Tottenham may not be finished in the transfer window, as Wednesday's rumours finds them linked with a number of new players including Robbie Keane, Stephen Appiah and Fred.
The 'Arry bandwagon rolls on. This is the man who has been described as a 'wheeler-dealer' but has since spent vast wads of Daniel Levy's cash to try and bolster his faltering squad. And is not done yet.
If Spurs sold Jermain Defoe to Portsmouth for £7.5m, and bought him back for £15m; that means the sale of Keane for £20.3m to Liverpool will cost them £40.6m to get back. Don't bet against it, say the Independent.
Apparently happy to offer Aaron Lennon or Jermaine Jenas plus cash for the misfiring Irishman, is this the final sign that Harry has gone bananas?
Having brought back Pascal Chimbonda - Why?? I hear you cry - Spurs are mad keen to sign up their squad of 2006, but Harry is after a defensive midfielder first. Stand up, Stephen Appiah, you're first in line presuming you've recovered from that knee injury and the Sun reckon the boss will make a decision over you soon after a two week trial.
The Daily Mail's link with Lyon's Fred is more interesting as, having started the season with just Darren Bent up front, they now have Roman Pavlyuchenko, Defoe and Fraizer Campbell (on loan) so the addition of the petulant Brazilian might seem an odd move. Yes he scored tons of goals in Brazil, but Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas says no-one wants him and he's hardly set the world alight in the French Leagues and even Djibril Cisse did well there.
Maybe they should batter their eyelids at Real Madrid outcast Javier Saviola instead? Although they'll have to batter them with more gusto than Portsmouth who still have a Jermain Defoe shaped hole in their frontline.
The Daily Express says Big Tone is keen on the Argentine, but only on loan as his wage demands might cause a ruckus in the dressing room - especially with Hayden Mullins now there.
They also link World Cup winner Emerson and Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood with a move to Fratton Park, although swapping the San Siro/Bernabeu for the south coast of England requires some commitment. Harewood might still go though. Or Amdy Faye.
Over at Newcastle the rumours are flying around like fists at a training session and Joe Kinnear is not doing much to stop it.
Shay Given, the main reason the club have not sunk to League Two in recent years, is continuing to be linked with a move and can't be buoyed by the fact Steve Harper has signed a new deal. The Guardian have Shay ready to swap St James's for Eastlands and the City revolution. Joe Hart ain't so happy about it though.
Meanwhile Michael Owen is considering getting out of the club before Mike Ashley invites him to NYC for a night on the town and leaves him with the drinks bill. The Daily Mirror are sure that the goal poacher will leave on a free in the summer and join up with former Liverpool team-mate Emile Heskey at Aston Villa. Evidently they're a fan of the old 'Big Man-Little man' combo.
Upton Park's favourite 'little man' Gianfranco Zola has apparently made a £4million bid for Spartak Moscow defensive midfielder Radoslav Kovac, while the Daily Mail are waiting for Real Madrid to return for Antonio Valencia - although Steve Bruce is really hoping they don't.
And finally, to round off the transfer talk, we're back at Spurs as Inter Milan are after Luka Modric to provide them with some creativity and are happy to offer Marco Materazzi as bait, says the Daily Mirror. And we thought every day would be filled with Manchester City gossip.
Comments
Posted by Spurs101.com on 01/29/2009
Personally, I don't want to see Keano back. He had his chance to be legend and blew it. That is not to mention that I don't think he'll be half the player he was without the sulking Bulgarian at his side.
Defoe and Pav are starting to play together better and just adding a third (while getting rid of Bent) would be a good rotation.
Posted by Festy on 01/29/2009
Hahahahaha......what a brilliant use of humor in the writing. Hats off to Jon Carter. I really enjoyed the article. hahahahaha
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