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Saturday
31.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Harry Redknapp is making a move to sign Manchester City defender
Richard Dunne ahead of Tottenham's intention to bring the
Irishman to White Hart Lane according to the Sun. The Daily
Mirror have added another name to the list of players Tottenham have
been linked with by saying that Juande Ramos will have 25 year old
Benfica and Paraguay striker Oscar Cardozo watched when his
country play France this weekend. The player will cost £12
million apparently. Apparently, both Spurs and Everton are
keen on signing Valencia winger Joaquin.
Paul Stalteri played for Canada in a friendly international
defeat by Brazil, who won 3-2, with Gilberto playing on the
other side in Seattle.
Young Pyo-Lee was in the South Korea side, who drew 2-2 with
Jordan in a World Cup qualifier in Seoul.
Didier Zokora completed the World Cup
qualifier in which Ivory Coast beat Mozambique.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Friday
30.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Crystal Palace's 16 year old midfielder John Bostock has signed
for Tottenham Hotspur. However, it
appears that Palace do not believe he has left the club, as they
still have his registration and their chairman Simon Jordan is doing
his best to make them an enticing option for any player by slamming
players for leaving to better themselves after he claimed the club
have put millions of pounds into their Academy to develop them.
The issue may well need to go to a tribunal to decide how much
compensation Spurs will have to pay the fake tanned one. £5
million is what Jordan wants allegedly.
The Daily Express and the Daily Mirror run a story stating that
Manchester City defender Richard Dunne has agreed a £30,00 a
week four year deal with Spurs and only has to pass a medical for
the move to go through costing £5 million. The Mirror also
reckons that Tottenham might be interested in news that Alan
Curbishley is to let defender Anton Ferdinand go at the cost
of £5 million.
OTHER
NEWS ... Classy SCBC have sacked their manager Nigel Pearson, who
kept them in the Championship, to replace him by Dutchman Jan
Poortvliet ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ...
Thursday
29.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Daily Mail claim that Tottenham are poised to sign Sevilla winger
Diego Capel after matching the £12.3 million buy-out clause
in his contract, although the Sevilla chairman denies any knowledge
of Tottenham's interest. Having been linked with Nice's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris
yesterday, he has signed a deal with Olympique Lyonnais.
Captain Robbie Keane scored a third minute goal to win the
friendly international at Craven Cottage for the Republic of Ireland
against Colombia.
The club have announced that skills coach Ricardo Moniz has
left the club.
Former Spurs winger Peter Taylor has
today been named as the new manager of Wycombe Wanderers.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Wednesday
28.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Press Association claim that Spurs are interested in Sevilla's
winger Diego Capel and also Nice's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris,
although AC Milan and Olympique Lyonnais are also keen to sign the
21 year old, with Milan leading the chase. In Spain, they
rumour that Barcelona are keen on Dimitar Berbatov, if they
fail to sign Arsenal striker Emanuel Adebayour. The Daily Star
claim that Tottenham will beat off all competition to sign Mexican
midfielder Giovani Dos Santos for £12.5 million.
Defender Daniel Diaz of Getafe and Argentina said he would be
happy if a £3 million move to Tottenham came off. The Daily
Mirror report that bids of £4 million have been received by Cruzeiro
from both Spurs and Shakhtar Donetsk, leaving striker Marcelo
Morena the decision of who he wishes to join. Later
reports said that the forward had chosen to go to Russia and the
deal had been signed. the Times link Spurs with a 22-year old
Fiorentina striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, who is an
Argentinian Under-21 international and would cost £7 million.
Tom Huddlestone and Jonathan Woodgate were both unused
substitutes in England's 2-0 win over USA
at Wembley tonight.
Chris Gunter played 90 minutes for
Wales in Reykjavik in an international friendly against Iceland,
which ended in a 1-0 win for Wales.
Younes Kaboul was captain for France Under-21s in their 1-1
draw with Portugal Under-21 in a friendly in Sweden.
David Button played in goal for
England Under-19s in their 1-0 win over
Serbia in
the European Championship Elite qualifying match
in Minsk, recording his second successive clean sheet.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Sepp
Blatter has been branded as "discriminatory" and "illegal" by the EU.
