Spurs Rumours Archive August 28 2012

 

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28 Aug 2012 23:51:42
I wonder what's happening with yann m'villa now, talks seemed quite advanced with him

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Fernando llorente news...juventus bid rejected..but buy out clause is 36 mill euros..will we ?
Yidade {Ed008's Note - I don't think Bilbao will risk losing him on a free in January when clubs can approach him whoever bids the highest will get him but he favours Juventus more.

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Juventus wont bid enough so off to spurs he will go BOOM BOOM

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LOL Juve won't bid enough and you think we will ...let's hope so.

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28 Aug 2012 23:27:44
Got something else from a reliable source again, will people know what i mean if i say SSN?

looks like fulham have accepted a bid on dembele!
hes having a medical at spurs as we speak!

ConnorSpurs

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Well chuffed with this, Dembele is quality and will fit right in at the Lane!! I have seen a small number of doubters about Dembele on this site... well watch this boy play and prepare to be converted!

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Before Martin Jol announced we have had a bid accepted I got told we had agreed fee for willian,dembele and vdv

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Our 3rd kit is absolutely awfull! Who came up with that shocking design

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I've seen better kits, however, liverpool's third "tribal" kit is by far the worst in prem

Rufus

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28 Aug 2012 23:12:05
Porto claim 2 bids have come in from english clubs for Hulk believed to be from Chelsea and Spurs and another bid from Zenit of 40m and it's up to the player to decide his future if english clubs match bid
ou812

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On his site hes valued at 32.5 mill..can you see us paying that ? Hope so ay
yidade.

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No way would we be in for Hulk at £40m or even £30m, not when we could get KJH at £18m, M'Vila for £14m, Remy for £16-18m, Willian for maybe £18m etc
Simmo

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Hulk wants to come to the premiere. chelsea av bid 38 mill...will we match that ? we can dream...
Yidade.

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Hulk to decide his future today.. spurs.chelsea.zenit or stay at porto..watch this space...
Yidade

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Dont see why everyone is so excited about Hulk. He is overrated. He doesnt play that well in the portugese league. He is big,strong and has a good left foot which he doesnt use enough. If we were to spend that ridiculous amount of money i would rather buy Loriente who in my opinion is one of the top 5 strikers in europe. His finishing is excellent, his movement and off the ball running is also very good and his hold up and link up play is quality. How many strikers can boast that? Easy pick for me anyway. Any thoughts on what striker ye would prefer?

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Yes agree with llorente think he is pure class and would be my first pick (even ahead ov Damiao) he's a proven European striker. Disagree with your point about Hulk though, would you say Rooney is crap? He would get goals and hold up play for our midfield to get some goals.

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Can not see us paying £30 - £40m for Hulk, when we wouldn't pay £30m for Damiao, who IMO is a younger much better player, whose resale value will only get better.

Am well excited about Dembele coming to the lane, the guy is immense and will be a massive hit at the Lane. Just need another striker, who that will be is another question, would love it to be someone like Damiao, Hulk or even Remy at this stage, but as much as Llorente is a fantastic striker not sure if I would want him, he seems to have his heart in Italy and I'm not sure I would want a striker at the club who is just there because we bid highest for him. Not sure about willian, would be a good addition to the team, but not to sure about the £20m price tag, think there are better players about in this price tag. One player I dont want at the lane is Yann M'vila, the guy is an average and has an attitude similar to Joey Barton, the guy is trouble. Hopefully the next couple of days will prove interesting but fruitful. We shall see!!

THFC4EVER

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Wont go to Spurs unless they are the only bidders. Others offer more realistic trophy winning chance, and more importantly probably add 100k to his weekly wage.

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Hulk all day long! He is a beast.

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Personally id agree with that and say i wud prefer us sign Llorente, in my opinion a much better striker

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Llorente for me, agree with you, much more complete footballer. Hulk has his moments but I could see him drifting/sulking out of games regularly - hard to tell though but based on the fact he's 'only' been in the Portuguese league alone then it's not as good as La Liga. Certainly at the prices it would be Llorente.
At £18m KJH has to be worth a go though? Mobile, clever positional play, scores all sorts of goals. I was never a fan of his a few years ago and felt vindicated when he didn't really work out at Milan and Real but, he seems to have improved a lot overall and has always scored goals when playing regularly. It really seems an obvious target to me at that price, any striker of that pedigree at £18m or less has to be a target surely? He'd thrive in a team with 2-3 out of Bale/Ade/VDV/Dembele that's for sure.

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I never said Hulk was crap, just said he is not good enough for the money thats been talked about. I just think people get carried away when they hear the name Hulk been mentioned!!

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Man u no the asking have already made a bid

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28 Aug 2012 23:11:04
Shock news;

Hulk or benzema. Don't hate, just watch. Only 2 days to go.... Exciting!

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After above post too, I've also heard whispers, not from official sources, that hulk is coming. I will not believe anything like that until I see it.
God, I wish it was Saturday and all done lol

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I would cry with happiness for the next few days then get hulk tattooed on my forehead, unfortunately there is no way this is happening (im still secretly hoping though)

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No chance on either plater please wake up

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I can see dembele, and lloris being announced by Friday, maybe Willian. But I highly doubt llorente, Damiao, or benzema. Potentially Remy. But you all know what levy is like

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Hey hater, as i say, just watch and wait for the news to come in.

in regards to moutinho, we have offered around £23 mil, however if we dont get hulk and he goes to russia, the risk is porto not wanting to sell two star players. the player wants to come, so does willian.

