Three Signings Done... Glory Be.

to all of that.

Would be great news if they all come, but I'm not gonna celebrate until I see them in a spurs shirt! Cue someone with photoshop!!!

Harry my little parsnip cheers diamond.
well diamonte.

If you're right then kudos. If you aren't....well that's my patience exceeding it's limit with you and others like you. No offence, but it's been one of those summers.

I thought it was BIOYC!

COYS!

We've had someone from Ajax state that no contact has been made regarding huntelaar!!!! Explain. Quicker Monday comes the better people like you just frustrate

H, if all that comes true I'm on for a wankathon

Didn't Ajax come out formally yesterday and say that they have not received a bid from Tottenham for Huntelaar?

So what is the status on Corluka

good job we're giving everyone a headstart if all these lads are signing!!

Awesome news - especially about Veloso
If this is all true then all hail Levy and Ramos - Fuck the Sulky Bulgarian off and let's turn this season around..

COYS

www.spurgle.co.uk
Spurs Fans Internet Search Engine.

Why is everything so quiet at Spurs today?

Surprised everything is taking SO long...

Are they waiting to unveil everyone together?

Also, if Veloso is done, how come he played 90 for Sporting last night in a friendly match?

Happy days if that's the case...and there is some truth in the Huntelaar rumors also...magic...pure ridiculously spursesque magic

i believe u

BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE THEM IN A SPURS SHIRT , STILL NEED FALCAO AND CORLUKA THEN !!!!!!!!!!!

Personally i can only see us signing Arshavin and maybe Corulka

or maybe Corluka instead of Corulka

If this is true Harry, you are the man. If not, I'll sort you out cyber-style. But I would much prefer to see Huntelaar than Arshavin tbh. Harry I want an opinion. Papers have been saying that the Huntelaar price tag has put us off but I dont understand why? I would much rather have him then Arshavin who lets face it, is not an out-and-out goalscorer. I know Huntelaar wont come to us, but would you rather pay upwards of 20million for a younger, more prolific goalscorer, or upwards of 20 million for an older, less prolific forward. Despite what the papers say, I cant understand why a 20 million price tag would put Spurs off, if we are willing to pay that kind of money for Arshavin. Then again, papers are probably saying that to cover their tracks by saying that we were preparing a bid for Huntelaar anyway when we never did/will..However, we should go all out to sign this guy. His goals-to-game ratio is unmatched and he seems like the perfect replacement for Berbatov. Him and Pav upfront sounds more appealing to me than Pav and Smoothbum.

Something of a coup Harry; both for your site and THFC. Just the pick-me-up this beleaguered Spurs fan needed. The old "we're only 3 points behind you" gag isn't going to deflect my gooner mates' banter much longer, especially with Chelsea away next up. Let's just hope Veloso and Arshavin are up for a physical battle in the league.

Signings will probably be revealed at 11.59pm on Sunday. 3 more days of this sh*t! I think they'll sign 5 players inc Pav!

Harry is there aliens? and will tottenham sign one??

veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna go back & offer more neway, we meed a bloody CB!! corluka should b priority after veloso, seems we got pav so lets get defence sorted 1st then go back 2 attackers, if this comes off wot u say then i will run down my street naked coz it just aint gna happen sorry, COYS

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Would be great news if they all come, but I'm not gonna celebrate until I see them in a spurs shirt! Cue someone with photoshop!!!

I'd like to see Alan Partidge n a spurs shirt! Cue someone with photoshop!!!

All great news if true HH.

Harry Harry Harry!! I really do hope even 2 come off i really really do!! Quick Question if you had to choose one of these signings as the only one which one do we need more??

LOL yes we are signing those 4 players - My arse two of them at most and we dont have a hope in hell of signing Huntlear.

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Why is everything so quiet at Spurs today?

Surprised everything is taking SO long...

Are they waiting to unveil everyone together?

Also, if Veloso is done, how come he played 90 for Sporting last night in a friendly match?

He played for Sporting because the deal wasn't done yet....muppet...

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

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I Believe You..

Harry Hotspur ..you disgrace the name. I remember how much you boasted after the Bentley deal finally came through. All in all, 99.9% of what you say is utter bullsh't and no one should take this seriously.

This is all an over active imagination of a 17 year old boy sitting in his breadroom.

This is super news indeed. But does it mean the end for Bent? More importantly, I hope that it means that vice-captain Jenas now drops to the bench, he's shit and is holding us back. What will the formation be if we do indeed get all four?

----------- Gomes -----------------
Hutton -- Woodgate -- King -- Bale
----------- Veloso ----------------
Bentley --- Modric ------ Arshavin
---- Pavlyuchenko ---- Huntelaar

Bench: Cesar, Huddlestone (cover CB), Gilberto, Jenas, Lennon, Bent, Dos Santos.

Given that Pavlyuchenko is cup-tied for the UEFA Cup, it makes more sense to push for Huntelaar than for Pavlyuchenko. As much as I hope, I cannot see Spurs buying all three strikers (although they may then play Arshavin on the left wing).

we also need decent cover for King because Dawson is also bloody useless.

