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Friday 30.4.2004
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 South
African defender Mbulelo Mabizela has said that he is not sure if he
will still be with Tottenham next season. The young reserve said
that in his first season, he did not expect to break into the team
straight away, but said if he gets a chance he will take it.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Robbie Keane is fit again after suffering
concussion in last Sunday's match. The Spurs website says
that Dean Richards is back in the squad and Darren Anderton's Achilles
injury keeps him out of the reckoning for the Villa game.
ASTON
VILLA TEAM NEWS : - Darius Vassell's hamstring injury might keep him
out of the game, while Gareth Barry is rated as only hopeful for the
match after picking up an ankle injury.
Former
Spurs youth midfielder Simon Wormull has been released by Stevenage
Borough.
OTHER
NEWS ...
Thursday 29.4.2004
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Reports
today indicate that Stephane Dalmat may be up to £250,000 out of
pocket after his behaviour saw him sent packing from White Hart Lane.
The French midfielder's loan spell was terminated by Spurs and Internazionale
have said they will not take him back until the loan would have ended,
so he is left in limbo and it does not look like he will be paid by
either club in the interim. His agent said it was very
embarrassing for him, as he had not experienced any trouble at any
other club he had been at. Hmm. I suppose that depends on
who you believe.
TeamTalk's
website carries a story claiming that if Tottenham do not get Mark van
Bommel, they will turn to Liverpool's Dietmar Hamann, who is yet to be
offered a new deal at Anfield, who has 12 months left on his current
contract and would cost around £3 million. Mind you, the
same report said Spurs had been playing defender Anthony Gardner in
midfield !!
The
London Evening Standard have pointed out that Spurs have made Martin
O'Neill their top target to take over as manager. The only
stumbling block appears to be the fact that Celtic chairman Dermot
Desmond and ENIC's Joe Louis are firm friends and business associates,
but it seems like the Irishman is set on returning to the Premier
League and Levy has accepted that he will not be able to tempt
Giovanni Trapattoni to North London. According to the newspaper,
Spurs might also go for Jacques Santini, if O'Neill does not arrive,
while they will also consider Charlton Athletic's Alan Curbishley too.
Jermain
Defoe might sneak into the England squad for Euro 2004 as Darius
Vassell has been ruled out of Villa's remaining programme with a
hamstring injury. Defoe will compete with Leeds United's
Alan Smith for the last place in the forward line.
Internazionale's
Argentinian striker Julio Cruz is again being linked with a move to
Tottenham. The player is uncertain to be in the running for a
first team place at the Serie A club, so the press in his home country
are hinting that Spurs are renewing their interest in the
forward. Not that we need another forward, unless there will be
some outgoings in the summer.
There
is an online petition to make sure Helder Postiga doesn't become another
Sergei Rebrov at http://www.petitiononline.com/spurs101/petition.html.
OTHER
NEWS ... West Ham chairman Terence Brown has vowed to take action
against the group of shareholders who are asking probing questions
about the financial state of the club ...
.MEHSTG's spin story ... The
Standard reports that Arsene Wenger might have trouble taming the new
signing he has lined up in Robin van Persie. They state that he
has not been able to be controlled by any of his previous managers,
the winger is "unruly,
indisciplined and arrogant". Well, I don't know about you,
but he sounds tailor made for the Gooners then !!
Wednesday 28.4.2004
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Spurs
have announced pre-season friendlies at
Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Sunday July 25 (kick-off at 3.00
p.m.) and Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday July
31 (kick-off at 3.00 p.m.).
The
FA have charged Mauricio Taricco with two counts of violent behaviour
and improper conduct during the home match against Chelsea last month. The
Argentinian defender has until May 12th to respond to the charges.
Tottenham
have said that the £1.5 million a year salary that French coach
Jacques Santini would request is too much for the club. The
story in the London Evening Standard said that Spurs would go for the
cheaper option of £500,000 for a another manager who had indicated
that would be acceptable to him.
The
reasons behind Stephane Dalmat's return to Internazionale have been
revealed in today's Daily Mirror. The report alleges that
he hit Jamie O'Hara after a reserve match at Charlton recently, had
numerous bust-ups with Pleat after not turning up for training on time
and most disgusting of all spitting in Jamie Redknapp's face in a
training ground confrontation.
Gary
Doherty played 8- minutes of the Republic of Ireland's match that
ended 0-0 in Poland this evening.
A
16 minute substitute appearance was all that Helder Postiga was
allowed in Portugal's 2-2 draw with Sweden.
Fredi
Kanoute played for Mali in their 0-1 friendly reverse in Tunisia.
Spurs
target, Feyenoord winger Robin van Persie has agreed to join Arsenal.
