The Daily Mirror today reports that Pascale Chimbonda's short career at Tottenham Hotspur may well be over. The fee is reported to be £8m in which case I would say, 'bite their hand off'.
Daily Mirror article below:
Pascal Chimbonda will move to Spanish club Valencia this week in an £8million deal as Spurs finally get shot of the White Hart Lane bad boy.
Chimbonda will begin preseason training with the La Liga outfit on Thursday after agreeing personal terms last week.
The former Wigan right-back is set to line-up alongside Spain's Euro 2008 hero David Villa next season after the striker publicly rejected moves to Chelsea and Liverpool.
It is understood Valencia first made their interest in Chimbonda known in January, but a swap deal for the Spanish club's right-back, Miguel, failed to materialise as Spurs boss Juande Ramos was not a fan.
Chimbonda will still get to play European football next season as Valencia qualified for the UEFA Cup alongside Spurs.
But his departure brings to an end a Premier League career blighted by controversy.
Chimbonda moved to Spurs only after handing in a transfer request to former club Wigan while still in his strip after their defeat to Arsenal in 2006.
The request to leave the club he later branded "a stepping stone" came just six months after he renegotiated his JJB contract for a further four years.
But he has been surplus to requirements in north London ever since Juande Ramos took over last season. He was hawked around to other clubs in January and was linked with Newcastle and Aston Villa.
Spurs pushed Chimbonda further out in the cold when they brought £8m right-back Alan Hutton from Rangers.
The final straw for Spurs fans was his show of petulance in February's Carling Cup Final against Chelsea.
When replaced by Tom Huddlestone, he responded with a slow walk to the touchline and an angry stomp straight down the tunnel.
He then missed a penalty as Spurs lost a UEFA Cup shoot-out to PSV.
But his departure brings to an end a Premier League career blighted by controversy.
Chimbonda moved to Spurs only after handing in a transfer request to former club Wigan while still in his strip after their defeat to Arsenal in 2006.
The request to leave the club he later branded "a stepping stone" came just six months after he renegotiated his JJB contract for a further four years.
But he has been surplus to requirements in north London ever since Juande Ramos took over last season. He was hawked around to other clubs in January and was linked with Newcastle and Aston Villa.
Spurs pushed Chimbonda further out in the cold when they brought £8m right-back Alan Hutton from Rangers.
The final straw for Spurs fans was his show of petulance in February's Carling Cup Final against Chelsea.
When replaced by Tom Huddlestone, he responded with a slow walk to the touchline and an angry stomp straight down the tunnel.
He then missed a penalty as Spurs lost a UEFA Cup shoot-out to PSV.
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