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   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -   Heung-Min Son will be missing from the Spurs squad in Monaco for the Europa League group game with an injured foot, picked up in Saturday's 4-1 win over Manchester City.  Mousa Dembele (foot), Ryan Mason (knee) and Nabil Bentaleb (ankle) are still sidelined too.
   For a preview of Tottenham's trip to Monaco, click here.
   Spurs are rumoured to have had productive talks with MK Dons about a move to their ground for the "away" season while White Hart Lane is rebuilt a few yards north of its current location.  After canvassing the Tottenham support, it is interesting that, should this be true, the club are ignoring options in London, unless they have been investigated and been found unviable.
   Nathan Oduwa and Harry Winks have been named in the England Under-20 squad to travel to Germany to face Holland, Turkey and Germany next week in the Mercedes Cup.
   Some good news following yesterday's story about Lawrence Vigouroux, the former Spurs Under-21 keeper now at Liverpool, as Swindon Town have taken him back on loan and will give him a second chance.  It turns out, according to the BBC, 1p coins are only legal tender up to 20p, so his 5,000 used to pay off his club fine for being late would not have been accepted and his "banter" would have back-fired on him big time.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Fleetwood Town have sacked manager Graham Alexander ... 

   Not a lot of directly Spurs related news today, all opinion and suggestions for Thursday's match against AS Monaco.  However, a couple of ex-Spurs players make the news for all the wrong reasons.  Adel Taarabt may be got shot of by Benfica, who regard him as over-weight (sound familiar ?).  They are considering their options, as are Liverpool with former Spurs Under-21 keeper Lawrence Vigouroux.  The Chilean Youth international was on loan at Swindon Town, but got fined GBP150 for turning up late for training.  His team-mates got it down to GBP50 and the keeper decided to pay it in 1p pieces.  Not seeing the humorous side, Swindon sent him packing back to Anfield, where he is to have his place at the club re-assessed following rumours of attitude issues causing problems.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Lee Carsley has been handed the job of managing Brentford until the end of the season ... 

   Sporting Director Franco Baldini has left Tottenham by mutual consent.  The Italian, who has overseen many of the transfers since he joined the club in 2013, wants to dedicate more time to non-club football matters.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Brentford have sacked their manager Marinus Dijkhuizen after nine games in charge ... Rotherham United sacked Steve Evans as their manager today ...

   Tottenham are being linked with a move for Port Vale's 21 year old winger Enoch Andoh, who comes with a price tag of GBP 2.5 million attached to his leg and a cheaper striker in the shape of 17 year old Armend Aslani of Danish club Brondby, who is a player Spurs are keen to bring in at the cost of GBP 345,000.
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   Tottenham beat Manchester City 4-1 at White Hart Lane this afternoon.  Click here for a match report.
   The FA have unsurprisingly put out a story putting all the blame on Spurs for Harry Kane's lack of sharpness in the early part of this season, citing the end of season tour rather than the England Under-21s shockingly bad participation in the European Championship finals in the Czech Republic.  Meanwhile on the transfer front, 19 year old Schalke 04 striker Leroy Sane is back on Tottenham's January transfer window shopping list.  The England Under-21 international goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has been watched by Tottenham's chief scout Ian Broomfield according to reports.   The Sunderland keeper is on loan at Preston North End and is interesting Spurs, while Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Kortney Hause is another youngster on the radar of the club's talent spotters.  He is 20 years old and comes from Ilford, is currently on loan at Gillingham and is an England Under-20 and Under-21 international. 
   Young Spurs winger Kenny McEvoy has joined Teddy Sheringham's Stevenage on a month's loan.

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   Little Spurs news of substance today.

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   The Daily Mail believes that Spurs could share the Olympic Stadium with West Ham United in the season away from White Hart Lane while the new stadium is finished.  This is surreal even for the Mail !!  .

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   Tottenham lost 1-2 to Arsenal at White Hart Lane in the League Cup tonight.  A match report will follow.

