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By Jaymes Payten-Marsh
For THBN

Christian Vieri has signed for AC Milan on a free. He has signed a contract reportedly worth £43,000 per week until the end of the 2006/2007 season.

So, we have missed out on another signing that I feel could have lifted us to new heights.

Tottenham representatives definitely spoke to Vieri over the weekend, so it's not as though we weren't in for him in the first place.

Some of you have said that if we had signed him, he would have only joined for a final payday. How can that be? The Champion League finalists don’t sign players unless they are of excellent calibre, can apply themselves properly and have great technical ability.

Many of you are also split between Fredi Kanoute. Should he stay, should he go? I won’t give my opinion on this one as I’ll likely get trashed again.

The truth is that we are being constantly linked with strikers. Should we read anything into this?

One thing I do believe is that we need to sign a big name player, someone that is nearing his 30’s. A player that can lift our young squad to new heights. Some may argue that one player won’t be able to do that. To that remark, I remind them to look back to the 94/95 season, when a blonde German entered our ranks and lifted everyone involved at Spurs.

We may not be in the doldrums as we were back then, but a young team needs a leader. They need a player that will command respect in the dressing room and that will talk words of wisdom when needed.

Is their a player out there that can do this for us? Do you feel we need a player like this?

I for one certainly do.

145 comments

  1. we should sign emile heskey for £11 million
  2. we were never gonna get him anyway and we cant afford defoe, kean AND vieri on 40k a week
  3. HESKY? 11M? UR A LOONY
  4. We dont need him, we dont need the wage bill that goes with him, somewhere in the region of £70k per week.
  5. How do you know Spurs spoke to Vieri at the weekend are you franks temporary replacement don't believe all the crap you read in the papers mate !!!!
  6. Good, no need to buy high-profile players for the sake of it.
    Pleased with the policy they have.
  7. Spurs are looking to off load keane and swop with JJ of newcastle.
  8. Inter didn't pay him off because he's the dog's bollocks - he's a bloody expensive sub. Milan are picking him probably to replace Tomasson, who's rumoured to be leaving.

    Big name, big ego, big paycheck, big problem.
  9. Vieri is a world class player coming to the end of his career he'll play two seasons now with milan and then probably try and get himself a final payday by coming to england after that spell with milan (Bolton or Newcastle being the most likely suitors for his signature).What we need is someone younger who has champs\uefa cup experience most notably venegoor of hessilink,we then start the season with barnard as fourth choice striker then if need be make an offer for johnson in the jan transfer window(palace will be languishing in the bottom half of the championship and johnson would be available for about £4 million. The rest of the transfer kitty should be used to bolster the midfield with a dynamic goalscoring midfielder (not sure what teemu is all about is he a goalscorer? What do you think folks ?
  10. forgot to add to that last post get rid of mido and get £5-6 mill for Keane great player that he is but once he settles into a club he's not quite the same player as when he first arrives look at all his previous clubs and you'll find the same patttern developed .
  11. Vieri had a big question mark over his head. He's a great player but he hasnt had premiership experience and couldnt even cut it at Inter. He could well be just another Casiraghi. So maybe missing on signing him could be a blessing.

    We would be better off if we'd signed scott parker the Toon. But then he seems to hate us somehow, despite being a self-confessed boyhood fan of Spurs!

    I heard Dean Ashton can be our next Sheringham...
  12. heskey poster -- you made me crack up laughing.. thanks 4 that!
    Posh, on the other hand... I actually enjoy your posts.
    Your point about German legend JK is well taken. I, personally, agree with your plea for more veteran leadership to help steer this young team. Mendes has had success, but has a language barrier. Naybet is popular with players, but not gonna be a regular in the starting lineup like, say, Figo would be! Stalteri will be a help. But, you know, I miss our Teddy Sheringham. Good to see him back up with Ham, but wish he were a wee bit younger 'cuz he'd be a perfect fit at WHL again (3rd time's a charm!?) What a solid guy, great playmaker, and respected by everyone, plus a good leader & communicator! I know we won't see Teddy again though, so who is available that Spurs can afford and would fit the bill for real? (ie. forget about Gerrard) It should be a player who has won honours, isn't too old, speaks English, and still plays for his country on occa…
  13. Were in for Gerrard and lining up a £40m bid aren't we?

