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Friday 28.2.2003
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 TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Despite having to leave the pitch on Monday, Gus
Poyet will have a late fitness test for tomorrow's game against West
Ham and is included in the squad. Rohan Ricketts and Kazuyuki
Toda are also included in the 18 man squad.
WEST
HAM TEAM NEWS : - Paolo Di Canio misses the match with
Gastritis. Freddie Kanoute misses the match through suspension,
while Joe Cole returns after missing one match because of a ban.
The
Liverpool home match has been moved to Sunday 16th March to
accommodate the Reds progress in the UEFA Cup. There will be a
3.00 p.m. kick off.
The
Spurs website announced the death on February 25th of Johnny Wallis
MBE. Johnny was at the club from 1936 to 1994, firstly as a
player before moving on, but he returned in the capacity of 'A' team
manager, reserve team manager, physio and trainer before becoming kit
manager. He also helped out as assistant kit manager and a
member of the club ground-staff before he retired.
On
the injury front, Christian Ziege has been doing light training and is
ahead of schedule for playing again. he might get back into the
picture before the end of the season if he continues in the same
vein.
Robbie
Keane is about two weeks away from being fit again and again he seems
to be recovering quickly.
Middlesbrough's
youth team overcame Luton Town on penalties to set up a home tie with
Spurs in the quarter finals of the FA Youth Cup. The game will
be played at the Riverside Stadium on Thursday 6th March 2003 with the
kick off at 7.00. p.m.
This
game means that the reserve fixture at Watford on Wednesday 5th March
will now be postponed.
Thursday 27.2.2003
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Steffen
Freund has blasted Glenn Hoddle for blaming financial restrictions for
getting rid of the German midfielder. Freund feels that the
matter is personal as he clams not to have been offered a contract,
acknowledging that he is on a good contract now, but would be willing
to take a pay cut to stay. However, not having been offered a
new deal, he cannot say if it would be at a salary he could accept or
not.
Matthew
Etherington's agent has said he is surprised that Spurs have not
started talks with the winger about a new contract, as his current
deal expires in the summer. Linked with Charlton Athletic and
Everton, Etherington could be in the same boat as other Spurs players
such as Chris Perry, Neil Sullivan and Teddy Sheringham, who are all
out of contract in the summer, but David Pleat stated some time ago
that the club will only open talks after the season has finished.
The
Sun newspaper reckons Sheringham will have to take a 50% wage cut to
stay at Spurs. It is claimed he will drop from £42,000 to
£20,000 a week and that the condition about Spurs having to make a
decision to keep him having to be made by the start of March only
applies if it is on his existing salary. Therefore, Spurs will
speak to him in the summer, but contractually, he can talk to other
sides from Saturday.
Glenn
Hoddle has reiterated his desire to avoid taking part in the InterToto
Cup. He said if the players can be kept fit, he is convinced
that they will qualify for the UEFA Cup through a league
placing. Meanwhile The Mirror newspaper considers the manager to
be under pressure from the board to enter the competition to allow the
prospect of European football to attract new stars to the club.
TeamTalk
claim that both Gus Poyet and Milenko Acimovic are doubtful for
Saturday's match at West Ham United after picking up knocks on Monday
night.
White
Hart Lane might become the European base of Soccer Australia, after
they were given permission by FIFA to play their international matches
in England. Loftus Road is the most likely venue for their
"home" games, which will allow European based players the
ability to play for their nation without travelling 24 hours each
way. However, both Chelsea, West Ham United and Spurs have been
linked with having talks with the Australian FA and some of the
players prefer the Lane as an option. It was rumoured that they
used the facilities at Spurs Lodge for their recent friendly against
England.
Kazuyuki
Toda has said on the Spurs official website that "hopefully soon
I will be able to get out onto the pitch and show those fans what I
can do." Having seen him in the reserves on Monday, I hope
it is better than he showed then !! He did add however "
... I still have some mistakes that I don't like myself and I still
need to improve."
Dean
Marney has returned to Tottenham after being on loan at Swindon Town
for two months. Manager Andy King said he was sorry to have to let him
go, but financially he could not afford to keep him and has to pan for
the future without him.
TeamTalk
claim that Southend United are keen to tie up a deal to keep Stephen
Kelly on loan until the end of the season. The situation is
complicated by the fact that Kelly is due to play for Republic of
Ireland in the World Under-20 Championships in the Middle East next
month.
Apparently,
Spurs and Everton are looking at Parma defender Matteo Ferrari.
