Spurs Rumours Archive August 21 2012

21 Aug 2012 22:45:05
Live out in brazil and it is being reported that our bid for damaio has been accepted. reports very with regards to what the fee is as they say it is between 18m - 30m. 1 report states they have been told that the player will sign for spurs and that the fee is 22m upfront with add ons like getting into cl, amount of goals he scores, once he has played 60 games for the club another 2.5m will be payed and if he goes to a bigger club they will get 15% from what we make, just like when we got modric.

What's your source because unfortunately you are lying :( what do you think ed {Ed008's Note - I've seen some of these reports this evening mostly from Twitter i haven't anything yet and i wouldn't want to say something incase i'm wrong.

Why dont you link the sites...

Well well well. If this is true the Oracle will be pleased....
Is humble pie about to be munched??

Flippit

Spurs delegation are reportedly in Porte Alegre trying to sign Internacional striker Leandro Damião is on Sambafoot!! why am i getting a the feeling Oracles next post will be accompanied with a fanfare
ou812

It's not a done deal yet! But for once really hope The Oracle is right and I am wrong but not holding my breath yet not till it is official...

foxspur

Willan and the Oracles favorite Brazilian would certainly change the mood around here.

Oracle had said this every week for 4 windows. He is not correct. Might just be lucky.
No humble pie will be munched.

Flippit I respect you because you at least write content of value. Most of the boo boys on here are not man enough to admit they were wrong. They want to take my post of Vertonghen, Sigurdson, Adebayor, Damiao and The Olympic stadium and retrospectively say there were rumours on all. Well we have been linked with Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse, Falcao, Llorente, Kaka, Meireles, Hazard, Sturridge, Cavani, Rossi, Krasic, Diarra, Robben and even Berbatov to name a tiny number of the total.

What these clowns need to realise is I posted months ago and my only apology is
being a stick record on the same players. Damiao has already finalised terms to play for Spurs and the final allocation of number nine along with legal contracts is imminent.

Lastly to the same poopers regarding White Hart Lane developments. Have you stopped to think what will happen to the current land if we move to the Olympic Stadium? Did you think the ground would stay as a museum or something. Are you not aware of the plans to redevelop Northumberland Park as a residential and commercial area? I am sure that even you realise that a major construction land clearance will happen regardless of whether we stay or go. Soon when Damiao is wearing No. 9 and all my predictions from the 100s linked are here, even you might start believing in the Zolympic Stadium. So my final question is simple "Has the London Legacy Development Corporation agreed a tenure with anyone for the stadium"? Are you proposing our Nationsl stadium become a baseball arena or a cricket ground for Essex? Perhaps you think Leyton Prient will move there or maybe even Formula One. I know you think it will be an Athletics stadium because every venue is always 1/4 full and has to give away thousands of free tickets to schools to get even the smallest crowd along. I can see the government writing off a a billion or two because of its love for Lord Sebastian Coe. I am sure even the sceptics amongst you realise only a stable premiership football club could provide anyway near the revenues required to make this work. Soon Spurs will rejoin the fanfare as OPLC get closer to selecting their Tenant. For those who attended the Olympics I am sure you felt the magic, and soon a golden cockerel will be watching over you.

The Oracle
{Ed008's Note - The Real Oracle.

Thanks oracle.
I have said it before and I'll say it again - although I really really hope your stadium prediction is wrong, I pray that Damiaos signing will happen. Yes I know you'll gloat (as would I if I was in your shoes), but boy what a signing he'd be and what a fantastic chance we would have of actually doing something of note. I'd happily eat humble pie served with a large glass of ice cold "told you so" for a Damiaos signing.

Flippit

Flippit all I wanted to ever do was provide a real insight in the transfer targets. Contraryto the abuse I have received, I think the educated like you are beginning to see that I wasn't so mad.

Love it or hate it the Olympic stadium will happen and Vertonghen, Siggurdsson, Adebayor, Damiao and a midfield replacement for Modric are all certainties.