Paul
Konchesky has said he is still unsure about his future at Charlton
Athletic. On loan earlier this season at Tottenham, he has said
that he is still on the transfer list and will sit down with
the manager at the end of the season to see what will happen. As
an out and out left back, Spurs could do worse.
Brazilian
star Rivaldo has been offered by agents to Charlton Athletic, Fulham
and Spurs, despite having had talks with Bolton Wanderers.
OTHER
NEWS ... Tord Grip is concerned about the lack of fully fit
central defenders that England might be able to take to Portugal for
Euro 2004 ...
.MEHSTG's spin story ... It
was reported today that Rivaldo is considering a Bolton move.
The Brazilian star has returned home to think over the move and the
local people are only too happy for him to buy up the town. The
former AC Milan midfielder took in the Hall I' th' Wood, Smithills
Hall and the Bolton Congregational Church and was impressed with the
scenery around the town. When asked if he would play for the
local Wanderers side, he was reported to have said "You joking
have to be !!"
Tuesday 27.4.2004
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Stephane
Dalmat's loan spell has ended with his return to Internazionale
of Milan. The London Evening
Standard report that the club took disciplinary action against Dalmat
for his training ground bust-up with youth player Jamie O'Hara and
thought it would be sensible to terminate his loan at this point in
time.
Robbie
Keane has withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland's friendly in Poland
after suffering concussion in Sunday's match against Arsenal. Gary
Doherty has travelled to Poland with the rest of the squad.
French
national coach Jacques Santini has said he would welcome an approach
by Spurs as he is interested in the vacant manager's position.
With his contract up in the summer, he has said that Spurs have not
been in touch with him, that he would enjoy a go at club management
and this was obviously not a statement designed to pressurise his
current employers into stumping up a lucrative contract in any way.
Mbulelo
Mabizela has joined up with the South Africa squad for a training
session in Surrey with new manager Stuart Baxter.
Frederic
Kanoute has joined up with Mali, who are playing a friendly in Tunisia.
The
reserves completed their league programme with a 1-3 defeat against
Coventry City tonight.
OTHER
NEWS ... The FA will take no action against Robert Huth over the
Shearer incident on Sunday ... Newcastle United defender Jonathan
Woodgate will miss the end of this season and probably Euro 2004 ... Millwall
have failed to get their ticket allocation increased after an appeal
to the FA ...
.MEHSTG's spin story ...
Today FIFA bigwig Sepp Blatter had another brainstorm and splurted out
through his mouth that he thought that football matches should not be
drawn, so have to be decided on the day. The German football
supremo, who was voted in by those who favoured him over others who
didn't butter them up enough, said that "We can't be satisfied
with draws. (Modern Olympic Games founder) Pierre de Coubertin has
said that the important thing was to take part, not to win. That's not
true." He also said that Bill Shankly's comment about the
game being more important than life or death was also untrue.
And that Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution was erroneous, as was
Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Because relatively speaking, he
was in charge and what he says goes. So penalty shoot outs all
round then !!
Monday 26.4.2004
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Nottingham
Forest manager Joe Kinnear has revealed that Spurs have a gentleman's
agreement to buy Andy Reid, the First Division club's Irish midfielder.
However, Kinnear now reckons he wants £10 million for the player.
Jose
Mourinho's agent has said he will wait until the summer to decide who
he will join. He is being courted by Liverpool, Newcastle
United, Chelsea and Spurs among the English clubs and Real Madrid
in Spain.
OTHER
NEWS ... Chelsea's Robert Huth will face an inquiry by the FA
after allegedly stamping on Alan Shearer's groin in yesterday's match
at St. James' Park ... Manchester City and Leicester City could both
be in trouble after their brawl in the match at the Walker's on
Saturday ... Ian Atkins has taken over at Bristol Rovers as
their new manager ...
NEW
- Almost every day, we will put our own fictional interpretation on a hot
story
of the day in MEHSTG's spin story ... Sven Goran Eriksson has
said it would be a big blow for England if they lost Jonathan Woodgate
for the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal. He said it would be
like being hit in the face by one of your mates after being out on a
drinking spree or getting pushed over and really hurting
yourself. Such a blow would be very painful and easily
avoidable, so the Swede pushed his glasses up his nose a bit further
and got on with picking Ledley King instead.
Sunday 25.4.2004
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Spurs
drew 2-2 against Arsenal at White Hart Lane this afternoon.
Tottenham came back from 0-2 down to grab a draw with a last minute
Robbie Keane penalty after Jamie Redknapp had got Tottenham back into
the match. For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
The
Sunday People newspaper has broken the story about Stephane Dalmat
hitting a young player at the club. The news had been
circulating among Spurs fans for some time, but the report has brought
the fact that the French midfielder was involved in a physical fight
with 17 year old reserve player Jamie O'Hara, after Dalmat thought he
should have been shown more respect by the young player. There
are claims that he is so unpopular because of his aloof attitude, that
he did not even want to travel to a country club where Spurs were
preparing for today's game, but Dalmat's agent has said his client
will return to Internazionale at the end of the season. Although
he can be a mercurial talent, perhaps that might be for the best.