Some
sources are saying that Jody Morris has said that he will not come to
Tottenham if he leaves Chelsea in the summer.
Wednesday 26.2.2003
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Spurs
announced losses that were greater than those of the previous year's
interim report. The size of the debt is £8.6 million and has
been put down to the writing off of the value of Sergei Rebrov and the
lack of transfer activity because of the depressed state of the market
and the transfer windows. Spurs have effectively lost £5.1
million on Rebrov and said they are committed to bringing down the
percentage of turnover that players wages constituted. At the
moment it is down to 52%. The club's turnover was slightly up at
£32.8 million, with the club valued at £17 million.
Cambridge
City are trying to sign Spurs reserve winger David Galbraith on loan
until the end of the season.
Tuesday 25.2.2003
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Jean
Tigana has accused Simon Davies of diving to get a penalty last night
and said that the referee should have done something to stop this
happening in the game. Is this a man speaking from vast
experience of the art of diving then ?? Glenn Hoddle defended
his Welsh midfielder, but added that perhaps the laws relating to
instant dismissal for goalkeepers who bring players down needs to be
reviewed.
Tottenham's
planning permission for the new Spurs Academy at Abridge was last
night refused by Epping Forest District Council. Tottenham will
reconsider their position they said on the official website and may
make an appeal against the decision to the Secretary of State.
Spurs
Reserves lost 1-2 to West Ham United reserves tonight at Stevenage
Borough. Tottenham's goal came from Michael Malcolm. For a
match report, click here.
Planet
Football tell us that Internazionale of Milan are set to pip Spurs and
Liverpool to the signing of bald headed Turkish international Hasan
Sas.
The
same site runs a story about Bohemians of Dublin taking Ukrainian
striker Andrei Pereplyotkin on loan from SCBC. However, it is
claimed that the forward, who was brought to England by Glenn Hoddle
when he was manager at the Old Dell, could be interesting the Spurs
boss, although there might be work permit problems.
Again
at Planet Football, they claim that Kasey Keller will sign a new two
year deal this week to stay as Tottenham's number one keeper.
Monday 24.2.2003
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Spurs
drew 1-1 with Fulham tonight at White Hart Lane. Teddy
Sheringham scored form the penalty spot and Darren Anderton got sent
off for two yellow card offences. For reaction, click here.
A match report will follow tomorrow.
There
was speculation today concerning the future ownership of the club,
when ENIC announced to the Stock Exchange that a bid had been made to
buy out the company. Financial experts think that Daniel Levy
might try and buy out ENIC as a management takeover and thus assume
the ENIC shareholding at Tottenham and the other football clubs they
have a stake in. There are also opinions being voiced that he
might take the company private.
Teddy
Sheringham's contract must start by the end of this week or the club
will not be able to invoke the option of another year's addition to
it.
Christian
Ziege could play again before the end of the season according to Glenn
Hoddle's comments on the Spurs website.
Chris
Perry's absence has been due to a niggling neck injury for the last
two weeks.
Sunday 23.2.2003
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Daniel
Levy is ready to offer Simon Davies an improved contract to fend off
any interest from Manchester United the News of the World reports.
TEAM
NEWS : - Expected squads for tomorrow's game are
Spurs - Keller, Carr, Richards, King, Bunjevcevic, Taricco, Davies,
Anderton, Etherington, Acimovic, Poyet, Sheringham, Doherty, Freund,
Blondel, Thatcher, Sullivan .
Fulham - Taylor, Herrera, Finnan, Wome, Harley, Knight, Ouaddou,
Djetou, Leacock, Goldbaek, Davis, Legwinski, Inamoto, Malbranque, Sava,
Saha, Marlet.
Saturday 22.2.2003
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TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Jamie Redknapp will probably not feature for Spurs in
Monday's derby match with Fulham, although Milenko Acimovic will come
into the reckoning after playing in the reserves last Wednesday.
FULHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Junichi Inamoto does not know if he will feature in the
Fulham side to face Tottenham on Monday and has pleaded with the
manager to give him an extended run in the side. With Sean Davis
recovering from illness and Jon Harley being fit for consideration, it
is doubtful whether the Japanese international will be picked.
It
is alleged that the stories put out yesterday, attributed to Les
Ferdinand about the training at West Ham United, were not true,
according to Glenn Roeder ... but then he would say that wouldn't he
??