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   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Mousa Dembele (foot), Ryan Mason (knee) and Nabil Bentaleb (ankle) are all still ruled out, but the rest of the squad are fit and able to be selected.
   ARSENAL TEAM NEWS : -  With Gabriel's suspension lifted as the FA rescinded his red card issued on Saturday and Per Mertesacker is well again, the pair will fill the centre-back berths for the Gooners.  Olivier Giroud, Mezut Ozil and Theo Walcott are expected to play and there will be a familiar look to their starting line-up.
   For a preview of the League Cup Third Round tie, click here.
   Spurs have been linked with Manchester City's 18 year old Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho, as the Etihad club have not entered into talks about a new contract with him.  I would imagine that it is only a matter of time before City do offer him a new deal, which will be more than Tottenham can offer him.

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   CRIMEWATCH ... In the fall-out of the Chelsea Arsenal game on Saturday, Gabriel has had his red card rescinded and Diego Costa has picked up a three match ban for violent behaviour ... and referee Mike Dean ?? Well, he takes home his pay packet and gets next weekend off ... 

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   MEHSTG's spin story ... All hail Daniel Levy !!  Alex Ferguson has said in an interview that dealing with the Spurs chairman over the transfer of Dimitar Berbatov from Spurs to Manchester United was more painful than the hip replacement the Scot had.  Three cheers for Daniel !!

   Tottenham have been linked with a few potential January transfer window moves with German and Polish players being watched.  One was a link from a while back, with Lech Poznan midfielder Karel Litany also attracting interest from Manchester City, so it will be a question of whether the player wants to play or wants to stockpile cash.  The second story reports that Spurs had scouts at the Borussia Moenchengladbach v 1FC Koln game in the Bundesliga on Saturday.  It is believed that Tottenham were there to run the rule over 23 year old midfielder Kevin Vogt, who they were interested in during the summer transfer window, but might have more luck in returning with a bid in January.  A player who is a target for Chelsea and Arsenal has also been linked with a move to White Hart Lane and that is Serbian striker Luka Jovic.  The 6' tall 17 year old has been tagged the new Radamel Falcao, so that is quite a burden to carry in one way or another, but his club, Red Star Belgrade are taking it as a compliment and look set to want GBP 6 million to start the bidding.
   Alex Pritchard's ankle injury looks set to rule him out of Wednesday's  League Cup tie, which might have been a suitable game to give him a run-out in.
   Tottenham's Under-21s beat Leicester City 7-4 at Hotspur Way this afternoon, with their goals scored by Kazaiah Stirling, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Kenneth McEvoy 2, Shayon Harrison 2 - 1p and Filip Lesniak.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Peterborough United have announced that Graham Westley will be their new manager ... 

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   MEHSTG's spin story ... Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma had to try and retract the comment he made about Diego Costa liking to cheat a lot.  He blamed it on the fact that his English is not that good.  What he meant to say was that Costa likes to cheat all the time.

   Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at White Hart Lane this afternoon.  For a match report, click here.
   Away from the pitch, Chelsea are rumoured to be ready to make a GBP 20 million bid in January to nip in ahead of Spurs and sign Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama.  I didn't know he specialised in winding up opponents !!

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   CRYSTAL PALACE TEAM NEWS : -  Crystal Palace could have Damien Delaney (groin), Joe Ledley (hamstring) and Connor Wickham (rib) back. Defender Joel Ward (knee) is out as is Marouane Chamakh (hamstring) and Kwesi Appiah (knee), while Julian Speroni lacks match fitness and is unlikely to feature.
   For a preview of tomorrow's match against Crystal Palace, click here.
   The Under-18s lost 1-4 to Reading at Hotspur Way in the FA Premier Academy UNder-18 league this morning, with Marcus Edwards netting the Tottenham goal.

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   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Almost ready to face Crystal Palace are Christian Eriksen and Ryan Mason, who will be given late fitness tests to see if they can return, but still out are Mousa Dembele (foot) and Nabil Bentaleb (ankle).
   Little of any consequence in the news today other than Daniel Levy reportedly paying the GBP 5 million that Emmanuel Adebayor wanted to settle up his contract, which the Spurs chairman was happy to pay just to get rid of him.

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   Tottenham beat Qarabag 3-1 in Group J of the Europa League at White Hart Lane tonight.  For a match report click here.

