago and he has yet to sign it.

    We never received any feeds from any sources stating that Owen would join.

    Regards

    THBN Team
  36. what i have heard there is only 1 dutch player on his way, the other is english.
  37. good work THBN team

    do you not think that there will be two players unveiled with davids tommoro then

    i hope somuch we get Sneijder for left mid

    routledge carrick davids sneijder!!

    WOW

    COYS!
  38. anon 12.59

    do you think it is davids + dutch player + english player!!!

    do you know any names

    give us a clue
  39. Come on, we are talking 11+
  40. what is your source for the 3 new players

    will it be davids + dutch player + english player

    how much is that gonna cost!!!

    more than sergei rebrov i spose!!!
  41. yeah, as THBN told you, spurs want 1 of 3 dutch players and the english player is definately based in England which rules out Owen.
  42. I also think we are doing well with the players we have. More experience would be benificial all round, but the basic squad is now very competitive.
  43. that leaves joey cole then!!!
  44. i think it will be cole and kuyt

    because we wouldnt get sneijder and cole


    although id love sneijder

    any guesses for the english player?
  45. do you actually know who these players will be or are you guessing like i am

    what is your source?
  46. We do not believe we will have another signing along with Davids tomorrow.

    We haven't been told anything from our sources to make us think that.

    We didn't believe the Davids feed either, but that happened.

    We don't want to get our hopes up. We are sure that Westley Sneijder will play for the club within the next 3 years though as he is Jol's most admired Dutch player.

    Regards

    THBN Team
  47. apparently Spurs are still chasing Jenus.
  48. We have never stated that an English player will sign.


    THBN Team
  49. I'd like to see Kuyt at the lane next year. Sneijder would be a great signing for us! Don't know that we'll get him tho.

    Love to see:

    Sneijder Davids Carrick/Mendes Routledge/Tainio
    across the middle of the park
  50. It'll def be Sneijder, Jol was in for him and Van Der Vaart in the Jan transfer window, then Rafael the pleb went to Hamberg.... even He cant carry Atouba that much!
    About time Jol used his Dutch Connections.... he's only 5'7 and built like a streak of piss but damm the lad can play... Sneijder, yes please!
    THBN, any news on whether we're going to offload the carthorse?
  51. THBN team i thought you said we might be signing someone else and now you say we arent getting anyone...

    that got my hopes down
  52. exciting times 4 spurs....even if dese storys aint true ive had a good time waitin 4 wats gona happen..ive been gettin goose bumps bout dis season..i can only see good things com 4m dis season..COM ON YOU SPURS
  53. Oi, read the story will you, it says we will sign another player, does it not?
  54. it does but thbn also say that we wont be getting anyone tomorro and some people were sure the medical was being put off for a double announcement..

    thats why my hopes are down
  55. Yes, King Ledley.

    How do you know this?
  56. My in club source still keeps telling me that we are after Jermaine Jenas and that a deal was done months ago to sell Brown to Birmingham City.
  57. king ledley: what did it mean?
  58. about davids arriving at spurs lodge?
  59. I'm sure when we signed Keane Hoddle said we had an option for a further year
  60. nice one! i cant wait to see him holding the shirt!
  61. if the davids deal isnt announced soon i am sure we are getting someone else because they are waiting for a double announcement

    of that would b gr8

    good work king ledley

    can u get the pics on here???
  62. any more developments on the other signing(s)??
  63. As regards yesterdays debate, we were very happy to break the record and see over a 1,000 comments.

    As regards putting people's hopes up and down: THBN is a debate site. We post stories that appear on other sites or from what our sources feed us.

    Whatever we post isn't fact unless we state it is. We don't want to get everyone's hopes up, but at the same time, we need to publish the articles that our sources give us.

    We were the first site to state that Davids had signed, even though a lot of the THBN Team didn't really believe it at the time.

    We then posted that reports are circulating that we would break the £11 million transfer fee, but did not give out any names as we didn't have a clue who we were apparently in for.

    This morning we received an email giving us three names related to the article yesterday.

    But as nearly all of you say, none of the three are worth more than £9-10 million, so if we actually are in for any of these players, then it is correct to as…
  64. Davids will be unveiled tommorrow along with Jenas just like I told you yesterday.............

