Who Would You Like To Sign & Let Go?
Many sources are claiming that we are going to sign either the likes of Pedersen, Nani, and Bent. I personally feel that signing Darren Bent will be a mistake. I say this because many feel that we already have a better striker in Jermain Defoe. If Defoe were to leave, then signing Bent would be great.
What about Pedersen? We had the chance to sign him before he joined Blackburn, but declined spending £2 million as the club thought the asking price was too high. Now £10 million is being mooted. He's a great player, but is he worth £10 million?
Then there's Nani. He is a fantastic player. He has a sweet left foot, is pacey and is amazingly skillful. Various prices from £6 to 12 million are currently circulating. Nani though, may be the type of player that needs time to settle.
Now it's your turn to have your say on the players you would like to leave or join the Lane....
108 comments
Bent isn't as good as Defoe, and would become fourth in the pecking order. Can't really see that he'd want that. But I have no clue what forwards who'd be both realistic and at the same time would strengthen our squad. I'd really like to see Martin Petrov, Ryan Babel or Bernd Sneijder coming in. Especially Petrov.
£6 for Nani? That would be a bargain. I don't know what to think of Nani, too many people are seeing these clips of him on YouTube and making instant assumptions. Tainio looked superb on YouTube when he signed, as did Lee Young Pyo. I'm not saying they're great, but certainly not as good as they were made out to be!
If we had the choice, I'd say Pedersen. Proven Premiership player, and a bloody good one too.
.. and whoever started the Giggs rumour should get shot.
No point in getting Bent unless we get rid of Defoe which I think would be shooting ourselves in the foot.
Kone/Zenden
Kaboul
ReoCoker
Richards
Zigic
Out-
Murphy
Ziegler
Mido
Gardner
Stalteri
Keep Defoe, maybe add Bent for Mido.
If not need to replace the Sulking Sphinx; Ashton, Nugent?
Shorey from Reading would be a great addition and if Newcastle are selling Parker, he would be a great assett.
Interestingly, Bentley has come out as a Spurs fan to neutralize his Gooness for some reason.
Players to leave should be Murphy, Ghaly, Stalteri & Mido.
Would be nice to see why we went to all the trouble of signing Routledge if we are not going to play him as he looked quite useful with the ball. He should be perfect to take a bit of the weight off of Lennon.
C'mon you Spurs!!!
Out with Ghaly, Mido, LYP or AOE,Murphy, Ziegler.
In? Quality Left Winger i dont care who & a Playmaker..Oh and some CB backup maybe that chap at WBrom but probably be that chap from Auxerre..
MIdo, ghaly, murphy by bye. Gardner is a good reserve
Carson
Sagna
Kaboul
Davies
Shorey
Sneijder
Van der Vaart
Parker
Sissoko
Nani
Keita
Klose
OUT
Cerny
Staltieri
Lee
Gardner
Rocha
Routledge
Tainio
Ghaly
Murphy
Ziegler
Mido
Burch
Daniels
Halfredsson
On top of Bale & Kaboul we should buy Nani, Leighton Baines, Scott Parker and David Bentley (I know he was once of the scum but has become a player of some quality)
This will give us a superbly balanced squad to challenge the best of them.
Let go Ghali, Mido and Murphy.
Kabul as DC backup (bye Gardner)
Kader Keita for midfield (although we would have to tell him and zoks to drop the national team) and Elmander as the 4 th striker. He would be able to play as both the tall striker, and a Berbatov strikepartner.
Out goes:
Gardner, Staltieri, Murphy, Ghaly, Mido.
In
Nani - Quick, skillful, young left winger
Kaboul - Decent centre back to rotate with King and Dawson
Sneijder - Very good centre midfielder to contest Jenas
Striker - ? Defoe to stay or Bent
Out
Murphy - Not good enough to help push us forward
Gardner - Lack of concentration
Mido - Lazy, crap
When and where have you seen Bentley come out as a Yid?
Cheers
Oz
Gardner £2m
Stalteri £1m
Murphy £1m
Ghaly £3m
Mido £3m
£10m! That's the Bale money straight away.