    Remember you heard it here first.
  14. Teemu is a battling midfielder. He is better as a right sided midfield player, but can play in the centre or as a wingback. Not sure if he's fast. Someone told me he was, but then another guy told me he wasn't.

    We'll see in the friendies soon enough.
  15. Heskey????

    That was a joke right?
  16. we shud sell kanoute, 5 mill to west brom. send mido packin, get rid of pamarot, davis, gardner, davenport,atouba,edman,mendes. and few of the youngsters who arent gonna feature. we have a good young british squad building, jenas and downing would be good but doubtful. aj is overrated along with crouch. we need to sign a brazillian playmaker or someone with flare. baptista, diego etc.
  17. Kanoute has to go. Keane has to go also. Great point on the overal picture of how Keane's career at club level turns out.

    Mido will never be fit. He's a fat oak!

    Bring in Jan Whatever Inc your name is.
  18. Gerrard is leaving! Bring him in!

    Imagine Carrick & Gerrard. Englands midifield.

    If he's worth £30 million, ask Joe Lewis for the cash Levy.
  19. Keano is an all-round skillful striker but lacking in the decision-making department. If he can improve on that, he will be the striker that every team needs and be valued at least 10m quid more than whatever he's reportedly worth now. Until then, he will always be frustrating at times, and dispensable.
  20. SWP will sign for £20 million along with Gerrard for £36 million for Chelsea.

    God I hope they go bust!
  21. i agree, break the bank for figo, it wud only be for one season and would prob be in region of 50 grand a week when real get fed up and pay him off
  22. teemu can play anywhere in midfield, more of a defensive midfielder though
  23. Teemu Tainio is not by all means a goalscorer, but he is very good midfielder, both offensive and defensive.

    I'n sure he will be in our starting eleven hwn PL starts again.
  24. we need 2 buy 2 strikers to be with defoe, get rid of other 3, having four just creates probs, playmaker and a left back. wayne bridge
  25. tevez would do
  26. Michael Brown is gonna be our very own Eric Cantona for our 2005/06 campaign. And I am not taking the mick. He just needs to have more confidence in himself. And improve on his shooting.
  27. you're pretty much all idiots (apart from heskey guy, who's funny). the only reason spurs are looking for possible replacements for keane is in case he doesn't sign a new contract. the priority remains wingers and an experienced attacking central midfielder. simple. don't believe the papers.
  28. is taino good enough to push us into europe, we have 20 mill, splash it on 2 qulaity midfielders
  29. downing & d'allesandro
  30. buying wingers, ziegler,reid and routledge. its a left back, possible right winger, but central mid with carrick and strikers, keane is not good enough
  31. Our top priority should be to sign a real class playmaker!

    We have more than enough of those who can defend and fight (and they are of course needed too), but nobody at the heart of the midfield who could be called creative...
  32. d allesandro signed a new contract with wolfsburg and downing is never gonna happen unfortunatley
  33. I like Figo. The leader we need on the pitch. He will sell a lot of T-shirts too.
  34. playmaker - figo
  35. if he was close apparently signing for the toon then i think we are a bigger club than them and should cough up to land him. he was awesome for madrid last season
  36. Beckham.
  37. Never Figo. Was classy but is eysterdays news with a veeeery big salarydemand.

    And when it gets hard, is Figo the man to help the team back to right trail...no! He's the first to whine and cry about everything...
  38. Do we really need an another old codger for leadership. (liverpool captain Gerrard, inspiration Carragher) Chelsea Captian Terry inspiration Lampard. We just bored because we ahve not bought anyone of any real substance.. So what!! we need to win games agains the likes of bolton and middlesborogh next season do we have the young team to do it.. DO THEY HAVE the fire in there bellies to go out and win ( We will carry one old boy Naybet (I think he looks like a Dave Mackay whoes been in the sun) Unless the player really brings something to the tables lets just focus on what it is going to take to do what Moyes acheived. with who !! What big name ??
  39. who then? i disagree, i think figo is perfect to fit the bill. our new ginola, klinsmann
  40. Cahill.
  41. i think the stevie g comments are slightly sarcasic. jenas is expensive and not really a playmaker
  42. vieri is apparently gonna be on 40 odd grand at milan, we shud have snapped him up. we also need to sort out a new sporting director. the frank arnesen thing will destroy us. he was awesome
  43. Cahill scored a few goals in his first premiership season. Lets have him.
  44. cahill. overrated.no better than wat we got, we need to buy players who will go straight into first team, squad players will not get us in europe next season
  45. Gerrard or Lampard mentioned here must be sarcasm...