    You won't listen will .....

    TRUST ME !
  65. We dont need Jenas!
  66. jenas...ffs...he's crap...
  67. thanks for clearing it up THBN

    im still optimistic

    hope we get kuyt and sneijder

    Robbo

    Kelly king dawson Stalteri

    routledge carrick davids sneijder

    defoe kuyt

    WOW!!
  68. and also didn't Souness want £20mill for Jenas? lol
  69. I'd prefer OWEN ..... But I was told this three days ago before DaVids signed and I did not believe it but then 2 hours later it was on Sky sports about Davids so I can only assume my source will be right about tommorrow
  70. come on lads jenas aint a bad player!!!

    he a good player going to be a gr8 player
  71. I'd love to trust you, but how can we when you don't even use your real name "Anonymous"
    Any chance we could off load the Carthorse for 6M??
  72. I think the new signings that will come to Spurs will not be the Dutch players, but could be Guti and Boa Morte. As Levy has spent a lot of time chasing the Real Madrid player.
  73. the jenus thing has gone too qiet, one of the big reporters would have picked up on an ongoing deal, jenus aint coming to the lane!
  74. Stalteri is well hard and tough tackler

    he can play RB RW LB LW so probable left back
  75. Van der Mayde 11m? Hahahahhah you mong. Inter want rid, he was being touted for around 4m, plus hes fecking shiit, no better then what we have

    Mong board
  76. yep I've heard it's jenas from someone inside the club. What a first XI we are shaping up to have for next season. My tout contacts say that black market tickets for Reading on Saturday has gone through the roof! They always consistently tell me that Spurs fans pull up the most money on the black market than any other team and that tickets for hard to get Spurs games get them more enquiries than any other London team. Can you imagine with a successful side how far we could go?!
  77. davids, carrick, tainio, routledge... i can't see jenas anywhere
  78. Well done THBN team i think considering the pressure on you guys yesterday to come up with the goods before everybody else you handled it magnificently. Never before have i read every thread thru and thru like i did yesterday... i was like a Grizzly bear wanting to devour more meat with every new snippet of info.
    When your stuck down under listening so intently to all my fellow spurs supporters gives me heart that we are all wanting the very best for this perfect team. Im so proud of DL and MJ and i hope that the 2 fellas can bring back some of the glory days for this SLEEPING GIANT of a club.. Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur!!!
    But boy i wouldnt mind it more if owen where unveiled... hehehe
  79. Listen to king ledley knows the spurs tea lady, has a mate(thats questionable)that lives right next to spurs lodge toilets what total bollocks well funny
  80. Yidskin, it is difficult to follow stories from people whp post anonymous, could you please post again what you have heard
  81. Why would we sign Jenas? We already have Davids, Carrick, Tainio, Mendes, Huddlestone, Brown, Marney and Davis as central midfielders.

    The last we heard about Jenas was that Newcastle were looking to offload him but wanted silly money.

    We did make a bid of £7 million but they said they wanted £14 million.

    Daniel Levy isn't prepared to pay that for Jenas, of that you can be assured.

    Regards

    THBN Team
  82. Parklane yiddo, the info given by king ledley is fact, davids is now half way through his medical at spurs lodge
  83. thank you THBN for all you do

    i look forward to seeing your comments in the bold text.

    you always seem so knowledgable and always convince me what your sources say are true


    thank you!!
  84. If we get Kuyt it's the Champions league for us, he is top class, seen him play loads of times, I can't believe that we would get him for less than £11M. However who will go if he comes in, it's got to be Kanoute, he has rubbed Jol up the wrong way on a couple of occasions and his days looked numbered I'm afraid to say.
  85. Well fuckin hats off i just wana see him in the shirt and are be well happy
  86. jenas is quality but we dont need him
  87. woul love to have jenas at the club but we dont need him cos of the talent we already have in central midfield.
    he'd rather stay at the barcodes than warm our bench

    we could put sneijder on left wing and start with defoe nand kuyt upfront and with keane and mido playing their fair shair too