Friday 21.2.2003
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Glenn
Hoddle has said that Robbie Keane's strained knee ligaments picked up
in the game against Sunderland will keep him out for a few more
weeks. The injury has laid the striker up since the match almost
two weeks ago and although he does not need an operation, he will need
to rest the joint until it is mended and Hoddle said he would not rush
the Irish striker back before he is ready. Hoddle later stated
that he did not claim that Keane would be missing for that long and
although he misses the derby matches with Fulham and West Ham United,
the boss hoped the forward would return after that.
Hoddle
also stated that he would not push Kazuyuki Toda into the first team
until he is ready. The manager was happy with the Japanese
international's play so far, but said he and Toda knew he could do
better.
The
Sun rumours that Chelsea's Jody Morris might be on his way to
Tottenham in the summer on a free transfer, with Charlton Athletic and
Manchester City also interested.
The
Spurs site carries a story about Alton Thelwell, who is battling to
recover his best form after suffering injury and is also trying to win
a new contract at the club, as his current one runs out in the summer
and talks about an extension are on hold until the end of this season,
Lars
Hirschfeld has joined Luton Town on a month's loan.
The
friendly match against Bohemians will kick off at 7.45 p.m. on Tuesday
4th March at Dalymount Park, Dublin.
Apparently,
Les Ferdinand is one player who has criticised the training at his new
club West Ham United, as not being strict enough !!
Spurs
Under-19 keeper Rob Burch has joined Woking on a month's loan to
replace the thigh injury victim Shwan Jalal, who had been on loan from
Tottenham too.
Thursday 20.2.2003
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Spurs
will play Eircom League Premier Division champions Bohemians of
Ireland in a friendly match in Dublin on Tuesday March 4th with an
evening kickoff.
Tottenham's
youth team played Crystal Palace tonight at Selhurst Park in the Fifth
round of the FA Youth Cup. A goal in ten minutes by Michael
Malcolm saw Spurs through 1-0 to the quarter finals. Spurs will
be away again to face the winners of the Luton Town v Middlesbrough
tie to be played next Thursday (27th Feb). That tie must be
played by 8th March.
Former
Spurs midfielder Vinny Samways has signed on with Walsall until the
end of the season after being released by Spanish club Seville.
Wednesday 19.2.2003
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Dean
Richards has told the TeamTalk site that he fears injury every time he
gets a knock on his right knee as he has a history of problems with
that particular joint.
Spurs
reserves lost 0-1 to Coventry City reserves tonight at Stevenage
Borough FC.
Tuesday 18.2.2003
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Monday's
match with Fulham definitely goes ahead, despite the West London club
having to play their fifth round FA Cup replay just 48 hours later.
The
Independent newspaper claims that Spurs will move for Crystal Palace's
midfielder Julian Gray at the end of the season. They propose
the move to cover Christian Ziege's absence and also to cover for
Matthew Etherington, should he leave in the summer. While the
young Eagle will be out of contract (he is currently refusing to sign
a new deal), as he is under 24, Palace will be due compensation for
his development.
Steffen
Iversen has slammed the reports about his back injury keeping him out
until the end of the season, he has told the Spurs website. he
said he knew the newspapers in his home country were going to print
something, but knew that it would be blown out of all proportion.
The
official website carries a story about Steve Carr saying that Europe
is the target this season and with 11 games left, Tottenham must pick
up as many points as possible.
Spurs
are being linked, along with Liverpool, with Internazionale's Italian
midfielder Francesco Coco. The 26 year old look set to leave the
Milan side after failing to hold down a regular place.
It
was revealed today that the SCBC v Spurs FA Cup Third round tie gained
an audience of over 7 million for BBC TV. This was more than
watched last season's FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea !!
Swindon
Town boss Andy King will speak to Glenn Hoddle in the next few days
about keeping Dean Marney on loan at the County ground for a further
month.
Monday 17.2.2003
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Christian
Ziege is making progress from his horrendous thigh injury at
Christmas, the Spurs site reveals. He has said that the light
training he is doing now is building the muscle up, although it will
be some time before he plays again.
The
London Evening Standard have issued and printed an apology to
Tottenham Hotspur over allegations that improper payments were made in
the transfer of Goran Bunjevcevic from Red Star Belgrade. The
deal is being looked into by the FA, but the Spurs staff involved
(Daniel Levy and secretary John Alexander) have been exonerated.
TeamTalk
report that Steffen Iversen will not need surgery on his back injury,
but will be rehabilitated to return to action within a month,
according to his Norwegian doctor.