    Rosicky or Van Bommel would have been ideal for the job, but we couldn't get them.

    And it will be very hard to get anybody abroad cause we cant offer CL-football...and in England those kind of players are very limited.
  46. good call
  47. Cahill has always been underrated. He helped the Toffees to CL. Who have we got in midfield that is as hard working and has a knack for scoring goals like him?
  48. One player we need.. Tevez
  49. Andy Reid's idea of a sprint is a bit questionable. Otherwise his left foot would be very lethal.

    Baros will duplicate Defoe too much, they both like to fall back to the hole. We need a target man of the Sheringham mold.
  50. Reid has to find at least on gear more, or Tainio is going to steal his place in first 11.

    Tainio, Routledge, Garrick and the yet missing playmaker should be the first to start at the midfield.
  51. tianio is obvisiosly a good player or he would nt be at international level. i do agree we need a playmaker why not fork out big money for jouquin.
  52. We let him go and now we want to buy him back for how much? 8 m quid? Crouch is a decent player, but I think we'd look stupid to buy a former player.
  53. Torres?! He's from a different galaxy altogether. I dont think he'd want to come to Spurs. We have to have CL first.
  54. Hey! Tainio is from Finland (as well as I), so playing in the international level isn't such a high merite :-)

    He's not a new Litmanen (who in his best days would have been ideal playmaker for us), but as said, he is good both ways.
  55. what are tianio best qualitys then.
  56. What about Huddlestone? I thought he should be ready for the step up.
  57. why dont we just buy someone instead of just saying were going to buy one. the signings we made so far apart from stalteri and tianio are not that significant.
  58. Actually there's not any particular quality...

    He's fast enough for first 11, skillfull enough for first 11, and he never stops fighting.

    One not so good thing is, that he has had he's share of injuries, but is still far from being sicknote the second...
  59. Xavi Alonso.. does Tainio play like him?
  60. I think Gardner is just slightly better than Ginger Pele. And he will always be a squad player. So 3m for someone less clumsy than Docherty is good business.
  61. what ever happened to rosicky.
  62. Ok lets suppose that we are ready to splash 12-15 m pounds on a player. Who would we have?
  63. I think 3 M for Gardner is a good sell.

    But who will take the important place next to Ledley...surely not Davenport. Is Dawson good enough to do it..?

    Hope it's not still Naybet.
  64. Dawson is Naybet Jr. We bought him for 6m from forest.
  65. My current depth chart / pecking order... *=starters

    Who agrees with me? Jol?

    Strikers
    1.*Defoe
    2.*Mido (on loan)
    3.Keane (not signed)
    4.Kanoute
    5.Hamdoui
    6.Barnard
    7.Yeates

    Midfielders
    1.*Zeigler (mid/def)
    2.*Mendes
    3.*Carrick
    4.*Routledge
    5.Davis
    6.Reid
    7.Tanio
    8.Huddlestone (mid/def)
    9.Brown
    10.Lennon
    11.Hallfredsson

    Defenders
    1.*Edman
    2.*Dawson
    3.*King
    4.*Stalteri
    5.Kelly
    6.Naybet
    7.Pamarot
    8.Marney (mid/def)
    9.Davenport (loaned out)
    10.Ifil
    11.Atouba (mid/def)
    12.Bunjevcevic

    Goalkeeper
    1.*Robinson
    2.Cerny
    3.Fulop
    4.Burch
  66. i think we should stick a scott in argentina and brazil and say go find us the next robinho and crespo.
  67. We just need one real thinker-playmaker in the team. Does Rosicky fit the bill?
  68. If you just want a head at the end of every crosses we put in then lets get Crouch then. He prolly has 70-80% chance of getting the ball.
  69. Mido is still a mystery, Kanoute too lazy and Keano leaving.