    what a team we will have
  88. Firstly,what a great bunch of supporters we have on this site,well done to all.(the arseholes have nearly gone :) )
    It is indeed very exciting times at The Lane,we have a strong board and management team and a young promising squad that will realistically compete for a champions league spot.The peace cup was a great success not only cause we won it but it gave MJ a better idea of where we could be exposed and he with the backing of DL will address this with some experienced players.Davids will lead by example and his experience alone is worth his wages,others will come and I, like a few on here think it will be a left winger (Sneijder)and possibly 1 other.Dont forget its a squad game and its the Squad that will take us on.
    THBN keep up the good work and thanks.
    COYS!!
    Yid4Life.
  89. Well anyone of those 3 players would be super for us. Let's not forget we have Reid, Routeledge and Tannio in the squad. You can always improve though.

    I'm sure we're going to sell about 5 players too as they squad is massive now.
  90. even the flippin guardian is talking about dirk and andy... things must be serious or are they just bored piss weak journos who plagiarise in order to show their ed that they actually done something... Nah couldnt be!!! Not the guardian...
  91. I have a reliable soure in the spurs medical team.

    Davids is a spurs player.

    Kuyt will be a spurs player.

    Sniejder will hopefully be a spurs player.


    As regards to players leaving,

    I believe Kanoute will go as will Keane but only if he dont sign his new contract and a good offer comes in for him. Wont replace Keane straight away but Barnard will be given a chance this season

    Brown is going to Wigan and either Davis OR Mendes are going. Depends whats offered. I dont think Mendes will be too happt at being 4th or 5th choice midfielder

    does anyone know whos going to repalce Arsehole, I mean Arneson?
  92. van der meyde - BIG dissappointment during euro 2004.... Routledge for me.
    Lets not forget how well we did in the peace cup, tainio is that special! 1 more class signing and keep the rest of the dosh burning in ones pocket just in case of a crucial injury.
    sneijder could perfect a well oiled football machine,reid and zeigler as cover.
    i'd like to see defoe off and get owen personally unless defoe pulls his finger out and attack the ball.
    EXITING TIMES AHEAD.
  93. This all sounds awesome - as even if we don't sign anyone else the squad we have + Davids would still be wicked.

    The only thing that scares me is the rumours of spunking 9million on Andy Johnson - that would be gutting...i'd rather noonne than him!!!

    Has anyone any details on how likely this is?
  94. Guys,

    I am glad to see the Sneijder link finally come to the fore. About 9months ago, I posted on various forums that Spurs would place a big for Wesley this summer. Why? I'll tell you why - Spurs have been monitoring his progress ever since Pleat was still in charge of our youth recruitment. We're talking almost three years ago now. How do I know all this? Well, first I am Dutch and secondly, my family knows that of Ton Pronk (Ton is a Director of coaching at Ajax)

    I was informed at the time that the deal is this - Inter and Barcelona hold the Aces. Inter want to sign BOTH Van der Vaart and Sneijder, but Sneijder wants to join Rjikaard at Barca. VDV will definitely move this summer and, with Inter looking to offload Van der Meyde - Rapheal looks on his way to Inter.

    Will Spurs get Sneijder? Possibly - but I think they need to act now, and definately before Barcelona make any move. I think Barca currently have their eyes on acquiring Baptista, so this could be what Spur…
  95. figlio his past is irrelevant but if he is going to be booed every week by the boo boys then jol couldnt buy him cos it would reck the morale

    sneijder would be 100 times better anyway!
  96. THBN Team. If your "source" told you that Davids had his fitness test yesterday....you need a new source.....he has just arrived.for a meeting and will undertake a test later today.
  97. I don't normally post comments on these sites as I'm usually at work and our softwear prevents me publishing. But i'm off because of the school holidays.

    I watched with interest last night the events about newspapers at midnight.

    A very close relative (My wife) NOT next door neighbours friends sisters boyriend aunties cousin who feeds the clubs cat.....
    She has noted that Mj and DL have entries in their diaries at the same parts of the world as two huge superstars. They will both break the transfer record on their own.