In:
Bale £5m(£10m)
Kaboul £8.2m
Nani £13.5m
Keite £3m-10m?
Squad 07/08:
Robbo/Alnwick
Chimbonda/Lee
Bale/Ekotto
Dawson/Rocha
King/Kaboul
Lennon/Routledge
Nani/Malbranque
Zokora/Huddlestone/Tainio
Keite/Jenas
Berbatov/Pekhart
Defoe/Keane
sniejder
arteta
kaboul
micah richards
pazzini
- Gareth Barry or Matthew Taylor
- Scott Parker
- Pedersen should have been signed two years ago
Sell:
- Zokora
- Ghaly
- Mido
- Murphy
- Assou-Ekotto
We must start signing top quality players so Nani is the one in making and we should go for him.
Pedersen is never a world beater so i wont call him great to be honest,just a good player and weak physicaly.Not worth more than £4-£5 mil.
Bent will do well he is good in the air and pace to burn as well but is it worth spending £10 mil+ for a 4th choice player?
Sign Tuncay Sanli from Fenerbahce an absolute top notch two footed player on a bosman free...better,quic,miles more skilful and physicaly stronger than Pedersen anytime.
Petrov should be a brilliant signing but then again same as most of the ball players he will be inconsistent.
The ones to go pick themselves anyway..Mido,Ghaly,Ziegler,Murphy,Gardner..replacing these 5 with top quality players should be good te target.
Scores loads of goals to boot. Can easily beat a man and provide lots of assists.Considered a God in Turkey and we could get him on a free as his contract has expired.
Not a regular in the Brazilian side so that might be a problem..
Robinson, Carson, Alnwick.
Chimbonda, Sagna, Ifil,
Dawson,Kaboul,Huddlestone,
King, Davies, Dervitte,
Shorey, Bale, Assou Ekotto,
Lennon, Sneijder, Malbranque,
Van der Vaart, Jenas, Taarabt,
Sissoko, Zokora,Parker,
Nani, Keite, Dixon,
Keane, Defoe, Barnard,
Berbatov, Klose, Barcham.
I’d rather have willie young back playing for us than have harry kewell and that’s saying some
Bale
Kaboul
Keita
Bent (for Defoe)
Nakamura
Nani
Out:
Mido
Ghaly
Gardner
Murphey
Stalteri
Defoe(only if we get Bent)
To all those people are questioning signing Nani because of him apparently being right footed - Can anyone think of a right footed portugese player that switched flanks throughout the season who just so happened to win a couple of personal awards??? Lennon and Nani switching sides throughout a game is an awesome prospect for Spurs and a terryfying one for everyone else!!!
Then lets sell - Ghaly, Mido, Murphy, Lee, Gardner, Barnard, Routledge.
Motivated squad fighting for places.
We only need kaboul, a left winger and a replacement for mido(£5m rated player will do for this one, or viduka who would be immense on a free!)
Bale (Done)
Nani or Babel
Kaboul
Sneijder
Anyone heard of Anderson from FC Porto - well good attacking midfielder & he's left footed!
Out:
Ghaly
Mido
Murphy
Stalteri
Mido,Ghaly,Nani,Murphy,Gardner out
Kaboul,Zigic or Viduka,Petrov in and i would efinitely make an offer for Giggs and Lampard at least to show that Spurs are as good a club as the so called top 4.
COYS
Mido, Ifill,Ziegler, Routledge and Defendi
Possibly out(providing we get some dosh for them):
Murphy,Stalteri & Gardner - all good squad players
Players we need:
Fine with goalies
Providing we get Kaboul probably fine at the back.
We need a creative and defensive midfield player, a left winger and another proven attacker.
My suggestions are:
Nolan,Dyer,Pedersen/Petrov/Nani,
Bellamy - perhaps some quality Frenchie's from Comolli also?
players in dat id like
sneijder
van der vaart
huntelaar
my top 3 targets wud giv us the added bit of quality
out
mido
ghaly
murphy
stalteri
lee keep ekotto.