Rats !! It should have read Sepp Blatter's "6+5" idea of having six
home-grown players in the side has been branded as "discriminatory"
and "illegal" by the EU.
Tuesday
27.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs and Chelsea are set to bring winger David Bentley back to
London after he has failed to sign a new deal at Blackburn Rovers,
while Liverpool might want to try and keep him in the North-West.
The fee might be a cool £15 million ... the going rate for any
player these days. In the Daily Mirror, they report that Spurs
will be asked to pay at least £4 million for Moroccan born Norwegian
Under-21 striker 20-year old Tarik Elyounoussi, who plays for
Fredrikstad FK and was watched playing for them by a Spurs scout on
Sunday and the Times link Tottenham with £9.6 million move for
midfielder Valon Behrami of Lazio and Switzerland as he is
interested in joining Spurs or Sevilla. The Daily Mail has
Spurs down as the favourites to sign Barcelona's Mexican wonder kid
Giovani Dos Santos in a £7 million transfer, although
Manchester City have also had talks with the player.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Paul
Robinson is heading for Manchester City according to the Daily Mail,
although he might be better using his hands !!
Monday
26.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Sky Sports website claim that Benfica could make a bid to take
defender Ricardo Rocha back to Portugal.
Alan Hutton has pulled out of the
Scotland squad to face Serbia at Hampden Park on Friday through
injury.
Younes Kaboul played the full game as France Under-21s beat
Holland Under-21 2-1 in a friendly in Sweden.
England Under-19s 2-0 win over Poland in Minsk
saw David Button play as goalkeeper for the whole game.
The match was a European Championship Elite qualifying match.
OTHER
NEWS ... Stockport County beat Rochdale 3-2 in the League Two
play-off final at Wembley and will be plying their trade in League
One next season ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ...
Sunday
25.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Observer claims that the father of Bolivian striker Marcelo
Morena has said his son is set to decide between Spurs and
Russian side Shakhtar Donetsk as he looks set to leave Cruzeiro.
The Sunday Mirror reckon that Portsmouth, Arsenal, Liverpool,
Everton, Middlesbrough and Manchester City are all looking at
signing the Brazilian and former Arsenal and Valencia midfielder
Edu. The News of the World report that Juande Ramos is
keen on spending £8 million on Sevilla defender Adriano Correia
as cover at left back where Young-Pyo Lee will be leaving and
Gareth Bale might not be back from his foot injury and also
recount that Middlesbrough are keen on buying Tom Huddlestone.
The Daily Star Sunday reckons that Younes Kaboul is fed up
with Tottenham and is pleading with Portsmouth to sign him.
The People reckon that Spurs will tempt Portsmouth with a player
plus cash deal for midfielder Sulley Muntari and that
Martin Jol might return to Tottenham ... but only to sign
midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng.
Sky Sports website claim that Spurs along with Bolton Wanderers and
Everton sent scouts to Dublin yesterday to watch 6' 7" Serbian
striker Nikola Zigic of Valencia.
This morning, Spurs beat Lech Poznan 2-0 with Dean Parrett
scoring to go through to the semi finals
of the
Tournoi International de Football
de Talance
in France, where
they met hosts Talence, who they beat 2-0 with goals from David
Hutton and Alex Olsen. Through to the final,
Tottenham met Alacana, who they played in their group and who had
inflicted their only defeat by 0-1. However, the final gave
Tottenham the opportunity to wreak revenge and a 3-0 win with goals
scored by Jon Obika (2) and Calum Butcher gave
Tottenham Under-18s their second international youth trophy in
recent weeks. David Hutton was awarded the player of
the tournament trophy.
OTHER
NEWS ... Doncaster Rovers beat Leeds United 1-0 in League One
play-off to gain promotion to the Championship...
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MEHSTG's
n0-spin story ... John Terry has apologised to all Chelsea
fans, officials, ex-managers and other hangers-on because he cannot
kick a ball into the goal from 12 yards out.
Saturday
24.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Gus Poyet has denied on Spanish radio that Spurs are not
interested in Barcelona's striker Samuel Eto'o
and that the management and the board will discuss transfers
next week, when they have a meeting to talk about who will come and
who will go.