Sunday 16.2.2003
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Charlton
Athletic have joined Everton in their interest in Spurs winger Matthew
Etherington.
Meanwhile,
Spurs are rumoured to have had talks with Udinese's Danish winger
Martin Jorgensen.
Tottenham
are also supposed to have been watching AS Roma defender Traianos
Dellas, along with Everton and Middlesbrough.
Spurs
Ladies reserves won 2-1 at Denham United this morning, while the
Under-13s beat Stevenage Borough Juniors 12-0. For match
reports, click here.
Saturday 15.2.2003
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Tottenham's
under-19s drew 1-1 with Reading at Spurs Lodge today with a 93rd
minute equaliser from Mark Hughes.
Spurs
Ladies Under-11s beat Hatfield Town 3-0 in the League Cup this morning
and the Under-11 B team lost out 0-1 to London Colney. For match
reports, click here.
Friday 14.2.2003
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Gary
Doherty has told TeamTalk that he is glad that the transfer window
closed at the end of January, so that he can concentrate on his Spurs
career without the rumours of a move away from White Hart Lane.
Scotland
boss Berti Vogts has cleared Neil Sullivan of any blame for the
country's defeat against the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday.
While he was a bit rusty, the German manager said the whole team made
mistakes and that Sully is a good goalkeeper. Sullivan failed to
claim a high ball, when electing to punch, that lead to the second
Irish goal.
Planet
Football's site tells of Steffen Iversen's new regime to try and
achieve fitness to play again before the end of the season. The
Norway national side's doctor will draw up a plan for him to train in
his home country during the week and return to Spurs at the
weekend. This strict programme is, the doctor says, designed to
strengthen his loins !!
Thursday 13.2.2003
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Glenn
Hoddle said Spurs will not be entering the InterToto Cup in the
summer, as he believes that the team can earn a European place from
their League position.
Scotland
and Spurs keeper Neil Sullivan has said that he might have to move on
if he does not get regular first team football. Speaking about
his international position, he said it would be better of he had been
playing in the Tottenham side, but that Keller had been doing well, so
he would have to review the situation if things did not change.
TeamTalk
report that Teddy Sheringham has given Spurs a two-week deadline to
talk to him about his future at Spurs. he claims that nobody has
spoken to him yet and that his contract says that they have until
March to do so. David Pleat has previously stated that all talks will
have to wait until the end of the season.
The
transfers of Goran Bunjevcevic and Milenko Acimovic are to be
investigated by the FA Compliance Officer after a story claims that
both players were available on free transfers. Spurs paid £1.4
million and £500,000 for the Red Star Belgrade players respectively
and agent Dennis Roach was the main person handling the deal in both
cases.
Apparently
Viking Stavanger of Norway have beaten off a late bid by Spurs to take
Johan Laedre Bjordal, a young defender, to White Hart Lane.
Wednesday 12.2.2003
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Steffen
Iversen has revealed to a Norwegian newspaper that he needs a back
operation and has been playing with a prolapsed disc in his spine for
five years. He said that if he has the operation then he will
miss the rest of the season, while if he doesn't he won't be able to
play again anyway.
Neil
Sullivan played the first half of Scotland's 0-2 defeat to the
Republic of Ireland at Hampden Park tonight. On the other side
were Stephen Carr, who played the whole game and Gary Doherty, who was
substituted in the second half. It was also Chris Hughton's
first game as the Republic's assistant manager.
Ledley
King made a second half appearance in the England defeat by Australia
at Upton Park.
Simon
Davies played the full 90 minutes of Wales' 2-2 draw at home to
Bosnia-Herzogovina.
Milenko
Acimovic played 77 minutes of the Slovenia friendly against
Switzerland, which they lost 1-5.
Goran
Bunjevcevic started Serbia and Montenegro's Euro 2004 qualifying match
with Azerbijan which ended in a 2-2 draw.
Lars
Hirschfeld played in goal for Canada in their 4-2 win in Libya.
Tottenham
have been as good as their word according to Kasey Keller, who is
almost ready to sign a new contract following talks with the club.
Spurs are reported to be one of a few clubs chasing Chievo's Italian
defender Nicola Legrottaglie. Spurs are said by Planet Football
to be willing to match any bid made to the Serie A side and give the
26 year old a guarantee of first team football. AS Roma were
very close to singing him during the transfer window and will be back
in the summer expecting to take him to the capital.