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   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Without Christian Eriksen (knee), Nabil Bentaleb (ankle), Mousa Dembele (foot) and Ryan Mason (knee), the midfield will be changed in both defensive and attacking areas.
   For a preview of the Qarabag game, click here.
   Swansea City are being taken to court by Utrecht for not paying them a percentage of the fee that took Michel Vorm to White Hart Lane, while the Information Commissioner has told the body involved with disposing of the Olympic Stadium - the London Legacy Development Corporation - that they have to reveal the agreement with West Ham United, which has left the East London club "disappointed"  :'(

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   Spurs Development defender Conor Ogilvie has had his loan spell at Stevenage extended until January 2016, with Teddy Sheringham keen to keep him at the Lamex Stadium, giving him first team football there, rather than appearing for our Under-21s at the same ground.  Meanwhile, January's transfer window is already prompting calls to be open, with the Daily Express claiming Spurs are set to sign Michy Batshuayi for GBP 22 million when the window is open a crack.  Arsenal's interest in the 21 year old Belgian striker appears to be ignored, while VfB Stuttgart's young forward Timo Werner looks set to exit the club, either in January, when Spurs will be waiting or even sooner, if the Bundesliga club cancel his contract, as the coach is not a big fan of the 19 year old.  Another player already linked with Tottenham is Assane Diousse, the 17 year old Empoli defensive midfielder, but the Senegal international is also being eyed by a number of other clubs.
   Samuel Shashuoa and Jaden Brown have been included in England's Under-17 squad for their three European Championship First Round qualification matches in Portugal against the host nation, San Marino and Armenia across six days.

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   Much talk today is about Tottenham's first league win of the season, Harry Kane's imagined goal drought and the fact that Michail Antonio's Mum stopped him joining Spurs when he was a kid because it was a long way from South London to Tottenham.  Not as far as it is to West Ham from South London, I'm sure.
   Tottenham's Under-21s lost 1-4 at Stevenage FC tonight in the FA Premier Academy League, with Anton Walkes netting the solitary Spurs goal.

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   Tottenham beat Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light this afternoon.  Click here for a match report.
   Off the pitch, Tottenham have released Emmanuel Adebayor of the horror of earning GBP 100,000 a week for nothing.  The agreement to let him go was by mutual contempt .. .sorry, consent (apparently), so he is now a free agent, although when he signs for another club he will be anything but free ... whatever he told Tim Sherwood about being willing to play for nothing.  Aston Villa, West Ham United, AS Monaco and some Middle East clubs are keen on him.

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   The Mirror claims that Spurs are looking to have talks with Emmanuel Adebayor to terminate his contract as the best way out of a situation that is doing neither party any good.  With the player refusing to train with the first team and not being given a squad number, his re-introduction to the senior squad may not be popular with the Spurs fans and with no movement possible until January, the former Arsenal striker may have to become a free agent to find another way of playing.  Whether his agent - God - will be in on the negotiations, I don't know, but then he is omnipresent, so he will know what's going on and will give Ade a sign about who to sign for.  Meanwhile, back in the real world, Sunderland will be letting their fans pay at the turnstiles on Sunday to get a decent crowd in for the televised match. 
   And talking of tomorrow's match at the Stadium of Light, click here for a MEHSTG match preview.
   Tottenham's Under-18s travelled to Aston Villa and drew 2-2 in the FA Premier Academy League at Bodymoor Heath.  The Spurs goals were both scored by Kazaiah Sterling.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Darren Kelly was sacked as manager of Oldham Athletic tonight ... 