Given how desperately Everton are looking for players, we should try to flog Jenas to them for 10m and Dawson to them for 5m. Keagan may be another who may bite for these two.

Hi Harry
For once I hope you are right. A fellow Spurs fan here in SA also let know that he knowns someone closely connected to the club and surprise, surprise, the very four names you mentioned: Pav, Ashavin, Huntelaar and Veloso came up together with Corluka. The Huntelaar deal was a bit iffy, but Ashavin,Veloso and Corluka a very strong possibility. So we should be all settled in for the Villa game. Spurs till I die or when Mugabe goes!!!

A word of caution re: Huntelaar -

For every Van Nistlerooy, there seems to be a Kezman AND a Kuyt (both strikers we were heavily linked with before their premier league arrival).

Of course some strikers just don't fit certain teams - look at Sutton great everywhere he played except Chelsea, yet he will always be thought of as a huge flop it would seem.

Of course we might get Huntelaar and he might be phenomenal (as I would expect) but I do see it being a repeat of our current Berbatov situation in two years time (should we not have reached our "promised" land)...

So enjoy him if and while he comes, and no crying when he decides he wants to ditch us for a wealthier sugardaddy!

Thank you HH for the Info... I hope it all happens, especially the Hunter part!!! COYS

You have ripped that straight off the coys message board - almost word for word.

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Harry Hotspur ..you disgrace the name. I remember how much you boasted after the Bentley deal finally came through. All in all, 99.9% of what you say is utter bullsh't and no one should take this seriously.

This is all an over active imagination of a 17 year old boy sitting in his...

Have you never seen Harry with a sword? It is a sight to behold.

Dont get your hopes up.... But if you do prepare to have them dashed come Sunday night..

We will sign 2 of these MAX but thats all. However if people want to live in this delusional little word carry on.

Looks like we are back on track to win the league again LOL..

We currently have a squad of 21 players including a number of injury prone defenders and a sulky bulgarian (& excluding chuff that is surplus to requirements, Ghaly/KPB/Stalteri/Rocha) so we certainly need the signings. Find it hard to believe we would buy Pav, Arsh & Hunts (combined £50m fee), maybe 2 of the 3. Would be very excited to see Veloso & Corluka at WHL, that would really get the goons worrying even more than they are now.

I have been a critic of HH in the past - most notably when he wallowed in the glory of his 'exclusive' that Bentley was signing and had a medical 6 weeks before he actually signed BUT if the above 'gospel truth' is right then i take it all back, HH is in fact a God. Do not disappoint me HH

Here's hoping eh H! Don't know much about Veloso but seems to be the sort of player we need based on what I've heard. Still think we'd need a quality back-up CB / utility defender, however with a decent dcm we may look a lot more solid and negate the need for anyone other than JaimeSpurs favourite - Super Daws!
As for Huntelar - he's young and unproven and very slow! agree with the Kuyt / Kezman comparison (not to say he's not good). I'd prefer smoothbum as he's played at the highest level (Intl & Uefa Cup Final) & looked the nuts!
ps what the **** does BOIYC mean?

more regurgitated shite from COYS i see? keep up the good work.

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Why is everything so quiet at Spurs today?

Surprised everything is taking SO long...

Are they waiting to unveil everyone together?

Also, if Veloso is done, how come he played 90 for Sporting last night in a friendly match?

He played for Sporting because the deal wasn't done yet....muppet...

well - if the deal was struck 'early yesterday evening', why was he featuring at all in a 21.00 kick off game? Even if a decent offer had been submitted, why risk him?

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We've had someone from Ajax state that no contact has been made regarding huntelaar!!!! Explain. Quicker Monday comes the better people like you just frustrate

Twas his agent not Ajax (I suppose until Ajax want to sell we shouldn't tap him up via his agent!)

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LOL yes we are signing those 4 players - My arse two of them at most and we dont have a hope in hell of signing Huntlear.

change your name please, its too close to mine and i dont want my fellow positive spurs fans thinking i am a negative loser

I want Corluka. I want Corluka - and Marcos Senna too. I hope Veloso is not another Zokora. If he is so good when is no one else interested?

Harry do you have to get every1's hopes up by passing on this tripe? I am a fan of yours and your writing skills but because im quite new to your blog's I am still waiting for 1 of your tips to come to fruition. Please stop putting our fragile minds under more stress. If these do come off i will be back here grovelling with my sincere apology's, But i shall not be holding my breath........

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H, if all that comes true I'm on for a wankathon

Regardless if they come of for me!
Don't need any excuses to exercise!

You're such a wanker! That f#$%ing exclusive is pinched word for word from the Spurs mailing list on google. You are a shameless %$%^$^

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"This is all an over active imagination of a 17 year old boy sitting in his breadroom."

Surely Hovis would be none too happy to find out that Harry is spending all day pissing around on t'internet when he should be hard at work baking loaves?! Back to that oven in your breadroom, Harry!