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28 Aug 2012 23:09:58
Let's hope personal terms can be agreed for dembele now, I expect to see willian and Loris before Friday. Maybe a few smaller signings on Friday although I'm really hoping for a striker, Rémy maybe?

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Possibly THUDD going the other way for a make weight season long loan...

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That's how I see the deal panning out as well... Think huddle will fit in well at fulham

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28 Aug 2012 23:08:47
Ed, dembele medical tonight, loris 2mro? True? {Ed008's Note - Don't expect a medical tonight I would say tomorrow thursday morning max, Lloris is 50/50 in my opinion its a matter of fee to Lyon.

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Fulham website tonight, dembele is 'currently undergoing a medical'
In the MJ after match interview.

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I think a fee was agreed earlier and he was left out the squad to come and have a medical

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28 Aug 2012 22:51:58
Fulham accept bid in region 15M for dembele on sly. great purchase IMO {Ed008's Note -

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28 Aug 2012 22:51:10
I see our Dembelevbid accepted is running the ssn info bar

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28 Aug 2012 22:48:01
Our bid is accepted for dembele!! Ed, what do you think. {Ed008's Note - Very good player can play literally anywhere in midfield and attack will defo make the team better. Bid was made yday straight after Modric deal completed.

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28 Aug 2012 22:45:55
SSN says Fulham have accepted our bid for Dembele!
Simmo

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Please don't f##k this up levy! Guy is class

Bomb yid

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Still think you guys r far weaker this season without modric dembele no way near as good.Tommy Irish Red

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28 Aug 2012 22:45:39
Demebele deal agreed. 1st of many we hope!

Yid d.

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28 Aug 2012 21:54:45
Here's one: anyone think a cheeky bid for Sinclair from the swans as cover for bale and comp for Lennon. Ssn, man city couldn't agree a fee
Mr g

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A website saying fee agreed for dembele..heres hoping ay...
Yidade

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28 Aug 2012 21:54:24
We are linked with Douglas costa from shakhtar and damiao's agent said he may still join a premier league club. Source - a website.com on the tottenham page. {Ed008's Note - This guys done it the right way.

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28 Aug 2012 21:36:52
I really hope these dembele rumors are true, he is a beast!

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28 Aug 2012 21:30:01
Duncan Castles is reporting that the Dembele deal is done for £15 million and lots of reports about that we have agreed a fee of 13 million euros rising to 15 million for Hugo Lloris.

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I don't think there is enough 'L's' in the club shop for us to sign lloris, willian, dembelle and llorente
Level doesn't miss a trick does he lol

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Confirmed by filham after their game tonight. Source ssn.

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Ssn say we agreed fee 4 dembele thats y he was left out 2nite. get it done levy b4 sum1 triws 2 gazump us

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Ssn reports fulham have accepted a bid from spurs for dembele COYS

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28 Aug 2012 21:20:48
If only we could actually sign these players the so called agents are claiming are done deals on twitter we would have one hell of a team! Loris, dembele, Willian, damiao, Anderson, llorente

Adj1308

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Anderson???

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Except anderson

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Anderson??? really
ou812

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I'd like to know who was hitting the disagree button on the Anderson?? Does anyone actually think sOmeone who can't make the Utd 1st team would improve any top four club

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Im not saying I want them all just that we have been linked with just about everyone! I for one hope we can get the dembele deal sorted before someone try's to pinch him from under our nose!
Adj1308

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28 Aug 2012 20:53:01
Dawson staying and willing to fight for his place(why sell a 28 yr old and keep gallas who'e 35?!..huddlestone could be on his way to fulham as part of a deal that could see dembele + £10m head the other way.lloris deal tied up by thursday for a fee in the region of £13m, willian for an undisclosed fee on friday, along with,as i said last night, a major signing on behalf of levy..remy?, llorente?, hulk!?

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Absolute rubbish why won't these signings be announced earlier then Levy??

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The reason we would sell Dawson(28) and Keep Gallas(35) because gallas will cost nothing. Getting nearly 10M for Dawson would be good business but i would be sad to see him go.

Spurs Lad

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Good business!..so you would rather sell a 28yr old player who is by far a better footballer than a 35 yr old has been, who may i add won't last the season against some of the young forwards in the pl!..don't know which team you support? but it's blatantly obvious you have not watched dawson in a tottenham shirt giving a 100% in every match..ledley's replacement is dawson..and talking of finances, who would help us get back into the cl, dawson or gallas? dawson all the way.

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We're talking about 4th choice CB here.
10m? Bite their hands off.

Dawson gives his all but he isn't CL caliber and never was. Gallas was and has been.

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If I was Dembele, spurs would not be the club I would wish to join.

.. Just thought i'd put that one there.

toffee jack

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This may come as a surprise toffee jack,but youre not dembele,so it doesnt matter

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We're not pushing daws out, the bid was unexpected and a lot more than we expected. From a business perspective it makes sense, but you'd have to have a heart of stone to sell daws

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Dawson, as much as i like him only looked good when playing next to Ledley. He looks fragile when paired with anyone else.

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28 Aug 2012 20:52:22
Dembelle on his way to spurs for 15 mil.

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I read that tonight too plus he not in fulhams strong squad for their game tonight.

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28 Aug 2012 20:44:22
What about signing Huntelaar? Surely he is worth looking at with some of the Modric money? In our price range (just read about him going to Liverpool!).