    Don't let the thought that someone may play a friendly the night before put you off, imagine Real Madrid having a contract to play every FIT player on a comercial based contractual tour (can't use the not fit theme if he passes a major medical to transfer the next day)

    The financial and contactual depatments at WHL have been running around like headless chickens putting together a deal to secure both signatures of these two highly sought after players.

    The…
  98. sounds promising Re: new transfers will certainly mean a few on the way, i.e Davis Brown, Marney (loan) Jackson.
    I have this worry that the english player could be Andy Johnson, I saw him Vs Inter last night and although he was playing with Div 1 players, theres no way he's worth big money like some are suggesting, and certainly no better than what we have
  99. I wouldnt be anonymous if this site recognised my password! My source at Spurs is one of the non exec directors at the club. 3 weeks ago he told me about Davids and Jenas in talks and half has come right so far. I was also told during the end of last season (while travelling to Charlton away) that brown was off to Brum. If you watch us week in and week out how can you say that jenas wont get into our midfield!! Do you honestly think that carrick does enough for 90 mins? Jenas would walk into our midfield! We have potential but the fact that the board are finally getting their fingers out and splashing the cash should tell you that they realise that 'potential' isnt everything. If we are to become a force in football again we have to play in the Champions League. When was the last time we won a competitive league game at Highbury, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge or Anfield let alone beat all the relegated clubs away from home. Why? Because our players are not good enough week in…
  100. surely we need to sell some players. We've had 4 new players - taino, huddlestone, lennon, routledge, plus davids. And now we're talking about another 2 players!!

    we must have the largest squad in england
  101. anon 1.52 i hope somuch your right

    that would be fabulous with jol bringing in a wealth of dutch talent

    when is it hoping to be completed

    is kuyt a definate then???

    how confident are we for sneijder?
  102. It can't be 11 million squid fof Andy Van Der Meyde.. Inter had agreed a deal with Monaco for 6 million euros roughly,, but the player pulled out of the move. I'd love to see Sneijder at the Lane.. my good god,, what a talent!
  103. P.T. who are these two players?

    if everyone is right we gona spend bout £30mil lol

    is it going to be announced tomorro

    tell us who it is and earn yourself some glory!!
  104. Some of the people on here really are a joke, davids has not yet passed his medical, it is being done as we speak.

    And for van der vaart going to inter?? he has just joined HSV, get with it will you
  105. I've a source at Sky Sports with great Spanish contacts (he played over there, and for Northern Ireland). He was sceptical about the Owen thing... until he found out that Owen was booked on the 8.45am flight to Heathrow, and that his cars are currently being placed in storage ready for shipping. Talks over contract specs are expected some time today.
  106. BTW the pronounciation of Kuyt is wrong - I can't do it in writing but I lived there for 6 years.

    I hope we sign him anyway - quite rate him.
  107. My mum cleans the toilets at Spurs Lodge and found paella in MJ's poo, he's been to spain to secure Owen.
  108. good news!!!!!

    Davids has passed his medical!

    He is now a yiddo!

    Will be announced tomorrow.

    COYS
  109. we need a c defender world class or a new man world class for freddy
  110. Edgar has Jol & El Hamdaoui to keep him company and also his old mate Denis who works up the road :o)
  111. O MY GOD!!!!

    2.00 anon is right Owen is in fact on a flight to London as we speak!
    I thought that was a bit suspect but I just spoke 2 a mate of mine who does the celeb snaps at Heathrow and they've already been tipped of that hes on his way (they then get the pics and sell them 2 the tabloids!)!!!

    Could it be that lil Mikey is on his way to WHL or is this just a coincidence????
  112. I like the clubs policy,,, Daniel Levy's been so right in what he's done.. despite the FA fiasco; we must remember before FA we had a pretty crap squad!.. Frank's wheeling and dealing put us into a position where we had a pretty good squad with pretty good players and plenty of talent.. now we have that squad we can bring in players like Davids and whoever else for decent money and they will make an impression... before, imagine Davids lining up next to Darren Anderton, Gus Poyet or Stefen Freund, with Dean Richards and Gary Doherty keeping it tight at the back and Maricio Tarrico kicking anything that moves.. what would be the point in that.. no wonder no one came.. to us,, Rivaldo probably wrote a letter to Glenn Hoddle out of pity!.. now though,, it's a different story!! And we have Martin Jol.. the legend to be!!!
  113. Robo

    king Huddlestone
    stalteri Edman

    Carrick Davids
    Routledge Sneijder

    Defoe Mido
  114. anon 2:07

    How do we know that your are not the same person as anon 2:00?