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LOL yes we are signing those 4 players - My arse two of them at most and we dont have a hope in hell of signing Huntlear.

change your name please, its too close to mine and i dont want my fellow positive spurs fans thinking i am a negative loser

Yeap im sure you wouldnt like them to think of you as dealing in realism at all. Its much better if they think you are a deluded loser.

I cant beleive you rip info straight from other message boards and do not share where you take the info from.

I think its a disgrace that you patch the info up on your own blog and claim it to be info that you have recieved or heard first hand.

Nearly all of the info was taken straight from spurs odysseys Jasper.

If you are going to copy and paste from every message board going then at least have the deceny in you to acknowlege the source!!!!!

HH is just passing on from an ITK, wherever it came from, for the benefit of his readers (what is wrong with that?!) and like the rest of us who only contribute to this the superior spurs blog, as oppose to the inane humourless ones elsewhere, i love it!

To the nay sayers, if you don't like speculation then i suggest you turn blogs off on newsnow and stick to those that don't (but then seeing as even the BBC do the same if you only want the facts that'll leave you with just the official site to refer to).

No go away and stop spoiling the fun...

OMG this is such good news that I will even bring my mid morning wank forward by an hour!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......and this must be why i love spurs....its like that one complete bitch you dated and fell for just because you kinds wondered what was going to happen next. Harry, I really hope your right, everyone has heard a million rumours in the last week....bullshit flying and a fair amount of disinformation from somewhere... I Just want to see Spurs play like a team and win a game PLEASE. yours greyer and skinnier than a month ago

I can't take any more of this shite!!!! All these twats saying he's signing she's signing its signing!! I heard we were signing Pele!! Also Ricky Villa is coming out of retirement!! And you will never believe this but Hitler is coming too! Plays well at CB and also DM. Job done! On a negative though we can't afford the wages to bring in Bill Gates as a deep lying second striker although the possibility of a loan deal remains hopeful!! Come on people, give it a rest, stop talking crap and find something better to do with your time.

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LOL yes we are signing those 4 players - My arse two of them at most and we dont have a hope in hell of signing Huntlear.

change your name please, its too close to mine and i dont want my fellow positive spurs fans thinking i am a negative loser

Well this will keep me happy until Sunday night at least when unfortunately I realise it was all bollix.

We all know he got his information from Spurs Community ITK site, nothing new here but saying that according some ITK'S the veloso and Hunterlaar signing are wide of the mark

Can't believe we'll get both Hunterlaar and Pav. Though the club must reckon they can get two strikers seeing as we have sent Pekhart to the south coast when we have only one other striker at the club. We get all the three you say Harry, then Crikey!!!!!

I can't understand why people come on here & slate the info. I'm interested in who we may or may not sign. Even if you were General Levy you could post on here saying we're going to sign someone only for the deal to fall through at the last minute. I trust H has info and this is passed on it's not concrete as if it was it would be on the official site with a pic of the player in a shirt! I believe the rumours off here more than any other site mainly because I think there's truth in them wheather or not the player signs for us is another matter however I feel it gives an indication of who the club are trying to get in.
What do you want H to put, 'please find below the team I would pick on Sunday' discuss.
That would be wank and i'd no longer spend all day blogging on HH and watching redtube / pornhub while exercising my left arm. I would just be doing the latter and as my eyesite isn't what it once was I do not want to turn into Stevie Wonder!

H - is that a nice way of saying to the nay-sayers if you don't like it fuck off?

Kind Regards

Ginger One.

ps Can't wait for the summer holidays to be over and all these spotty cunts have fucked off back to college!

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HH is just passing on from an ITK, wherever it came from, for the benefit of his readers (what is wrong with that?!) and like the rest of us who only contribute to this the superior spurs blog, as oppose to the inane humourless ones elsewhere, i love it!

To the nay sayers, if you...

Pretty much what I was saying!

or maybe he is just copying my post from yesterday
LINK

Chevski’s money to Real will finance a deal for Berba that will see him move there. CL final to be those two teams this year with ManUre being knocked out in the semis. Tough on Sir Red Nose who will look back on the fact that the poor skint, up to their eyes in debt and interest payements ManUre could not sell enough team pictures, key rings and toilet paper to finance the deal. PS It was Berba’s brace for Real that knocks ManUre out!
Sweet if that came true eh?

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I cant beleive you rip info straight from other message boards and do not share where you take the info from.

I think its a disgrace that you patch the info up on your own blog and claim it to be info that you have recieved or heard first hand.

Nearly all of the info...

Who the fuck cares, why does it matter to you? Are you sucking Jasper's cock? The only person who will care is JGM as he fucking hates Jasper anyway (you have to read his previous tirade against Jasper - quality).

i cant believe the harry bashing that goes on here. if u dont like what hazza has to say and dont believe him then dont read the fucking site. cant believe there are people out there who waste their time knocking harry. give him a break.

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or maybe he is just copying my post from yesterday
LINK

ah diddums.