I probably brought some of this on myself with the over confidence, but sadly when you know it is hard not to sound arrogant. I am a Spurs fan and am therefore as excited as the rest of you, and soon we will have the tools to deliver the pride we all dream about.

The Oracle {Ed008's Note - Confirmed The Oracle

You have proved many a time that you are a Spurs fan. No doubt about that Oracle. Your gooner bashing is legendary and I read it in ore of the clever way you put them down every time.

I agree with you though, your extremly confident manner has got my back up in the past as it sometimes comes across as arrogant or patronising. But we all have our faults.

Your posts are often informative, sometimes funny but always well written. I live in a free country, I presume you do to. So carry on old chap is what I say - although I will continue to speak up if I disagree with you.

Flippit

21 Aug 2012 22:38:04
Ed, found a source of information that there are spurs representatives in brazil trying to sign damiao. The source is sambafoot which is their main football magazine. What do you think ed? {Ed008's Note - From Twitter ? I don't know what to think anymore about Damiao anymore it's all a complete mess, I know Levy wants to sign him but how much he would pay is the problem ? Maybe after 2013 he'll be available.

21 Aug 2012 21:58:33
Lookslike HarryHotspur has finally got something right in Willian!

spurs guvnor

21 Aug 2012 21:55:14
Tottenham preparing an offer for Shakhtar attacker Willian. Amyone know more than I do about him?

21 Aug 2012 19:58:07
Ed's have we signed Bruno uvini and ezikiel fryers because if so, Dawson could leave and we would have enough cover for Vert & kaboul. We could use the money for rat boy modders' replacement.
Thanks in advance
Welshspur {Ed008's Note - Never took up the option to make Uvini deal permanent and Fryers could drag on as it has to go to court still...

21 Aug 2012 20:08:31
Spurs accept 9million from QPR for Dawson.
Just reported on ssn.

Where ? I can't see a thing saying its been accepted ? Eds can you confirm or no ? {Ed008's Note - Yes according to SSN i've seen it myself!

21 Aug 2012 20:05:11
Reports in Brazil saying we have lodged a R$57 million, which is the equivalent of around £18 million. {Ed008's Note - For who ?

I reckon damaio.
I reckon they would take 22million (my opinion)
Come on levy. Our no.9 shirt is still available.

Itll be levys take it or leave bid for damiao which theyll will reject AGAIN

Sorry forgot to say it was Damiao! And it's being reported in a well trusted brazilian publication. Obviously there are doubts over whether it will be accepted or whether he wants to come, but hopefully it shows we are really pushing for some deals now.

Keep dreaming sunshine

I just read a tweet from a south american football expert, too much of a latino name to remember it. But he said that Inter and Spurs have again entered negotiations about LD, even though Inter denies it.

Now that Ade is done I can see us signing him but not bringing him in until Januarynwhen I believe the Brazilian season is over.

21 Aug 2012 19:30:58
Ed as we have signed adebayor, is there going to be another transfer for spurs? Hopefully a quality player to replace modric, hopefully moutinho but doubt levy will spend that much {Ed008's Note - I've said many times depends on the outs theirs a pattern if you see.

Ed for the people who have perhaps missed the pattern ... Please indulge us {Ed008's Note -
In
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim) Undisclosed
Jan Vertonghen (Ajax) Undisclosed
Emmanuel Adebayour (Man City) Undisclosed
Out
Ben Alnwick (Barnsley) Free
Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow) Undisclosed
Niko Kranjcar (Dynamo Kiev) Undisclosed
Ryan Nelsen (Queens Park Rangers) Free
Steven Pienaar (Everton) £4.5m
Louis Saha (released)
Sebastien Bassong (Norwich)

Piennar and Kranjcar leave and Sigurdsson signs as cover for that position.
Corluka,Nelson and Bassong leave and Vertonghen signs in that position.

With Spurs the focus is getting rid of the deadwood players as above and bringing better more exciting players. Adebayor's loan deal was made permanent. I expect Modric to leave and a new midfielder to be brought in.

Just today QPR bidded 5.5m possibly going to 9m for Michael Dawson according to SSN.