    I'd say try to keep Keano, sell Kanoute and give Mido a chance to show if he's up to it.

    If not, then we have to buy a big striker, who can make opportunities to Defoe and Keano. But please, not Crouch...
  70. About the depth chart:

    I agree with yoiu but Tainio should be higher up the ranks and Fulóp will be our backup keeper in no-time. You rate Mendes too high I think, as a winger he is useless in central midfield he may be in the 1st 11. Remains to be seen...
  71. I think we should just keep the money and not buy any new players yet. Just stick with the current squad we have and buy only in January if we dont look like getting into europe yet again.
  72. What about Van De Vaart or Sneijder from Hooland. Jol should be able to persuade them.. they're only playing in the sutch league after all!!!
  73. Carew??? John Carew?! I would rather have Heskey.
  74. Is that Stalteri better than Kelly?

    I also don't think Mendes is going to be a starter...should maybe be sold?
  75. Get one young workhorse from Korea. I think they are a few young Park Ji Sungs waiting to be snapped from their K-league.
  76. Did you lot hear why David Blaine didn't last the full 50 days doing nothing in the box? Its because he was told that Emil Heskey has spent the last 5 years doing nothing in the box.


    hahahaha
  77. Mendes is quality and shouldn't be sold.

    Stalteri will play ahead of Kelly most likely.
  78. I am wondering, why cant we put Atouba as our target man? He's got a few tricks more useful in the opponent's box than our own.
  79. we should snap up baptista from under the gooners noses! thats the kind of player we need!
  80. Carew would maybe be the man, but he favours Lyon for CL-football...as almost everybody who would be good enough.

    And the same goes for the playmakers, unfortunately.

    It is not an easy task to get classy players, even if it isn't the money that's in the way.

    It's whole new ballgame after couple of seasons, when we are at the CL :-) ...then everybody are trying to get to Spurs, even if they're not good enough.
  81. stalteri is more experienced than kelly, but kelly is a spur through and through. both will get games I would think. Mendes is great, but not out wide as he himself has said. He put the team first and played out of position until his unfortunate injury. He deserves a chance. How many players would have had the balls to score that now famous ManU "goal". Perhaps he and Davis will share the spot beside Carrick, or maybe Tanio or Huddlestone will prove to be the answer? Plenty of options. I'm also looking forward to seeing Zeigler progress! All Spurs need in my opinion is a target man up front a la Sheringham or gooner Bergkamp. But who?
  82. To get to CL, we have to have a team capable of winning against liverpool, the goons, the toons and manu (Chelski are on a different plane). Everton got it easy last season because both pool and the toons were too distracted by other things.

    So the question is, can we get to CL with the current crop of players we have?
  83. Dean Ashton. He can be a great target man for us.
  84. huddlestone will be our gerrard/lampard, give him time to break in to the 1st team!
  85. Van der Vaart just signed for Hamburg for £4m.

    After knee surgery he hasnt been the same, hence the low price.

    Wes Sneidjer would be interesting though.. however no idea on the status of his availability
  86. Atouba as our new target man is not a bad idea.
  87. I hope Jol is reading all these posts.
  88. c'mon, Atouba should be sold asap
  89. Atouba is not built for left back, wing back or even left wing. He's tall, skillful, strong and can shoot with both feet.

    He should be up front, elbowing defenders, fighting for crosses and making chances for others and himself.
  90. Atouba can shoot? Really? Speed? Skillful for left back maybe, but not a forward. He is an experiment at best, and needs to make way for an experienced starter.
  91. Dont forget Atouba's screamer (and winner) against the toons at St James, with his right foot.

    How many target man has got speed in them? Is Sheringham known for his pace? Atouba had played in central midfield for his previous clubs.
  92. No Sherry wasn't known for his speed, but c'mon... he's a million times the player Atouba will ever be!
    Nevertheless, Atouba is an interesting proposition. His skill is good for someone with his size. But for me, he simply takes too many risks when he is on the ball, and I'm not convinced he could ever beat a defender one-on-one. Besides, why should Spurs waste time trying to develop him, when there are better suited players available?
  93. i think we should sign docherty back. hes the target man and centre back. to europe.....
  94. Arsene bought, and converted Henry the left winger into a striker, when he was 22.

