Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

[Cormega]

Reo-Coker Rumors

T*tenham are again being strongly linked with a summer swoop for West Ham United midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker.

The highly-rated midfielder is one of several West Ham players that Martin Jol is keen on and the gaffer appears to be preparing more than one raid on Upton Park at the end of the season.

The Hammers look destined for the drop following Saturday's defeat at Sheffield United and the vultures are already starting to hover over the club, with Reo-Coker one of the top targets.

Jol is keen to spruce up his midfield and sees the attacking Reo-Coker as the ideal player to do that as soon as the transfer window opens again in July.

Reo-Coker almost left West Ham in January but decided to stay on and try and help the club stay up but now it looks as though a switch to T*tenham will finally happen.

Wär für uns ne tolle Sache. Wir cashen mindestens 8mio ab, unser baby bentley club verliert seinen Anführer, und ihr bekommt einen weiteren Durchschnittsspieler, die ihr ohnehin schon zu Genüge habt. Zentrales Mittelfeld: Jenas & Reo-Coker

[Fennek]

Welchen Durchschnittsspieler? Lennon? Welcher sich noch besser entwickeln wird? Oder Malbranque, welcher sehr gute Leistungen in dieser Saison bringt? Klar kann ein Jenas noch mehr, und Reo Cooker halte ich nicht für die beste Alternative, weil er einfach zu inkonstant ist. Aber zu meinen Tottenham hätte vor allem im Mittelfeld nur Durchschnittsspieler, halte ich für völlig falsch. Das grösste Problem ist die Defensive, hier ist Handlungsbedarf, vor allem auch weil ein Chimbonda vorne mehr herumgeistert als hinten, weil King weiss ich wie lange fehlt, weil Rocha kein richtiger Ersatz ist, weil Lee doch nicht so souverän ist, wie manche annehmen. Und man bei Dawson immer Angst haben muss, ein Spiel zu zehnt zu beenden.

Die Defensive hat aber auch das Pech gehabt mit den vielen Verletzten, Ekotto, welcher Lee ersetzen hätte können, Ifil kann es gar nicht und Chimbonda links, Hilfe da wird mir direkt übel.

Aber West Ham, bei aller Sympathie, starker Kader, verlieren die entscheidenden Spiele, wo soll das hinführen? Direkt eine Klasse weiter runter, was ich aber sehr bedauere.

Wegen der Fans: West Ham hat gewaltig gute Fans, aber die Tottenhamfans sind um nichts schlechter :-))) Also nichts gegen Tottenham ein absolutes Superteam in Engalnd mit all meinen Sympathien.

bearbeitet 19. April 2007 von Fennek

[Keyser Soze]

das ist mal ein schönes ten years since we beat the arsenal jubiläums jersey

[Bretwalda]

das ist mal ein schönes ten years since we beat the arsenal jubiläums jersey

Gusch, sonst gibts keinen Teufel mehr.

[ante jazic]

we made it!

deshalb für nächstes jahr:

bearbeitet 13. Mai 2007 von ante jazic

[CarolusMagnus]

Zum Saisonende ein Interview von Fifa.com mit Martin Jol:

The English Premiership ended on Sunday and despite all the expectations at the beginning of the season, Tottenham Hotspur still were not able to break the monopoly of the big four and, for the second year in a row, finished in fifth place.

However, it is no secret that Spurs have improved tremendously over the guidance of Martin Jol. A fans' favourite at White Hart Lane, the Dutch manager has not only given stability to the side, but has made them play with a certain style, which has made them one of England's most attractive teams to watch.

Affable, intelligent and profound, the Dutch coach spoke with FIFA.com on a variety of topics, including his belief that the Netherlands team from the 1974 FIFA World Cup™ mirrors his own in north London.

FIFA.com: You have had two fifth place finishes and some splendid matches in this last couple of years, but Tottenham are still a step away from the big four. What do you need to finally get there?