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN FOOTBALLER HAS BEEN SUCCESFUL IN PREM?

ps i really believe we will be signing many of these players, but cant see how we are going to outlay that much dough in such a short space of time. imagine a team where you struggle to find space for dos santos and jenas struggles to make the bench. oh the dream of seeing

gomes
hutton
king
woodgate
bale
bentley
modric
veluso
arshavin
pavlychenko
huntelaar

anyone else got a raging stonker at the prospect?

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

which argentine was successful pre villa and ardiles

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

jonathan blondel

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LOL yes we are signing those 4 players - My arse two of them at most and we dont have a hope in hell of signing Huntlear.

change your name please, its too close to mine and i dont want my fellow positive spurs fans thinking i am a negative loser

Yeap im sure you wouldnt like them to think of you as dealing in realism at all. Its much better if they think you are a deluded loser.

can you change your name again to something more accurate

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or maybe he is just copying my post from yesterday
LINK

Just checked that link.
All I can say is well done, top of the class.
As Columbo would say 'just one more thing!' why oh why post it on such a gash fuckin site? If you want your tummy tickled for getting some decent news post it on here not on Rivals.net cos its shit and nobody reads it!

Ta

Why are we locked in some 60's battle re-enactment...we're all on the same bloody side.

Marcos Alvarez has just been in my office and I asked him re: Huntelaar, Arshavin, Veloso and corluka he said in crap english I no know and sounded genuine.

Ginge

Fully agree my carrot topped friend. For some reason the amount of school kids that hijack this site is unusually high today! First we had "hoddle" & "barry" (I still think they're the same person!) now we have the rest of them! Don't worry once this article worms its way down the NEWSNOW feed they'll all forget about it & stop posting!

Harry, if this is true then this could be the best summer of transfer activity we have had in a very very long time.

Huntelaar is class, a true goalscorer & poacher of the highest order, a dutch finisher!

Arshavin for £16m is the right money for one of his age and stage in his career, he'll no doubt help Pav settle and vice versa for AA (is AA better than Keane?? well judged on Keane's performances for Pool lately then YES he is) Nice to see Levy isn't being ripped off by the russians and the mr 10%ers.

Veloso - all i know about this kid is what i've seen of him in UEFA cup games & some Eurosport Liga games but he looks composed, happy to sit in the hole in front of the back 4, can tackle and can play CB too. Is he the utility Defensive man we've been looking for?? Could well be.

Exciting times at WHL. HH any news on when said deals would be concluded / announced??

For the doubters amongst you, I think you should wait until midnight on September 1st before you start talking shit.

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Marcos Alvarez has just been in my office and I asked him re: Huntelaar, Arshavin, Veloso and corluka he said in crap english I no know and sounded genuine.

he might have said ' I know. NO.'

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

jonathan blondel

The Russian national team (and all its players) have been pretty average / shit for a while. When was the last time Russia got to a final of a major tournament or a Russian club won a European trophy?

Nuff Said.

Based on yesterdays shenanigans, I'm a bit wary of "His agent said.." or "The club said we've had no..."

FFS,someone who 'used' to be SWPs agent said "He's definitely not going to Citeh" and then what happens?

Hope we can make up the shortfall of Huntelaar. Bearing in mind our squad is currently 20 and the year before last it was 38, I wouldn't have thought wages were a problem?

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

Erm ever heard of Hristo Stoichkov?

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

DMITRI KHARINE

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

Erm ever heard of Hristo Stoichkov?

you cock.

Barca arent a prem club.

Harry! Going out on a limb like that is kind of scary stuff considering the keyboard backlash you could receive from 36,000 or so Valium cases you have waiting to pounce. The mental anguish sustained from the seasons opening has clearly left a bigger mental scar than usual starts so I realize your need to be spot on here.
I actually feel Veloso is the key signing amongst all of them, not that I know too much about him. It’s just that DM is the one position that we have absolutely no cover for in squad that is packed with midfielders to start with. Comolli sucks….

We need a DM like Simon Cowell needs loser-fitting Jeans. Any competent combination of strikers are going to have plenty of chances to score goals at Tottenham, PSB’s faltering at Liverpool says it all and even more so with the creativity already acquired. No, it’s the protecting of the back four, breaking up of play and the setting in motion of a new sequence of passes that is the key to our future, let alone season. Not buying a direct replacement for Carrick, two years after he left is still our priority. Whoever thought Zokora had any of the positional sense, vision or passing ability that Carrick had and needed for DM should be shot, let’s not mention the tackling and Carrick wasn’t the best at that either! Comolli sucks…

Any player who knows his job at this position will increase the teams effectiveness as what we have, haven’t got a Danny! I feel that Pavlyuchenko and Arshavin would prove to be great purchases compared to the two going out because they want to come and play. “Bastardoff” has played one game in over a season for us at full pelt (Carling Cup) and that’s debatable and Keane turned in to “PSB” instead of truly leading. Now two bodies working in harmony upfront will be more like “Archibald and Crooks” and not “Mills and McCartney”.