FC
Basle manager Christian Gross has criticised former Spurs keeper Ian
Walker in the Telegraph today. Speaking about his time in
England he told the broadsheet, "The biggest mistake I ever made
at Tottenham was to replace Espen Baardsen in goal with Ian
Walker. I cannot believe he is England's No 3 goalkeeper. He is
not a winner and never will be. He was lazy." Gross did go
no to say he still watches out for Tottenham's results and will be
watching the match on TV today after his side's game in which they
could virtually clinch the Swiss championship.
The
club has issued a statement on the official website stating that no
plans to release any of the core players in the first team squad have
been made, despite some speculation in the newspapers today.
Robbie Keane appears to have been one name mentioned, but the Spurs
site carries a comment from the Irish striker saying that there is no
truth in the reported story saying he wants
to leave.
Reserve
midfielder Mark Hughes has been named in Northern Ireland's Under-23
squad to face Serbia and Montenegro on Tuesday 27th April at
Mourneview Park, Lurgan.
OTHER
NEWS ... Celtic's Chris Sutton and Stephen Pearson won the SFA
Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year award sin Scotland ...
Saturday 24.4.2004
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Simon
Davies has signed a two year extension to his current deal taking him
through to 2009 as a Spurs player. The Welsh international said
"I'm sure when the club appoints a new manager things will pick
up and we will get stronger. I wouldn't have signed if I didn't think
that." Hmm ... is that some implied criticism of the
current man in charge ??
The
Sky Sports website claims that Tottenham are after the 24 year old
Hungarian defender Laszlo Bodnar, who is owned by Dynamo Kiev, but
plays for Ukranian side Arsenal. The player is represented by
the same agent as Sergei Rebrov and has told the site that Hamburg are
also interested in the man, who can also play in midfield.
Tottenham
Under-17s lost in their Premiership Academy semi-final play-off match
against Everton. The game ended 1-1 with Mark Wright
scoring the Spurs goal five minutes from time, but Everton hit back
before the end and won a penalty shoot-out 6-5.
Spurs,
Arsenal, Charlton Athletic and Liverpool are all being linked with a
move for Manchester City midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips, as a source
indicated he might be ready to leave in the summer.
Arsenal
are reported to be interested in young Feyenoord winger Robin van
Persie, who Spurs have been linked with recently. The Dutch
Under-21 international would raise £3.75 million.
OTHER
NEWS ... West Bromwich Albion won promotion back to the Premier
League after Sunderland failed to beat Wigan Athletic this afternoon
... Plymouth Argyle are champions of Division Two after today's win
over QPR ... Notts. County are relegated to Division Three ...
Friday 23.4.2004
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David
Pleat is urging his team to go down in history as the side who first
beat Arsenal in the 2003-04 season. Well, I reckon he has got
part of that right.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - That team could include Darren Anderton and Dean
Richards who are both in contention to play for Spurs again on Sunday
after being out injured. Ledley King, Mauricio Taricco, Michael
Brown and Simon Davies should all be available for selection too.
ARSENAL
TEAM NEWS : - Ashley Cole and Freddie Ljungberg are ready to return to
the squad, but Pascal Cygan is the only injured player who will not be
able to take part.
American
Under-17 international Danny Szetela is interesting Tottenham, as well
as Internazionale, Manchester United and Arsenal.
OTHER
NEWS ... UEFA have handed Marcel Desailly a three match ban for
elbowing Fernando Morientes in the Champions League semi-final against
Monaco on Tuesday ... Ernie Tippett has been named as the new manager
of Rushden & Diamonds ...
Thursday 22.4.2004
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Milenko
Acimovic has been allowed to join Lille, where he has been on loan, on
a free transfer.
Christian
Ziege has revealed that he hopes to be fit for Euro 2004 and that it
has been the only thing to keep him going through his injury nightmare.
Who pays your wages Christian ??
Spurs
target Mark van Bommel has said that he will not be joining Charlton
Athletic as they are not a big enough club for him. Where does
that leave Spurs in their quest to sign the PSV midfielder ???