Martin Jol: I believe it is only a few little things. Sometimes you need a player like Ledley King, a Dennis Bergkamp or a Steven Gerrard. It would be a great bonus and to our squad if someone like Adel Taarabt or Jamie O'Hara came through the ranks and has a great impact on our squad. If not, you have to try and find them somewhere else and that is not easy.

Would Arsenal have been so successful over the last decade if Thierry Henry had not been there, or Liverpool without Gerrard? It is about having a very good and stable foundation, but also about producing one or two exceptional players.

You have been almost two and a half years in charge at Tottenham, what's your assessment of this period?

I feel that the main thing is that you work to a plan - and the plan is that you make steps all the time. You want to get better in all departments and then you will also improve your results.

In my first year we got 52 points, 65 last season and 60 this year, but the difference is we have competed in all the cup competitions. That was a big step forward for the club as well.

If you consider that we have now taken part in five quarter-finals, then you could say that we have made little steps all the time. It is about the players and I think everybody has got to agree that we have assembled a squad of fine players.

The team, has, nevertheless, played exciting football lately, scoring lots of goals but conceding quite a few as well. Is that the way you like your teams to play?

If you saw us last season, we played with a different style. We were more compact and more solid with two controlling midfield players, allowing everybody else to attack.

This year, we decided to sacrifice a defending midfielder, which made us a little more vulnerable. We have also lacked a bit of size when it comes to dealing with set pieces. I can specifically remember the goals we conceded from corners and free kicks last season, but I can't this time because there have been far too many.

If we can stop conceding silly goals we will be ok because we are playing better football and we have more talent in the squad. However, an increase in talent doesn't automatically get you better results. What we have to do is find the perfect combination of playing attacking football and getting good results.

As opposed to most top teams in the Premiership, you have a very solid base of young English players. Do you think this is important for the team's identity?

I have always been somebody who believes in a strong spine and last season we had great English players like Paul Robinson, Ledley King, Michael Dawson, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas and Jermain Defoe - plus Robbie Keane who is Irish. After selling Carrick it has been a little bit different, but our first objective is to develop or recruit English or British players. If they are not available we have to look elsewhere, but we do try to look in England first as we proved with Aaron Lennon and Tom Huddlestone.

Is it true that you always dreamed about becoming manager of Spurs?

It was more of an ambition of mine. Lots of people tell you, when they come to England, that they supported the club and always wanted to join them. For me, I said on a programme on Dutch television in 2000 that I would love to come back to England and manage Spurs. It is not a story, it is fact.

Tottenham is a team with great history, which is renowned for playing an attractive style of football. Was carrying on these traditions important to you?

Of course, because in the Netherlands there is only one way to play and that is attractively. You have to entertain the people and that is a principle. Results are important as well, so you have to mix both things.

As a foreigner working in England, what is your opinion of the Premier League? Do you think it is the best in the world at the moment?

I think it is the strongest in the world, while the most attractive is the Spanish league.

You grew up as a player in the Netherlands watching the 1974 Dutch team and its concept of 'total football.' How did that influence you?

All I can say to answer that is 'look at Spurs.' The only three players in our team who are not going forward are the keeper (and even he scores goals!) and the central defenders. That is one thing I would like to do in the future: I would like my centre halves to play more attacking football. In my team everybody can go forward and everybody has to defend.

Which non-Spurs players would you love to coach?

I never like to talk about other players, but I would love to coach Gerrard because I think he is the best player in England. I am also a big fan of Ronaldo. You also need players like John Terry, who feel so responsible that won't let anybody down. But I have always said that, pound for pound, Gerrard is the best player over here.

Do you have any hobbies, something that you really enjoy besides football?

I like playing tennis in the summer with my family and I love watersports - I have a couple of jet-skis. I also like reading and I collect art - although I am not an expert!

http://www.fifa.com/en/news/interview/0,43...37653-N,00.html

Und ein schönes Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC2SC1M9Rwc

[Cormega]

find den Blackburn Style garnicht mal so schlecht..

Aber für was genau braucht ihr 4 Trikots für kommende Saison?

