Spurs Rumours Archive January 25 2013

25 Jan 2013 19:38:10
Hi fellow fans, its being reported on Talkrubbish that we have leaped to the front of the queue for Hooper. I hope not as I don't think he is what we want but have a feeling its what we might get, but I see Levys wife/Damiao's lover Oracle has said its not going to happen. I agree with a post from earlier saying why did we not go for Sissoko, at 2.5 million would have done a job and given a bit of cover enabling us to lose Livermore.

I think with a couple of decent players in(Negrado and a quality m/f) we could push for 3rd but with what we might get(Hooper and keeping Livermore) we just pray we don't get another injury to Dembele/Parker/ or worse Defoe/Lennon/Bale.

COYS
Delyid

Celtic fan here.u could do a lot worse than hooper. boyhood spurs fan who would get you 15 to 20 goals a season in the league and before the spl bashers start you are all correct.the spl is mince but good strikers score goals in any league and believe me he is a good player.SAF was raving about his movement this week.think he knows agood player.gd luck this season.i stayed in gravesend for a number of yrs and have a soft spot for spurs

I agree, i'm a spurs fan. what's wrong with hooper?! as you put it good goalscorer and with the quality service we provide, I think this could work. I would rather pay 8-10m on a player that would put his all in and play for the shirt then some foreign pre-maddonna who just wants to pick up his 80k plus a week and when the going gets tough just dissapears in matches. I like this signing at if its true he's a life long spurs fan then to me its a no-brainer.

25 Jan 2013 08:20:01
Diame from west ham; tottenham bound!

This looks more likely than most. I'm still hoping for Belhanda on the last day, but I think if anything we will sign 1 of either Diame or Hooper. Maybe both.

Adam

If any top 4 club want him it'll be Arsenal.

Not Tottenham bound.

The Channeller.

With Sandro injured and a release clause of £3.5m, he does represent a great squad player with investment value. I personally believe he could develop into a top player in a bigger team, and with players like Jenas and Bentley kicking around there could be a deal to be had. I am sure big same would swap him for Huddlestone all day long, lets hope Levy can orchestrate a swap for Jenas.

The Oracle

Belhanda looks very good why don't we try for him now instead of the usual wait till everybody's after him price doubles

ou812

I'm rather baffled that Tottenham are "after" Diame. 25 and has a 3.5 release clause, but we're not after Moussa Sissoko who is 23 with a 2.5 fee and have been interested in previously. Either deal has Levy written all over it but I'm a huge believer in Sissoko and who much rather have him. He looks to be off to Newcastle anyways, but we should've tried.

Diame is proven in the EPL, Sissoko is more of a gamble.

ou812 - Have you seen all the stories in the press where Laurent Nicollin has been linking Belhanda with every club he can possibly think of? He's trying to start a bidding war, so it is likely that any clubs who are interested in him will wait until the end of the transfer window before making a bid to avoid having to pay over the odds. With Belhanda away at AFCON at the moment as well, there are probably many eyes on him at the moment waiting to see what happens to Morocco.

Adam

Rather be bidding early against the likes of Fenerbahce for a really good player than waiting till the big boys decide to take a gamble on his undoubted talents

ou812

24 Jan 2013 21:30:29
Apparently we are looking at the form of Watford's loan striker Matej Vydra. I've seen him play once or twice and he looks decent, potentially brilliant, but not exactly what we need at the moment. Ed, do you know of any information regarding this? {Ed001's Note - Udinese are asking a large fee, well for anyone other than Watford, a number of clubs have checked up on him though. I was told that he was 'impressive' and 'worth keeping an eye on for the future'. I would take that to mean he is not being tagged for a bid this window, maybe the summer though.}

Not happening. The Pozzo family own both Watford and Udinese (hence all the loanees) so given his form for Watford they'd expect a massive fee to lure him away from either club.

Odds are, he'll join Watford permanently. Especially since th ePozzo's also said Watford are their priority project at the moment.
Plus there are far more appropriate targets Spurs could go for.

JW