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I think we will get lloris dembele and willian in next 2 days.
Dembele and willian for the price of luka is good business.
Then , I hoping, we concentrate on a striker for last day or so of window and kjh would be perfect, but so would hulk, llorente , benzema lol

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Out of all the strikers linked The Hunter is the one that I would like at the lane, very close between him and Llorente. The only drama is he is 29 but Llorente is 27? I believe. Ed's??

foxspur

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28 Aug 2012 20:25:34
Just came across an article from some Middle Eastern paper that Dembele is on his way subject a medical - anyone find this from a more traditional outlet? Says that we've agreed to pay the 15M buyout.

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I have been told we have agreed the fee and he isnt in fulham squad tonight. Great signing Levy and AVB. COYS

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28 Aug 2012 20:22:42
£15m for dembele. £15m for will.i.an. And £15m for Lloris. Exactly what we need and completely feesable considering the amount of deadwood we've shifted/ going to shift

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Haven't Lyon valued Lloris at 15M EUR since day 1?

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28 Aug 2012 20:22:16
not definite by no means but we are heading in the right direction with a very good chance of signing lloris and willan and i also think at least one poss two more signings to come. i agree we have been shy in the past but that might be that the owners new they wanted rid of harry and once england didnt come calling we were a bit stuck so no investment was made now however it appears we might just might be moving forward and i for one am feeling quite excited about it all and dont forget avb wouldnt come back to the premier where he dived unless he was promised the firepower he needed to clear his name in the premiership coys

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28 Aug 2012 20:13:25
Ssn reporting we have some interest in Douglas Costa of shaktar, I hope we get him I think we are now being linked with everybody!

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28 Aug 2012 20:07:46
Anyone else see the comments made by Leandro's agent about a move to England that were quoted by SS?

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When we signed sandro, we signed him in the summer, he arrived in the January after their season finished.
It wouldn't surprise me if this happened.
I can't believe no one has had gone in for him, we must be in there in some capacity, unless they are asking stupid money now he has worn Brazil's no.9 shirt

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Nope, care to share?

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I did mention this already this summer. I think he'll come this summer but delayed until January.

The Rabbit

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1st commenter you're just wrong. Sandro made his debut in that awful league cup 3rd round match against the arsenal in September 2010. He played a couple of times in the prem but it was only against AC that he really came into his own

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28 Aug 2012 19:39:30
So, a few days remaining and the rumour mill is in overdrive. I for one think we're installing a revolving door at Spurs Lodge for all the comings and goings, and from what i've been told, we could see some firm favourites on the way but with some potential ones coming in.

Nothing new in telling you that the likes of Bentley, Jenas, Dawson, GDS and Gomes are all available if deal is right and some are in place already ready to activate upon new players coming in.

VDV leaving is a 50/50 situation, Spurs are happy to retain him, but if they sign the desired players will let him go. There is a wide difference in the valuations of VDV and if Levy spends big he won't be prepared to let too many leave on the cheap. It's Hamburg or nothing and this will likely go down to the wire.

Defoe - much like VDV, all about replacements and valuations. The player himself however (like a number of Spurs players) wants to remain in the south if he moves.

As for incoming Spurs are casting their net far and wide and have multiple options in all areas earmarked for strengthening. The key areas are (again, no prizes for guessing) goalkeeper, midfield, winger / wide forwards and strikers.

Dembele, Willian, Dzagaev, Isco and Cabaye are definitely all in the mix, Spurs have also flirted with big name forwards but as of yet are reluctant to match the prices quoted. The players they have made firm enquiries for are Damaio (upto £30m), Llorente (£28m) and Hulk (£40m). AVB wanted Radmael Falcao, but Athletico will not do the business at this stage and the player is happy there for the next year at least.

Lloris and Butland are the only options for goalkeeper but may not happen during this window, if they do it is more likely to be Lloris over Butland.

'61 Kid

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All very interesting but its nothing that hasnt been out in the public domain for weeks.
Unless you have a good source you bring nothing to the discussion that hasnt already been heard.
Super Y*d

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Report appearing the fee for Dembele agreed at 15m

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Im reading dembele has signed ed tell me its true {Ed041's Note - im not sure yet we will know more in the next few hours or tomorow morn

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Thanks for that Super Y*d, but i'm not around here everyday, just posting what I hear from time to time from people that are reasonably placed at the club between coaching and commercial levels. Most of what I write is based on the questions i've asked and the responses i've received. Nothing more, nothing less. I could go into far greater detail on a non playing level (relating to commercial & off field activity) but this is neither the time nor the place for that as most of it is very technical, boring and bears little relation to the footballing aspect of the club. I just hope that half of what i'm hearing happens by the time the window shuts.

'61 Kid

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28 Aug 2012 18:15:05
Willian on his way to London.. Looks like VDV is going to Join Hamburg by Friday

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Source
Mr g

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Why is it that people don't put a nickname after themselves in the text. Make something up and just be consistent, even Malaga Gooner does it, love or loth him!

The Rabbit

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There's a few sources stating it now. {Ed008's Note - He mentioned 2 sources i can't post up sorry.

