Kaboul may figure against West Ham or Fiorentina

Younes Kaboul turned down West Ham on transfer deadline day because the wages  being offered were not enough as David Gold tried to get players in on the cheap and failed with all eight, which says something in itself.

Kaboul may figure against West Ham or Fiorentina


Besiktas were also interested in Kaboul having previously failed to agree a fee with Spurs the Turkish club offered £3.5 million but with the club having seemingly lined up a replacement in the summer they received the message he was no longer for sale.

That situation will change in a few months and Slaven Bilic will come back in for the Frenchman who turned down the chance to join Roma. Money rules and there is no money in Italian football so he'll keep picking up his Tottenham wages for training and occasionally playing if we have injuries or if someone needs a rest.

Besiktas, in Turkey,, the other being AEL Limassol at White Hart Lane. was one of the two UEFA Europa League games Kaboul played. That Besiktas game, which we lost 1-0, was his only game in December and in January he has played two FA Cup ties, but alas we are out of that competition now so his chances of game time are somewhat reduced.

He played two games in November, three in October, three in September and four in August so with just 15 appearances in the first 6 months of the season you'd calculate he couldn't be looking at more than 5 or 6 games for the remainder of it, depend really how far we go in the UEFA Europa League.

There are only 15 Premier League games left, a Capital One Cup Final and the UEFA Europa League knock-out stages to negotiate. With two games to play in a week before the Capital One Cup Final against Chelsea, he has a chance of figuring one of those against West Ham at home or Fiorentina away..