Players like Bentley,Jenas,Gomes and maybe Huddlestone i imagine could be for sale if a acceptable offer is made.

This is my opinion so hope that covers what you wanted to know.

Ok so Ade in , we still need another foward ( if one gets injured we are back to square one ) a Modric replacement or announce he stays full stop .
And a new keeper , and just finally to get it all of my chest why did Gallas start and why was Vertonghen on the bench .

I think the vertonghen thing was the same as vdv. They both played 90 mins for their countries on the Wednesday.
Inmy opinion, they where only gonna be used if needed. {Ed008's Note - I said this on the day Gallas had a solid game you could say that if he was shocking but he was good on the day.

Thanks ed it was that I was having a dig or anything I just thought I missed out on some ed vital itk ... * non sarcasm *
I Completley agree as well some people seemed to forget we had a very very full squad which needed slashing drastically
And I think like you said the people we bought in for all those who are gone are Great bits of buisness ...
I do believe in my opinion that as we have already started the the fire for the deadwood clearance the majority of the rest should be shipped also with perhaps 1 or 2
Out of jenas,Dawson*not saying he's deadwood just not fitting with AvB*,gomes,Bentley,huddlestone*same as Dawson* and perhaps gio only because of could leave for nothing soon ... Else he probably would/could fit well for us specially under the new system ....
And with these 5-7 more gone .... I truly feel 1-2 more signing will come this includes if/when modric goes ... Who I haven't a clue
*shrugs*
And enough to keep us the fans and levy and his books happy

Which talking of signings on the Gk
Front ed is there any decent keepers who potentially can come up or no ? Perhaps this is why we are / haven't signed a younger one yet ? {Ed008's Note - Names being linked Lloris,Julio Cesar and Butland that's all i can remember. I can't see a GK being brought in till next season just my opinion.

Matthew ryan seems like hes going to sign and hes 19 so him rather than the other 3 knowing levy

21 Aug 2012 19:18:06
Ade is number 25? 9 is still there could us spurs fan still live the dream and get that world class number 9 striker we all want only time will tell !

Yea....prob andy Carroll lol

I'd be happy with dzeko. Think him and ade up front would work well together. Especially with the likes of Bale, Lennon, Siggy, and VDV feeding them balls.

Mk1

Don't see how it would work, they play the same style however ADE id proven with the way we play but I feel Dzeko is the overall better player.
Finally Citeh would never sell him too us now we have ADE...

I don't think man city worry about us now. Maybe a couple of seasons ago, but not now.

They might be the end of the month if we get the Oracles favorite Brazilian and Willan.

21 Aug 2012 18:03:38
As I said yesterday 'Adebayor is done!'

Spurs Lad

You have said that everyday of the week since the transfer window opened... but hay ho!! Ow wait a minute you weren't the first and just guessing at that....

By the way expect us to sign a WORLD player, he is from Earth some where...

You heard it here first...

Spurs lad. Every itk has said this every day for weeks. Throw enough sh.t and one sticks.
Only one, so called itk, has ever surprised me.
One of the so called , 2 days ago, that bassong will be sold today.
He was spot on. Everyone else posts the same stuff.

It's called the law of averages.

Im not in the know i just get told a few things sometimes and yesterday i got told Adebayor was done, that was the first time i posted it too but hay ho, if you dont want the info i won't post

Spurs Lad

Personally dont care if you post or not! Just wish ppl would not claim they were the first to break the news if not true...

Don't get me wrong but if you were the first I would appologise... Ed's can or could you confirm if he was?

Hay Ho
{Ed008's Note - If you scroll down the rumours page you can find it but i think everybody's been saying it's a matter of time when Adebayor when he signed including myself.

Cheers Ed008

Hay Ho

21 Aug 2012 17:50:15
Its official

Spurs have posted on their FB page

Adebeyor deal is done!! Finally

21 Aug 2012 17:38:23
Ade has just tweeted.
'I'm back. Tottenham here I come. Get ready for goals'

21 Aug 2012 22:12:58
After reading the arsenal 'fans' twitter comments too him, I'd say he us all fired up and ready to go.