OTHER
NEWS ... Ron Atkinson has resigned as a commentator for ITV Sport
after making racist comments about Marcel Desailly and using foul language
while he thought he was off air in a satellite showing of the Monaco v
Chelsea match in Saudi Arabia and the Far East ... Marcel Desailly has
been charged by UEFA for an elbow on Fernando Morientes in the game
against Monaco, which was not spotted by the officials ... The winter
break in the English Premier League has been put back 12 months as
UEFA have arranged some international games at Eater next year for the
World Cup qualifying groups ... Marcel Desailly
Wednesday 21.4.2004
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Spurs
will play two matches in Glasgow against Celtic and Rangers in
pre-season. Spurs will take on Rangers on Wednesday July
28 and Celtic on Monday August 9, with both games kicking off at
7.45pm.
Chelsea
are rumoured to have made Jose Mourinho, the Porto coach, as their
number one target to replace Claudio Ranieri. Mourinho has been
linked with the Spurs job. Chelsea Chief Executive Peter Kenyon
has denied this story though. So that's alright.
OTHER
NEWS ... Norwich City own promotion to the Premier League tonight
as a result of Crystal Palace's won over Sunderland ...
Tuesday 20.4.2004
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Stephen
Carr will miss the match on Sunday through suspension and also he has
a back injury, which will keep him out of the Republic of Ireland
squad for their friendly with Poland.
It
was reported today that Wimbledon midfielder Lionel Morgan will be
released by the club. IN the past Tottenham have been very close
to signing him and it will be interested if they make a move for him
now.
OTHER
NEWS ... Chelsea lost their Champions League semi-final against
10 men Monaco 1-3 ... Hibernian boss Bobby Williamson has taken over
as manager of Plymouth Argyle ...
Monday 19.4.2004
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David
Pleat has told the Spurs website that Ledley King and Michael Brown
should both be fit for Sunday's match against Arsenal.
Spurs
Reserves beat champions Charlton Athletic Reserves at the Valley by
2-1 tonight. Johnnie Jackson had an eventful game, netting the
first goal, hitting the post and also having a penalty saved.
The second came from an own goal and 65 minutes into the game, Sam was
sent off for Charlton.
Newcastle
United are reported to have been poriced out of a move for PSV
Eindhoven's Mark van Bommel.
OTHER
NEWS ... Paul Scholes has been handed a three match ban for an
incident of violent conduct against Middlesbrough's Doriva, but he
will be free to play against Chelsea and the FA Cup Final ... Diego
Maradona has been taken into hospital and is in a critical condition
...
Sunday 18.4.2004
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Charlton
Athletic are reported to be ready to hijack Tottenham's attempts to
sign Mark van Bommel from PSV Eindhoven and claim to have already had
talks with him about a move. However, the Sky Sports website
claims that Aston Villa have agreed a fee with PSV for the player and
have had talks too, with Spurs also reported to have agreed a fee and
will speak to the 26 year old later this week.
Joe
Kinnear has said that Tottenham's offer of £5 million plus Rohan
Ricketts did not come near his valuation of £10 million for Republic
of Ireland midfielder Andy Reid.
Rumoured
Spurs managerial target Fabio Capello is reported as saying he will
stay at AS Roma after this summer, despite stories linking him with a
move to England.
The
Sunday Mirror claim that Martin O'Neill is the man who will lead Spurs
next season and that he is itching to come back to the Premier League.
The story says Spurs have signed a confidentiality agreement not to
name him until he is free to join, but that the board have a list of
potential fall-back suitors should O'Neill not be available for any
reason.
The
Mirror also states that Daniel Levy might be ready to dump David Pleat
from his Director of Football role as he has not ensured that any
prospective manager would work with Pleat, despite saying things to
the contrary.
Spurs
are reportedly having talks with Emmanuel Petit according to the media
today.
Apparently
Aston Villa are looking at Dean Richards for a fee of £2 million.
West
Ham United are expected to come back to Spurs with a second offer to
buy young midfielder Dean Marney. They were unsuccessful
earlier in the season and Alan Pardew seems intent on testing
Tottenham's resolve to keep the talented youngster, while Nottingham
Forest are also monitoring the situation, with Joe Kinnear having
watched Marney in the reserves recently.
For
the latest Spurs Ladies match reports, including the First team's
League Cup semi-final against Leyton Orient and the Under-11s League
Cup semi v Watford, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... Celtic wrapped up the SPL title today with a 1-0 win
over Kilmarnock ...
Saturday 17.4.2004
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Spurs
lost 0-2 at Bolton Wanderers this afternoon at the Reebok Stadium.
For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
David
Pleat has admitted the side are i the relegation dog-fight. He
said that the players must play for their own reputations and whatever
motivates them, but said the younger players are suffering from a lack
of confidence.
Tottenham
are supposedly offering a contract to Bosman transfer defender Bixente
Lizarazu. He is set to leave Bayern Munich in the summer as
he cannot agree a new contract and with a Spanish side also chasing
the services of the 34 year old, it will be down to who can pay the
wages he wants, with Spurs said, in the article on Planet Football, to
be offering £38,000 a week.