Tuesday 11.2.2003
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Stephen
Carr has admitted that he thought he might never get back to playing
for the Republic of Ireland after losing about 18 months of his career
to injury. Having suffered a series of set-backs on the road
back to fitness, the wing back said he was at his lowest ebb during
the time out and now feels that the experience has made him stronger
for it.
Former
striker Les Ferdinand has said on his that he regrets that the Spurs
crowd did not see the best of him during his time at White Hart
Lane. Hit by injury during his time at Tottenham, he felt that
he might still have something to offer the club, but admitted that
Glenn Hoddle seems to be getting it right with the team progressing
nicely.
Gary
Mabbutt is among ten players who have been considered for the FA
Premier League's 10 Seasons Awards for Outstanding Contribution to the
Community. It will be awarded to the player who has made the
biggest contribution to assisting in the social inclusion, education
and helping to get people to participate in the sport at all levels.
Spurs
reserves crashed 0-4 to Derby County at Burton Albion FC tonight.
Goalkeeper Gavin Kelly has gone on trial at Mansfield Town for two
weeks.
Former
Spurs defender David Tuttle has had to retire from the game following
injury, but he will stay on at Millwall as a scout.
SCBC
striker James Beattie, called into the England squad for the friendly
against Australia, today paid tribute to Glenn Hoddle, who helped him
develop his game when he was manager at the Old Dell.
Monday 10.2.2003
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Glenn
Hoddle said that when he finishes playing football, Teddy Sheringham
would make a good manager. He said that he has spent time
passing on what he knows to the youngsters at the club and he could
continue that after he hangs up his boots.
TeamTalk
claim that Anthony Gardner could be playing again within four weeks
after suffering a torn hamstring against Chelsea.
Sunday 9.2.2003
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Spurs
are set to hand Kasey Keller a new contract as stipulated in his
existing deal. It stated that if he played a certain number of
matches he would be entitled to a new contract. This casts
doubts over Neil Sullivan's position, the News of the World says, with
Arsenal keen admirers of his work. The article also reckoned
Spurs had been watching Gillingham's Welsh Under-21 goalie Jason
Brown, but they may have been maintaining their interest in Nayron
Nosworthy, the promising young Gills defender.
Spurs
are also said to be willing to move for Wrexham's 28 year old striker
Andy Morrell in the summer, with Ipswich Town for competition.
The forward has scored 21 goals in the Second Division this season.
The
News of the World also runs an article that reckons Everton will try
and take Matthew Etherington to Goodison Park as manager David Moyes
is a keen admirer of the left winger.
Steffen
Iversen has been included in the Norway squad for the trip to Crete
for a friendly with Greece, even though he was absent for the
Tottenham 16 for yesterday's match against Sunderland.
Spurs
are supposedly watching Internazionale defender Marco Materazzi, who
used to play for Everton, with a view to making a move for him in the
summer. Hmmm, just what we need, another defender.
Saturday 8.2.2003
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Tottenham
beat Sunderland 4-1 at White Hart Lane this afternoon. Goals
from Gus Poyet, Gary Doherty, Simon Davies and Teddy Sheringham sealed
the three points for Spurs. For a match report, click here. For reaction, click
here.
Ledley
King is the only Spurs player in the England squad to face Australia
in a friendly at Upton Park on February 12th.
Robbie
Keane will miss the Republic of Ireland friendly against Scotland on
February 12th with the knee injury he picked up in today's Premier
League match. He will have a scan on it to see what the extent
of the damage is.
Spurs
Under-19s beat West Ham United away 2-0 this morning with Mark Yeates
and Jonathan Black scoring.
Friday 7.2.2003
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TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Both Robbie Keane and Dean Richards are rated as 50-50
for tomorrow's match at home to Sunderland.
SUNDERLAND
TEAM NEWS : - Kevin Kilbane is banned for the match and Tore
Andre Flo might have got over his injured ankle. With Marcus
Stewart out with a thigh injury too, the only good news for the Black
Cats is that Paul Thirwell might return.
Glenn
Hoddle told the Spurs official website that Anthony Gardner's
hamstring injury is not as bad as first thought and he might be out
for a shorter time than originally estimated.
Tottenham's
opponents in the Fifth round of the FA Youth Cup has now been decided
and they will be Crystal Palace. The
tie will take place at Selhurst Park on Thursday 20 February 2003 and
the kick off is at 7.30 p.m. The winner will face Luton Town or
Middlesbrough in the quarter final.