The Independent claim that PSV Eindhoven have rejected an offer from
Tottenham for their Brazilian goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes,
while the Daily Express reckons Tottenham will make cash bids to
Chelsea of £15 million for Nicolas Anelka and £10 million for
Shaun Wright-Phillips, but goes on to say that if they fail
in signing Anelka, they will make a concerted bid for Real
Zaragoza's Diego Milito. The Daily Mail has Portsmouth,
Spurs, Newcastle United and Sunderland all chasing Manchester City
defender Richard Dunne. Olympique Lyonnais have made a
statement saying that they have not had any contact from Tottenham
concerning a move for their goalkeeper Gregory Coupet and no
transfer talks would take place until after today's French Cup Final
anyway. However, on the French club's TV channel, Coupet
stated that the Cup Final would be his last game for the side.
Dates have been announced for the Feyenoord
Centenary tournament, with Spurs taking on Glasgow Celtic on Friday
1st August (kick off 6:30 p.m. Dutch time, 5:30 p.m. UK time) and
then facing Borussia Dortmund on Sunday 3rd August (kick off 5:45
p.m. Dutch time, 4:45 p.m. UK time).
Robbie Keane played 69 minutes of the Republic of Ireland's
friendly 1-1 draw with Serbia in Dublin tonight.
Luka Modric played all of Croatia's
1-0 home friendly defeat of Moldova today.
The Under-18s are taking part in the
Tournoi International de Football
de Talance and drew 0-0 with Lorient of France, before suffering a
0-1 defeat by Spanish side Alcala. However, in the
afternoon session, Spurs beat Monaco 4-0 (David Hutton, Calum
Butcher, Jonathan Obika, Ryan Mason) and then Toulouse 2-1 (Jonathan
Obika, Ryan Mason).
Spurs will be playing Hull City in the Premier League next season
after they beat Bristol City 1-0 in the Championship play-off at
Wembley this afternoon.
OTHER
NEWS ... Leicester City manager Ian Holloway has left the club
relegated to League One by mutual consent ...
Chelsea sacked Avram Grant as their
manager today ...
MEHSTG's spin story ...
Friday
23.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Jermaine Jenas misses out on the England friendlies coming up
against USA and Trinidad & Tobago because he has a sprained ankle
and has had to withdraw from the squad.
Goalkeepers are on the news, as a number of sources put the move for
Olympique Lyonnais goalkeeper Gregory
Coupet at £2.5 million and the Daily Mirror claims that Bolton
Wanderer's manager Gary Megson is putting together a £5 million bid
for Tottenham's existing goalkeeper Paul Robinson, although
Aston Villa might be up for signing Robbo too, as they are being put
off by Liverpool's asking price for Scott Carson. Espanyol's
26 year old winger Albert Riera is demanding a move and Spurs
and Liverpool are watching the situation.
Paul Stalteri has returned to
Tottenham from his loan spell at the end of the season with Fulham.
Pre-season friendlies for the Spurs XI (a mix of fringe first team
players, reserves and youth players) have
been announced against St. Albans City (16th July - kick off 7:45
p.m. at Clarence Park), Crawley Town (22nd July - kick off 7:45 p.m.
at Broadhall Stadium), Aldershot Town (29th July - kick off 7:45
p.m. at Recreation Ground) and Rushden and Diamonds (4th August -
kick off 7:30 p.m. at Nene Park).
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ...
Thursday
22.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
TeamTalk reckon Spurs are showing an interest in 34 year old French
goalkeeper Gregory Coupet, who plays for Olympique
Lyonnais. Liverpool, Juventus and Spurs are vying for the
signature of Udinese's Italian full back Andrea Dossena,
while the Daily Telegraph pin all their hopes on a tale that should
Tottenham fail in a bid for Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o, they
will turn their attention to Thierry Henry. Yeah,
right. Just like newspapers spotting Real Madrid striker
Robinho in London to mean that he might join Chelsea, Arsenal or
Spurs.
Didier Zokora captained Ivory Coast in the first game of the
Kirin Cup in Japan, playing the full game against Paraguay in a 0-0
draw.