    And would that plane not have landed by now?
  115. LOL! I am not the same person, but fair comment!

    It would have landed if it was coming from Spain but arent Real Madrid in the far east on tour (hence the reason he hasnt landed yet!!)

    DH
  116. I'm a BIG spurs fan from holland and I follow Ajax as well, but I can tell you that a saw an interview with Sneyder yesterday on the dutch television and he told that he want to stay at Ajax and focus on the CHampions League and the Dutch National team and he will not leave ajax this season so his name is crap. Dirk kuyt is a possibility if he's fellow strike partner from feyenoord (Kalou) is going to join PSV this summer and Andy vd Meyde is worth around 4 or 5 million pounds not more. He plays last year 4 or 5 games for Inter and the bought him from ajax for around 7 million euros so he can't cost us a lot.

    Personally I think we will sign AJ from Crystal Palace and A vd Meyde but then my question is: We were looking at a attacking midfielder who can score goals and Davids, AJ and vdMeyde there are not attacking midfielders so I really hope Guti will come to SPURS he can score goals from the midfield. So we all keep dreaming of nice players but one thing is sure we are go…
  117. totally agree with duncan but luckily he has given us that base and a good squad so we can now go onwards and upwards and he can be a chelsea rent boy
  118. i have a close source that says that Cantona is available at 20m hehehehe
  119. Once Chelski complete Essien move could Cole be released for £11 m
  120. I carnt see Owen coming to Spurs.

    We already have Defoe and Jol does not play with two little men up front.

    If we Owen deal does happen, Defoe must be off to the likes of Chelsea, especially with the World Cup at the end of this season.
  121. why do some of you say we cant have Jenas cos we've got Carrick or we cant have Owen cos we have Defoe- has that kind of thinking stopped Chelsea or other big clubs?! Players in form should play full stop no matter who they are- if we want to become one of the big 4 every season we need the best players we can get surely?
  122. I will know in the next half hour to an hour.
    No she isn't the P.A. but if she was do you really think I would tell you.

    One is English and one isn't, both are Internationals and both play abroad.

    One is a left back the the other is a striker. The sqaud is being trimmed and it is looking likely that Davis and Brown are on the way out. MJ wants to keep Mendes because the Davids deal is a loan.

    It is also in the pipeline to offload two centre backs surplus to requirements, Davenport and Gardner (he is fit)

    Once the striker is unveiled expect some movement of one of the current strikers.
    The package is being funded by this and the Arnesen money, and the wage cap is being kept due to profitable signing on fees for the players concerned.
    Thus keeping the likes of Defoe Robinson etc happy

    P.T.
  123. It's 2.00 here again, Owen lands in an hour. If you don't believe me, go down there and check it out.
  124. I'm not saying we are going to sign Owen, I'm just confirming somme1 elses comment that he is on a plane flying to London (he could well be flying in2 Heathrow b4 getting a flight to Manchester 2 sign for United!!).

    The fact is that he is on his way in2 the UK and its clearly not for a holiday or 2 visit a sick aunt lol

    I personally dont think Owen will sign for us (can we even afford his wages without upsetting our wage structure!), Sneijder would be a massive coup for us and I would only move for Kuyt if 1 of our strikers (Kanoute!) where 2 move on!

    The left winger I would most like to see us sign is...KIERAN RICHARDSON!