Pekhart leaving on loan means we will be buying three strikers that’s a given, a DM will assist in me holding down a square meal or two before Christmas though….

Which Liberian was successful before George Weah?

n e one seen this. this is the kind of attitude i love to see from players and dont understand why more of them dont do it. its like how good old steffen freund used to gee up the crowd. it gets the fans on ur side

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Whats everyones problem today??? Sounds like you all have grit in your japs eye!

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Ginge

Fully agree my carrot topped friend. For some reason the amount of school kids that hijack this site is unusually high today! First we had "hoddle" & "barry" (I still think they're the same person!) now we have the rest of them! Don't worry once this article worms its way down...

JS how good is Daws? - Discuss!

Just kidding!
Personally not 100% on Huntelar, I do think he's a good finisher but a bit plodding (like Thud!) and slow. As for AA although a 27 year old Russian who has never played outside his domestic league is a big risk, I do think he is worth the risk as the guy is one of the very few players I have seen in world football who can beat a team on his own (Berba being another I'm afraid). Keano couldn't get it done against the top sides, even if Huntelar turns out to be top notch he'll still only be a finisher and at the very highest level we will need someone who is a game changer (I know I'm thinking Modric & J2S as i'm typing it, but I still think AA could be better!)
PS you worried no CB links? Daws could be needed!

I also believe you Harry, most of your stuff is very accurate . I def believ Veloso and Pav are signed. Should be announced soon I reckon.

I will be well chuffed if these come off Harry. Obviously the club has tried before now to sort out the imbalance the team currently has but as proven by the Corluka fiasco last time around sometimes things just ain't meant to be. That's business and unfortunately footy is no different.

Anyway, just to say Harry that as the Transfer Double Glazed Window sponsored by Pilkington Glass (mark my words it will probably happen) closes, I just wanted to say thanks for keeping us all up to date. Not sure why you have your detractors and moreover why some of those actually come on to your blog to have a go, but for me you have kept it humourous, informative and as accurate as it will allow. Keep up the the good work and to all of you reading this OUR EYES WILL SEE THE GLORY.

COYS

Fuck me......another load of old bollocks on the net....where do you lot pull this shit from? Until is appears on either Soccernet or the Spurs website you can take this with a pinch off salt.
The team at the moment is an absolute disgrace, jenas vice-captain???? england squad??? come on! the man is useless, how someone can go missing for 89 and a half minutes of a game and maintain his spot in the team is beyond me.
The team is never going to be any good all the time Ramos persists with playing players out of position. Bale, correct me if i'm wrong, one of the best up and coming full-backs in the premier league, why then would Ramos have him behind Ekotto in the pecking order, THE MAN IS SHITE!
Darren Bent = MUPPET why have we just loaned out Pekhart to Southampton? The boy has a proven scoring record in the ressies...why not give him a go?!
Two games into the season and i can see this is going to be the same old shit we put up with year in year out...........

Is this a wind up ?

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

Erm ever heard of Hristo Stoichkov?

you cock.

Barca arent a prem club.

Gomes
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Which Liberian was successful before George Weah?

The one with the glasses in Stockport, she always winning awards. I remember the time I got a Dean Kootz book out, her attitude was superb!

wat do you mean huntelaar wouldnt giv up CL football, if u had half a brain then you would wonder why FC twente were playing in the CL last nite as they BEAT ajax in the play off last season so it does look likely he will join afterall as madrid are focusing on david villa

LINK have a look at that, it pretty much says exactly what these so called in the knows have already said. so its a good news bad news situation. good news we have RELIABLE sources 'ie bbc' telling us these signings will happen, bad news, there are no in the knows, they just read that article and hoped no one else would lol, just a bit of realism here

Ginge

I had serious misgivings about AA because i thought for the £24m / £20m fee that was being talked about was way too excessive. I always maintained though that if Spurs could get him for around £15m that it wouldn't be too high risk. I see his ideal position on the left wing of a 4-5-1 seeing as most of the games i've seen him play he seems to cause most damage from that side and drifts infield when he wants to.

Huntelaar is a finisher, a striker has to be in the right place at the right time to score goals and thats what he does. He just seems to know where the balls going to be and before you know it he's scored. A kind of modern day dutch Lineker. Lets be honest Spurs wouldn't part with big money for a guy they didn't see as integral to the first team.

Veloso can play at CB or CDM so I'm thinking that when needed (King injury/rest) he'll drop to CB and other than that he'll be the CDM. Will be interesting to see how Ramos plays it with JJ and Modric. Modric is the better footballer but JJ is vice-captain, who will he drop in favour of Veloso?????

Not worried about Dawson in the slightest. I'm convinced he wont be at Spurs this time next season. He's ok for a Pompey or Newcastle of this world but not good enough for a team with big aspirations

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The one with the glasses in Stockport, she always winning awards. I remember the time I got a Dean Kootz book out, her attitude was superb!

soz that link dont work hang on try this one LINK if not go on bbc sport, football, premier league, tottenham hotspurs and read the 'spurs to revive arshavin interest' article, it tells all about arshavin pav corluka veloso and huntelaar

Where are Man City getting their cash from? £10 million for SWP?!?!?!