COYS

21 Aug 2012 17:35:44
Ade has sfinally signed, Get in!!!!

21 Aug 2012 17:02:22
5.5 million for dawson, what a joke. needs to de double that.

Has everyone forgotten Caulker, quality with pace, experience and young..... {Ed008's Note - Exactly!

Totally agree to this, I cannot believe we would let him go but keep Gallas!!! {Ed008's Note - Gallas has 1 year left on contract i'd imagine he's reluctant to leave and rather see his contract run out then leave.

Two big injuries in 2 years hasn't helped him and he was never quick anyway. I remember him absolutely bossing Carroll around at WHL in the Xmas fixture a couple of years ago, it was embarrassing how Carroll couldn't get near him in the air and that was when he was on form.
£7.5m if he wants to go i think.

Not forgotten caulker, just feel we need 4 cb's . gallas always picking up strains

Adebayor signs for Spurs....SSN {Ed008's Note - Quote from Adebayor on Twitter "I'm Back!!! Tottenham here i come! I'm hungry for goals... Get Ready!" Someone tell me this guy isn't committed to the club he's determined to do well!

Dawson is a legend and he will be going nowere can't afford to loose him this late in transfer window

21 Aug 2012 16:39:54
Dawson to QPR, why in gods name would we sell our vice captain and keep Gallas?

Assume Gallas will be staying now gassing signed for Norwich..

so much for Vertoughn / Kaboul and Dawson our best 3 centre backs

We are selling dawson cause 10 million offer will never happen again and hes injury prone . we got vertonghen , kaboul and gallas

Everyone is forgetting about Caulker

Had a great season last season he can step up

NorthernSpur

I agree northernspur. I think caulker will be moved up. I even think gallas will be moved on too (eventually), maybe even too some kind of defensive coach. I think AVB likes him and his experience.
Verts,kaboul and caulker, along with a new signing, are our future. AVB knows this, only my opinion tho.

I'd take the money, not that it will be anything like 10million. Dawson is a good traditional centre back, but he is too slow and too easily turned inside out. We have cover and the DM AVB is after may also be the type that could drop back if the main CBs get injured. Daws has had his day. As bus conductors used to say " All change please". {Ed008's Note - Some people gotta understand is too play a high line you need to have players comfortable with the ball at his feet have good pace and versatile Dawson is only 1 out of the 3 he was injury prone no doubt he's a good CB just look at Terry for Chelsea when AVB played a high line he cost them so many goals because he wasn't quick enough and he's one of the best CB's in the world.

A new signing, so we're after a CB when we have proven Prem CBs, a defensive midfielder when we have 3 of those and are selling our best play-maker/dictator, we have one Prem striker who can't lead the line and has bench-warmed for a lot of the past 2 years.....anybody think that if you chuck in the talk of a new keeper as well that we really haven't got much of a clue what we're doing, this season is a write-off already as 'transitional' as far as the board go it seems. Would love to see Llorente AND Ade and Moutinho/equivalent arrive to make that all untrue but most likely Ade only when we had him last year already so overall we're as thin as we were from Jan last season (thinner)

Would be happy if Fryers comes in along with Vertonghen, Kaboul and Caulker. Fryers can also provide left back cover along with Naughton for BAE. Wouldn't mind seeing Cissokho though, and Naughton to provide cover for Walker and RB.

21 Aug 2012 16:14:34
Sky reported just there now that ade deal is close to completion so who ever said about the annoucement tomorow you could be right!

21 Aug 2012 15:23:24
Ed, what do you think of Miralem Pjanic. Is he a good replacement for modders. I would much prefer moutinho. I have a sneaky feeling that deal is not over. Hope so anyway. {Ed041's Note - Pjanic is a good player,that be in our price range looking 15 mill i think for him he didnt do 2 well at lyon but the boy has talent and could blossom in our team,moutinho is every1 ones fav choice but sadly i think we will be priced out of a move.