OTHER
NEWS ... Jimmy Mullen has been appointed as the new manager of
Walsall ...
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Wednesday
21.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Press Association are running s troy that Spurs are not confirming
that they are bidding for Barcelona forward Samuel Eto'o,
denying they have had talks with the Cameroonian forward, perhaps
because they have been unsuccessful according to the Daily Mirror,
which is why the paper believes they are chasing £10 million rated
Real Zaragoza striker Daniel Milito. Oh, the Mirror
also say Juande Ramos is also going for Brazilian striker Luis
Fabiano of Sevilla. Spurs midfielder Hossam Ghaly
has told the media that he has had some interest in signing him from
Blackburn Rovers, as well as other Premier League clubs and Hertha
Berlin in Germany.
Spurs have appointed 35 year old Hans
Leitert from La Liga club Recreativo Huelva as the club's new
goalkeeping coach. Perry Suckling who has carried out
the role since Hans Segers left Tottenham, will return to
being goalkeeping coach for the Academy.
OTHER
NEWS ... The Champions League final saw beat Chelsea on penalties
after a 1-1 draw and after John Terry missed the chance to win it
for the Pensioners when he slipped in the run up to his penalty kick
which, if successful, would have made it 5-4 to Chelsea on
penalties. But didn't. ...
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Tuesday
20.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Daily Mail reckon that a deal for Crystal Palace's 16 year old
midfielder John Bostock could be struck with a fee rising to
£5 million depending on meeting certain conditions. Damien
Duff's departure from Newcastle United has apparently alerted
Blackburn Rovers, Spurs and Portsmouth to his availability.
Blackpool manager Simon Grayson hopes to take Spurs reserve defender
Joe Martin back on loan next season after a successful time there at
the tail end of this season. Spurs will be taking a long look
at Olympique Lyonnaise's striker Loic Remy, who has not
scored for his club, but has hit three goals in six games for RC
Lens, where he was on loan at the end of the season before they were
relegated. Setanta Sports have
reported that Portsmouth are in touch with Tottenham about signing
defender Younes Kaboul.
The club have announced that defender Chris Riley and winger
Jamie Davis have been released on the expiry of their contracts
and that reserve defenders Cian Hughton and Leigh Mills
have signed new deals to keep them at the club.
Radek Cerny's loan spell at Spurs has ended and he returned
to Slavia Prague, but signed a contract for Queens Park Rangers to
stay in England.
OTHER
NEWS ... Paul Lambert resigned as manager of Wycombe Wanderers
today ...
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CRIMEWATCH ... Joey
Barton was today jailed for six months after being found guilty for
assault in an incident in Liverpool in December 2007...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Joey
Barton was given a six month jail sentence today. Still,
Newcastle United gave him a four year deal, surely punishment enough
?
Monday
19.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Daily Mail reckons that Spurs are set to sign Dean Ashton
from West Ham United for a possible fee of £15 million, while the
London Evening Standard has Tottenham down as favourites for the
signature of Samuel Eto'o for £24 million, as both AC Milan
and Internazionale have both only reached £16 million in their
attempts to buy the striker from Barcelona.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Sunday
18.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The News of the World claims that Juande Ramos wants to buy the
£8 million rated defender Adriano Correia from Sevilla in the
summer and the paper also tells us that Spurs might be favourites to
buy Samuel Eto'o after putting in a £24 million bid for the
Cameroon striker with Barcelona, with Dean Ashton lined up as
a fall-back, should the offer be rejected. Over at the Sunday
People, they have Spurs looking at Newcastle United's Michael
Owen should the Eto'o deal not go through. The Mail on
Sunday reckons that Manchester City defender Richard Dunne
has set his sights on a move to White Hart Lane, although Sven Goran
Eriksson wants to keep him at Eastlands. Tottenham are also
being linked with a move for Atletico Madrid's former Manchester
United striker Diego Forlan, but as he would cost about £20
million, it is unlikely to happen.
OTHER
NEWS ... Exeter City have gained promotion to the Football League
with a 1-0 win over Cambridge United in the Conference play-off
final today ...