    Just imagine a midfield with Carrick & Davids holding and supplying to raiding wingers in the shape of Routledge and Richardson (now thats the Dutch way!) pinging balss in2 JD, Mido, Keane & Kuyt (or Fredi!)!!!
    I think an offer of 4-5 million would tempt Sir Alex in2 letting us have the boy especially after United signed Park and hailed him as the future …
  125. PT

    where have you gone

    who do you reckon our two record signings are going to be?
  126. if we sign any of these players i will be over the moon and amazed.

    after we signed davids i reckon spurs can get anyone.

    if we bought 2 then it cant be breaking the record because they are from different clubs

    anyway, if we sign 2 then i dont give a fck about the record.

    sneijder and kuyt 4 me cant see vaart coming from inter
  127. P.T

    Davids isn't a loan he will be signing a one year contract with option to another

    the left back and striker you speak of, are obviously carlso and owen but all true spurs fans know that these are ridiculous rumours that will never come to light.

    plus hasn't Jol come out and said that he wishes to keep gardener? if naybet gets injured at his age, we will still need cover at the back, although i can see davenport going as quickly as he came
  128. Carlos and Owen ???

    Get in
  129. PT i thought we were signing davids not loaning him???

    will it be keane or kanoute going?

    is it owen and rob carlos?
  130. PT

    how come you will know in half hour?
  131. Davids isn't a loan, and he didn't pass his medical yesterday, I've got very good info he's having it right now.

    Sorry to burst the bubble peeps, but P.T.'s talking bollox.

    Oh well, too good to be true

    morriss
  132. hopefully davids can tell his dutch pals of how good it is at WHL and they would love to be playing wiv a holland team mate
  133. Sorry yes One year deal,
    But Mj wants to keep Mendes because next year if the option for another year hasn't materialised he doesn't want to rush in or be left short for Champions league
  134. keep it real
  135. Davids arrived at the Lodge about 30mins ago.

    Michael Brown isn't there.

    "Davids currently undergoing medical."

    Just been announced on SkySports

    morriss
  136. and if it is owen and carlos coming in

    is it kanoute or keane going out

    how come you will know in half an hour?

    do you not believe in the sneijder and kuyt deals then?
  137. kuyt was top scorer in holland last term
  138. coz you sound like the kind of geek that would sit their worrying about how people spell!
  139. HELLO!!!

    P.T.'s doesn't know arse from elbow!

    Davids loan deal, then, oh yeah, sory I "forgot!!"

    Gimme a break.

    morriss
  140. Sneijder will definately not sign this year. He told Ajax a week ago he wants to sign a longer contract with them and wants to be the most important player for ajax for years to come. "I'm still only 21 and can learn a lot at Ajax" he told Amsterdam television AT5. I live in Amsterdam.
  141. Quite obviously its Andy Johnson... which i belive to be a total waste of money on a unproven player. I would rather we banked the money
  142. annon 2:24
    Yes as I said sorry bout the slip loan one year deal, that wasn't the main point.
    It is considered that Dawson/Huddlestone/Stalteri and in extreme case paramot. The need to bring in first team players and cut the numbers on the wage bill is more important than haveing 17 centre backs incase 15 of them get injured

    P.T.
  143. Whoever comes isnt this fun fellow long suffering Spurs fans?! Do you remember the feeling when you awoke to here on BBC News that Ardiles and Villa had signed or when Klinsman arrived? Its about time we had some real hope its been sooooo long!! someone posted that Brown isnt at Spurs Lodge- told you he's off to Birmingham. Mike x
  144. davids probably has passed but they are waiting to announce him with another world-class player
  145. "Yes as I said sorry bout the slip loan one year deal, that wasn't the main point.
    It is considered that Dawson/Huddlestone/Stalteri and in extreme case paramot. The need to bring in first team players and cut the numbers on the wage bill is more important than haveing 17 centre backs incase 15 of them get injured

    P.T."

    You also said he passed a medical yesterday!!

    Go home mate. I suppose now you're saying he's signed the contract, even he'll sign after the medical. I've got ppl down at The Lodge mate. I'll let you know what's going on!!

    morriss
  146. PT

    who will go if we get owen and carlos

    and what do you know about kuyt and van der meyde?
  147. shame we cant get sneijder......yet
  148. Hello I'm the Tawny Owl that lives in Martin Jols garden. I eat Voles and the common shrew.

    I have just seen Noel Edmonds leave Martins house do you think he could be coming to play for us ?
  149. Michael Owen is not in Japan or the UK, he is currently on an airplane sumwhere on his way 2 Heathrow!! Thats 100% guaranteed!

