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Darren Anderton and Les Ferdinand had caught influenza and could
be doubtful for Saturday's visit to Manchester United.
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David Pleat has been rebuffing stories that Spurs are interested
in £8 million rated Everton striker, Francis Jeffers. The
Director of Football said that Tottenham had not had contact with
Everton, despite newspaper reports that Spurs are looking to buy
the youngster when he returns to full fitness. Everton seem
to want to keep Jeffers, although it was said they may want to
cash in on him, but there are moves to discuss a new deal with the
player. Surely someone isn't spreading these rumours to bump
up his new contract terms are they ??
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The News of the World newspaper has paid £80,000 in an out of
court settlement before the libel case involving comments made by
Alan Mullery was heard. The sum covers legal costs and the case
was set to start today with many leading players set t appear to
give evidence. The paper will issue an apology in the matter
which revolved around comments that Tottenham would never again be
able to sign top players. Some of the sum agreed will be
donated to charity in the shape of the Great Ormond Street
Hospital for Sick Children by the Spurs chairman.
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Spurs are rumoured on the Planet Football site to be in pole
position to sign Honduran central defender, Samuel Cabellero.
The 25 year old is due in London apparently to complete a £1.1
million deal which could see him replace Sol Campbell should he
move on. The Olimpia player is captain of his national side
and has taken part in all their World Cup qualifiers, so should
not have trouble getting a work permit - allegedly.
Sergei Rebrov has said that
although he hoped to play with Andrei Shevchenko at AC Milan, he
has settled well in London and is coming to terms with his new
football environment. He has found the game very tough - he
thinks the roughest league in Europe - and also the speed that
games come around hard to get used to. However, he has said
that when a full house at White hart Lane gets behind the team it
s like giving them wings (and I always thought that was Red Bull
!!) and he is happy that Tottenham have always supported him since
his signing. He went on to add that he already feels like
one of the club's leaders.
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Steffen Iversen hopes to be back for the match against Arsenal on
December 19th. His knee surgery has gone well and he is in
light training, which he hopes to step up to getting in with the
rest of the squad next week. The break will also have helped
him have a rest after playing for Norway through some of the
summer in Euro 2000.
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Ben Bowditch has been picked for the England Under-17's and Marcel
McKie for the Under-16's, who both play France on December 6th.
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Three spare tickets for the Man United
game on Saturday at Old Trafford available.
Any one interested, please contact John at topcockerel@compuserve.com
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Tottenham have been named as one of the clubs chasing Fenerbache's
Israeli winger, Haim Revivo. The international is
interesting Middlesbrough and could be available for £3.5
million. Aston Villa and Chelsea have been discounted by
Revivo's agent, but he did hint that a move to the Premiership is
on the cards.
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GG has predicted that when Spurs' walking wounded (Leonhardsen,
Iversen and Taricco) return to full fitness, Spurs could challenge
for a top six place.
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David Pleat has admitted that a Tottenham representative watched
the Espanyol vs. Racing Santander match in Spain at the weekend,
but was cagey about the target, saying that a couple of players
who had been recommended were being put under the microscope.
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Spurs Youth team have been drawn away in the Fourth Round of the
AXA/Times FA Youth Cup to face Stockport County or Watford who
play on December 6th. A date will be fixed after that match
has been resolved.
28.11.2000 (For other
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Spurs Youth side beat Bradford City at home in the 3rd round of
the Times FA Youth Cup 4-2. Losing 1-2 at half time, with
their goal from Jon Jonsson, they turned it on in the second half
to win through goals by Lee Barnard 2 and Andrew Burke.
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Chris Perry could miss the match on Saturday against Manchester
United because of an ankle injury picked up in the Leicester City
game last week. However, another site said he hoped to be
fit for the game against the Premiership champions.
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Spurs have refused to let goalkeeper Gavin Kelly go on loan to
Lincoln City, as he could not be guaranteed first team football at
Sincil Bank.
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Sol Campbell said it could be a month before he reaches the level
of fitness he is happy with. He said the match against
Leicester City last Saturday was a good start, but he needs to
work on his general fitness to get to a proper standard where he
can perform as he would like to.
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On the official Spurs website, Pat Holland talking about tonight's
Youth Cup tie had this to say about the test facing his team and
how many players might make it from the team to the big time ...
" But when you look at it who won the Youth Cup in 1970? I
don’t know." And if, you know your history !!!
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The Frank Lampard rumour seems to be off the mark with Tottenham
saying their interest in the West ham United midfielder was at
it's height 18 months ago and that they have not talked about him
recently, while Lampard himself said he is happy to stay at Upton
Park.
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A Spurs scout was at the Spanish Primera Liga match between Racing
Santander and Espanyol over the weekend. It is thought the
focus of their attention was Olof Mellberg, the 23 year old
Swedish star or Sergio Gonzales. Mellberg is interesting
Barcelona, while the agent of midfielder Gonzales said he was not
aware of the speculation about his client joining Spurs, but
Fiorentina and Valencia were both keen on the 24 year old
player. Another possible one to be watched was the Espanyol
centre-back, Toni Soldevilla, who is a young player who has been
produced through the ranks at the Catalan club.
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Alan Quinn, the Sheffield Wednesday midfielder, is just one of
many young players that Spurs have watched recently according to
David Pleat. He said that Tottenham's priorities lay
elsewhere and buying another youngster was not on the cards at the
moment. The Owls have said that the player was contracted
until 2002 and they wanted to keep their up and coming stars.
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Spurs have joined Coventry City and Manchester United in watching
Millwall's exciting goalscoring machine, Neil Harris. George
Graham is keeping tabs on the young forward, who Millwall signed
up on a long contract this summer, but his 14 goals already this
season have put him firmly in the spotlight.