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I think willian will sign but I don't see vdv leaving (unless mountino or dembele sign but even then)

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Ok sorry ed didn't realise you couldn't post them just thought I was helping ;)

Mk1 {Ed003's Note - no probs}

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Great some creative spark to add to the squad...oh no hang on...we then flog VDV so no further forward on attacking options and cover. We cannot afford to let any attacking player we have go unless we bring in at least three creative midfielders/strikers.
Simmo

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I agree with the above poster why sell any more creative attacking players! We lack the critical finishing. We need strikers are we forgetting we will lose Ade in the new year to the African cup of nations leaving us with just Defoe again! And let's look it hasn't worked so far has it! Llorente no! Willian yeah likely another striker we will all be kept guessing till probably 2 mins before the window closes!
Neil THFC

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VDV does not have the legs to play at a high tempo, if we can get 10milion for him then I say sell

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If you can't post the source name, can he post a link Ed's?

foxspur {Ed008's Note - Nope new rules it's copyright sorry.

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VDV Probably realizes his playing time will be reduced and his wife works in Germany, it's not difficult to see how he would want to head back. And if we get the likes of Dembele and Willan as is being widely suggested then VDV could find himself spending a lot of time on the bench ..I think for team peace they will ship him out for a fair price if they get the signatures they want in time.

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VDV scores goals, big goals and is class. No he can't play 90mins at a high tempo but we are going to have two holding midfielders on the pitch and only one striker most of the time so he can play in the hole like he did before when we need him.
Simmo

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Yh yh yh Ade is going to play in the africa cup of nations.....wow big deal. Why dobt we just buy someone in january to cover for him ?? I know this name gets boring to hear but damiao can leave in december which is before ade leaves so he can get a few games in and ready to play his best when ade is gone. Done deal already for jan I reckon. COYS

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Agree with the post above, he scores big goals and is an excellent option for us. Also his Wife does NOT work in germany, she prefers it in London where she does not get pestered as much.

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I'm pretty sure Ade has retired from international football

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28 Aug 2012 18:02:15
it looks like we're almost there with Lloris. Fingers crossed, but could we not have kept the fee down a bit and killed two birds with the one stone and asked them to take Gomes as cover and as a makeweight? Say, £8.5m + Gomes? Just a thought. BigBird. COYS, let's get Llorente, Moutinho and cover for BAE in now and we'll be sorted. Thanks very much DL/AVB! I wish...

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Seeming as we are only paying 8 mil upfront i doubt it mate with 2mil add ons great deal if it goes through

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To the comment about Gomes - I suspect that his not being fit would've also posed a bit of a problem.

As for the above mentioned Lloris fee - was that suggested somewhere? I feel like I've read every article about the move and haven't seen any mention of a supposedly agreed amount. Just the suggested 15M EUR.

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The above comment I didn't meant to dislike just my fingers are big for my mobile and missed the post a comment thing

Anyway .... Does anyone know the extent of Gomes injury ? And if he could be used even if it knocked a few m off ?

And we have also sold button incase anyone hasn't commented on this yet I reckon that's got to be 1/4 - 2/4 of a m pennies really * compared to the club not personal xD *
So another player off the squad ... Making space for a GK I think as think about it Realistcly if we don't get rid of Gomes come next year we will have 2 players leaving / retiring in freidel and cudicini and no other back up ....

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Thats what most ppl are saying that its 8 mil rising to 10 so a great deal if tru but we will never find out exactly how much it is, just hope it goes through

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28 Aug 2012 17:42:12
The Lyon correspondent for RMC radio just reported that Lyon has accepted a 13Meuro+2Meuro bonus offer for Hugo Lloris.

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What's a Meuro??

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Why are you going for him liverpool are not interested in him

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Oh ryt so they after Willian and Damiao aswell are they?

Childish comment, grow up!!

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Lets just hope liverpool told Sahin his home contents and car insurance is gonna go through the roof especially on away games
ou812

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I think Loserpool remain in our shadow pal.

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Apparently Loserpool are close to signing huntelaar if they can sell Carroll

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Lol loserpool remain in Most Premier clubs shadows at the moment xD

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1. They wont sell Caroll
2. they wont buy Huntelaar

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Huntelaar top player thought Levy would have put a cheap bid in for all the players in last year of contract Huntelaar Dembele,llorente,dempsey and even Isco cos they are skint
ou812

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Doubt it if VDV is on the verge of going back to Germany

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Liverpool in tottenhams shadow haha show us ur silver boys come on we have been poor for 3 years not 30 odd like u lot .ynwa

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28 Aug 2012 17:15:49
Hugo loris to sign in time for Norwich game

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The window will be closed by then sooo durrrr

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Yes but if we sign him at 11 on Friday he can't play in that match as he won't have been registered

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28 Aug 2012 16:26:36
Have you heard .........we are to sign Dembele! Plus 2 more strikers by Friday. Defoe is off to Arse on loan...
Spuddie

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Why would we loan Defoe to Arsenal? Ridiculous

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Not sure what's more ridiculous at this point, the notion of two strikers coming in or us loaning Defoe to Arsenal....

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Defoe would never go to arsenal in a million years! Can see him going to Newcastle in exchange for ba

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Seemed reasonable until Defoe is off to Arsneal on loan, would be very surprised at that!

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Your last rumour made me spit out my tea. If that happens, I will lose complete faith in levy

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Its not fifa

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Dembele would be a good buy, Defoe wont go to Arsenal, thats just what Ian Wright wants.

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Spuddie (more like gunner i think?)............lay off the booze my friend. Defoe would cut his toes off rather than play for your lot.

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From what I've heard only people interested in Defoe is Sunderland and QPR.

Le arse talk was just Ian wright saying on talk sport that le arse should try and make a move for him. Defoe would never go there though he'd rather go QPR for first team football.