   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Heung-Min Son is set to make his first appearance for Spurs after being included in the squad to travel to Sunderland, but Christian Eriksen is still side-lined with his knee injury and Mousa Dembele's foot injury rules him out too. Emmanuel Adebayor has played his last game for Spurs, so any mention relating to match squads will, in future, be missing his name.  Clinton Njie is close to match fitness following his arrival at Spurs with a muscle injury.
   SUNDERLAND TEAM NEWS : -  Steven Fletcher's knock has knocked him out of the Sunderland squad, while Adam Matthews' foot injury will keep him out of action for another six weeks.  Adam Johnson has a shoulder injury making him unavailable and Jordi Gomez's fractured knee cap also rules him out of selection for Sunday's match with Tottenham.
   Emmanuel Adebayor's non-future at the club has been the main talking point of the day, only challenged in it's pomposity by Steven Gerrard's claim that Spurs wanted to sign him in his last year at Liverpool, but it wouldn't have been the same buzz as going through it all again with Liverpool.  "Buzz" ?  Does that translate as cash ?  He thought it was nice that Mauricio Pochettino still rated him though.  However, the former Liverpool captain made nothing clear about how he would have been integrated into the side.  The transfer window has slammed shut days ago, but the rumours keep flying out through it, with the latest being a last minute GBP 8 million bid for Fiorentina midfielder Josip Ilicic.  He would have been a big signing at 6' 3".  Tony Pulis, the West Bromwich Albion manager, has said that Spurs will never sign Saido Berahino, which may be somewhat as a blessing in disguise, with Adebayor training with the youth players and Berahino not backward in coming forward on Twitter if not on the pitch.  He might have been a straight replacement for the former Togo international.

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   Lots in the media about how little Spurs might have offered for Saido Berahino and how FA Executive Martin Glenn has said that the FA would help Premier League clubs improve their stadia by offering Wembley as a temporary home, but not both during the same season apparently.  What he didn't say was that Brent Council are the licensing authority and it might need an unpopular and contested variation application to make it happen ... or not.  New signing Heung-Min Son has been told he can have a car, but following in the long Henry Ford tradition, he can have one in any colour ... as long as it isn't red.

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   Tottenham have signed Eric Dier to a new contract that will run until the summer of 2020.
   Heung-Min Son has completed his move to Spurs now that he has received his international clearance and work permit, allowing him to be available for selection straight away.  In the early hours of this morning DeAndre Yedlin was playing 90 minutes for the US National side in the 1-4 home friendly defeat by Brazil in Foxborough, Massachusetts.  In other international news ... the Togo manager Tom Saintfiet has gone all Ian Holloway and said that he is dumping Emmanuel Adebayor from his squads in future, as he is like a woman who does not respond positively.  This might be a little harsh, as Adebayor is probably waiting for a sign from God to turn up for training with his national squad once more.  Either that or a huge pile of cash.
   Former Spurs midfielder Jake Livermore, now with Hull City, may avoid a ban for being tested positive for cocaine after it was revealed that he suffered the loss of his newly born baby just after the 2014 FA Cup Final.

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   Harry Kane came off the bench in the 57th minute to score the first goal of England's 2-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win against Switzerland at Wembley tonight.  Ryan Mason was an unused sub.  Kevin Wimmer was also an unused sub as Austria ran out 4-1 away winners in Sweden.
   Rumours are linking Spurs and Arsenal with a move for Basel striker Breel Embolo, most probably because he was in the Swiss squad to play England tonight.

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   OTHER NEWS ... ex-Gooner Paul Dickov was sacked by Doncaster Rovers today ... Wayne Rooney beat Sir Bobby Charlton's goal-scoring record for England by hitting his 50th goal for his country ...

   Dele Alli played the first half and Eric Dier the 90 minutes of England Under-21s 1-0 away win against Norway in a European Championship qualifier tonight, while Harry Winks played the whole of the England Under-20s 0-1 defeat by the Czech Republic at Shrewsbury.  Josh Onomah scored England's equaliser in a 1-1 draw with hosts Croatia in a Under-19 friendly, before being substituted with four minutes remaining.  In a friendly game in Bordeaux, Hugo Lloris kept goal for France in a 2-1 win over Serbia.
   Spurs and Aston Villa are supposedly trailing Sunderland's England Under-21 keeper Jordan Pickford, who is on loan at Preston North End this season..

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   Internationals are to the fore once more and Belgium kept their qualification hopes for the Euro 2016 finals alive with a 1-0 away win over Cyprus with Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld keeping a clean sheet over 90 minutes for the Red Devils, while the other side in red in their group - Wales - were held 0-0 at Cardiff by Israel taking the group to the last game to determine if they qualify or not.  Ben Davies played the whole match for the Red Dragons.  .

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   OTHER NEWS ... Peterborough United became the first club this season to sack their manager, with Dave Robertson losing his job at London Road ... 