..Glory glory my arse

[CarolusMagnus]

find den Blackburn Style garnicht mal so schlecht..

Aber für was genau braucht ihr 4 Trikots für kommende Saison?

..Glory glory my arse

Komm, geh in deine Playmobilburg spielen und lustige antisemitische Gesänge anstimmen. Vielleicht triffst du dabei ja auch deinen Spielkameraden Frodo.

[CarolusMagnus]

Tottenham have completed the signing of Southampton full-back Gareth Bale for a fee that could rise to £10million.

Southampton will receive an immediate payment of £5million, with further conditional payments up to a total additional consideration of £5million.

The 17-year-old Wales international has enjoyed a fine campaign on the South Coast but following Southampton's play-off defeat at the semi-final stage, Bale has elected to step-up to the Premiership by moving to White Hart Lane.

Bale, who was tracked by several of the country's biggest clubs before plumping for Spurs, is looking to the future with understandable excitement.

"I am just excited to be coming to a big club, a massive club like Tottenham," Bale told the club's official website.

"I want to play in the Premiership, Tottenham is a club pushing forward and I want to be part of its future."

Tottenham's Sporting Director Damien Comolli believes Bale has all the attributes to quickly establish himself as a regular in Martin Jol's first team.

"We have been following Gareth for a long time now and have been very tenacious, so we are absolutely delighted to get him here," said Comolli.

"He is a player of great quality and, as we always say, our aim in each window is to improve the quality of the squad.

"Gareth has great physical attributes, he is tall, good in the air and has a fantastic left foot. He is very good on set pieces, he is clever on the ball and his passing selection is excellent.

"He has the ideal combination to become a top, top player and he is only 17."

5 Millionen Pfund für ein Äffchen.

[CarolusMagnus]

So lustig, so schwachsinnig:

EXCLUSIVE:

DARREN: I WANT TO JOIN JOL

By Jim Keat

DARREN BENT is set to turn his back on West Ham's £60,000-a-week offer so he can sign for deadly rivals Spurs.

Charlton's England striker is confident he can form a dream partnership with Dimitar Berbatov at White Hart Lane.

Bent admitted to a pal: "West Ham have offered me incredible money but I'm convinced Berbatov is staying at Spurs and I'd love to play alongside him.

"I believe we could form a great partnership."

Charlton want a staggering £20million for Bent and Spurs have offered £10m — £1m more than West Ham.

Blood

And that could see Hammers boss Alan Curbishley make a shock raid for Spurs striker Jermain Defoe — who handed in a transfer request at Upton Park 24 hours after their relegation in 2003.

A club insider said: "Alan is aware of the fans' bad blood towards Jermain but if they ask themselves will he improve the squad — the answer is ‘Yes'."

"He is a top class striker who did not play regularly for Spurs last season and is desperate for first-team football.

"The European Championships are coming up and Jermain will know he needs to be banging in the goals to be given a proper chance with England."

Defoe is behind Berbatov and Robbie Keane-recently handed a new five-year deal-in the White Hart Lane pecking order and will fall further behind with the impending arrival of Bent.

And Upton Park chairman Eggert Magnusson is ready to splash out on a top-class striker to partner Dean Ashton next season.

deadly rivals

Noch mehr:

3 June 2007

EXCLUSIVE: FIGO 'SIGN ME' PLEA TO SPURS

EXCLUSIVE

By Alan Nixon

LEGEND Luis Figo wants to finish his playing career with Tottenham - and has asked Martin Jol to sign him on a shock free transfer from Inter Milan.

The 34-year-old Portuguese star's agents have contacted Spurs officials in the last 24 hours to tell them he is desperate to come to White Hart Lane.

The veteran midfielder still has a year left on his Inter deal, but he is allowed to talk to other clubs. He was due to join Saudi side Al-Ittihad and pick up a £6 million contract, but that deal collapsed last week.

Now Figo has decided he fancies the idea of England and Tottenham are the only team he is thinking about, despite Bolton and Newcastle also being alerted.