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Saturday
17.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Times relates that Damien Comolli might be in peril of
staying at Tottenham, after some questions have been raised about
the quality of players he has recommended. Genoa's Honduran
midfielder Julio Cesar de Leon is supposedly a target for
Spurs according to his agent, with terms to be agreed and the
transfer for the 28 year old nicknamed "Rambo" to go through quickly
thereafter.
OTHER
NEWS ... Portsmouth beat Cardiff City in the FA Cup Final today ...
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Friday
16.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Sun claim that Chelsea and Tottenham are keen on signing
Barcelona's Portuguese midfielder Deco, while The Times has
Spurs among Newcastle United and Portsmouth willing to take on the
£6 million rated "defender" Anton Ferdinand of West Ham
United. News coming out of Spain claims that Liverpool, Spurs
and Fiorentina are all keen to sign Espanyol and former Manchester
City winger Albert Riera.
Tottenham's Academy side came back from 0-2 down to draw 2-2 with
South African side SuperSport today
in a friendly at Spurs Lodge with David
Hutton and Ryan Mason scoring.
Dunga has called up Gilberto to the Brazilian squad to play in the
World Cup qualifiers.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... after
Wednesday's riot in Manchester by a minority Glasgow Rangers fans
might have damaged England's hopes of hosting the 2012 World Cup
finals, they will turn up in London on Saturday for the FA Cup Final
and stay for the play-off finals to ensure the bid dies in the water
and their aim is achieved.
Thursday
15.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Paul Jewel has told the Press that Derby County will not be signing
Hossam Ghaly, as he wants to stay in the Premier League.
Tom Huddlestone started for England
Under-21s in their friendly match against Wales U21 at Wrexham
tonight. England won 2-0 with Huddlestone scoring the first
from the penalty spot, with Chris Gunter being on the losing
side from the start and Jamie O'Hara joining Huddlestone as a
substitute in the 57th minute.
OTHER
NEWS ... Glasgow Celtic player/coach/manager Tommy Burns died
today of skin cancer aged 51 ...
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Wednesday
14.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Setanta Sports have revealed that Tottenham have failed to sign
Cruzeiro's Bolivian striker Marcelo Moreno for just under £6
million, while the Epping Forest Guardian reports that Ricardo
Rocha has said to head coach Juande Ramos that he wants
to leave White Hart Lane in the summer. The Daily Star has
chairman Daniel Levy getting involved to complete a £15
million transfer for Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o and the Sun
have Tottenham bidding £15 million for Blackburn Rovers' David
Bentley. In some sort of competition to link Spurs with as
many different players in as many different papers, the Daily Mail
reckons there will be a swap deal with Paul Robinson going to
Manchester City, as Joe Hart moves the other way to White
Hart Lane as the transfer totals £10 million, as the Daily Express
have their own take on the transfer rumours with Tottenham chasing
unwanted Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka for another £15
million, but only because they think they will fail in the move to
sign Eto'o. The Times have a story saying that PSV Eindhoven
are lining up a bid to take Young-Pyo Lee back to Holland.
OTHER
NEWS ... Iain Dowie has been appointed as the new coach of QPR ...
Zenit St. Petersburg won the UEFA Cup tonight beating Glasgow
Rangers 2-0 at the City of Manchester stadium ...
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... the traditional present of the player's
shirt to his boot boy seems to have gone by the by at Birmingham
City, where Olivier Kapo gave his boot boy his boot. Along
with the steering wheel, bonnet and the rest of a £30,000 Mercedes
Benz.
Tuesday
13.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The London Evening Standard are still trying to wind up Tottenham fans
by telling us that Spurs and Newcastle United are said to be in
competition for Manchester City's Republic of Ireland centre half,
Richard Dunne. For once I am hoping Newcastle beat us
!! The Daily Mail reckons that despite a series of stories
that he would be staying at Selhurst Park, teenage midfielder
John Bostock is about to join Tottenham, instead of Barcelona
and Manchester United. Blackburn Rovers are set to reject
Tottenham's £4 million for their Norwegian winger Morten Gamst
Pedersen, the Sun reports.
