Tottenham Hotspur 2011-2012 Official Thread

[Will2403]

Lolz! Unlikely at best

Mirko Vucinic: I would reject Spurs
14 Jul 2009

Roma striker Mirko Vucinic has ruled out a move to Tottenham, reiterating he hopes to remain with the Giallorossi.

Vucinic has been a reported target of Manchester United, Spurs and Liverpool this summer but the 25-year-old has always insisted he wants to stay at the Stadio Olimpico and signed a new four-year deal just last month.

The Montenegro forward admits he would study an offer if one came in but would not move to White Hart Lane.

"At the moment it's useless to talk because there aren't any offers," said Vucinic. "If one should arrive I will talk with the club and we'll see.
"Obviously there are places where I would not want to go.

"Tottenham? Let's reject that.

"I would be sorry to leave Roma, also because I have just renewed my contract."

Vucinic struggled in his first year with the Eternal City giants but was Roma's second top scorer last season behind captain Francesco Totti with 11 goals.

 

[Corax]

14 Jul 2009. We had just finished 8th and had never had any CL exposure.

 

[chieftain]

Mirko Vucinic: I would reject Spurs
14 Jul 2009

2009!! You twerp

 

[Will2403]

lol, didn't see that, was posting from my phone.

must have confused him with eto'o anyways...

"Tottenham, and I hope the English fans will forgive me, are a club in mid-table and I need more," Eto'o told CRTV.

 

[chieftain]

lol, didn't see that, was posting from my phone.

must have confused him with eto'o anyways...

"Tottenham, and I hope the English fans will forgive me, are a club in mid-table and I need more," Eto'o told CRTV.

Perhaps Eto is living in 2009 too? (as we've finished in top 5 for the last 2 seasons)

 

[kained&able]

the man is a top striker at champions league final bothering clubs, to him you are mid table!

dave

 

[Refused as fuck]

Chelsea are ready to return with an improved offer of nearly £30m for Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric.

Tottenham open talks with Roma over £15m move for striker Mirko Vucinic.

 

[Corax]

Chelsea are ready to return with an improved offer of nearly £30m for Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric.

Tottenham open talks with Roma over £15m move for striker Mirko Vucinic.

£50m and Levy should say yes. Otherwise, no. It would have to be very soon too, giving enough time to reinvest.

 

[London_Calling]

Transfer windows are rubbish without the phone hacking malarkey - how are we supposed to find out what's going on

 

[Refused as fuck]

Tottenham are closing in on a loan deal for West Ham midfielder Scott Parker, despite a last-gasp bid of £7m from Aston Villa.

 

[Corax]

Kasey Keller has warned Tottenham it is time to decide whether they are serious about gatecrashing the top four.

The former Spurs keeper has been watching on from afar as all the optimism generated by a superb run in last season's Champions League has threatened to evaporate.

Not only did Harry Redknapp's men fail to retain a place in Europe's elite club competition, now star man Luka Modric is demanding a move to Chelsea.

Keller expects Modric to get his way eventually, which would merely confirm his old club's status as sellers.

"Spurs have had this problem for years. I don't see Manchester City selling their players to rivals. Manchester United don't do it,” he explained.

“If you want to be one of the big boys you have to act like it."

To Keller that means retaining your top players and adding to them. During his three seasons at White Hart Lane in the early 1990s, the 41-year-old got used to star men being sold on.

It was still happening three years ago when Dimitar Berbatov went to Manchester United and if Modric does end up at Stamford Bridge, it would appear nothing much has changed.

"Your best players should want to stay," he went on. "They should not want to leave because they know they are going to be challenging for trophies.”

"Tottenham have to reach that stage. At some point they must make a decision. Are they going to honestly and truly compete with these teams or are they just going to hope it all comes together at the right time and challenge for a year or two?"

http://www.sportsvibe.co.uk/news/fo...layer-urges-rethink-at-white-hart-lane-9323/?