    We know hes on his way here, question is where does he go once he lands at Heathrow (WHL or Old Trafford or off 2 visit a sick auntie lol!)
  150. I didn't forget
    Like I say the point was to get across the news about the imminent signings and departures.
    A one year contact is as good as a loan, it is one year, the fact is he wants Mendes as an extra midfielder because the likeleyhood is the other two will be leaving. I think most of us know that already.
    None of us forget or don't know it's a one year with an option. It was a simple mistake because that wasn't the important point in this post
  151. pamarot is a right back, stalteri will play either right or left back, so that leaves king/naybet/gardener/davenport/huddlestone, not really an over doing, althought we could get rid of one ------> davenport
  152. but there is a 'me' if you look hard enough
  153. Wicked, i'd take any one of those three. Wel done THBN team, credit is due here for u guys and u diserve it. Thank u...
  154. its def Andy Johnson the world's greatest striker in waiting
  155. Im sitting in Heathrow airport as I speak. There are quite a few press here and I just spoke to one of them and all they know is that someone who is BIG in sport is due to arrive shortly....
    I will stay and keep you lot updated!
    Jason
  156. Im sorry guys but ure all talking crap.
    Owen aint doing nothing hes not on a plane hes jus doin wot he does on spain.
    Stop talking arse and lets do 1 thing at a time
    firstly Davids? whats going on?
  157. We have to be the funniest supporters in the world.

    If you look at other clubs blogs, you will not find a funnier bunch of supporters.


    Regards

    THBN Team
  158. y r people congratulating THBN and Pt and JK on their rumours and stuf, i could congratulate them on davids deal, but i found out 3 months ago! My steward said he over heard the deal being done
  159. has owen got his cars in the overhead storage....
    He is tiny after all, and please no Dwarf jokes.
  160. yer well my pet stone told me it 4 months ago so all thank me
  161. Come on guys Owen
    do we really want him even if it was true?
  162. Funny, but im telling the truth, the steward said at half time, the last home game, that we were signing davids
  163. Browns going to Wigan
  164. PT which one is English and which one isn't?????? The Striker the full back??????
    Did you say left back or full back????? does that mean edman going or zeigler taking over from Reid....
    Keep it coming, when will we know....
    has it bin an hour or 30 mins or what?????
  165. How does everybody know this stuff
    someone tell me
  166. Well, my sources say IT DEFINSTLEY ISN'T MICHAEL OWEN. HE IS NOT A TARGET.

    ..and that's good enough for me.

    morriss
  167. Nice one THBN. We are the funniest lot- i think you called it hangman humour. We have been in the doldrums for so long now havent we! if Cole/Carlos/Owen/ any Dutchman/Johnson/ Jenas/Guti arrived I couldnt care less who we offloaded!!!! mike
  168. ofcos we want owen he's class

    him and defoe upfront will knock them in non stop

    id like a left winger aswell tho
  169. Hi - For sure ive just come from my medical to post on this site.

    Hope your are well and where is Reading ?
  170. If Owen is on a plane, he isn't coming to see Daniel Levy or anyone at the club.

    We would have been informed. Please do not get your hopes up about Owen.

    Regards

    THBN Team
  171. So davids must have rung brown and told him too fuck off from the lodge or he'll mess him up,

    so........ the plot thickens,


    Where do you guys get this crap?

    SHORTY
  172. I am a taxi driver in London and I have just taken a Mrs Rosicky from Heathrow to a hotel in London. That would be right for an 11mill + signing!!
  173. "EdgarDavids said...

    Hi - For sure ive just come from my medical to post on this site.

    Hope your are well and where is Reading ? "

    lmao!! :D

    morriss
  174. To ANON-2.39

    Whadja want a medal? You didnt say anything did u so how can we believe u when ur talking crap? The deal was done the other day, he was supposed to be talking to Everton today but MJ convinced him. Stop talking shit and stay anonymous thank u
  175. Sneijder, Owen and Davids in with Brown and Davis to Wigan and Everton.

    This news was being talked about two weeks ago and so far the Davids bit has come true.