Tom Huddlestone has been picked for
the England Under-21 squad for the friendly against Wales on
Thursday.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Rochdale striker Lee Thorpe broke his arm
in three places while arm-wrestling on the coach on the way to the
play-off semi-final first leg. Manager Keith Hill said that it
was a perfectly good way of team-bonding ... and MEHSTG reckons it
is no doubt a way to make sure you get a place in the team.
Monday
12.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Midfielder Jamie O'Hara has signed a three-year extension to
his contract with Spurs, taking it through to 2011.
Spurs and Arsenal are said to be ready to lock horns in the battle to
sign Lille midfielder Jean Makoun, although the French club
want £11 million for him according to Sky Sports.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Sunday
11.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs lost 0-2 at home to Liverpool this afternoon in the final league
game of the season. For a match report, click
here.
Reaction to follow.
Tom Huddlestone has won his first
call-up to the full England squad for the up-coming friendlies
against USA and Trinidad and Tobago. Also in the squad are
defender Jonathan Woodgate and midfielder Jermaine Jenas.
The News of the World claims that AC Milan
have been put off bidding for Dimitar Berbatov, as they
believe the intended asking price of £30 million is too much,
although the Observer report that Barcelona and Chelsea are willing
to meet the price put on the Bulgarian striker's head. The
paper reckons that Spurs will make a move for Espanyol central
defender Marc Torrejon. The Sunday People claim that
Spurs see Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o as Berbatov's
replacement and are looking for sponsors to come in and pay the
player's £100,000 a week salary. The People also run stories
indicating that Portsmouth are hoping to take Younes Kaboul
off Tottenham's hands at a cut price, while Juande Ramos intends to
offer Tom Huddlestone to Middlesbrough in exchange for winger
Adam Johnson.
Tottenham's Academy side won the Tournoi
International de Football de Monthey in Switzerland with a 2-1 final
victory over Sporting Lisbon, thanks to goals from Tomas Pekhart
and Jake Livermore.
Tottenham's former trainee defender Che
Roberts died today aged 38.
OTHER
NEWS ... With Fulham winning, even the victories for Birmingham
City and Reading could not save them from relegation ...
...
Saturday
10.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Daily Express claim that Chelsea are ready to launch a £20 million
bid for Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov, while it might not
all be in cash, as Chelsea might want to throw in winger Shaun
Wright-Phillips as a make-weight (and not a very heavy one at
that) as part of the deal.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Daytime
GMTV show host Lorraine Kelly has called for drastic action on the
state of refereeing in Scotland after her beloved Dundee United were
robbed of what seemed like a perfectly good goal and a stuck on
penalty against Glasgow Rangers. She will be discussing the
issue on Monday's show with designer Bruce Oldfield and nutritionist
Amanda Ursell.
Friday
09.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Daily Mirror runs a couple of Spurs stories, with Blackburn
Rovers' asking price of £15 million ready to be met to sign winger
David Bentley, which is a story repeated in the Daily Express
and that Tottenham will beat Newcastle United to the singing of
Glasgow Celtic winger Aiden McGeady.
LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS : - Fabio Aurelio
could be back to play for Liverpool on Sunday and Rafa Benitez could
select Damien Plessis and Emiliano Insua cold get their chance.
Daniel Agger will not be risked, even though he is back in training
after injury.
Just Tottenham's luck. An extra place
in the UEFA Cup has been awarded to England because of their good
behaviour and fair play, leaving the top rating side not already
qualified for Europe taking a UEFA Cup qualifying place. At
the moment this would be Manchester City, but above them are Spurs
(top of the Fair Play League), Arsenal, Manchester United and
Liverpool.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Thursday
08.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Daily Mail claim that Manchester City owner Thaksin Sinawatra
wants to buy Dimitar Berbatov for £32 million. Let's
make sure we get the money up front !! However, the paper
reckons he will end up across the city at Old Trafford, as United
are willing to offer £21.8 million - twice what Spurs signed him
for. If Berbatov does go, then Tottenham have made provision
for a replacement by contacting Barcelona about the signing of £15
million Samuel Eto'o, although Spanish paper Marca reckon he
would cost £27.5 million.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Dimitar Berbatov has
recovered from his groin strain and will be fit for selection to
meet Liverpool on Sunday.