JS do you think they will be looking to recoup some cashola? Corluka?

For sale: Gents bicycle £20

The whole agent saying he's had no contact from Spurs is bullshit. The bloke who was representing SWP said he would not be leaving Chelsea yesterday and look whats happened.....

Has it occured to anyone that in order for a deal to go through that sometimes agents keep it discreet??? The agent gets a cut of whatever Huntelaar earns, transfer etc. If Spurs' offer is a good one he wont go out touting his man around as he'll want the deal to go through.

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I had serious misgivings about AA because i thought for the £24m / £20m fee that was being talked about was way too excessive. I always maintained though that if Spurs could get him for around £15m that it wouldn't be too high risk. I see his ideal position on the left wing of a...

Agree with 1st para. To me he looks like he's one of the top 4 or 5 players in the world, if there wasn't a risk about him cos he's a Rusky and his age we wouldn't stand a chance in getting him.
2nd para - agreed, however Lineker was quick!
3rd para - JJ, we've just spent £16m on Modric (may play 3 in centre mid anyway)
4th para - mmm, why sign him to a new contract? Don't think Veloso would play CB in EPL, not sure he's physical enough.

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wat do you mean huntelaar wouldnt giv up CL football, if u had half a brain then you would wonder why FC twente were playing in the CL last nite as they BEAT ajax in the play off last season so it does look likely he will join afterall as madrid are focusing on david villa

Villa's reported to have signed an improved 6 year contract extension at Valencia LINK

So actually, Real Madrid and anyone else with CL and a bit of dosh is possibel competition. One thing that might be on our side is that Madrid has even less money than we have and Ajax want to get the most they can.

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

jonathan blondel

The Russian national team (and all its players) have been pretty average / shit for a while. When was the last time Russia got to a final of a major tournament or a Russian club won a European trophy?

Nuff Said.

Does that make all english players shit too as they aint gone too far in comps. lately???????no in fact if i remember the ruskies had a pretty tasty left back at the euros called ??djorkoff?? bye bye bae me hopes

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The whole agent saying he's had no contact from Spurs is bullshit. The bloke who was representing SWP said he would not be leaving Chelsea yesterday and look whats happened.....

Has it occured to anyone that in order for a deal to go through that sometimes agents keep it discreet???...

100% jamie

BBC says Ferguson "less optomistic" about Berba.

Mmm, we'll see...more mind games perhaps?!

DO ME A FU*CKING FAVOUR HARRY AND CUT THE BULLSHIT!

All you've done is pick p all the stories from the papers and newsnow and put them on here as if you've heard about it from an inside source, F*cking cobblers!

Huntelaar's agent has also come out and said there's been no bid received.

Why so you this kind of nonsense, haven't we gone through enough b*llshit this summer for a fellow supporter to put this cobblers on here?

Whats the finance blokes name mr Utter Bullsh*t. I swear harry if I catch you doing this again you'll end up like 'Well Ard' and Bianca wont be holding you when you pop your clogs.

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soz that link dont work hang on try this one LINK if not go on bbc sport, football, premier league, tottenham hotspurs and read the 'spurs to revive arshavin interest' article, it tells all about arshavin pav...

Fred. For some reason I trust HH to get the info in quicker than the beeb. Besides, the article doesn't actually name sources and used the dreaded words "....understands" which means they have no proof and are going on hearsay, and possible undisclosed sources. The more people that say it, doesn't necessarily mean that its true - but when its good news, I'd like to think that it might happen.

Ginge

Carvalho came from Porto after playing in the Portuguese Liga and look how successful he's been. I don't think the EPL is that physical anymore. I think most foreign players struggle to adapt to the pace and not the physicality.

I'm not a great believer in YOUTUBE videos of players but go on there and have a look at the variety of goals he has scored. He's got some record in the Eridivisie too so you won't be short of goals to watch!! Incidentally.... top strikers from the dutch league always seem to settle into the PL quite quickly (RVN, RVP, Alves)

Dawson on a long contract is worth more when it comes to selling him. Whoever wants to buy him will have to take into account that he's on a long contract and will have to pay extra to release him from that. Well thats what I hope so anyways!! lol

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

jonathan blondel

The Russian national team (and all its players) have been pretty average / shit for a while. When was the last time Russia got to a final of a major tournament or a Russian club won a European trophy?

Nuff Said.

Does that make all english players shit too as they aint gone too far in comps. lately???????no in fact if i remember the ruskies had a pretty tasty left back at the euros called ??djorkoff?? bye bye bae me hopes

Yeh, it was Zhirkov, he was class. Also rated Zyrianov and the right back Anyukov. All looked top drawer in the Euros. We all know however that the Premiership is a different proposition entirely. I believe all 3 play for Zenit though, so they must be suitable for UEFA Cup football

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DO ME A FU*CKING FAVOUR HARRY AND CUT THE BULLSHIT!

