Tottenham Hotspur 2011-2012 Official Thread

[newme]

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.

Frankly if he wanted to leave under those conditions he should have had something written into his contract, like a minimum fee release clause. Expecting to go to Chelsea for below market value when they dont want him to leave and then having a strop afterwards is fairly stupid.

 

[Corax]

Rather looks like the "Modric Hands in Transfer Request" story was a crock of shite anyway. Just media shit-stirring. I'd bet that there are plenty of hacks that would happily run a story like that in exchange for goodwill and first dibs on info from people at a 'big club'...

In other news, Modric is playing today.

And Jose M'Poku has been sold to Standard Liege. Bit of a surprise to me that. I saw a few of his games for the O's last season and he looked like he was coming on nicely and had real quality. I expected to see him break into the first team this season, in the Europa or Carling if nothing else. Homesick maybe?

 

[TruXta]

Modric going to ManU apparently.

Not true.

 

[Corax]

Bale's looked fit and strong so far tonight. He looks match-fit and ready to play an FA Cup Final, as opposed to the distinctly 'pre-season' look of the rest of the performances.

The defence look fecking headless, undisciplined, disorganised. Whilst I'm hoping that's a pre-season thing, it's not unknown for a Spurs defence to carry on playing that way for the rest of the year too...

 

[Corax]

Rah Dawson. King-esque tackle.

 

[Corax]

Kyle Walker's going to be straight into the first team this season, I'd put money on it. He's looked a lot better than several of the 'senior' players.

 

[chieftain]

Kyle Walker's going to be straight into the first team this season, I'd put money on it. He's looked a lot better than several of the 'senior' players.

Which channel was the game on Corax?

 

[chieftain]

Modric going to ManU apparently.

Not true.

Modric staying at Spurs apparently.

True

 

[chieftain]

Nice start Souleymane: http://windycoys.blogspot.com/2011/07/souleymane-coulibaly-scores-on-spurs.html?

 

[newme]

Modric staying at Spurs apparently.

True

Cant see him going anywhere unless someone puts down 50m+ which isn't gonna happen. Focus has just gone elsewhere instead. Still Nasri, Pastore etc available for less with clubs more likely to sell.

 

[Corax]

Which channel was the game on Corax?

I think it was ESPN, but I watched it via myP2P.

 

[London_Calling]

Kyle Walker's going to be straight into the first team this season, I'd put money on it. He's looked a lot better than several of the 'senior' players.

Given the competition at right back and the fact we haven't yet signed Chimbonda, it seems likely. Just hope he's as decent defensively as he appears to be going forward....

 

[Corax]

Given the competition at right back and the fact we haven't yet signed Chimbonda, it seems likely. Just hope he's as decent defensively as he appears to be going forward....

Or... Lennon gets injured, and we have to play a full back as a winger. I have some memory of that turning out quite nicely in the past...

 

[Corax]

The Vucinic rumour looks like it has a mote of credibility to it. Not seen him really, but he sounds like the right type of striker for our needs.

This one's really gathering pace now. Fingers crossed it's got some substance behind it. The way it looks like it's going, I'd guess we'll know one way or the other by Monday.

 

[chieftain]

Other than the fact they're playing the shamefull franchise FC here's Krankies "boom boom" effort last night: http://football-talk.co.uk/32435/video-niko-kranjcar-scores-30yard-screamer-spurs-beat-mk-dons-53/?

Very nice

 

[Refused as fuck]

Tottenham hope to complete a deal for Barcelona midfielder Ibrahim Afellay, who has been forced to settle for a bit-part role since joining the Catalan giants from PSV Eindhoven in January.

And Spurs are interested in signing Spain international striker Fernando Llorente from Athletic Bilbao as they look to bolster their attacking options ahead of the new season.

Tottenham are also considering a move for Hamburg striker Paulo Guerrero after the Peru star revealed he is considering leaving the Imtech Arena.

Heading out of the White Hart Lane exit door, though, is forward Giovani dos Santos, who Spurs have agreed to sell to Sevilla. The London club would have to pay 10% of a sell-on fee to his former club Barcelona if he is sold before 1 August. However, a deal has been agreed that would go through a day later.

 

[kained&able]

is he allowed to join another club if barca only signed him in jan????

dave

 

[g force]

I don't think he is, no

 

[TruXta]

Max two registrations a year innit?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Isn't it per season? Seems a bit odd they'd do it on a calendar year.

 

[g force]

UEFA seems to say "calender year" so unless he was registered at Barca before Jan 1 he probably can't move.

 

[Refused as fuck]

As if 'Arry follows the rules. Gawd bless 'im.

 

[kained&able]

Isn't it per season? Seems a bit odd they'd do it on a calendar year.

done per year because its a fifa thing i think. Ie russian season is very different to brazilian which is very different to german etc etc.

I reckon spurs could get round it by taking him on loan till january then signing him.

dave

 

[Corax]

Exactly. Loans, agreements etc. Easily done.

 

[Lo Siento.]

I'd be surprised if that happened tbh, I think barça have been quite happy with Afellay. Even if they weren't, he and Llorente could do better than Spurs.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Much, much better.

 

[Corax]

Yeah, he could be playing at an 80,000 seater stadium if he plays his cards right.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Or in the Champions League.

 

[Corax]

It's spelled 'hip'.

 

[kained&able]

Yeah, he could be playing at an 80,000 seater stadium if he plays his cards right.

yeah should clearly wait a year and sign for west ham