    The share price went up by 12% yesterday which could indicate that the other parts of this have fallen into place.
  176. Man
    im a spurs fan all my life aint no dissing goin on up in here.
    Surly we could get someone better for the money real want for owen!!
  177. so thbn when do you think we will be getting our new player/s

    i hope its Kuyt and Sneijder although doubt sneijder will come

    keep the info coming
  178. Why's the time wrong on the messages THBN...it's very confusing when your trying to hear the latest news/comments etc....
  179. i have just seen Michael owen parachute from a plane straight into spurs lodge....i cant believe it!
  180. What Heathrow Terminal are you at??

    If it's 4 then it's a long haul flight so won't be Davids unless he was holidaying in the US,Asia or Australia etc.
  181. Talk at the Spurs Lodge is that it's Kujt for £13m.

    Not confirmed yet.

    morriss
  182. Spoke to some more people up here at Heathrow, everyone is convinced it is Essien who will be arriving...
    More updates on there way!

    Jason
  183. i hope he landed in MJ's belly... He will be safe in there!!!
  184. Spurs about to go double Dutch?
    By European Football - July 28 2005

    Following the capture of Dutch international midfielder Edgar Davids, there are growing reports that Spurs are attempting to add two more Dutchmen to their ranks in the shape of Dirk Kuyt and Andy van der Meyde.

    Van der Meyde, will certainly be leaving Inter Milan over the summer and has already turned down moves to France and Germany, he is understood to want a move to the premiership and Spurs would fit the bill.

    While Feyenoord striker Kuyt is a man in demand scoring 69 goals in just 102 appearances in the Dutch league, he is being watched by some of the top clubs in Europe, Spurs, should they land him would have to break their club transfer record.


    http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s342/st78114.htm?fromrss=1
  185. talk at spurs lodge is that their signing me!
  186. For sure i brought the skunk with me - and my badger and my parrot.

    What are the muggers like in london ?
  187. lyon still havent accepted a bid for Essien Jason, and why would he be going from Madrid to Heathrow?
  188. Imagine VdM on the wing, skining that twat Lauren, crossing it, and that Kuyt rising above Judas and heading it only to hit the post...And then nowhere, Davids turning up late and hammering it home top-corner. That followed by Defoe hat-trick and Spurs win 4-1. Heaven:)
  189. who at the spurs lodge is talking about kuyt?

    hope its true
  190. again Kujt is not confirmed. Don't shoot the messenger

    morriss
  191. people after last night and the crazy.... sky sports news at midnight etc (did any one stay up?) What were in the papers any way?
    I just want to make a point. If all the "I know someone, someone knows a friend of etc who works at Spurs, we would have a bigger wage bill of tea ladies and secretaries than players.
    Don't believe me or anybody annon who starts a rumour, if you have one sign in.
    because of the crap last night people weren't going to believe mine this morning... BUT a few did

    The P.T. was to see if anybody could come up with "Piss Taker"
    Don't let some other fans come on here and try to wind us up. MJ and DL will keep it close to the chest.

    For the two or three who were saying is it Carlos is it Owen
    NO it's making a point!!!!!!
    Don't believe the rumours they are Bolx

    P.T.
  192. Jerry Garcia seems like the guy to listen to.
    Hook us up JG
  193. just thought i would confirm that Dirk Kuyt and Sneijder are signing as daniel levy is in talks with ajax and feyernord at the moment this comes from reliable source who works at the club
  194. That is good re the muggers.

    Now tell me all about the good men Im playing with against Reeding is it ?

    Whos this Canoe-tey ?
  195. This is what I have been told by a press officer, but spoke to some guys who do photos and there 100% certain from there sources it is Long haul flight from Asia....

    Jason
  196. Owen it is and Sneijder.Just you wait for the confirmation this afternoon.
  197. apparently levy is chasing a top dutch midfielder called van der bollox. has anyone ever heard of him?
  198. 14:54 flight arriving at Heathrow from Tokyo.
    Is Owen on board?
  199. Kuyt and Van der Meyde -
    A couple of stories on news now saying we a trying for both - and Kuyt will break the tranfer record.

    http://tottenhamhotspur.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=897&p=2&stid=8386824

    http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s342/st78114.htm?fromrss=1

    So all the owen talk is crap.
  200. whos supposed to be on this flight then jason?