Spurs
Under-17s reached the semi-finals of the FA Premier Academy League
play-offs with a 3-1 win over Leeds United. The goal-scorers
were Jamie O'Hara, Stuart Lewis and Mark Wright who took Tottenham
through to a meeting with Everton at Spurs Lodge on Saturday 24th
April.
OTHER
NEWS ... Bradford City's relegation to Division Two was confirmed
today, as was Chester City's return to the Football League ...
Friday 16.4.2004
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Tottenham
are reported in the Mirror and the London Evening Standard as being
set on attracting Martin O'Neill as their new manager.
Meanwhile,
Daniel Levy has said in an interview on the Tottenham website that he
wanted to wait until the summer to announce the new manager as he
might still be in a job at the moment and also that he wanted to
review the management structure of the club. He went on to add
that a comely number of big name managers had been in talks over the
post and that showed the respect the club was held in across the
continent.
BOLTON
WANDERERS TEAM NEWS : - Jay-Jay Okocha and Youri Djorkaeff hope
to make starts for Bolton in the match against Spurs. Ricardo
Gardner misses the match with a knee injury.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Injury doubts Mauricio Taricco, Ledley King and
Michael Brown are all included in the squad for tomorrow's game at
Bolton. Stephen Carr is suspended, while Dean Richards, Darren
Anderton and Christian Ziege are all not fit to travel.
Rohan
Ricketts has told the Standard that his first team chances have been
limited since David Pleat took charge of the team. The young
midfielder told the paper that he intends to hold on until next season
to see who takes over in the manager's office to determine where his
future lies.
Sky
Sports claim that Tottenham are watching the situation surrounding
Fernando Redondo, the Argentinian AC Milan midfielder, who looks set
to leave the Champions League winners at the end of the season.
The former Real Madrid man has not poured cold water on a move to
England, with Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham said to be interested in
the 34 year old, who has missed much of the last four years with a
knee injury.
Spurs
are reported as being ready to let Dean Richards leave the club for a
nominal £1 million.
Former
Spurs forward Colin Lee has seen his contract as Walsall manager
terminated as he is strongly tipped to take over at Plymouth Argyle.
OTHER
NEWS ... Cameroon have been given a big fine and a six point
deduction for their World Cup qualifying group when it begins, because
they continued to wear their all-in-one kit at the African Nations
Cup, despite assuring FIFA that they would not do so in the quarter
finals ... Coventry City and former Rushden and Diamonds striker
Onandi Lowe has been bailed by Police after being arrested for
possession of a controlled drug with an intent to supply ...
Thursday 15.4.2004
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Mark
van Bommel will have talks with Tottenham next week and has repeated
the fact that he would be happy to join Spurs. So much so, that
Sky Sports think that Spurs are now in pole position to sign the PSV
Eindhoven midfielder, who will leave in the summer.
Spurs,
Charlton Athletic and Fulham are all in with a chance of clinching a
place in the UEFA Cup if England top the European Fair Play league. The
FA nominate the top club in the fair play table for the Premiership
who have not qualified for Europe and they could go straight into the
UEFA Cup, if England stay ahead of Sweden in the rankings for all
manner of fair play. A second club could then go into a draw for
a second place too. However, Stephen Carr's dismissal at Everton
and the pending FA charges relating to Mauricio Taricco's behaviour in
the Chelsea match may end up affecting Spurs' place in the Fair Play
league.
Robin
van Persie, the Feyenoord striker, has spoken about how Arsenal let
him down in January by not signing him despite arranging to visit him
before speaking to his club. However, he said he knew Tottenham
had watched him and would consider an offer if it was made for him in
the summer, although he seemed to be hanging on for AC Milan and PSV
Eindhoven to come in for him. A price of £3.5 million seems to
be the price put on the 20 year old's head.
Some
unconfirmed friendlies have been mooted as possible pre-season matches
and these include
Feyenoord in Seville on 3rd
August
FC Copenhagen in the Ullevi
Stadium in Stockholm
on 15th July
FC Trollhättan
on
17th July
These are only rumoured fixtures
and have not been confirmed by THFC.
OTHER
NEWS ... It appears that Francis Jeffers has been recalcitrant in
his row with Everton manager David Moyes and will be back in the squad
for the club at the weekend ...
Wednesday 14.4.2004
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The
London Evening Standard has a story claiming that Jamie Redknapp will
not be offered the chance to stay at Tottenham after the end of this
season. The article claims that his 2 year deal had a further
two year option, but that was dependant on him playing a certain
number of games and because of the numerous injuries he has suffered
in his time at Tottenham, he has not met that target. However,
if he plays in al the remaining games this season, he will trigger the
automatic extension of his deal. If not, it is believed that he
will be given a free transfer and Portsmouth are said to be interested
in taking him.