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I do believe Defoe was a ARSEnal fan as a kid so not as stupid as you might think. Still don't see it happening but thought i'd add that in.

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I hope Defoe joins them as he's rubbish!

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Defoe's not rubbish if he passed then the midfield would bust a gut to get forward in support but when you see him shooting from the corner flag it must be a bit disheartening
ou812

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28 Aug 2012 16:16:40
It seems strange to me that we have this deal with real but sahin went to Liverpool for the year, why wouldn't levy have pushed for him? Does he have other plans? {Ed008's Note - Real Madrid only wanted to loan the player and not have buy out fee in the loan clause which Spurs and Arsenal wanted.

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It would be no help to us at all, as he would play in the team for a year then back to Madrid, leaving us back at square one. We need a permanant replacement. Dembele would be great for us could see him and Sandro being monsters in Midfield for us. Here's hoping!

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Apparently pool paid Madrid 5 million euros for the loan and are covering his 100000 pwk wages, in which case we prob couldn't afford him

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28 Aug 2012 16:12:14
Its not as though we have been linked with them but I think we should test Newcastle's resolve with cheeky bids for Cabaye/Ben Arfa and Demba Ba, for everyone that will angrily as for a SOURCE!? then I dont have one but these are 3 quality and proven BPL players.

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What is the BPL? no such thing. do you thing Newcastle will sell all of them with 3.5 days till the window shuts, I dont.
shorty

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BPL- Barclays premier league. I guess their is such a thing after all

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My bad.
shorty

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They may not but it is worth asking, especially if we offer cash + players.

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28 Aug 2012 16:09:55
Rports in Russia say Spurs have had a bid accepted for wilian.

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Not sure why we should take Russia's opinion, seeing as his club is Ukranian

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Russian journo, quoting Ukrainian contacts... I don't think he said it was the opinion of 'Russia' as a nation... that would be strange...

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28 Aug 2012 15:34:47
Apparently fee accepted for William according to talks sports Russian correspondent

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28 Aug 2012 15:19:30
Not putting a downer on it but with 3 days to go its still quiet with lots to do: medical, work permit( if needed) contract negotiations and also hours of traveling time. We haven't done much in weeks let alone with 3 days to go. And we all know dl like playing hard ball, but time is Defo not on our side.
I'd guess 1 player in BIG maybe 2 pushing it.
Mr g

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3 days is plenty, lots of last minute deals get concluded.
shorty

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Just have to register the deal by time window shuts other formalities can be sorted after as we saw a couple years back with a pompy forward (can't remember who tho) when he transferred during the January window.

Anybody who knows who this player was plz help as now it's bugging me.

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I've got a feeling it was niko

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28 Aug 2012 15:17:32
Spanish publication AS ate reporting that we have entered talks with RM over Benzema.

Doesn't say wether it's a purchase or a loan move but I hope to god its true and is completed quickly.

Mk1

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Not a chance.

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Away and don't talk sh**e mate!!

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Thats AS for you & the rumour was squashed about 30secs after they started it. By themselves!!

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28 Aug 2012 14:55:04
All gone quiet on Moutinho? Any news Ed?

What would spurs fans prefer Moutinho or Dembele? {Ed008's Note - Moutinho for me I think the club have cooled interest in the player and are looking elsewhere.

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Dembele I think because he would be much cheaper

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28 Aug 2012 13:47:44
I have been told by someone within the club... That Dembele is a cert. there is also a feeling within the club that Brad has got one more top flight season in him, and he will take on a player/coaching role next season and that Butland has been earmarked for January depending on how Birmingham are performing. Isco is a very creative and technical player and would be a great buy ... But there are question marks over his strenght. Willian is highly likely to come off, as he can play behind the striker or out wide . The question is who if anyone will be brought to be our 3rd striker , my personal opinion is the young French striker Niaang.

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He's on his way to AC MIlan for a medical....
Simmo

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Pretty sure Niiang has just signed for Caen

NorthernSpur

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Niang signed for milan.

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Meant AC Milan from Caen

northernSpur

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28 Aug 2012 13:27:20
I've heard Shanghai Shenua are having a little bit of financial troubles. Surely it would be worth looking at Drogba if that is the case
BlueSpur

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Out of anyone we could sign i would want him

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Leave it out, we've got the new drogba playing in the nextgen seies in coulibaly! Already better than drogba at this stage of his career! And that's from the horses mouth! Drogba ha

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After last weekend, the new drogba plays for west brom !!

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Who lukaku, are you serious? The boy tried hard coz he come off the bench, we'll see how he gets on when he starts a game! Coulibaly all day long, go watch the younger players coming through at spurs before you comment! Or are you no real fan

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Like drogba would come back to the premiership after leaving chelsea, his heart is always going to be at chelsea, he would never do that..

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Haha soooo funny! do u ever think drogba would sign for spurs! when he loves chelsea. he would never do that to us u will never see him in the prem again!


pinky

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He loves money and that's what most of the Chelski Roman-boys like. That's why they're there, hardly for the history and traditions of the former yo-yo club!
Simmo

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Will they agree to pay 90% of his £200,000 AWEEK BEFORE TAX for us too?? LMAO

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28 Aug 2012 12:23:41
Have been informed that spurs have arranged for media to go to the training ground wednesday morning, i know we have the new kit launching tomorrow but would not of thought they would have the press there for that , maybe a new player signing today is going to be wearing the 3rd kit?

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That's what I'm hoping not definite though

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It'll be that young lad we signed from Brighton

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What young lad from Brighton?