All you've done is pick p all the stories from the papers and newsnow and put them on here as if you've heard about it from an inside source, F*cking cobblers!

Huntelaar's agent has also come out and said there's been no...

When I'm in a rage and someone says calm down - my first reaction is to clock them one.

why the beef? why the click? why why why? If it happens great. If it doesn't - well we'll soon find out how this impacts us. Calm down

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

jonathan blondel

The Russian national team (and all its players) have been pretty average / shit for a while. When was the last time Russia got to a final of a major tournament or a Russian club won a European trophy?

Nuff Said.

Does that make all english players shit too as they aint gone too far in comps. lately???????no in fact if i remember the ruskies had a pretty tasty left back at the euros called ??djorkoff?? bye bye bae me hopes

Yes.
We pin our hopes on Wayne Rooney, who is one step up from Paul Dickov! Sh1t!

What i was getting at is that there have been very few top quality Russians in the last 20 years (Karpin who played in Spain was one) they've got the best team they've had in ages, so the fact none have been in EPL is irrelevant.
And yes I do think the England team is shit! its a boys club!

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veloso yes arshavin..... maybe, pav? who really cares? very very overrated & tel me the last succesful russian in prem? we r barking up wrong tree wiv the russians arshavin mite do ok but not gna b the signing were hoping 4, huntelaar? not a chance in hell, y wud he giv up CL football? madrid r gna...

Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

Erm ever heard of Hristo Stoichkov?

you cock.

Barca arent a prem club.

Blondel Was Belgian you tnuc

Blondel is Belgian, not Bulgarian! Someone's been on the happy sauce early!

Just been listening to Radio 1's newsbeat where they were talking about the moody bulgarian and Man USA. Ferguson has stated that he doesn't think they will get anybody else in before the window and BBC now seems to think that the moody one will be staying put. More mind games from Ferguson to get us to lower the price or are we going to be stuck with the moody git rotting in the reserves?

Ossies dream....

Calm down dear. No use getting your tighty whities in a twist. Its speculation, You must know by now that there is always more speculation around spurs than any other club. So sit back, relax, cool your beans and settle down.

Funny thing is that i think the one piece of journalism that is true is the merry go round article. Chevski's money for Robinho will give Real money to replace him which may be Villa. The fact that he has just signed a 6 month contract just raises his price as we all know with Berba being under contract. Huntelaar is hoping for the Real move but if that doesnt happen I am sure he will look at us and a pay rise. That would then allow DL to sell Berba and so on.

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Ginge

Carvalho came from Porto after playing in the Portuguese Liga and look how successful he's been. I don't think the EPL is that physical anymore. I think most foreign players struggle to adapt to the pace and not the physicality.

I'm not a great believer in YOUTUBE...

Kuyt, Kezman, RVP - how many has he scored? overated in my opinion (although playing for the scum I was always likely to say that). Huntelar just looks slow, he'll be another PSB can't cut it against the very top boys. I've seen Bob beat Rio three times in one move and each time he was still there as PSB didn't have the pace to get clear. The Dutch league is Pish (Steve Mclaren coaches there for gods sake how good can it be). its all imaterial (sorry can't spel for toffee!) as if we sign him i'll be bigging him up, between you and I though I have big doubts.
Still not sure on Veloso covering as a CB, how many top midfielders have you seen playing at the back (Zokora! LOL!)
ps What is your job, I want one where I can spend all day on here!

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DO ME A FU*CKING FAVOUR HARRY AND CUT THE BULLSHIT!

All you've done is pick p all the stories from the papers and newsnow and put them on here as if you've heard about it from an inside source, F*cking cobblers!

Huntelaar's agent has also come out and said there's been no...

When I'm in a rage and someone says calm down - my first reaction is to clock them one.

why the beef? why the click? why why why? If it happens great. If it doesn't - well we'll soon find out how this impacts us. Calm down

trembly,

look i agree with you if it happens great, if it doesn't fine. BUT what p*sses me off is people pretending to be in the know, when they know f*ck all like the rest of us, it just p*sses people off and we don't need to hear another bloody rumor from a fellow fan.

You know and I know he's gotten these stories from all the press and websites, he's sat in his pants right now in his room, scratching his head, and the only fiance person e knows is the spotty trainee who served him at the building society when he cashed his dole check

A little bit from the boys who know Huntelaar best.
Huntelaar has received praise from defenders that have had the task of marking him. Dutch international central defender Barry Opdam has said "He can easily move in between defense and our midfield, leaving most of us confused. He is smart. He can predict what his team mates do and what we will do in response. He also uses his body smartly. At the right time, before the cross or pass comes in, he’ll nudge you. That gives him those extra seconds or that extra half a yard. He has grown enormously, in particular physically."[6] PSV Eindhoven’s Dirk Marcellis has said "You can only stop Huntelaar if you stop the whole team from playing football. He is a smart chap, using his body in a good way. He may not look it, but he is very strong. Never mean, though. Just smart. Little nudges, a quick pull on the jersey, those kind of things. He sometimes looks distracted, but that’s just his thing. He uses that to lull you to sleep."[6] Swiss defender Stephan Keller states: "How to stop Huntelaar? Pfff…no idea. The thing is, everything he does, every move is thought about. He sees the game so well and he has the ability to sense when you’re just not paying attention and then he’s gone. He is the best I’ve ever seen. He will definitely make it big in Europe somewhere