    How old was Atouba when we bought him last year? 22.

    To be honest I am not convinced that he can ever be a great left back. Too flashy for a defender. And not pacey enough to be a winger. But he has the strength and height.
  95. I` have only read this name once, but believe with his family ties in our area, his ever increasing age, and his need for one last major move. We should try our luck with............DAVID BECKHAM.
    The posistion is right, earns respect, will bring on his England proegete`s, and will stick one firmily up the arse.
    Come on David finish your career where it started.
  96. I love our polcy of buying young but these young heads need experience and panache to guide them to the gretness they have the potential to achieve. Figo maybe but wages are a problem and i dont think we should buckle to that pressure. I like the idea of beckham but that means posh and i have enough trouble keeping down my halftime pie as it is!!! i also agree Micky Brown will be massive for us this year.
  97. Getting Becks to come and play for us is easy. Just give his gramps the Spurs fan lifetime season tickets.

    But we'll probably have to wait for another 2 years to see him play in the lillywhites of Spurs.
  98. At 10:59 PM, Anonymous said...
    Mendes has had success, but has a language barrier.

    Mendes can speak perfect English, better than most gooners anyway..
    So I don't know where people get this difficulty with languages from...
  99. 11:03 PM Anonymous said...
    we shud sell kanoute, 5 mill to west brom. send mido packin, get rid of pamarot, davis, gardner, davenport,atouba,edman,mendes. and few of the youngsters who arent gonna feature. we have a good young british squad building, jenas and downing would be good but doubtful. aj is overrated along with crouch. we need to sign a brazillian playmaker or someone with flare. baptista, diego etc.


    Sell the whole squad why don't ya!
  100. What about Harry Kewell? He is a great talent in Midfield & can work wonders, scores goals & is great on his feet, I may be bias because I am an Aussie, but he is pure class. Also what about Dieter Hamann?
  101. I agree we need a BIG signing. Our squad is on the average, way too young, not that its bad, but young players need a "father" that can guide em, and give em the right "winning" attitude. What i would have loved to see, is a new star on the midfield in the end of the 20s. Why are Tottenham looking for a new striker btw? We have some of the best strikers in the league, 3 of em! Get a star central midfielder, im sure many of you agree with me there.

    Gun(Norway)
  102. Who keeps saying sell Edman? You're mad, I live in LA so only saw one game last season (Bham @ WHL), all the other games I saw on TV (quite a few TBH) when Edman wasn't playing, we needed two to cover the same position. Also see when he got concussion, they had to restrain him from trying to get back on the pitch. He's absolute class. What about that goal he scored (Liverpool?), goal of the season.
  103. Agreed with regards to Atouba being sold - look at the game against newcastle where dyer absolutley murdered him. He just isnt up to it at WHL

    I think Vieri would've done a job a spurs. He knows where the goal is and is a big lad in the right mould for defoe to work off the knock downs/flick ons vieri would have provided. I think Ashton would do well although he has declared his loyalty to norwich recently, but then gerrard said he couldnt leave pool after the CL win so who knows.

    Give Dawson a chance at CB with King, he'll do well.

    Pamarot has to go he's shocking

    Not to sure on who we should go for with regards to that playmaker position. As ever we will go for the best but get turned down buy them, it is the same story every year JJ from toon would be good signing also like the idea of baptista, good shout whoever mentioned him.
  104. No one thinks Kewell is any good for Tottenham?
  105. Aarggghhhhhhhh, I have just read that Spurs will sell of Kanoute to Man City (awaiting for SWP or Distin to leave) & are now in the hunt for Darias Vassell as Defoe may leave WHL? I hope there is no truth in these rumours especially buying Vassell & Defoe leaving, surely we can do better that Vassell!
  106. I think we should try to keep keane. don't go fo crouch .Aj IS a poor mans copy of defoe i would like to see crespo come and play for us with kitty gonzealez(can't spell it)
  107. sorry but not sure of kewell @ WHL

    what has he done @ liverpool?? answer has to be very little

    you cant question his talent but you there is a big ? over his mentality - besides he sued gary lineker and every1 loves lineker
  108. Appreciate your comments on Kewell, you may be right with your comments. What about teh news of Vassell? I am not in favour of that!
  109. i think vassell overrated, where did you see defoe might go?

    i am scepticle on that one if its chelski after him then who knows but otherwise he isnt going anywhere.
  110. FOOTBALL SPY: CITY ARE ALL READY TO GO FOR FREDDIE 6 July 2005
    (Mirror.co.uk)
    MANCHESTER City manager Stuart Pearce has switched his striker search to Freddie Kanoute - after scrubbing Peter Crouch from his list.