The
article also states that they believe that Gus Poyet and Darren
Anderton will also leave as the age of the squad is brought down.
Mauricio
Taricco is said in some quarters to be out of Saturday's match at
Bolton Wanderers with cramp, although the official site quotes Chris
Hughton as being hopeful he can feature. There are injury doubts
over Ledley King (hip) and Michael Brown (knock), although both
Mbulelo Mabizela and Dean Richards returned to training on
Tuesday. Simon Davies should be OK to play and Darren Anderton
is definitely out.
Previously
rumoured to be on Tottenham's wish list as the new manager, Porto boss
Jose Mourinho is being linked with a move to take over from Bobby
Robson at Newcastle United.
Rumoured
Spurs transfer target Feyenoord's Robin van Persie is tipped to sign
for PSV Eindhoven.
Plymouth
Argyle have asked permission to speak to former Spurs forward and
current Walsall manager Colin Lee.
OTHER
NEWS ... Newcastle progressed to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup
beating PSV Eindhoven, but Celtic were knocked out by Villareal
Tuesday 13.4.2004
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Simon
Davies has revealed that he is barely training, as he can only play
games to get through his shin splints problem. The Welsh
international also said that the team believe that they have the right
approach to get enough points to pull away from the relegation zone.
David
Pleat has said that because of injuries and suspensions, he might be
forced into playing some mor eof the young talent at the club, such as
England Under-17 defender Philip Ifil.
OTHER
NEWS ... Sheffield Wednesday refute claims that Ken Bates is set
to take over the club ... Wycombe Wanderers were relegated to Division
Three tonight ...
Monday 12.4.2004
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Spurs
drew 1-1 with Manchester City this afternoon at White Hart Lane.
For a match report, click here and for
reaction, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... Doncaster Rovers booked their promotion from Division
Three today ...
Sunday 11.4.2004
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Frederic
Kanoute has said he will not be playing for Mali in the Olympics
according to the News of the World.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Spurs hope that Mauricio Taricco will be fit to play
against Manchester City. Ledley King hopes to return after
injury, but Gus Poyet (back), Darren Anderton (Achilles) and
Christian Ziege (groin) might miss out. Simon Davies' shin makes
him a doubt also.
MAN.
CITY TEAM NEWS : - Claudio Reyna is the only doubt for City and
he appears to be unlikely to feature in tomorrow's match .
The
News of the World claim that Jamie Redknapp will quit Spurs in the
summer to join his dad at Portsmouth.
The
newspaper also claims that David Pleat has twice had meetings with
Feyenoord boss David van Markwijk and it is rumoured that he has been
sounded out about what he wants to do when he leaves the Rotterdam
club in the summer.
The
People claim that Hull City manager Peter Taylor is
"flattered" to be linked with the Tottenham manager's job.
OTHER
NEWS ... Francis Jeffers has had a training ground spat with
manager David Moyes and although Everton cannot sack him, they have
said he will not play for the team again although they still have to
pay him until 1st June ...
Saturday 10.4.2004
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Stephen
Carr will miss the matches against Bolton Wanderers, Arsenal and Aston
Villa after accumulating ten yellow cards with the two he received
last night in the Everton game.
OTHER
NEWS ... Millwall have been given 7,000 less tickets than Man U
for the FA Cup Final ...
Friday 9.4.2004
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Spurs
were beaten by Everton 3-1 tonight at Goodison Park. Carr scored for Spurs and was later
sent off for a second bookable offence. For a match report, click here
and for reaction click here.
German
side Schalke 04 have hit out at the £4 million price tag PSV
Eindhoven have placed on their midfielder Mark van Bommel. The
Bundesliga club claim the fee is ridiculous and could rule them out of
the running for his signature.
OTHER
NEWS ...
Thursday 8.4.2004
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The
London Evening Standard reckons Rohan Ricketts might leave Spurs as he
is no longer involved regularly with the first team and the story
claims that he has had a bust-up with David Pleat, which is why he's
not getting a game.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Spurs skipper Jamie Redknapp ahs trained all week
with his lip stitched 22 times, so may well start the match at
Goodison Park. Doubts exist over Mauricio Taricco's thigh and
Christian Ziege's groin, but Simon Davies is fit to travel to the
North-West.
EVERTON
TEAM NEWS : - Wayne Rooney, Duncan Ferguson and David Weir are all
suspended and Li Tie is missing with a broken leg.
Spurs
are believed to have been knocked back in a second bid to buy Leeds
United's England Under-21 striker James Milner.
OTHER
NEWS ... There 1-1 UEFA Cup draw for Newcastle United away to PSV
Eindhoven and for Villareal's visit to Celtic ...