   Overnight Erik Lamela played 76 minutes from the start in Argentina's 7-0 home friendly win over Bolivia, while DeAndre Yedlin was in the US team that beat Peru 2-1 in a friendly in Washington DC, playing the whole match.  In Euro 2016 qualifying, Harry Kane came off the bench as a 58th minute substitute to score England's fifth goal in a 6-0 win over San Marino in San Marino this evening.  Kevin Wimmer was an unused substitute as Austria moved a step closer to qualifying for the Euro 2016 finals with a 1-0 home win over Moldova.
   Spurs Under-18s lost 0-3 to Fulham at Hotspur Way this morning.

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   MEHSTG's spin story ... This evening Wayne Rooney equalled Bobby Charlton's England 37 year old record for having the most ridiculous comb-over.

   Internationals took place across the world today and one Spurs player featured ... in France's 1-0 away friendly victory over Portugal, with Hugo Lloris in goal for the whole match.
   Not much else solid in the news other than a few stories about whether Saido Berahino will be picked for West Bromwich Albion again and how we will get shot of Emmanuel Adebayor, who didn't turn up for Togo's 2-0 win over Djibouti in the African Cup of Nations qualifying game.

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   International week (or ten days as it has become) saw new signing Heung-Min Son score a hat-trick for South Korea against the mighty Laos in a 8-0 World Cup qualifying win.  Ben Davies played all of Wales' 1-0 away win in Cyprus that almost guarantees their passage to the Euro 2016 finals, but Belgium will need to keep going as they beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1, but must win their other game this week and hope Wales lose.  Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen had another 90 minutes together in the Belgian defence to forge a partnership when they return to Spurs.
   The Tottenham Hotspur Premier and Europa League squads have been named and the least surprising exclusion is Emmanuel Adebayor, who will be rotting in some sort of GBP 50 note purgatory, leaving hi plenty of time to count his money.  Much discussion is being had about Harry Kane being our sole forward.
   Dele Alli and Eric Dier started the England Under-21 friendly against the USA Under-23s at Preston North End tonight, but were both substituted at half-time, while Cameron Carter-Vickers came on as a 61st minute substitute for the US Olympic side.
   Further down the age range, England Under-18s beat Holland away in the first of two friendlies, with Marcus Edwards winning a penalty and then Kazaiah Sterling scoring England's second goal in the 2-0 victory.

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   The battle of words in Peace v Levy continues with Daniel Levy hitting back by saying that Spurs do not talk about transfer dealings at the time, so the leaks of approaches came from the Midlands club and that showed "disrespect" to the player.  Saido Berahino has been given a few days off before returning to training, following comments from his agent that the striker will not go on strike (hmm ... take him out of your Fantasy League team then).  Meanwhile down on the South Coast, Southampton are set to offer Victor Wanyama a new five year contract to ward off any evil spirits (unwanted transfer approaches) in the future, but surprisingly (no not really) the Kenyan is not interested having been refused a move in the transfer window just closed.
   The kick off time for Tottenham's away Europa League group match with Qarabag will kick off at 18.00 (UK time; 22.00 local time) on Thursday 26th November 2015.
   The Under-21 fixtures against Leicester City have been switched, so now the home meeting will be at 13.00 at Hotspur Way on Monday 21st September 2015 with the away game taking place on 22nd February 2016 at 19.00 at the King Power Stadium.  The home game versus Reading at Stevenage will be on Monday 14th September 2015 with a 19.00 kick off, the home game with Manchester United set for Sunday 27th September 2015 has moved to Monday 18th April 2016, kicking off at 19.00 at White Hart Lane.
   A statue of Dave Mackay was unveiled today at the Derby County stadium to honour the great man, who died in March 2015.
   Former Spurs striker and free agent following his release from AS Monaco, Dimitar Berbatov has joined PAOK of Greece on a one year deal.

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   MEHSTG's no-spin story ... Ironic that the two men formerly in charge of Glasgow Rangers who have been charged by the Police with conspiracy and involvement in serious organised crime are (Craig) Whyte and (Charles) Green.