A friend of the former World Player of the Year said last night: "Luis has always had a soft spot for Spurs and would love to live in London. He has seen other stars go to the capital and settle with their families."

Figo, who is looking for around £60,000 a week and a two-year deal, is due to decide on his next move by the end of the month.

Inter have invited him back to see out his contract after the Arabs proved to be a letdown.

Figo said: "The door is open in Milan again and I am very grateful.

"I could stay for one more season, but there are other opportunities. I could even retire."

bearbeitet 3. Juni 2007 von CarolusMagnus

[Cormega]

ja ja..Silly Season geht dieses Jahr klar an uns. Wen wir schon alles holen: Defoe, Bent, Johnson, A.Cole, Hyypia, Young, Barton, Makelele, Richardson, Hunt, Parker, Gudjohnsen etc.

Wobei der Defoe Deal ja schon ziemlich fix scheint. Naja, ich fänds eigentlich gut. War zwar angepisst als er unmittelbar nachm Abstieg 03 den Transferrequest eingebracht hat, jedoch hat er sich seit dem oft entschuldigt. Ich wär bereit ihm eine zweite Chance zu geben. Glaub er würd auch mit Ashton und Yossi recht gut ins System passen..

[CarolusMagnus]

Sugar hat sich endgültig aus dem Verein zurückgezogen und nun auch seine letzten 12% die er bisher noch hielt, an ENIC verkauft. Nachdem die Aktien in den letzten Wochen besonders rasant gestiegen sind, konnte man schon mit einer größeren Umschichtung der Anteile rechnen.

[CarolusMagnus]

Taarabt wechselt nun fix von Lens:

The Club is delighted to announce that agreement has been reached with Lens for the loan of Adel Taarabt to be made into a permanent transfer.

The attacking midfielder, who has represented France at U-16, U-17 and U-18 level arrived in January from the Ligue 1 club and proceeded to make a big impression in our Reserve team, where he made a total of six appearances for Clive Allen's side.

He was rewarded with a place in the first team squad on a number of occasions, making the substitutes bench seven times. Adel sampled Premiership football for the first time in the memorable encounter with West Ham in early March when he was introduced to the game with the team 3-2 down.

He made an impact on the game, winning the free-kick that led to Dimitar Berbatov levelling the score before Paul Stalteri's late winner. A further substitute appearance followed at Chelsea in April.

"I didn't expect Adel to break into the First Team group so early," admitted Sporting Director Damien Comolli. "We told him the first six months were for him to settle down and then we would take it from there.

"After just a short time he came on against West Ham and changed the game before getting another chance at Chelsea. We were a little bit surprised it happened so quickly for him, but we also know his talent is unbelievable.

"Physically he has become a lot stronger and fitter since joining and he needs to remain on that path. We are very happy he will be committing his future to us in making this move permanent.”

Zur Erinnerung Taarabts Kurzauftritt gegen West Ham:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tLLSpyxkL4

Auch die Akademie bekommt Zuwachs:

We are delighted to announce that agreement has been reached with Athletic Bilbao for the signing of Spanish youth international Yuri Berchiche.

The 17-year-old left-back has represented Spain at both U16 and U17 level and will now join up with our U18 Academy side, coached by Alex Inglethorpe.

"Yuri is a very good athlete with a great left foot," said Sporting Director Damien Comolli. "He is strong in the air and particularly suited to the English game because in Bilbao they possess a similar mentality.

"He is regarded as one of the best left-backs coming through in Spain and Yuri will be a very good signing for us. We have been following him for two seasons now and his signing will continue our strategy of strengthening at all levels of the playing side."

[themanwho]

Darren Bent um die clubinterne Rekordsumme von £16.5m fix bei Tottenham ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/t...pur/6252254.stm ).

[Bretwalda]

Darren Bent um die clubinterne Rekordsumme von £16.5m fix bei Tottenham ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/t...pur/6252254.stm ).

Ne Menge Holz.