Wednesday 7.4.2004
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The
Mirror claims that Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp wants to sign his
son Jamie from Spurs in the summer.
Spurs
will play a pre-season friendly at Hull City on Saturday July 24th.
OTHER
NEWS ... Deportivo La Coruna win 4-0 to beat AC Milan 5-4 on
aggregate in the Champions League, while Lyon and Ports draw 2-2 to
see the Portuguese side through to the semi-finals 4-2 on aggregate
...:
Tuesday 6.4.2004
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Jose
Mourniho, coach of FC Porto, has again claimed that a representative
approached him about managing Tottenham Hotspur. The
mastermind behind the Portuguese club's Champions League win over
Manchester United hinted he would prefer someone to contact him direct
from the club to discuss any witch to White Hart Lane.
The
FA are to look at the actions of Mauricio Taricco in last Saturday's
game against Chelsea.
Midfielders
Simon Davies and Darren Anderton will both be recovered from injury
for the Easter programme.
Channel
Four's website claims Spurs will make summer moves for Roma's
midfielder Stefano Fiore and Internazionale's Julio Cruz. The 29
year old Italian international is also being tracked by Juventus,
while the Argentinian forward Cruz has lost his position in the Inter
team and looks set to leave at the end of the season.
Tottenham,
Middlesbrough and Newcastle United are interested in Parma's
Australian midfielder Marco Bresciano, who is also attracting admiring
glances from AC Milan and Juventus.
Leeds
United are said to be wanting £5 million for Paul Robinson, rather
than the £2.5 million Spurs wanted to pay in the January transfer
window.
Liverpool
are supposedly ready to vie with Spurs for the Israeli and Racing
Santander midfielder Yossi Benayoun. The 23 year old has
been linked with a move to Spurs for a couple of seasons now and the
Spanish side are believed to want £10 million for him, although the
Sky Sports article says he might be allowed to go on a season long
loan with a view to a permanent transfer.
Spurs
Reserves drew 2-2 with Derby County at Pride Park. The Tottenham
goals were scored by Charlie Daniels and Helder Postiga which put the
team 2-0 up, but Derby pulled two goals back to draw.
Former
Spurs defender Stuart Nethercott has signed for Wycombe Wanderers on a
free transfer.
OTHER
NEWS ... Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 and 3-2 on aggregate in their
Champions League semi-final. Congratulations to Arsenal on their
great achievement of reaching this stage of the competition ... Real
Madrid were knocked out by Monaco on away goals after the tie ended
5-5 on aggregate ... Wimbledon were relegated to the Second Division
after a 1-2 loss against Sunderland ...
Monday 5.4.2004
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Tunisia
manager Roger Lemerre is the latest in a long line of names linked
with the Tottenham Hotspur manager's post. Spurs are said in the
London Evening Standard to have switched their attentions to the
Frenchman after Giovanni Trapattoni said he would not take the job
with David Pleat orchestrating transfers. The article claims
Spurs have sent an agent to sound out Lemerre, who won Euro 2000 with
France as their manager and the Tunisian FA might accept £1 million
in compensation if he accepts the Tottenham job.
Portsmouth
have denied that Darren Anderton is a transfer target for the South
Coast strugglers. Chairman Milan Mandaric said that the club had
looked at the midfielder, but they had yet to decide who they needed
to bring in during the summer.
OTHER
NEWS ... Duncan Ferguson has been handed a four match ban and a
£10,000 fine for his behaviour after getting sent off for Everton at
Leicester, when he throttled Steffen Freund and gave the finger to the
crowd ... Kenny Jackett has been announced as the new manager of
Swansea City ...
Sunday 4.4.2004
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Jamie
Redknapp had to have 22 stitches in his cut lip and have plastic
surgery to mend the mess made of his face in yesterday's game against
Chelsea.
The
Sunday People have a story in which they say that former Spurs winger
Peter Taylor would be an ideal coach to work in partnership with
Director of Football David Pleat. The Hull City manager refused
to comment on the speculation last night, but the paper thinks that
Daniel Levy will step up his hunt for Taylor, when he returns from
holiday in America next week.
Portsmouth
and some Middle East clubs are interested in signing up Darren
Anderton at the end of the season, although the Spurs midfielder is
awaiting a contract offer from the club.
The
People also claims that Spurs will have to find £5 million to buy
Mark van Bommel from PSV Eindhoven.
According
to the News of the World, Birmingham City are due to sign up two of
Tottenham's potential midfield transfer targets in the shape of
Nottingham Forest's Andy Reid and Manchester United's Nicky Butt.
OTHER
NEWS ... Millwall made it through to the FA Cup final with a 1-0
win over Sunderland in their semi at Old Trafford and ensured their
place in the UEFA Cup next season ...