Downing/Nani
Pazzini(Young italian seen him play a couple of times, good back up for Berb, touted as the new Vieri)or Nugent
Giggs (he's got 1 season left in him as long as he costs less then £2mil then he will be worth it, think of the experience he can offer all our young players)
Barry/Sahin (turkish youngster)
Richards
kompany(plays for andurlect, sold and technically gifted CB)
Out
Ghaly (after his display against blackburn he should never pull on the shirt again)
Mido
Murphy
Stalteri
In should come:
Kaboul, Bale, Gamst Pedersen or Duff/Robben, and a offensive central midfielder maybe Nani, Sneijder or Van Der Vaart
Fred
Keita
Sagna
Matt Taylor
Nani
Pedersen or Petrov dont mind which
Out:
Mido CRAP
Ghaly
Murphy
Tainio
whoever said sell zokora should be seriously hurt
We only need a new striker to replace mido if none of the other younger kids are good enough and I don't think any of us know that right now - unless you go and watch reserves and academey football rather than just reading programme notes or made up journo articles
Cassilas
Ronaldinho
Kaka
E'to
Robben
Joe Cole
Ronaldo (the portugese one not the fat brazilian)
Rooney
Bramble
OUT:
Gardner
Gardner
Gardner
Gardner
Gardner
Gardner
Flintoff
Lewis Hamilton (too busy in F1)
oh and Gardner.....
that should do it
Ekotto
Mido
Ghaly
Murphy
In
Schnider
Parker
Sissoko
Bent
Gamst Pederson
petrov
Davis
Out: Stalteri, Gardner, Rocha, BAE, Routledge, Tainio, Ghaly, Zeigler, Malbranque, Murphy, Mido.
In: Heinze, Boularouz, Kaboul, Nakamura, Pedersen, Sneidjer, Saviola, Toni or Iquanita
Bottom line is we need a proven forward to replace Mido, a left winger and 2 more midfielders (1 creative and 1 defensive)providing we get Kaboul. The left winger must be of top 3 standard if we are to overtake the Arse.
Robinson, Dawson, King, Chimbonda, Bale, Zokora, Sneidjer, Lennon, Pederson, Keane, Berbatov.
Subs: Cerny, Boularouz, Jenas, Nakamura, Defoe.
IN- Nani, Zigic or Tevez and Zidane out of retirement.
OUT- Mido, Ziegler, Murphy, Gardner
If we can't get Nani, I would try Assou-Ekotto, Bale and Malbranque on the left with Lee, Bale and Assou-Ekotto playing LB depending on who's up front. Between Bale and Assou-Ekotto, one might well be that LW diamond in the rough. I believe that both have the talent and ability. Another option would be Zidan - his scoring rate is impressive, but can his attitude be controlled?
Staltieri should remain as he gives it every game and makes up for any deficits with his hard work. I'll say it again that I don't think another player on the squad would have run end to end to score the goal that won the match against West Ham. He's also the only legitimate right back cover that we have.
Any comments on these rumours?
Robinson/Cerny/Alnwick
Chimbonda/Lee/Ifil
Bale/Heinze
Dawson/Boularouz
King/Kaboul/Rocha
Zokora/Huddlestone
Sneidjer/Jenas
Lennon/Saviola/Taarabt
Pedersen/Nakamura
Keane/Defoe
Berbatov/Toni
Stalteri (1.5m)
Rocha (3m)
Gardner (1m)
Mido (3m)
Murphy (1m)
Ziegler (shame but seems likely .5m)
In:
Nani (13m)
Bent (13m)
Richards (15m)
Kaboul (8.2m)
Arfa (7m)
IM NOT ASKING FOR MUCH EH :)
Stalteri (1.5m)
Rocha (3m)
Gardner (1m)
Mido (3m)
Murphy (1m)
Ziegler (shame but seems likely .5m)
In:
Nani (13m)
Bent (13m)
Richards (15m)
Kaboul (8.2m)
Arfa (7m)
IM NOT ASKING FOR MUCH EH :)
That should do.