    Pearce is ready to bid for the Tottenham star as he looks for a talented target man to lead the line - and the City chief knows Spurs will sell.

    The Blues will make a formal bid for 27-year-old Kanoute once the futures of Shaun Wright-Phillips and skipper Sylvain Distin are sorted out.

    But they have done their homework in the past few days and think a deal is on.

    Kanoute is out of favour at White Hart Lane and one of the players who will be sold to fund the next couple of signings manager Martin Jol is planning, including England and Crystal Palace striker Andy Johnson.


    The fee would be around £4 million, money City cannot afford until they sell Wright-Phillips or Distin, but they still plan to make Kanoute their star buy when one of them goes.


    Kanoute has already turned down W…
  111. July 2005
    FOOTBALL SPY: SPURS IN HUNT FOR VASSELL
    SPURS have made a surprise enquiry about Aston Villa striker Darius Vassell, raising doubts over Jermain Defoe's White Hart Lane future.

    Tottenham boss Martin Jol is considering making a move for the England international, who struggled last season and has been pushed down the Villa pecking order by the arrival of Kevin Phillips from Southampton.
  112. i dont see as mentioned a few posts back we dont try and tempt crespo, he isnt wanted by chelski and is most likely surplus at milan now they have vieri aswell, wages again could be an issue as could lack of european football but if you dont ask you dont get.

    bridge would be a good signing at left back

    another chelsea player could be joe cole if they keep buying competitors to him and remember he only broke thru last term due to injuries how long will he put up with 10 mins here and 20 there in world cup year.

    you all want creativity well there it is in an abundance

    any thoughts
  113. you're bonkers.

    keane scored what, 16 / 17 goals last year ? and that's from only playing half the games.

    truth is, we don't really need much more at all, the team in place just needs time to gel - which is what mendes nailed the other day saying this is year 1, last was year zero.

    full strength and gelled spurs will be very competetive and a euro place is only theirs to lose.

    robinson
    kelly king dawson edman
    routledge mendes carrick ziegler
    kanoute/mido keane/defoe

    not too much wrong with that and plenty of cover across the park.

    a bit less fantasising and a touch more realism is required. and don't listen to the media! figo is NOT coming to white hart lane.

    you heard that right here.
  114. spurs are after Frank Sinclair, why do we need him? Not a bad player but we have enough backs
  115. Frank Sinclair, I hope that is a joke! Someone is on the whacky tabacci!
  116. I think we should spend some cash and get Jay-Jay Okocha. We have to cash in on Keane otherwise he will be on a free next year. I like him but the cash we get for Arnsen and Keane could be used to pry him from Bolton. He would give us a mix of everything we need. Exp, skill, creativity and he's a Spurs player all right. As for strikers. We need an ex Gooner. Yes I said it. We need the ultimate bully. Hartson would be so perfect for Defoe its unreal. Plus he will bark at our team and get the blood pumping. Esp from the ops noses.
  117. We need a creative/flair midfielder before we buy any strikers or wingers or Frank Sinclair.

    All efforts should be on buying Rosicky. He's absolute quality and would fit in alongside Carrick/Mendes etc.

    £8 million is the asking price.

    Forget Vassel. He scores more goals for England than he does for Villa.
  118. Rumour has it, Saha might be at the Lane!
  119. Give Liverpool a call, ask them what it would take to get Gerard, then speak to the player and pay him what he wants. Presto! Our team would be just about complete. Who else would we need apart from an inspirational, hard-working, hard-tackling, goal-scoring, brilliant passing, visionary midfielder who's a natural-born winner and leader? Cheap at any price! Break the bank and do it! We won't regret it! Ok, so I'm dreaming ...
  120. I am shocked anyone even believed there was a shred of truth in this rumor ! WALOB - with a policy of signing young, up and coming stars we would suddenly want to but a 31 year old, italian, outragiously expensive striker...yeah, right.