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Grant hall. 1,5million compo to Brighton

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We didnt sign him did we I thought it fell through ??

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And I'm sorry even if we have he never really set anything alight in Brighton ..... And he's already 20 ... So is he really worth it ?

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Evidently. Do you honestly think you are a better judge of talent than Sherwood and AVB?

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28 Aug 2012 12:20:44
Don't have a go at me or anything but can anybody confirm if sherwood was at the atletico madrid v bilbao game last night? heard a rumour he was there watching 1 or 2 players last night.

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Well if he was watching Falcao he was in for a treat! Unfortunately, there is a 0 chance that either falcao or llorente will come IMO. Maybe that Adryan fella we was linked with earlier?

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28 Aug 2012 11:56:05
SSN reporting that we have failed in a bid for Damiao
And that International President saying he is their player until December?? Maybe January Signing?

NorthernSpur

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I still think what with he's refusal to play for Fulham that we should make a cheeky 6-7m bid for Dempsey!

Fulham value him at 10m but considering his problems with Jol and him refusing to play I think we could get a good deal.

Mk1

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Haven't Everton already bid the £15m buy out clause that Dembele has? We need to match that at least.
I think we will sign one midfielder and that's it. Not got much faith in Levy after years of nearly signs!

Billy

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I think we will make 3 signings, just have to wait and see I suppose but at least it's going to be exciting. They will probably all be on the last day as well knowing Levy!

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I personally wouldn't mind lass diarra from rm, think he on par with Parker but younger! He's not at rm for no reason!

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When did everton bid for dembele?

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Everton fan here we have not bid for Dembele think we might have about £5ml to spend if we are lucky so no chance would love him though...

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^ 5m too spend. You truly are the spurs of
Merseyside

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28 Aug 2012 11:39:12
Our third kit is to be released tommorow. Anybody think there might be a new signing wearing it?

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28 Aug 2012 11:15:04
Would love Wilian and Llorente but fear it will be M'Vila and Lloris only which would be absolutley crazy.

Being realistic, we should go for Dembele at £14-15m, Isco at £9m and Berbs at £4-5m (all the Berbs haters get over it, we need decent cover, we got £32m for him and I can't see a £20m+ striker coming now - if we don't bring in anybody else up front it will be a disaster)

A mix of youth, Prem experience, potential, skill and goals between that lot. Again we make a profit out of transfers, topped up further by a remaining couple of fringe players moving out over the last 3 days of the window.

Squad depth still a real concern though, we're looking at 9-13 out for 3-5 in. Being in Europa League is going to cane us!

Simmo

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Who's this isco chap? Do you not think we're better than going for unheard of players!

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Isco is awesome! An we would never get him for £9mill

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What i've seen of Isco he is decent and potential to be better. I thought £7-8m had been rejected for him so wonder whether £9-10m would do it if he wants to leave for us. I'm not sure we're better than going for some 'unheard' of players when the dream-targets we want are just dreams because of price-tags Levy won't pay. I cannot see us splurging £50-80m as per the National Press reports, hence the list above is trying to be realistic. Even then, not sure we'll sign anymore than two players and not in positions we all want anyway.

We should be going all out for Moutinho and Llorente with £40-50m to do it with but cannot see it happening. Would love to be on here Friday night eating humble pie though!
Simmo

PS - I heard and posted a while ago we were not really in the market for any more than one more signing after Ade was made permanent, and that was only going to be when Modric had definitely gone. I have a nasty feeling that may end up true but be M'Vila or, we make two signings and one will be Lloris when a GK is not our immediate problem. This would be a huge mistake and leave us short of creativity or enough goals to do anything of note for the season overall i'm sure.

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We might get isco for 9mil as Malaga are in financial trouble. Don't see what's wrong with m'villa he a world class player and would be great for us, the same with lloris, I think we may get Remy up front

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28 Aug 2012 11:13:23
can see moutino coming by friday just have a feeling

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Think we will use the money to get more than 1 player, rather than drop 30m on a single player.

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28 Aug 2012 10:46:21
Apparently we are only hours away from signing Lloris, Willian and Dembele..

For all you source sharks out there my souce is the times (no doubt still get agro for this rumour.. always seemd to be the way lol)

Haymaker

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These signings would quite simply be perfect and would give us perfect balance as a squad. Unfortunately they would also raise my expectations significantly for this season resulting in more heartache at some point late in May.

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Oh i would love them but think we would need another 1 maybe 2 on top. still think and hope we can splash cash on Llorente but dreams are dreams

Haymaker

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This would be great and add quality to our squad, they would probably all play in the starting 11 too, dembele and sandro in the midfield with Siggie and probably Bale, Ade and Willian up top. Good competition for places with Lennon, Parker, Livermore, VDV, Defoe, Friedel and the likes pushing for that starting eleven too. Not to mention Caulker and Gallas backing up Kaboul and Vert at the back.

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28 Aug 2012 09:46:03
Hi guys, I posted on here last season which 3-4 days to go and was shot down in flames when I told you all Modric was staying after Chelsea bid £40 million. I have again been given some information on transfers and here goes:

Lloris - Fee Agreed, expected in London for personal terms and medical tomorrow.

Willian - Bid was higher than £11.8 million and we were much nearer asking price of £20, expecting this to be done.

M'Villa - Should have bid accepted today or tomorrow and probably won't be finalised until Friday.

Dembele - There is an interest, but nothing is set in stone for this one. AVB wants him though.

