Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

[Kante]

naja, ade is ein bissi ein sucker...

das einzige was mich wirklich daran stören würde (bin arsenal-fan seit ich denken kann, sind aber sehr früh nach österreich gezogen und hab nicht so viel von der feindschaft mitbekommen) sind die ganzen spurs fans die riesig herummaulen, nur weils zum ersten mal in living memory am ende der saison vor uns sind

sind wohl dieselben, die herummaulen, wenns mal wieder st. totteringhams day feiern dürfen, weils sonst nix zu feiern gibt.

[fedsen]

und mit totteringhamsday isses halt wie mit schnee im winter, da feier ich auch nicht wenns kommt, man isses ja schon gewohnt... aber den winter schauts ja daweil noch ned so gut aus

[selectah]

von espn.com:

Harry Redknapp denies bribe account

LONDON -- Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was accused in court Tuesday of concealing a "secret" offshore bank account from British tax authorities that was used for six years to stash $295,000 of transfer bonuses.

Redknapp, considered a favorite to become England's manager after this year's European Championship, is standing trial with his former chairman at Portsmouth on tax evasion charges during their time working together at the south coast club.

"I don't fiddle anybody. I pay my tax," Redknapp said in a police interview read to the court.

According to prosecutor John Black, Redknapp claimed not to know how $295,000 from Portsmouth arrived in his Monaco bank account, despite flying to the principality in 2002 to open the "secret" account.

The payments have been described by Black as "off-record bonus" or a "bung," a British term used to mean a bribe.

But Redknapp denied taking a "bung" in a February 2009 conversation with a journalist, according to a transcript read to London's Southwark Crown Court on the second day of the trial.

"It's nothing to do with a bung -- it's paid by the chairman," Redknapp told a reporter with the now-defunct News of the World.

"If it was something dodgy I would have gone over there and brought it back in a briefcase," Redknapp added.

Monaco was chosen because it has a "minimal taxation and a long history of banking secrecy," Black said Monday.

On Tuesday, Black cited Redknapp's "supposed ignorance of the circumstances of the opening, operation and ownership" of the account, which Britain's tax authority was made aware of only in 2008.

"Had Mr. Redknapp really forgotten that he had flown to Monaco to set up the account?" Black asked the jury.

That disclosure to tax inspectors only came as a result of questions posed by a Premier League-led investigation into kickbacks and after Redknapp was arrested in November 2007.

The court heard Monday that Redknapp did not mention the account's existence between 2004 and 2006 when he was investigated by Britain's tax authority over his transfer dealings at West Ham, which he managed between 1994 and 2001. That probe was prompted by "concerns" over the 300,000-pound bonus Redknapp received from the sale of now-Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand to Leeds from West Ham.

The charges in this case are that Mandaric paid $145,000 into Redknapp's Monaco bank account in May 2002, prompted by Peter Crouch's sale from Portsmouth to Aston Villa, and another $150,000 two years later to avoid paying income tax and national insurance.

The 64-year-old Redknapp managed Portsmouth, which is now in the second tier, between 2002 and 2004, and returned to Fratton Park in 2005 after a brief spell at its archrival Southampton before moving to Tottenham in 2008.

Redknapp's success at Tottenham has made him the leading contender to replace Fabio Capello as England coach after this year's European Championship. Spurs have qualified for the Champions League for the first time under Redknapp and are currently third in the Premier League.

Redknapp was portrayed by Black as a talented soccer manager, but also "a hardheaded businessman, with a financial acumen."

The 73-year-old Mandaric, a Serbian, is now chairman at third-tier club Sheffield Wednesday. Both Mandaric and Redknapp deny the two charges.

[Jordi]

Redknapp also provoked a laugh in court when Kelsey-Fry said that Mandaric's barrister, Lord Macdonald QC, may have suggested he may not have been a very good player. "Well, he's an Arsenal supporter, isn't he?" said Redknapp.

Can't keep a player down.

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[Jordi]

"I've paid over £8 million income tax. Why are we bothering over £10,000 or whatever I'm said to have saved in tax?"

[Jordi]

'triffic jury and top, top, top judge

[Kante]

bald ja hazard

[oggy4tw]

bald ja hazard

investierts mal lieber in a neues stadion

[Starostyak]

Tottenham are close to being sold in a £450million takeover, according to a report.

The story says Philip Anschutz, owner of American entertainment giants AEG and the 34th richest man in the USA with a £4.4 billion fortune, has been in talks with Spurs' current majority owner, Joe Lewis, for weeks.

A deal is not far away, continues the report, which claims Anschutz - who already owns David Beckham's Major League soccer side LA Galaxy - would keep current Spurs chairman Daniel Levy in place to run the club.

AEG owns London's O2 Arena and the MEN Arena in Manchester.

Ist zwar nur vom Mirror, aber ich kann mir das gut vorstellen. Käme wohl auch zum richtigen Zeitpunkt, um die Topstars (Bale, Modric, VdV, Adebayor) zu halten und neue Stützen zu holen und danach richtig anzugreifen und das letzte Euzerl, das heuer wahrscheinlich zum Titel fehlen wird, rauszuholen. Und für den Stadionbau wärs wahrscheinlich auch ned blöd...

[Athavar]

ui, da wird sich 'arry aber freuen, falls das durch geht kann ich den nächsten deadline day nicht mehr erwarten!

[Jay Gooner]

bald ja hazard

[Hazard's] father added: “Yes, there is interest from Spurs, and no, there's no offer. The priority for Eden is one thing: games. Opportunities. It might be better to join a club just below the biggest.”

Klingt dann doch mehr nach Arsenal

ui, da wird sich 'arry aber freuen, falls das durch geht kann ich den nächsten deadline day nicht mehr erwarten!

Voll, neue amerikanische Besitzer bedeuten automatisch einen unvergleichlichen spending spree, kann jeder Arsenal fan bestätigen!

Naja, wird halt spannend ob sich die wage structure von Spurs dadurch bald groß ändert, wenn das der Fall sein sollt sind sie wohl here to stay.

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[Jordi]

Hui, dann können ja auch bald halbtalentierte Engländer um 40+ Mille gekauft werden. Corporate Football Clubs

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[Kante]

sexy niko

[Feanor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg33RXiK_io&feature=related

? gampern?

[Kante]

? gampern?