WHL's Revolving Door

The Sun are today reporting that the revolving door at White Hart Lane is set to swing into action with a number of players being linked to a closed season exit.

Most of the names are to be expected and this is apparently to help fund our bid for Blackburn Rovers David Bently which has turned into one of those really drawn out affairs that we have come to expect. One thing I am confident of is that Mr Levy will do everything he can to make sure he gets a good deal for Spurs!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/transfernews/article1401993.ece

Ramos to wield huge Spurs axe

By PAUL JIGGINS

RUTHLESS Juande Ramos is getting ready to launch a mass cull at Spurs.
The Tottenham boss will slash his squad by selling a whole TEAM of players — plus five substitutes.
Ramos is unhappy with some of the stars he inherited from his White Hart Lane predecessor Martin Jol.
The Spaniard must also balance the books after bringing in more than £40million of talent in the January and current transfer windows.
And he needs to raise cash to finance a £15m swoop for Blackburn’s England winger David Bentley.
The team of Spurs stars set for the exit — dubbed Tottenham Hotspurned — look as though they would hold their own in the Premier League.
But Ramos is not interested in a mid-table finish and has set his sights on closing the gap on the top four.
Ramos took over from Jol in October last year and lifted the Carling Cup in his first season.
But Spurs stuttered to finish 11th in the league and Ramos is desperate to improve his squad further.
He was quick off the mark in signing Luka Modric from Dinamo Zagreb for £16.5m this summer. The midfielder, 22, went on to star for Croatia at Euro 2008 last month.
Ramos also snapped-up highly-rated Mexican winger Giovanni Dos Santos, 19, in a £4.7m deal from Barcelona.
The Spurs boss began the expected Lane Drain by selling promising keeper Tommy Forecast to Southampton for £200,000 on Monday.
The rookie, 21, is set to be followed out of White Hart Lane by former No 1 Paul Robinson.
England flop Robbo, 28, hopes to resurrect his career by sealing a £4m switch to Aston Villa.
Middlesbrough are also interested in Robinson, whose days at Tottenham look numbered with the imminent £7.8m arrival of PSV Eindhoven’s Brazilian keeper Heurelho Gomes, 27, who is awaiting a work permit.
In defence, Pascal Chimbonda, Michael Dawson, Anthony Gardner and Young Pyo Lee are all likely to be shipped out.
Chimbonda’s agent Willie McKay said he expects the French full-back to leave before the start of the new season with Newcastle, Portsmouth and Jol’s new club Hamburg in the hunt for his signature.

Dawson is also a target for the Toon and Premier League rookies Hull, while fellow centre-back Gardner is close to completing a move to new-boys Stoke.
Younes Kaboul is another that faces the Ramos boot. The French defender, 21, was a £7m Jol signing but failed to impress.
Portsmouth are favourites to sign Kaboul and are set to make a £6m bid. Full-back Lee is lined-up for a return to his former club PSV — possibly as part of the Gomes deal.
Midfield quartet Steed Malbranque, Teemu Tainio, Kevin Boateng and Hossam Ghaly all look to be on their way out of N17.
Former Fulham ace Malbranque is a £4m target for Villa and Tainio is another linked with Jol’s Hamburg.
Real Betis are after Boateng and Ghaly is attracting interest from Blackburn and Derby, where he played on loan last season.
Spurs insist they do not want to sell Robbie Keane, but the club — and player — may find it hard to reject Liverpool’s advances.
And fellow frontman Darren Bent could be offloaded after a disappointing season following his £16.5m switch from Charlton 12 months ago.
Sunderland are leading the chase for the England man but are yet to meet Tottenham’s valuation.
Ramos also wants rid of fringe defenders Paul Stalteri and Ricardo Rocha. French winger Adel Taarabt is a loan target for West Brom.

Share on Google Plus