The deal that was on hold now goes ahead

You have read elsewhere all the rubbish about Sevilla and Tottenham being rocked by Sevilla pulling out of any Soldado deal while here at Tottenham Hotspur Blog News (THBN) you have quietly been informed his sale to Villarreal is a done deal, that we were just waiting for a replacement to come in.

Villarreal was always the only option for Soldado

Equally while many ponder Aaron Lennon you have quietly been informed that it his off the field behaviour that has led to him being ostracised, that he has burnt all his bridges and that he wants to go to Everton, both in January and now. The popular press have to make stories, create things that are fake for fans to have a drama to read when there is no drama.

No site can get everything right, I certainly don't and when my eyesight goes and this screen is a blur typing mistakes abound. However, I'm delighted that so much is right and that just shows what common sense, a few phone calls, emails and a little bit of digging can do instead of simply supplying a news regurgitation service.

An opinion of the news matters, it's what influences interpretation because let's face it we all see what we want to see, we interpret in a manner that supports our opinion to justify that opinion to ourselves. The difficult thing is to look at matters objectively, don't pretend someone is mustard when they haven't produced performances to back that up.

It is satisfying for me that other blogs have raised their game in the last year, that the content you are being delivered is improving. I don't think there are too many blogs like this one that look at so many aspects of Spurs, that look for new angles and raise issues such as the use of sports psychology or the importance of mentality. Nothing changes if it isn't brought to light and discussed and as a blogger it part of my role to raise those issues, this is not just a news site after all.

Spurs to lose less than £9m on Soldado deal

Well back to the story of the day and that the replacement for Soldado has been confirmed by many a source as coming in, Clinton Njié from Lyon. That has enabled us to agree to the departure back to Spain of Roberto Soldado to sign for the club he has already agreed a deal with, Villarreal.

Awful quality, just met Soldado at Gatwick, asked if he was staying he said he was off to Villareal

The press have been feeding garbage about no fee being agreed about how they wouldn't be able to pay his wages when it is the only club he wanted to join. He had offers, financially better offers, from elsewhere, he was chased by Germans, Turks, Italians, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish but Villarreal is close to his home, that's where he wanted to bring up his young son.



Soldado (pictured above at Gatwick this morning) and Villarreal agreed personal terms a long while ago and a fee with Spurs was agreed also.
"I enjoyed these two years that we share, I wish you well in your new club!! Good luck my friend."
Rgat was a Tweet from Érik Lamela, a Tweet that was hastily removed, we can't have players releasing news to the public, marketing departments around the world would go spare. A press release about news that has already been reported is hardly news and that affects brand exposure.

Are there 50 better players than Lamela in the Premier League?

Roberto Soldado is a quality player, it didn't work out at Tottenham and we failed him buy not providing enough mental assistance, he failed himself by not seeking it. I wish him all the best with his new club and in life, he has conducted himself in the manner of a decent human being, unlike many a footballer who could be named.



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