Llorente - Most unlikely however AVB again wants him, and the whole, 'I don't want another striker' card is rubbish. He wants 1 more.

If we don't manage to secure these deals, we also have an interest in Isco from Malaga, Dzagoev (price too high), and Damiao (dead in the water now I think).

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And spurs qualify for cl but get put out as they dont meet the ffpr lol.

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Do we really want m,Vila?personally don't think he's all that! Can see defoe going to the though! Get rid and pull coulibaly through

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I think llorente is not going to happen but maybe Remy instead. There is no way spurs would fail fifa fair play for that, probably about 60mil all in all witha few more players to leave and we have made a profit on the last few transfer windows

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Guys, this is just what I've been told. My source usually has substance. I don't think Llorente will happen either, or Remy. Although he wants another striker I think that could be us done in that department. M'villa should improve with time, could be world class. And spurs have brought in way more than they have spent for nion the last 10 seasons, why would we fail ffpr?

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Do we actually need m'villa. We already have Sandro , parker and Livermore.??
Yes to Willian looks great and he wants to come and play football for us. Demblee? I still think that mouthino is coming to the lane,its all gone very quiet on him and i think he would serve us better than demblee,may cost a bit more but well worth and he is a like for like with modric..
Isco would also be a fantastic buy,sure we could get him for 12mill. lloris in goal. would love to see llorente. i reckon with what AVB said other day about strikers i cant see one coming not if we spend all this money now on mids and gk. In january there will be a real madrid striker coming to us on loan. just a thought now we are best of friends!

Really cant wait to watch it all unravel on friday. come on levy we know you will do the right thing..

AMD

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I believe m'vila could be moulded into a modrich type what with his excellent passing and ball control not to mention his vision.

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28 Aug 2012 07:48:34
The more I think about it the more it seems true.... Kaka will be or no9. So source just me playing mistic meg
Mr g
Orrrrrrr dare I say... Saturday morning we wake up no new signings but we hear we tried to sign every1 ... Just think its getting too late
Mr g

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Never happen...hes on mad wages..yidade {Ed008's Note - £10m after tax!

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For the last time
we wont get kaka
wages astronomical,injury prone,and the premiership wouldnt suit his style of play
bucks spur

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It isn't impossible, if Real can't sell him then they may as well take £10k a week towards his wages than nothing (and looking hard for them to sell him). He could inter-change with VDV if 90min fitness was a concern. If playing two holding midfielders and one striker it should mean you can play a 'luxury' quality player in the hole.

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If we take into account the tax laws of 50% for high earners, Spurs would have to pay Kaka £384,600 a week (A WEEK) just to match what he is on now! This figures does not take into account National Insurence contributions as I can't be bothered to work it out.

Ask yourself this - IS HE WORTH IT and if you answered yes, ask yourself one more question - IS DANIEL LEVY LIKELY TO PAY THAT FOR ANYONE .....?

-- NO CHANCE --

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To above poster, all wages are displayed in pre-tax form in any job. you crazy guy {Ed008's Note -

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Be careful ed above poster works for the inland revunue might 3want to do a audit on u {Ed008's Note - I pay my taxes unlike some people of this country.

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If he works for the inland revenue, then unlike you, I'm sure he understands what the word NET means in relation to wages

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28 Aug 2012 03:35:30
Would like to see 4 new players come in which I feel we need, they would be; m'villa to replace modric, lloris as another goalkeeper to challenge friedel, willan as a midfielder to challenge m'villa and Parker and as a cover for our wingers and remy as I feel two three strikers isn't enough. To leave the club will be; Gomes, jenas, gds, Bentley, hudds on loan and jd possibly. Just my thoughts

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Mvila to replace modric? isn't their role different?

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And if Dawson or Defoe or VDV leave i would add Buttland with that money and let him play in the eastenders cup.It would be good experience for him.This is either going to be a gr8 week or the biggest flop ever.

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Just copy yesterdays news u plumb!

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Does anyone agree, but the 20 or so minutes I saw of Lukaku terrorising our defence and proving a right handful on Saturday, is the kind of powerhouse striker we need to lead our line.

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Lloris , m'villa and willianto sign before deadline day IMO no source just gut feeling plus like to sea a striker as defoe cant hold the line if ade gets injured ,kane for the future but not ready plus sell the dead wood ie bentley and co . levy to pull a rabbit out of the hat . watch this space
bea a spur !

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Mvila is a defensive midfielder, levy needs to snap up dembele as soon as possible

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Willian to challange m'vila and parker? What about sandro mate. Willian is not a defensive player when the others are he is more likely to challenge vdv sigurdsson and lennon. He plays as a winger or an attacking mid.

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M'villa is a pretty technically gifted player and could fill the modric role I think. One of the reasons modric was so goo was that he played very deep sometimes and tracked back when we lost the ball, he could then help the transition from defence to attack. Remember under Ramos modric was more of a holding midfielder!

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28 Aug 2012 01:07:42

Meanwhile, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas expects Spurs to step up their pursuit of France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

"The decision belongs to Hugo, who, I think, will be approached by Tottenham very soon. The clubs' positions have moved closer together," Aulas said.

"It is up to him to decide if the conditions of the transfer are suitable, in terms of what he expects in fiscal and sporting terms."

On the MvIla article...