Saturday 3.4.2004
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Tottenham
lost 0-1 to Chelsea at White Hart Lane this afternoon. For a
match report, click here. For
reaction, click here.
Jamie
Redknapp had to leave the field and go straight to hospital for
plastic surgery on a split lip, caused in a clash with his cousin
Frank Lamppost.
Spurs
Under-19s lost 0-3 to Leicester City at Spurs Lodge this morning.
OTHER
NEWS ... Manchester United defeated Arsenal 1-0 in their FA Cup
semi-final ...
Friday 2.4.2004
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Mark
van Bommel has said that Spurs fans should sleep soundly, as rumours
that he might go to the Bundesliga are much exaggerated. The PSV
Eindhoven midfielder has told the media that he will have talks with
interested parties, but he possibility of a move to the Premier League
appeals to him, because of the high quality of players involved in the
competition, he watches coverage of the matches in Holland and that he
sees Tottenham as a sleeping giant with a lot of potential.
Pleat has confirmed that Tottenham have held preliminary talks with
van Bommel according to the 4thegame website.
One
player the Press are saying might be on his way out of the club is
Frederic Kanoute, who looks likely to miss the start of next season
because of his participation in the Olympics playing for Mali.
The competition runs from the 13th to the 29th August, so the striker
might be absent for the start of the 2004-05 season. Some
reports claim that Tottenham might not appreciate the fact that they
have shelled out a lot of money on him, with his presence now limited
by the demands of Mali's international calls.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - While Spurs are concerned about the fitness of Christian
Ziege, Gary Doherty and Stephen Carr, David Pleat has hinted that
Jamie Redknapp might make his first starting appearance in six months
against Chelsea. Definitely out are Dean Richards, Darren
Anderton, Rob Burch, Mbulelo Mabizela and Simon Davies.
CHELSEA
TEAM NEWS : - Hernan Crespo has been ruled fit to play in tomorrow's
London derby, if selected. Juan Veron is getting back to be in
first team contention, but will not be risked against Spurs.
Cudicini, Petit and Johnson are all ruled out for certain.
Gus
Poyet has told the Spurs website that he is investigating the
possibility of playing out his career in Qatar. He has been out
to the Middle East to discuss a contract to play for the remainder of
his career promoting the game there, but he has definitely ruled out
playing in England beyond this summer.
David
Pleat is featured on the League Managers Association site being
interviewed on video. Click here
to link to that site.
After
yesterday's comments, it now looks like Jermain Defoe will not be in
the Euro 2004 England squad. Sven Goran Eriksson sees the Spurs
striker as one for the future.
Former
Spurs midfielder Vinny Samways is to have his contract at Walsall
terminated.
The
club have appointed Sarah Wardle - a poetry lecturer from Middlesex
University - as the club's Poet In Residence ... but only until the
end of the season. Perhaps then they will be looking to bring a
big name European Poet in to replace her on a permanent basis !!
OTHER
NEWS ... Arsene Wenger is complaining about his side having to
play four games in nine games ... Claudio Ranieri has been named
Barclaycard Manager of the Month ... Mikael Forsell was named as
Premiership Player of the Month - a refreshing change from being a Man
U, Arsenal or Chelsea player ...
Thursday 1.4.2004
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The
Telegraph are claiming that Alan Curbishley will not be Tottenham's
new manager as Daniel levy is holding out for a big name from Europe. Mihir
Bose's article also claims that some of the prospective candidates
have said that they want David Pleat removed from his Director of
Football's post.
Chris
Hughton has revealed on the Spurs website that Gary Doherty's ankle
injury will be assessed today to see what the damage is. The Doc
went over on his ankle in last night's Republic of Ireland friendly
international against the Czech Republic. Stephen Carr was left
out as a precaution after feeling some pain in his knee.
Mark
van Bommel will hold talks with three clubs over his departure from
PSV Eindhoven in the summer. The clubs are believed to be Spurs,
Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund.
The
London Evening Standard say that Spurs might have to pay £500,000 to
West Ham United for Jermain Defoe quicker than they thought, after his
England debut last night triggered one of the conditional payments in
the deal to take the striker to White Hart Lane. England
coach Sven Goran Eriksson was very impressed with Defoe and the
forward might be in his squad for Euro 2004.
The
Star run a story that claims that Portsmouth have signed a 16-year-old
goalkeeper, Asmir Begovic of Canadian side Ottawa ahead of Spurs who
were interested.
OTHER
NEWS ... Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been cleared by the FA of
violent conduct in the FA Cup tie against Scarborough ... Macclesfield
Town have appointed Brian Horton as their new manager ... Roberto
Baggio has said he will retire at the end of this season ...
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