Keita
Zidan
OUTS- Murphy
Mido
Ghaly
Should Never Buy- Bent
Reo-Coker
Parker
Shorey
Whats makes you think too many English players would put us in top 4
have as a 1st team:
burch
ifil, gardner, rocha, labrador eater
murphy, ghaly, tainio, reid (oh damn we sold him)
mido, mido's twin
spend all money on a huge drinking binge for all the fans - i estimate we could bring in £100 mio for those players. based on 23,000 season ticket holders that is £4,350 each to spend on booze ......
i agree this argument is limited football wise but still quite attractive in general.......
Micheal Kightly from Wolves, This Nani bloke from Portugal, Daniel Alves from Sevilla, Lescott from Everton and Dean Ashton from the spammers.
Out go:
Ghaly, Murphy, Routledge, Zeigler, Gardner and Lee.
In : a new stadium to hold £40-50,000 so we can generate enough income to break into the top 4.
why dont you wait and see who gets bought instead of speculating with all these spasticated rumours of players you've never even seen/heard of, or unlikely to cut it in england.
reading through some of these quite frankly makes me piss myself. i have a feeling quite a few of you are going to be awfully dissapointed. considering all we need is a left winger who can kick the ball with his left foot and cover at centre half.
seriously people get a grip. for the love of god.
oh yeah, and get mido out, he's embarressing.
i am £140 in now and properly wonkered so hope the club takes my advice - otherwise i am in hock to the blacksmiths arms who are currently the holders of my exorbitant tab......
Central mid: whoever as long as he's better than Jenas/Zokora (who are both quite good, but IMO not good enough to be the best CM in a top 4 club)
Left wing: Nani or some other proven player other than Gamst Pedersen. The latter is good, but, based on my impressions from when i played for my home team Tromsø (in Norway) he is at the peak of his potential. Furhtermore, he is not very quick and we don't need his freekicks now that we have Bale.
Striker: Luca Toni would be a dream. I say keep Defoe unless he insists otherwise. If he leaves, sign someone with greater potential, preferably a young British player with great talent. IOW: not Bent
I agree the need for somebody on the left - definitely a need there.
A very good first team/reserve centre-back is definitely needed - lets not forgot our main down-fall when badgering on about all these new attackers we need.
I think Zokora will definitely show his worth this season. yido.
Ghaly, Mido (wasn't worth singing in the first place), Murphy, Gardner, Tainio, Lee.
A better start to next season aswell.
Mido
Ghaly
Jenas
Defoe
Robinson
Gardner
Ifil
Lennon
Zokora
In:
Any good GK
Bale
Keita
Sniedjer
Van Der Vaart
Bent
Zigic
Kaalmstrom
Kaboul
Petrov
Unrealistic, but what I believe has to be done fore top4 finish.
In:Pedersen,Sissoko, Cisse and Zidan if we offload Defoe, although I wouldn't want to lose him.
Choices based on pace and delivery from wing.
Out:Jenas, Ghaly, Mido, Ziegler, Murphy.
First two squander possesion as standard operating procedure. Others just never involved.
Assumed signing of Kaboul.
Anyone can look good on a couple of video clips on your tube - me included, few of the goals I have scored this year have been top notch (if I do say so myself) but I am certinly no where near Conference standard let alone PREM! Wake up and smell the bloody coffee and get a life!
Nani is apparently a good player but is also an egotist who will probably want out as soon as the big money offers come in.
Selling Chimbo would be mental - who would we replace him with who is a) better and b) would cost les - NO-ONE!
Bent isn't that great - certainly no better than Defoe.
Ashton is one who would be a good edition to the side.
Tevez would be excellent.
We have a youth system for a reason, lets tap into it for the 4th striker role and let the likes of Dixon et al all compete for the fourth place start - if no of them are any good ship…
he looks more like a CF or an CAM...but one thing you can not deny is that he is quality, and the Sporting fans do not want to see him go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufsXWP48Sck
Jenas (Good Champions League Squad player at best)
Malbranque (ditto)
Defoe (V. Controversial I know but always behind Keane and Berbagod and would command a good price that we could use on Bent who has proven that he does not need 5 chances to score (!) and would provide us with a different tactical option IF ever required i.e. 1 up front)
Stalteri/Ghaly/Mido/Gardener/Murphy
Ins
Its all very well saying that we need a left sided player but has anyone ever thought that we may need two? Again I know that there will be shouts of derision from some but again if we are to challenge for the Champions league then we should consider this, we need a capable squad.