For a match preview of Sunday's meeting with Liverpool, click
here.
Spurs pair Charlie Daniels and Andy Barcham will
return to White Hart Lane after their loan spells at Leyton Orient.
Former Spurs reserve defender Clayton
Fortune has been released by Leyton Orient.
OTHER
NEWS ... Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as chairman of AC Milan
because he cannot have a conflict of interest during his third spell
as Prime Minister of the country ...
Frank Rijkaard will leave as
manager of Barcelona at the end of the season it was announced
today, with former player Pep Guardiola taking over the reins ...
Micky Adams has been re-appointed as manager of Brighton and Hove
Albion with current boss Dean Wilkins retained as first team coach
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Luigi Di Canio has left QPR's manager's
post, with rumours that Zinedine Zidane may come in to take his
place
Wednesday
07.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spanish newspaper Marca, reckons Spurs are in talks to sign Samuel
Eto'o, while Setanta Sports claim Juande Ramos is keen to
snap up Real Zaragoza striker Sergio Garcia, who Villareal
are also chasing. Two more dodgy stories come from the British
press, as the Sun reckons Ramos will make a £6 million offer to West
Ham United for Anton Ferdinand (Please noooooooo !!) and the
Guardian have us down as signing Lassana Diarra from
Portsmouth too. The Mirror's preference is £6 million for
Birmingham City midfielder Olivier Kapo, should the Bluenoses
get relegated on Sunday, although he might not be playing alongside
Dimitar Berbatov, as the newspapers seem to mostly consider
him to be gone after not featuring in the club's new kit launch last
night. Over at the Daily Mail, they are in dreamland,
suggesting that an interest in Glasgow Rangers central defender
Carlos Cuellar could cost Tottenham £10 million, even though he
arrived last summer for only £3 million.
Tottenham have announced that they will play
a friendly at Leyton Orient on July 30th with the game kicking off
at 7:45 p.m. Ticket prices will be £15 for adults, with
concessions tickets priced at £10 and accompanied Under-16s can get
in for £5.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Arsene Wenger said today that he could
not break the Arsenal wage structure to keep Mathieu Flamini, who
was offered £55,000 a week, while William Gallas is on £80,000 a
week and Fabregas £75,000 a week. "Arsene !! Ou est le
calculator ?"
Tuesday
06.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The club have still not decided on what they will be doing about a new
ground, so have put off an announcement which was supposed to be
made by June this year.
Thanks to Malcolm Blazey for mentioning the
fact that Martin Jol has been signed as head coach of SV
Hamburg for next season.
The club launched the new 2008-09 kit tonight, with the home kit being
a white shirt with navy blue trim on the neck and arm, with a blue
insert under the arm; navy blue shorts and navy and white hooped
socks. The away kit is all very pale blue.
The third kit is all black, with two white stripes on one shoulder,
white trim on the neck and arms, with a gold Spurs logo.
Academy full back Adam Smith has signed his first professional
contract with Spurs.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Monday
05.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
New signing Luka Modric has been
included in the Croatia squad for the European Championships this
summer.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Sunday
04.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham are being linked in the News of the World with a move for
Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson in the summer,
with Arsenal also interested, while the same tabloid reckon Spurs
will fight Liverpool for 17 year old Colchester United winger
Medy Elito. The Sunday Mirror claims that Real Madrid will
make a £25 million offer for Dimitar Berbatov, but
Tottenham's response will be a pay rise up to £90,000 a week, but
this will only be dependent on him signing a four year deal and
answering the club's proposal within two weeks, thus allowing them
time to arrange for a replacement should he wish to leave. The
Sunday People reckon that
Spurs are up against Celtic and Sunderland
in the chase for Dutch Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng
(Didier Zokora won't be pleased) and also that the club are willing
to spend £10million to bring 23 year old Lokomotiv Moscow striker
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov to Tottenham. The Russian
international can fill the left wing position, centre forward or his
preferred choice as an attacking midfielder behind the front two.
The Daily Star on Sunday also carries the Michael Johnson
story and an additional one confirming last week's news that
Tottenham will make a move for Wolfsburg's German central defender
Alexander Madlung.