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Hi to dare is to do: I think the last Russian was Andre Kanchelskis,

hi simon, actually kanchelskis woz about as russian as ryan giggs is welsh lol, kanchelskis woz born in ukraine & his family were actually lithuanian but he started his international career wiv U.S.S.R which then split up & he carried on playing 4 russia, so leaves my question in tact, WHICH RUSSIAN...

shut up you tit.

which bulgarian was successful pre berbatov.

Erm ever heard of Hristo Stoichkov?

you cock.

Barca arent a prem club.

Blondel Was Belgian you tnuc

I know, that wasn't me! I think someone was kidding anyway!

Reading an article today about Villa and his new contract, Velencia and Villareal have come out and criticised Real Madrid for how they handle their transfers (Villareal knocked back a bid from Real for Santi Cazorla) There is no way that Valencia will sell Villa to Real. IMO this leaves Real with £30m burning a hole in their pocket which could be used to buy Berba.

IMO ManUre are still the most likely to buy Berba. They have looked toothless up front all season and terrible in the striking department. Another poor showing against Zenit tomoro night and Fergie will have to come to us and buy Berba.

Harry - it seems with great power, comes great responsibility.

And yours China is to silence these nay-sayers.

If Harry or indeed another of us was right all the time, we'ed be millionaires (Rodders), however given that this is no doubt the best information available today we should at least greet it with the enthusiasm which is deserved.

Please remember most of us are seeking the same goal, the success of Tottenham Hotspur and i don't think that Harry or his source are out to pull anyone's plonker.

Therefore, either shape up or ship out to caught offside

Not difficult concept, re posting on this site. If you don't like what is written, don't access the site. Th ereason come to this site is in the hope fo getting some advance snippits re, transfers (And believe it or not, as adults, we know they may not actually happen!)

I thank you.

NI Spur

Thankyou for dispelling the fears of Ginge! I think Huntelaar would be a brilliant signing and a player who could really push us on. Think about it..... how many times do we score, scrappy, close range goals? hardly ever. He's the player that could make the difference between a 1-1 draw and a 2-1 win. the kind of player who'll put away that last chance that so often for us goes begging.

My job my friend, is my business! lol

Did I say Valium Harry? Looks like some are in need of a lot stronger stuff than that by the note of some of the postings. What's clear is that there's some "Zips in the wire" and gooner infiltration has succeeded once more and those that don't know you aren't gonna give you any space at all regardless...

If you are right on the Veloso singing alone I will send you a care package personally and hail HH as the official "insider trader" with an attempt to keep things as light hearted as possible not like some of the unfortunate
"throat yogurteers" that love the sound of there own verbal farts!

ZENIT where last russian club 2 win a european trophy, last year!! think we should 4get russians & go 4 proven prem players, cant think who tho, i like ashton but he just not good enuff 4 spurs COYS

Agreed cb. Let's be honest, we click on 'refresh' on newsnow, hoping for something unique, something to genuinely get excited about. Some people, when the discover these exciting snippets then come on here, ridicule the sources, say it's copied, call EVERYONE who wrote ANYTHING a c**t and then get right back to refreshing. Get a f**kin grip. Huntelaar, Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko, Veloso, Ronaldo, Messi, Bramble. It's what we all come on here for. Is it 100% true? Who knows, but it's bloody entertaining... and maybe that's the point???

Surely Huntelaar is just an alternative incase we don't get Arsharvin, because I have no idea why we would get both, if we did we wouldn't be able to fit all these signings into the same but essentially a balanced squad. You would think that Dos Santos and Modric would have come here under the condition that they would be in the first team, so it's ludicrous seeing all these fantasy 11's on here that leave them out the side! Bentley is a sure starter too, and if Veloso arrives that's a midfield 4 sorted. If Arsharvin comes then I'd imagine he would drift between the midfield and Pavlyuchenko up top. This is how I struggle to see how Hunterlaar would fit in here, unless Ramos seems to think he can rotate him and Pav?!

Another worry of mine is that Modric and Arsharvin seem to be very simialr players in that they don't have an assigned role and instead drift about, Dos santos could fall in this category too. I fear this will leave us with huge gaps in places and we'll get exploited by opposition if everyone is just doing what they like.

Juande better have a plan here, I want to be proved wrong!

Outside of all the handbags flying, has anyone actually seem much of Veloso? Apart from a cameo at the euro's in which he looked a little average (big game lot to prove nerves) I've never seemn him in business. any pace?