    For those of you waiting for this 'big name signing' I'm afraid you are going to be dissapointed...
  121. I agree with the guys suggesting Rosicky and Van Bommel... 2 very good players playing in 2 not so coverted leagues.

    We are not going to get anyone going up against the likes of Chelsea and Real so Joaquin and Gerrard are out of the question.

    We have the nucleus of a great team with Robinson, Ledley and defoe but building a team around those guys will take time.

    I, like the rest of you love hearing Tottenham linked with all these world class players but the truth is the players we are likely to get are the ones that are not being talked about, thats Levy's way of doing business.

    We could do with centre-back, midfielder, winger and striker and anyone that doesnt want to be at spurs for the long haul should be sold now....
  122. i'm pretty much disagree with mr anonymous here...
  123. catch up van bommel went to barcelona, spain's version of spurs
  124. Any chance people could do a bit of research or even think a little bit before posting such nonsense?

    Heskey + Gerrard - Don't be stupid

    Vassell - Scored 2 goals in 20 odd games last season and barely made double figs over last few years

    Johnson - HALF his goals last season came from penalties which we don't get! He's not that good

    Cahill - Recent signing to Everton who are in CL and not skint anymore, are they gonna sell?

    Van der Vaart + d'Alessandro - both would have been good but have recently signed/resigned for Hamburg and Wolfsburg respectively so how are we gonna get these?

    Torres - "The forward we should be going for is Fernado Torres of spain.A world class player and we could get him at a reasonable price before the rest of the world hear about him!" - Just 1 point... THE WHOLE WORLD HAS KNOWN ABOUT HIM FOR YEARS BECAUSE HE'S SUCH QUALITY! Man U and Chelsea have been after him for 2-3 years as have R Madrid & Barca. He would cost about £20-25mill i…
  125. Would a loan move for Crespo not be ideal??? Going to be a fringe player at Chelski, but is still a world class striker! Him and Defoe would be lethal!!!!!
  126. we shud go for ashley cole and try atouba up front
  127. You must mean Joe Cole? Yeh try Atouba up front. If he doesnt cut it, then maybe we can flog him off as everything other than a goalie: a defender, midfielder, and forward. We'll get at least 1m quid extra because forwards are generally more expensive than defenders.

    Atouba will always be Atouba. lets not compare him with Henry, potential-wise. Henry doesnt win many crosses with his head, while Atouba has done it very often albeit defensively! I think Atouba as a forward could at least be better than Heskey and Rebrov combined.

    BTW, he's scored one CL goal more than the rest of the team (against Pool in a 3-3 draw with Basel)
  128. We don't need no big name signing, we just need more balance in the attacking part of our midfield.

    Put Reid in the centre and allow him to run at the defence, whilst we've got Brown and Carrick to cover.

    If Keane doesn't sign a new contract this summer, sell him and bring in Dean Ashton.

    We don't want any overpaid overrated OLD players, stick with our policy for the future, we will be a force in a couple of seasons.
  129. My point is, Atouba can score goals. And we wont know how good he is as a centre forward unless we try him there.

    For starters, while he's not doing much being Edman's back-up, we can always test him in reserve matches or ideally loan him out to Leyton (or any long ball teams) for 3 months.

    A strong forward who can also tackle would not be a bad idea anyway.
  130. For the last 10 or more years Spurs have been the biggest underachievers in the Prem. Last year saw that change as at last we have a manager who I feel I can trust to make the right decisions regarding transfers. If he says Keane goes I would not raise a finger whereas if Pleat or Graham said that I would wonder what unknown foreign camel they had lined up to replace him.

    Everton showed that having a great dressing room atmosphere can get you places and Spurs have the potential to have the best atmosphere in the prem this season. Reason?....most of the players are English and will therefore understand each other and get along easier.

    We should also remember that our squad at this moment in time is easily good enough to get into uefa cup and with Gerrard leaving Liverpool maybe spurs can nick that fourth place as well.