He's not wrong.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Where does Helen want the cash to come from, then?

 

[Corax]

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/new...ia&utm_campaign=souleymane-deal-agreed-180711

Souleymane Coulibaly signed.

Not the answer to any current challenges, but certainly not a bad acquisition.

 

[Corax]

Where does Helen want the cash to come from, then?

We could stop devaluing good players by needlessly sending them to Coventry for a start. I'm thinking of the likes of Krankie and Dos Santos.

Then there's the sums we've spent on players like Bentley, Hutton etc.

The slow progress in obtaining a decent sized stadium to increase income. The whole olympic saga is time wasted when the NLD should have been being built.

And Joe Lewis could put his hand in his pocket if needs be.

Spurs have plenty of cash. Levy's done a cracking job of making us very financially sound. But if you want to hit the heights, you have to discard the small-club transfer policy at some point.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Where does Helen want the cash to come from, then?

Levy's feeling the austerity burn, is he?

 

[agricola]

Spurs have plenty of cash. Levy's done a cracking job of making us very financially sound. But if you want to hit the heights, you have to discard the small-club transfer policy at some point.

One mans "small-club transfer policy" is another mans common sense. City, Chelsea, the RS and even United are paying idiot money for footballers, trying to compete with them is doomed to failure - its best to take their money, wisely invest it and then sell them someone else for an even more ludicrous amount twelve months later.

 

[Will2403]

he's right, save your money, you could spend £300m and you'd still have no chance of getting in the top 4.

 

[Corax]

One mans "small-club transfer policy" is another mans common sense. City, Chelsea, the RS and even United are paying idiot money for footballers, trying to compete with them is doomed to failure - its best to take their money, wisely invest it and then sell them someone else for an even more ludicrous amount twelve months later.

That's worked for getting us to the top of 'the rest', but I'm not convinced it's enough to go further.

 

[Lo Siento.]

That's worked for getting us to the top of 'the rest', but I'm not convinced it's enough to go further.

what's the alternative?

 

[Refused as fuck]

One mans "small-club transfer policy" is another mans common sense. City, Chelsea, the RS and even United are paying idiot money for footballers, trying to compete with them is doomed to failure - its best to take their money, wisely invest it and then sell them someone else for an even more ludicrous amount twelve months later.

Yes, I'm sure the Tottenham Hotspur FC accounts are a beacon of prudence and common sense.

 

[TruXta]

Dunno about prudence, Refused, but they do have a much much lower wage-bill than the top 5 in the wage table. Chelsea are surely nudging £200 millions the coming season, with City and United not far behind. Let's estimate LFC at 140-50 and Arsenal at about 120. Apparently Spurs spent somewhere between 60-70 millions in wages in 2010. I reckon their net transfer spend hasn't been that crazy either. So all in all I'd not have them down as the next to go tits up.

 

[Refused as fuck]

I reckon their net transfer spend hasn't been that crazy either.

 

[TruXta]

Oops, net spend was a lot higher than I thought! Must be the sheer amount of players then? - seeing as their wage bill is a lot lower than the top 5.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Van der Vaart and Crouch earlier today:

 

[tommers]

Oops, net spend was a lot higher than I thought! Must be the sheer amount of players then? - seeing as their wage bill is a lot lower than the top 5.

 

[big eejit]

Some very funny Modric pics on the Guardian's weekly pic thing:

 

[chieftain]

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/new...ia&utm_campaign=souleymane-deal-agreed-180711

Souleymane Coulibaly signed.

Not the answer to any current challenges, but certainly not a bad acquisition.

Sounds a good prospect, hopefully he'll make it through to the first team and become a legend.

 

[newme]

Sounds a good prospect, hopefully he'll make it through to the first team and become a legend.

At which point a big club will buy him

 

[chieftain]

At which point a big club will buy him

Next please...

 

[Corax]

At which point a big club will buy him

Not if we get him on a long contract and do pinky-swears that if Chelsea make an approach we'll let him go, honest.