   So, that was deadline day ... and what have Spurs done ...
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   Let's start with the easy one ... no signings on deadline day today.  Come on ... let me help you up off the floor.  Despite a myriad of rumours of wheeling and dealing worthy of Harry at his best, nothing happened and Tottenham are left with only Harry Kane up front.  So, for Tottenham, there was no Deadline Transfer Day Tax ... or the Daniel Levy as we come to know it.
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   Now, this one is a bit more tricky.  One of the deals that went through on deadline day was DeAndre Yedlin's season long loan to Sunderland, where he will link up with former Spurs players Jermain Defoe and Younes Kaboul.  Another was Aaron Lennon's permanent transfer to Everton for an undisclosed fee (thought to be GBP 4.5 million), so expect another glum signing on photo from the little winger.  Newcastle United were reported with making a late bid for his signature.
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   A good one was Erik Lamela to Everton for GBP 18 million.  That made me chuckle.  Or the Argentinian going to Southampton on a season long loan + GBP 20 million for Victor Wanyama.  With his move to Marseille being vetoed by Mauricio Pochettino because Spurs couldn't sign a replacement, you couldn't make these up really.  Well, you couldn't, but the media can obviously.  Sevilla failed with a late bid to take Federico Fazio back to Spain is another one.  The defensive midfield slot proved a hard one to bring a player into, with Axel Witsel wanting to leave Zenit St. Petersburg, but the Russian club priced him out of a move, so the London Evening Standard claimed Spurs enquired about the availability of Chiek Tiote of Newcastle United.  Allegedly, Ismail Azzaoui was lined up for a loan spell with Coventry City until Wolfsburg came and blew their house down with a permanent deal for the Belgian youngster.  Chelsea winger Victor Moses is reported as turning down a loan move to go on a similar deal to Upton Park for the rest of the season, while West Ham United were reported to have rejected a GBP 15 million offer for midfielder Chiekhou Kouyate.  A bid by Aston Villa to loan Andros Townsend was turned down by Spurs.
   Spurs offering Emmanuel Adebayor to Marseille and were so keen to get rid of him that they were willing to terminate his contract and allow him to find a  club as a free agent.  Not content with that, he is sitting tight and appears in the media to be demanding a GBP 5 million pay-off.  So, why give him what he wants and allow him to join a club getting a big signing on fee, when we can pay him his salary for a year and let him rot in the nether-world of greed driven non-footballers, who pose about on social media for a lot of their time.  The man might as well go around the Spurs crowd and ask for each individual's bank account details, he has taken so much money of us.  Despicable.  And then to say he was looking for a sign from God to tell him it was right to move to Aston Villa earlier in the summer.  Well.  To look to religion and put the blame there shows some sort of psychological issue which I have no background to go into.  Anyway, what would Mammon have said to Adebayor, when he might need to take some lessons from him ?  One headline I saw said "Adebayor demands GBP 5 million to walk away".  For that much, I would want him to get out of N17 by the quickest means possible, not by walking.  He hasn't broken sweat for months.
   The big one was of course the buying of all the eggs in one basket by Spurs, also known as the strange case of Saido Berahino.  Tottenham wanted the West Bromwich Albion striker and he wanted to come to White Hart Lane, so what could go so wrong ?  Well war was declared by Jeremy Peace, who is the King of Albion forsooth.  He decided that the pretender King, Daniel Levy would not take his crown and dug his heels into Spurs, spurning offers of Gold, Frankincense and More.  None of the four offers made seemed to satisfy the demands of Peace, who doesn't like anyone outside of the B71 postcode and said he would not sell his man for all the tea in Tesco.  Well, not without any conditions being met or payment by instalments being included in the deal ... even though every other monarch in the realm accepting that this is the way that bartering is carried out in the Worlde of Fotballe.  Anyway, when Saido found out, he became saddo and told a little bird who tweeted that he would no longer perform like a dancing puppet for King Jeremy.  This has led to some disquiet in the Court of the Hawthorns and reparation is set to be put on the agenda. Along with a nice cup of tea, which will solve everything.
Other Transfers
   Former Spurs Development full back Nathan Byrne has left Swindon Town to join Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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   Mousa Dembele has pulled out of the Belgian squad for next weeks internationals with his foot injury, sustained in Saturdays match against Everton.

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