Therefore I would like to see any two from Barry/ Taylor / Petrov / MGP
We also need a destroyer in midfield, I would welcome sissoko but doubt he would c…
Murphy 2m
Ghaly 3m
Mido 4m
Gardener 2m
Assou-Ekotto 2m
Jenas? 15m
Defoe? 14m
Tainio 6m
Zeigler 3m
total = 51m
In -
LB - Bale 5m
CB - Kaboul 8m
LM - Nani 12m
AM - Requelme for Jenas? 9m
ST - Zigic for Mido 5m
ST - Tevez for Defoe? 18m
total = 57m
difference = -6m
I know foreigners and untried in premiership but can you imagine how attacking our play would be with
Requelme linking up with the likes of lennon, nani, berbatov, keane and tevez and having wing backs of chimbo and bale zipping up the flanks and all for roughly a
6-10m pound spend?
probably unlikely but good business i think.
In: Nani (else Morten gamst pedersen),Parker,Kaboul, striker.
Out: Mido, Murphy, Stalteri,Routledge,Ziegler(As he seems to want to go), Rocha, Tainio
or Ghaly, Gardner.
MURPHY
MIDO LAZY BUGGER
LYP RIGHT FOOTED
ZOKORA HE HAS NO CONTROL
Nani-15mill
Pedersen-10mill
Zenden-1mill
Kaboul-8.2mill
Zigic-4.3mill
Bentley-9mill
ReoCoker-7mill
Shorey-3mill
M.Petrov-7mill
Bent-11mill
Cost=75.5mmill
I would sell:
Ghaly-3mill (scum)
Murphy-1mill (if we get ReoCoker)
Mido-4mill (lazy)
Gardner-2mill
Stalteri-1.5mill
Defoe-13mill (only if we get Bent)
Burch-0.5mill
Zeigler-1mill (gd player but he it looks like he will go)
Would get-26mill
If spurs have a 60mill kitty and we sell all those players 86mill would be the kitty n u only spend 75.5mill the board can keep 10.5mill or Jol can just buy 1 more player.
I reckon Spurs should go for Sissoko. He's young (22) and he's excellent at playing the holding midfielder.
We need to start giving Zokora more freedom to go forward - Jenas and Zokora should be competing for the same position.
An alternative to Sissoko is Makelele - but at 34/35 he'll only have one season in him.
We should sign Zenden once Liverpool release him. He'll a left winger with proven European experience. According to Benitez, he's an excellent squad member and I think he'll add a lot to the squad as a whole.
I'm not saying we should settle for Liverpool cast-offs. I think Liverpool would be stupid to let these players go - we should take the opportunity when it's there.
Keita
Sneijder
Nani
Huntelaar(if we sell Defoe)
Out:
Ghaly
Murphy
Mido
Kaboul
Sneijder
Babel
Huntelaar
Out:
Gardner
Ifil
Stalteri
Murphy
Ghaly
Tainio
Mido
if you are unsure of bale look at this^^^ he is what we need
We must get 3 players.
The first must be left sided and be able to cross and set up an attack on the left. This would do 2 things - give us something on that side, and let AL do the same on the right.
All of a sudden, we would have width, substance and destroy the current game plans the top teams have for us (which are pretty good I must say).
Petrov is my first choice for this role.
The second is that we need to have a midfield general who can control a game. I reckon we had one in Carrick but the player we bought to replace him (Zokora) was a different player and upset the balance a bit. He was very good nevertheless (but a bit attacking).
I think we need an absolute superstar here and there aren't many. If I could have my pick, it would be Fabregas (even better cos it would weaken the Gooners), but if he's not available, then Malouda and if he's not able to be convinced, then I would go for B…