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I’m still at odds on who we should purchase in attacking reinforcements. Benteke signed a new deal at Villa, ending any chance of us procuring him this transfer window. The news brought mixed feelings to me. I admit that I felt sympathy for Villa (had we not become the victims of player power with Luka?), so in a way I’m relieved that we did not turn out to be hypocrites by encouraging other players to hand in transfer requests so their club is forced to sell them and we have at least retained our dignity. We got Chadli which excites me as I have watched him and been impressed by him so it looks more likely we could play 4-3-3 with Gareth as false 9 come the start of the season, which wouldn’t be the worst move in the world.
The Bad
news, yet another legitimate striking target disappearing of the
Spurs radar. The amount of times this has happened is becoming
ridiculous now so it is fair that we are all starting to panic. The
solution now is we need to give Valencia whatever they want for
Soldado, believe me he’s worth it even though we are supposedly
facing difficulty and competition in doing so. Levy needs to get him
in to appease the growing dissenters amongst Spurs fans who are
becoming( fairly) dissatisfied with his unyielding approaches to
transfers. I would like to point out that he has brought in some
brilliant players through this system and am loath to insult or
criticise Daniel Levy in any way as I believe him to be a great
Chairman and he is one of the main reasons we have never faced
financial instability like so many clubs around us. The problem is
that it was a huge cockup last year not buying a striker as we were
eventually pipped to the post again by Arsenal and if Levy does not
get in at least 2 top draw strikers by the start of the season, I
don’t think he can be forgiven this time.
I believe
Levy must see the common sense of buying more strikers as he is a
businessman and he knows that keeping his customers happy (AKA the
loyal fans who buy merchandise, tickets and support the club in as
many different ways as possible) is crucial to commercial success.
Let’s not lie; Gareth Bale carried us last season. It is a fact.
Despite praise being dished out to AVB and his tactics and new
signings like Lloris and Vertonghen, the honest truth is that I worry
when I think about where we might have ended up if he was not in the
world beating form he was (by the way, I do not see us selling him
this transfer window if anyone is curious on my opinion.) Levy knows
this reliance on a single player cannot be allowed to happen again as
it gives the club an unwelcome reputation (how often did we mock
Arsenal for just being a one man Van Persie team?) and also causes
worry and stress if he was sold or seriously injured.
So the big
question now is who do we bring in? At least two well known
goalscorers would go some way to appeasing most Spurs fans. David
Villa and Benteke both seem destined for the Lane didn’t they?
Villa was reported to have agreed personal terms and we just needed
to sort a fee with Barca, next thing he is an Athletico Madrid
player. Benteke seemed even more certain considering he handed in a
transfer request and told everyone he wanted to move to Spurs and
that we were the only candidates, suddenly he signs a new 4 year deal
and the bitterness is felt all round.
My advice
to Daniel Levy; Move fast. Hardly new or original thinking but I
admit I am starting to worry over this striker issue. The fact is
(even though pre-season means nothing) we managed to draw with
Swindon and Colchester fielding relatively strong sides with one goal
scored....by Gareth Bale. My recommendations would be Soldado and
possibly someone like Papiss Cisse or Demba Ba. Cisse had a shocking
season last year but he improved towards the end, plus he has fallen
out with Newcastle over the sponsorship issue with it being reported
Mike Ashley would rather sell him than lose out on a multi million
pound sponsorship deal. With Ashley being a Spurs fan, would he be
willing to sell him to us? As for Ba, bit of a long-shot really
considering he only joined Chelsea in January. However, with Torres,
Lukaku and other attacking options available to Jose, he could decide
that Ba is surplus to requirements at the Bridge, I would certainly
snap him up as he has a good record in the Premiership.
So Soldado
and Cisse/Ba are my picks. Please let me know your thoughts. Who do
you think Spurs should now sign now that Benteke is off the table?
Comment on this article below.
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I think we should stick with ADE & DEFOE
ReplyDeleteCisse and Ba blow hot and cold ... are they any better than Defoe and Adebayor?
ReplyDeleteSpurs Need a Quality Striker - Jackson Martinez is my choice as long as Gonzalo Higuaín is off the table. He does not have a New Contract with Porto and he Seemed Quite Interested when Napoli came sniffing recently. He would be an impressive physical talent to Spurs and the EPL! He has amazing body control and skill combined with power and an eye for the Back of the Net! Results would be Lots of Goals for Tottenham and that would Result in Wins and a much improved Goal Difference! Not Top 4 Place but WIN the League! Onward Spurs!
ReplyDeleteTorres is probably available but we can't afford to pay him what he's on now.
ReplyDeleteIm fed up. By the way, we have been waiting for the striker situation to be sorted for 5 YEARS.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I am now at the point where I'm leaning towards happy with our back 4 and midfield,. If anything, I am now more concerned with departures!
I want to see Hudd Parker Livermore. (maybe a loan for Livermore, give him one more chance, but there were times last year when he looked woeful)
Maybe I would sell Dempsey along with the above 3 midfeilders, to raise money for a striker - this depends on 2 things,.
1)Adebyor -
Can he be as bad as last year????? - I run a local saturday team, and, honestly, if my lads showed the sort of attitude, (AS WELL AS THE AWFUL TOUCH!!) that he did last year, they would be dropped. Full Stop. Let alone paid £100K PER WEEK. Its absolutely depressing.
2) Bale -
Can Bale play upfront? - I don't know if he can or not, as I have to sell cars all week instead of hanging around a footy pitch training him, I know what I'd rather be doing!! - And it aint selling cars..
Ba is a good call,and/or Remy if he is not in jail.Levy will not spend that much on Soldado sadly,why cannot he realize that one striker can make a real difference.eg RVP for 23mill won the title for Man U and what was that worth!
ReplyDeleteIf we were willing to pay £8 millions for 32 years old David Villa, we may as well pay £20 for the 28 years old Soldado. In my opinion we will have a striker who can score 20 plus goals per season and still have some re-sell value. In those three years time, so many things will change that we will even forget how much we bought him for. Just ask yourself did you think that Bale will be worth that much three years ago. Young players are coming through every year. Soldado is the instant success No:9 and the only option for now. Lets go for him, he is class and will score the goals for us for sure. I think we are going to shape up now. If AVB is going to play 4-3-3 he has the players now without that No:9 so buying someone like is a must and I firmly believe that CL will be easily achieved and the club will be looking even higher. Lloris, Walker, Kaboul, Verthongen, Rose, Sandro, Dembele, Paulinho, Bale, Chadli and Soldado - that's my first eleven for the season ahead
ReplyDeleteWell with baldini in Valencia as we speak allegedly ,something looks to be happening although another ITK source ( crap aren't they ) says he's there for the left back cissokho, I'm hoping it's soldado but we are spurs ffs it could be to strike up a special relationship
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