    This season is going to be Jols first full season in charge so his real reign starts here.

    regarding the talk about Spurs having to sign a 30 year old experienced pl…
  131. I apologize about that error. So maybe we won't get fourth. Im not really bothered about this season so long as we keep the youngsters and challenge for europe. It will be two or threee seasons after that that I will be demanding constant European qualification and champions league qualification.
  132. Ibrahimovic is the man for me to score us 20-25 goals a season and fire us into Europe.
  133. Surely defoe will score us 20-25 goals and fire us into europe? we need the man man who will supply those goals and add 15 himself
  134. I agree with the long anonymous post a few posts up. Although I don't think we will have any of our future greats if we don't qualify for europe this season as they will want to go to a bigger club.
  135. The long anonymous post was from me, I see not everyones read it though, heres another one...
    "Ibrahimovic is the man for me to score us 20-25 goals a season and fire us into Europe."
    No sh*t sherlock, however Ibrahimovic is at Juventus, Serie A champions for the 3 of the last 4 seasons and consistently good in CL, was bought for £10m scored 16 last season and as Juve have contemplated selling Trezeguet this summer Ibrahimovic is going nowhere.

    You might as well say Adriano, Shevchenko, Henry and Ronaldinho are the players to fire us into Europe.

    I agree with the last comment though, we need to make Europe next season or our young talent will start to look elsewhere whether we want to get rid or not.
  136. Ronaldo is not an impossibility. Owen and Robinho will consign him to the bench. We'll save him from getting any fatter.
  137. You watch Kanoute bang in 20 odd next year!! I know he missed the trip to maritious, but he clamed he had valid personal reasons..... I see a new attitude in him this pre season - I think he's realised he's not indispensible. When he's on his game he's one of the best strikers in the prem, but, as he showed in the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, he's also lazy, and when he can't be bothered, I'd rather have bloody Armstrong back!

    As the Ibrahimovic thing, you are a joker.... that's not happening. Yeah we missed out on Vieri (and can't remember who mentioned his wages, but bothered when the player is free) but look at it this way, Tottenham or AC Milan!?! You decide, not landing him against the European finalists isn't a failure, it's common sense!
    As for a new striker, AJ, as pointed out, well overrated, only scored about 10 goals from open play, think he scored over half his goals from the spot! I can't think of a striker we could get, that woul…
  138. Carrick is a good playmaker, I agree. But we lack a goalscorer from midfield. Carrick just doesnt get into enough attacking positions.

    He's the typical anchor playmaker, sitting back to spray passes while keeping the team shape.
  139. spurs need to spend agood 10 mil on a player spurs are to tight
  140. But if you look to the wings, goals can always come from Reid/Zeigler/Routledge,lennon, especially with Carrick spraying passes from deep and tainio as a holding midfielder, it'll give the wingers plenty of time to get forward
  141. bring in the figo,i know he will sign soon as he wants to live in london,and he would be ideal for our younger players, a real leader great news.
  142. It's definatly time to get rid of that lazy slob Kanoute. Lets cash him in before everyone else realises he's shite to.

    Vassel would be 100 times better than Kanoute.
  143. anyone who thinks atouba is 22 is a fool.hes 38 more like.
    also get real with the speculations.
  144. I think that we need to hold out with the signings this summer, have you all forgotton that we have already signed, huddlestone, taino, routledge, slateri (whatever his name is). I do agree we do need an impressive FIRST TEAM midfielder who can play a simple ten yard pass to open up the opositions defense, however if we wait till the Janurary transfer window we will be in a very strong financial position compaired to rivals and should be able to get "with a bit of luck" Joe Cole if Chelski sign Shawn Wright-Phillips. Cole will not stay at Chelski if he is not playing with the world cup coming up and would relish the chance to play with Defoe, Carrick & Kanoute (Former West Ham Teammates)and King & Robinson (England Teammates)
  145. Yeah, agree with everything above, I think the team we have now, should be able to get us off to a decent staqrt to the season. Then we can see who's available in Jan, please not Figo - the blokes an arrogant twat who fitted in well at real madrid, cause they're all arrogant twats, we want someone with a Shearer/Keane/Viera type personality, I'm not suggesting any of these players, but someone who will come in and be respected, not admired for his initiial abillity, then despised for his arrogance. He's not THAT good anyway.