Still think we should have gone for Badelji
But I think he's at hamburg now

21 Aug 2012 13:17:02
Darren Bent fee has been agreed! Have to iron out wages but expect this one to go through.

Now after all my Berbs suggestions meeting with a mixed response, if anybody thinks Bent would be better at £15-20m than Berbs at £5m then they are mental ?? Surely we should be banging down the door for Llorente at £16-17m, outbidding Juve and getting a chance to talk to him rather than probably lodging a speculative £10-11m that has already been beaten.

The rumored prices of both Llorente and Bent are exactly why I find the talk of Bent somewhat silly.

Lorrente wont come we cant give him CL football simple has that and levy wont offer the wages juve or city will so its pointless and has for bent no way will villa sell him for a half decent price without him they will be relagated and i belive he still has 3 years on his contract so in reality it just isnt going to happen most viable options are still Cardoza,Carroll and maybe sturridge/muller even though persoanlly i think a very late 14 mill offer will be made for andy carroll either one of the two would suit the style of play.

Bent plays upfront on his own much better than berba. Berba is to lazy to be the lone man.

Never gonna happen, Villa aren't gonna relagate themselves by selling there only decent player.!!.

Wattspurs

I would probably cry please no

True but bent is shocking infront of goal!

Bent shocking in front of goal,your mad mate.So he misses loads but just think Ipswich average team scores loads,Charlton average team scores millions top e
English scorer most seasons,goes to Sunderland average team scores loads goes to Villa crap team still scores goals and if he hadn't got injured would have been up there with top scores again.
Then there's the Spurs very good team scors

Sorry sent to early, as I was saying goes to you very good team (I'm a Charlton fan) still scores goals misses loads but I think he would be better second time around. I think with the players you have now he would be mustard.

I can't believe those who favour a move for Bent!!!!!!!!! or those who are even luke warm on the idea!!!!!!!! There is NO WAY AVB is going in for Bent surely!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a spurs fan but often went to watch Charlton in the darren bent days. He was brilliant and played upfront on his own. I'm not saying he is a better finisher than Defoe but the boy is alot better than Defoe at leading the line, hold up play and is a team player. Bent with sigg just behind and bale and lennon either side would be quality.

Bent was brilliant in mediocre teams , my gran would be brilliant in them . Totally over rated , over priced and not wanted ! Forwards not backwards please Levy !!!!
Davo

This whole rumour is Bent. Obvious troller.

Latest noise bent turned us down, as hr, sandra finishing better ha ha

21 aug 2012 12:10:55
not sure if this is to introduce a new signing, but spurs have contacted sky (where i work) about holding a press conference at 3pm tomorrow.

That will be Ade signing surely?

Apparently, dzeko was due to sign tomoro.
This was a tweet over the weekend bay Chelsea blogger called Alastair drake {Ed008's Note -
Dzeko's on crazy wages like Adebayor...

Spurs have put in a 22Mill bid for Damio...in talks with his club now...this is true
Dapz

Well if the damaio talks are happening, it won't be his press conference tomoro, cos we are still talking.

I don't hunk Verts and Siggs have had a press conference yet lol

This is not true as Internacional have asked for 60million euros.
Damiao will not be coming to Spurs because of that. Sorry to sound like the transfer grinch, but thats life!

It is Darren Bent

Do we know if, as rumoured, it is 60 million Brazilian dollars, which works out about £27million. Damio buy out clause I mean.

Ed, said on the dzeko tweet, that he had agreed to 4.3million a season.
Prob just more itk nonsense. {Ed008's Note - Don't believe in that rubbish..

Ed, to be fair, 95% of the comments on this site are 'itk' lol {Ed041's Note - Yep especially when the bent rumours start yea defo know they are lol

Yes the Damiao bid was Brazilian Dollars... Everyone was touting it as Euros. Chinese whispers run rife at Silly Season

Original poster, well done. Thanks for the proper info.