Radek Cerny, whose loan deal is up in the summer, has
revealed to Sky Sports website that he looks set to join QPR on a
two year contract.
The Spurs Ladies First Team today beat Horley Town 2-1 to give them
the three points they needed to be champions of the London &
South-East Regional Women's Football League
Premier Division. This guarantees them promotion to the
Women's Football South-East Combination league. For a report
on their game, click
here.
OTHER
NEWS ... West Bromwich Albion won the Championship title today,
with Stoke City going up automatically with them in second place.
At the bottom of the table, Leicester City drop into League One with
Scunthorpe United and Colchester United ...
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Rumours circulating that Berbatov
refused to pose in the club's new kit to be launched on Tuesday
indicate that he may be on his way out of White Hart Lane.
That and he was spotted barefoot on the pedestrian crossing at Abbey
Lane.
Saturday
03.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs beat Reading 1-0 at the Madjeski Stadium this afternoon.
For a match report, click
here.
Reaction to follow.
OTHER
NEWS ... Nottingham Forest have gained promotion from League One
to the Championship, while at the other end of the table, Gillingham
and Bournemouth will be playing their football in League Two next
season ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Manchester
United winger Nani found Lucas Neill's head so hard when he
head-butted him in this afternoon's game against West Ham United,
that he needed treatment before being sent off !!
Friday
02.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Mark Kendall, the Spurs goalkeeper from 1978 - 1980 died last
night in Newport, Wales. Kendall served as a police officer in
the Gwent Police for 15 years reaching the rank of Detective
Constable and MEHSTG's condolences go to his family and friends at
this sad time.
David Villa may have snubbed
Tottenham's approach to buy him from Valencia, as he hopes for a
transfer to Real Madrid.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Harry
"Hangdog" Redknapp is unhappy about the police raid on his home in
connection with corruption in the game and has taken an appeal
against them to the courts. Redknapp said that the front men
were too far apart, the men at the back were too loose and there was
no cohesion between the rank and file.
Thursday
01.05.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham are at number 12 in the world football's rich list of clubs,
with Manchester United coming out top in Deloitte's annual survey of
the clubs with the most money in the world.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Alan Hutton has recovered from
a toe injury picked up in last Saturday's game against Bolton
Wanderers and should be fit to play. Pascal Chimbonda
may well be omitted after stories today say he could have played his
last game for the club, while long term
absentees Ledley King, Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Gareth Bale
will all be missing.
For a preview of the Reading game, click
here.
Spurs are linked with an array of players in the media today. A
£4 million deal for Espanyol keeper Carlos Kameni is close to
being agreed with Paul Robinson moving out to Middlesbrough
or Aston Villa. The Villains are also keen on defender
Pascal Chimbonda, who has been shocked to be told he has no
future at the club and he will have a choice of the Midlands or the
South Coast, as Portsmouth are also interested in him. The
Daily Mail continues on the £16 million offer for Valencia's
David Villa, while over at the Daily Mirror, Lille midfielder
Jean Makoun claims that Spurs and Manchester City are both
interested in signing him. The Cameroonian 24 year old is
rated at £6 million. It is widely claimed that goalkeeper
Radek Cerny will sign for QPR on a free transfer at the end of
the season. Sky Sports website reckon that Tottenham will
pursue the Wolfsburg central defender 25 year old German
international Alexander Madlung, who has a £2.3 million buy
out clause in his contract.
Spurs Reserves lost 1-3 at White Hart Lane in a behind closed doors
friendly this afternoon. Tottenham's goal came from Alex
Olsen.
Spurs Ladies First team play at home at
Frederick Knights Sports Ground, Willoughby Lane, Northumberland
Park N17 on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. against Horley Town. The
Ladies need a win to finish top of the league in what is their last
game of the season. Entry is free, so why not come along and
support the Ladies !! Details of the venue can be found by
clicking here.
OTHER
NEWS ... Leeds United lost their appeal to the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators against the Football League's 15
point deduction for not meeting the insolvency criteria of the
Football League ...
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Former Manchester City manager Peter Reid
said today about current City owner Thaksin Shinawatra, "It's
alright running a country, sometimes it's harder to run a football
club."
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