So Lloris pending contract
MVila pending improved bid
Creative CM/AM (Willian Dembele Isco)
ST (Damiao, or surprise)

In Levy I trust

PS dear god let this be true, and let levy loosen his purse strings just for this week
EV

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Surprise being berba

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28 Aug 2012 00:39:37
Reports in a couple of the papers that we are back in for Dzagoev. I guess he would be a possible alternative to Willian or Isco, but either way it seems clear we are after a versatile attacking midfielder who can play central or wide in the attacking midfield 3.

Also the Guardian are reporting we have agreed a fee for Lloris, and tbf the quotes that have come from Aulas today basically said as much, i.e. the player is free to choose whether he wants the move. Same article also said we are pushing for Dembele.

Lloris, Dzagoev or Isco or Willian and Dembele would be great before the window closes. Although ideally another striker would be added, and I wouldn't rule out a last minute cut price deal for Remy. Marseille need to sell and he can play in a a number of forward positions.

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Don't want this dzagov fella, another russian flop about to grace premier league

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27 Aug 2012 22:32:11
Keep hearing we are gonna get Granero with our new special relationship with Real!many news on that ed? {Ed008's Note - No idea sorry.

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You heard it of talksport and he didnt say granero was comeing to spurs he used him as example players that werent getting game time wit madrid could move to spurs on loan

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Erm don't think I did! Lol

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27 Aug 2012 19:37:50
Hi Eds, do any of you know if we still have Falque available this season? Or is he shippe out again? Does AVB want him? He looked lively when we had him and when he went out on loan, he could be great cover for both wide men and could be moulded into a Modric style player... What are your thoughts?

Dom {Ed008's Note - He's still at the club the move was made permanent during last season I guess he could go out on loan.

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28 Aug 2012 00:18:53
I just want to remind you all that AVB has said we will not sign another striker, and every single newspaper has said that the deal is off. So just to absolutely clear there is not a shread of supporting media or rumour that still has Damiao as a potential target. Now that is clear get ready to embrace our new number 9.

The Oracle {Ed008's Note - Confirmed The Oracle

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Mentioned by aus spur previously, meaning before you. But really I dont care who gets the cred, I just want him at the lane.

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Exactly what the newspapers were saying on Friday. AVB smoke and mirrors

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Still hoping that you are right, but both SSN and Sambafoot reporting that our latest offer £20m (Sterling) was rejected during the night.
If the player has already signed, as suggested, why are we still bidding for him? And why are they still turning down bids for a player that "isn't theirs". Come to think of it, if he is a spurs player why isn't he in London - please explain this to me as I am failing to see the logic in your argument.
Thank you

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The number 9 is going to Hulk mate. Yesterday he was at the new training groud according to some sours fans.

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Ahh Thrush, now this transfer will not take place so stop with the bleating ! so my question to you is as you have never predicted anything that had not been in the media beforehand apart from the Olympic stadium and Damiao neither of which are going to happen will you leave this forum like you promised last transfer window? I think its best that you join the other deluded fools on the Spurs Community forum you will feel right at home there!

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Be far - he also predicted that Rob Green and Cahill would be joining us in the last window and he got that spot on. Oh wait a minute......

Oracle once even tried to tell us that he predicted Gazzas arrival 24 years AFTER he signed !

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As stated before I wrote an article months ago linking Vertonghen, Sigurdsson, Adebayor , Damiao and the olympus stadium. Previously I had written about VDV, Adebayor, Modric and even Berbatov but your memory is biased and twisted. If one was simply regurgitating what was in the press I would have linked Remy, Loorente, Sturridge, Kaka, Hazard, and the other 100+ players linked. I simply linked 4 players and the Olympic stadium and so far we have signed 3 and before Friday it will be 4 of I am right. At the same time you have predicted none, abused me and countless others, and simply add nothing other than immature insults.

The Oracle {Ed008's Note -Confirmed The Oracle

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Ahh yes the Gary Cahill transfer wrangle of the 2011/12 season i remember it well! The Thrush giving us his daily updates straight from inside the camp and promising us the signing was imminent even when pretty much all the sports press (tabloid and long sheets) where saying Chelsea! I think i can even remember that after Cahill had been photographed in a Chelsea shirt he was still on here telling us it was going to happen! I think that says it all about him really , but remember being a pathological liar is an illness in itself so don't go to hard on the boy.

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Gents i can see why the Thrush is getting confused as we all are i think regarding the stadium issue , there was all of us thinking he was talking about the Olympic stadium and he wasn't he was talking about the Olympus stadium .I think that we can safely say that clears up that little mystery then !
Now smile for the camera....

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Typical pathetic response from another serial abuser. I apologise for the predictive text error spelling of Olympic as Olympus. You see the I is next to the U on the keyboard, but in typical fashion you ignore the brilliance and focus on the spelling typographical error.

The reason put beloved club is not the elite force it should be is because of the negative pessimistic and fickle nature of a sad section of supporters. You talk about Rob Green but if you recall the actual article I talked about Butland as the future and Rob green as a potential stop gap. When Butland signs it will be another tick on the endless list of targets that joined us.

Do you deny I linked Sigurdsson, Vertonghen, Adebayor and Damiao months ago. Do you deny I also linked Butland and Lloris or Rob Green. I didn't link Hulk, Llorente, Remy, Kaka, Sahin, Sturridge, Hazard, Demba Ba, Cavani or any of the other 100+ legitimate targets. 3 of mine joined, Butland and Damiao will follow and the Olympic Stadium will form the icing on the cake.

My one blip from 14 correct predictions was Cahill, and if you knew the half of it I think you would understand how a Devon Lochish that transfer was.

The Oracle

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