21 Aug 2012 11:20:18
Eds do you think there is any truth in the dawson and huds rumours? If so do you think avb has lost the plot!! How can we keep losing quality players and replace the with, well nobady at the mo!! {Ed008's Note - Dawson and Huddlestone aren't quality players their good players just pointing that out, I'd imagine if they were looking to sell they'd have replacements in their mind. You gotta understand with a tactic that includes a high line and pressing a lot Dawson and Huddlestone don't fit in for me just a opinion. I think they will replace Bassong though.

Was dawson not outstanding for us two seasons ago? and burst into the england squad through great performences! plus huds to!! obviously not into the england squad but his performences were top draw before his injures.eds Could you see us signing any1 that would make into our starting 11 apart from a striker? {Ed008's Note - Adam Johnson ?

That would be nice!! bale to play up top if that were to happen maybe. {Ed008's Note - I was thinking Adam Johnson on the right Van Der Vaart middle Bale on the left playing behind Adebayor (if he signs) i defo think Adam is better then Lennon..

Adam Johnsons dead ball delivery is superb.
Maybe (hopefully) AVB has seen the weakness there.

Regardless of your thoughts on whether Lennon or Johnson is better (for me Lennon edges it) the point is somewhat moot as there's no way Lennon can last a whole season without injury. He either needs to be rotated to give his legs more rest or we need other people that can play that position.

Although there were a number of factors I don't think it was a coincidence that our slump at the beginning of the year happened whilst Lennon was out injured. Without him on the right the opposition defensive line could play much narrower which cramped the centre and caused us real issues with scoring as VDV had a long way to come to get involved and Ade was often forced wide to find space. With Lennon on the full back has to come to meet him which opens the gap between the CBs.

I thought GDS would have been a ready made replacement last year to step into that position but for whatever reason (probably laziness in training if you believe the rumours) HR didn't fancy giving him a proper run there. Maybe AVB likes him more, maybe his form over the summer has earnt him more of a role, or maybe nobody wants to pay anything for him in his last year.


I think the best players we can get are sweeping the top teams for their 2nd line, people too frustrated by a lack of playtime to worry so much about money or CL. Johnson is exactly that sort of player we should be going for.

Wulf.

21 Aug 2012 11:12:47
Looks like Bassong if off to Norwich. Anyone have an idea of what the transfer fee is?

We could potentially build up a very healthy transfer kitty after getting rid of Corluka (reported £5.5 million), Kranjcar (reported £5.5 million), Pienaar (reported £4.5 million), Pavlyuchenko (reported £7.5 million in Jan) and Bassong (? million) with the potential sales of Modric, Bentley, Jenas, Rose Dos Santos and Gomes still to come.

And we've only signed Vertonghen (£9 million) and Sigurdsson (£7 million) so far.

There are also rumours of Daws and Thudd going, but personally I'd like to hold onto them as I think they're both very useful players to have in the squad.

We have to cover the loss of revenue from not being in the CL for 2 consecutive seasons. Hence the squad is being reduced & finances kept in check.

More likely the cash outlaid for the new training facility, 30m I believe.

If we assume that based on his form and playing time over the last couple of years, Bassongs fee is somewhere in the region of £4million, then total incoming from transfers is £27million. That almost covers the cost of the new training ground. However, what hasn't been taken into account yet is what will happen to the land at Spurs Logde? I guessing that it will be sold to the highest bidder thus creating even more wonger....

Spurs Lodge not worth sod all compared, 3-4 million tops

21 Aug 2012 10:26:56
Bassong off to Norwich, £2.5m up front, with another £1.5m in add ons. So another fringe player off the books and I woud imagine around £30,000 a week saved on the wage bill, hopefully someone may come in and hopefully a striker!! fingers, toes and anything else crossed now.

THFC4EVER

21 Aug 2012 08:46:08
Latest rumour is that a deal is agreed, we are signing a striker from the bundesleague... not sure who it is though.

my money is on hunteallar

Sorry but again, whats your source??

Latest rumour from where??
you're over imaganative head no doubt

I told you lot weeks ago it was a German or coming from Germany....