Thursday 6.2.2003
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Further
to yesterday's stories about a new contract for Teddy Sheringham,
today David Pleat announced that the club would not be holding talks
with players about new contracts until the end f the season and that
included both Sheringham and Anderton.
Ben
Bowditch played for England Under-20's tonight in their 2-1 win over
Germany at Reading FC. Bowditch left the field at half-time
after having the ball blasted into his face from close range.
Spurs goalkeeper Rob Burch came on as a second half substitute.
Wednesday 5.2.2003
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The
Sun have revealed that Spurs seem ready to extend Teddy Sheringham's
contract for another year when it expires in the summer and he will
continue to earn in the region of £35,000 a week.
Jamie
Redknapp told the Spurs website that he hopes to be ready for first
team action when they meet Fulham on February 24th.
Dean
Richards is hopeful of being fit for Saturday's match at home to
Sunderland.
Steffen
Iversen has been selected for the Norway squad to face Greece in a
friendly international on February 12th.
Planet
Football say that Tottenham might switch the focus of their attention
at Real Madrid way from Fernando Morientes to Javier Portillo.
The 20 year old striker is not first choice at the Bernabeu and AC
Milan and Valencia are also interested in him, but Spurs might move to
try and sign the forward, who has a buy-out clause believed to be of
around £10 million, in the summer.
Former
Spurs striker Chris Armstrong looks like he may be on his way out of
the Reebok Stadium. Picked up on a free transfer at the end of
last season, he has only played once and has had an almost constant
chain of injuries, which has left Bolton Wanderers manager Sam
Allardyce wondering if he can ever recover his old form.
Tuesday 4.2.2003
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Chris
Hughton has been confirmed as Republic of Ireland's Assistant Manager
to Brian Kerr. This will be on a part-time basis and will not
affect his full time role at Tottenham. Hughton said that during
international weeks most of the Spurs players were away on duty and so
training tended to be quite light anyway, leaving him a bit redundant.
Middlesbrough
have told how Spurs tried to snatch Alen Boksic from them on the eve
of the transfer window closing. As he was injured and back in
Croatia, there was not enough time to complete any potential
transfer. However, The Sun claim that once the striker has
negotiated his way out of his Boro contract, he could sign for
Tottenham outside of the transfer window, as he will then technically
be a free agent. But then again it is thought that if he makes
himself intentionally unemployed, he may not be able to call himself a
free agent and thus he will not be able to join another club. I
didn't realise it was all that easy !!
Neil
Sullivan has been included in the Scotland squad to face the Republic
of Ireland in a friendly on February 12th.
Steffen
Freund has said he would consider a return to his homeland should he
not get a club in this country to sign him after Tottenham have said
they will release him at the end of his current contract.
Spurs
director Sir Alan Sugar has laid into Leeds United manager Terry
Venables, by claiming the latest furore over the sale of Jonathan
Woodgate has covered up his inadequacies as a manager and that Leeds
should not jump into a decision to sack him, as he will be due a big
pay-off.
Monday 3.2.2003
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Darren
Anderton is hoping to earn a new contract at Spurs when his current
deal expires in summer 2004. The midfielder wants to start talks
at the end of this season, as there is an option of a further year
available, which he would like to take up as he is settled at the
club. He said that he is now pleased that nothing came of the
rumours of a move to Leeds United, as it is not going well at Elland
Road at the moment.
The
Spurs official website claims that both Robbie Keane and Dean Richards
are doubtful for Saturday's home match against Sunderland.
Robbie has an ankle injury, while Deano has a knee problem which
hopefully will not keep him out for more than a week.
Spurs
reserves beat Nottingham Forest reserves 2-1 tonight at Stevenage
Borough. The Spurs goals were scored by Matthew Etherington and
Mark Hughes, while Kazuyuki Toda made his Spurs debut.
...
and finally ... SCBC declared a £3.5 million loss today. They
probably think that makes them a big club like Leeds and Chelsea !!
Sunday 2.2.2003
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Anthony
Gardner is expected to be out of action for 6-8 weeks after tearing
his hamstring in yesterday's match against Chelsea.
Spurs
target Alen Bocsik looks set to have his Middlesbrough contract
cancelled and retire at the end of the season.
Saturday 1.2.2003
(For other Spurs history on this day click here)
Spurs
drew 1-1 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this afternoon. For a
match report, click here.
Reaction will follow tomorrow.
Spurs
target Michael Ricketts joined Middlesbrough for £3.5 million from
Bolton Wanderers.
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