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Les Ferdinand has got his hat-trick ball after all. It was
returned to him today after a fan called Capital Radio to say he
would leave it at the station for the Spurs striker to collect.
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Midfielder Mark Gower is currently on trial at Wigan Athletic with
a view to a permanent move to the Second Division side.
It is reported that
Leicester City are looking at taking a goalkeeper on loan to
provide cover for the injured Tim Flowers, as they only have Simon
Royce and an untried youngster as back up. Ian Walker has
been mentioned, but they are only looking to make a loan signing
and as it is not permitted to have loan deals between Premier
League sides this appears unlikely.
Spurs
reserves match against Arsenal was postponed after the pitch at
Borehamwood was found to be unfit for playing the fixture.
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Spurs boss is considering a move for Sheffield Wednesday's young
midfielder, Alan Quinn, which could see him having to pay out £3
million.
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With Rio Ferdinand leaving Upton Park, the next young gun to
follow him could be midfielder Frank Lampard. He feels let
down as the club had said they would not sell their best young
players and he could quit the club, with Chelsea, Arsenal, Leeds
United and Aston Villa alongside Spurs as his main admirers.
West Ham may be ready to accept £10 million for the England
international.
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Ex-Spurs player Graeme Souness speaking on Sky Sports today said
that George Graham is the best man for the job at Tottenham and
the fans should leave him alone and let him get on with his
job. He thought that although the former Arsenal boss has
changed the tactics, they seemed to be paying off now.
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Les Ferdinand has praised the Spurs manager for keeping him going
during his time out injured. He said the manager kept faith
with him and encouraged him in his darkest times when he thought
about quitting the game, despite calling him one of the unluckiest
players he had ever known. In turn, GG said he was really
pleased as Les had worked hard and that it was great to see him
turning out regularly for the side as well as playing how he could
before the injuries hit.
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Stephen Whalen of Greenock Morton has been attracting the interest
of Spurs and Leeds United scouts, with both willing to offer the
18 year old striker a trial before deciding on whether the
£400,000 youngster is worth buying.
Mark Bowen and Paul Price
were a part of the Welsh side that won the Masters 6-a-side Home International
tournament at the London Arena tonight. Bowen was top scorer
in the competition with 5 goals. Other ex-Spurs taking part
were Chris Waddle, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Hodge, Gary Stevens and
Paul Walsh who were all part of manager Clive Allen's England
squad.
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Spurs beat Leicester City 3-0 at home this afternoon courtesy of a
Les Ferdinand hat trick. For a match report click here.
For reaction, click here.
Doug
Ellis, the Aston Villa chairman, has revealed that there was a
gentleman's agreement between the Premier League chairmen in the
summer that no-one would buy big money players until the EU
transfer system changes had been revealed. Chelsea broke the
agreement with a £15 million purchase of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
and Peter Ridsdale has also gone against the agreement with the
transfer of Rio Ferdinand for £18 million. It might explain
why Spurs were so reluctant to spend lots of money on a transfer
at the moment.
24.11.2000 (For other
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Stephen Carr has signed a one year extension to his current
contract and will be at the club until 2005. He commented
that all parties are satisfied with the deal, as the club came up
with what he asked for and he is thrilled as he never wanted to
leave and believes he can win things with the Tottenham
team. It is a big boost to the club when they look like
losing some of their established stars and Carr is really the one
player who the club could not afford to lose.
Ben Thatcher looks set to
return to the first team after suspension kept him out of last
Sunday's win over Liverpool. With Luke Young out injured,
Ledley King and Alton Thelwell could retain their places in the
side too. Sol Campbell and Steffen Freund are also in the
squad. Another option would be to play Ramon Vega against
the strapping Leicester City forward duo of Akinbiyi and Benjamin.
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Sergei Rebrov has taken a lead from his manager and has praised
North London rivals Arsenal and their boss Arsene Wenger. He
said he is impressed with their strikers who have the ability to
win a game on their own and he thought Wenger a talented and
ambitious coach.
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Darren Anderton has said he is surprised that Tottenham have not
opened contract talks with him as he will be free to talk to
foreign interested parties on January 1st. He said that
no-one has asked him to go in and talk about a new deal
yet.
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GG has said that Ledley King and Alton Thelwell are the future of
Tottenham Hotspur. He said that the young players are coming
through and will be given their chance after a period when that
side of the development was neglected at the club. He said
ideally he would have a half or quarter of the team home grown and
the rest foreign imports, but that Tottenham had a good group of
young players coming through and he hoped more parents would send
their kids to Spurs as they are more likely to get a chance than
at other clubs. He also said Spurs should aim for a European
place as there is not a lot to choose between the clubs above the
relegation zone and those off the top three or four.
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Les Ferdinand has said that he would love to play the flowing,
attacking football the fans love to see, but at the moment, it is
all about winning. He said that the side have had to grind
out results and that there had been a few too many games like
that, but the foundations are being laid to allow the team to
flourish ... and that is exactly what GG wants too !!
Sam Hamman has ruled out
buying into Tottenham, even at a cut price rate for the shares.
Spurs are supposedly in
contention with Arsenal and Chelsea for Wimbledon's striker Jason
Euell.
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Ian Walker is hoping that the club will let him go on loan after
Christmas to get some first team football. He said on the
official club site that he needed to play in some games that meant
something in front of a few crowds.
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GG has said that many clubs have been shocked by Leeds United's
£18 million swoop for West Ham United's Rio Ferdinand. The
world record fee for a defender is believed to go through this
week and with the EU deciding the future of football transfers in
the nest few weeks, it is hard to credit why the Northern club
have made the big money signing. Even more so when David
O'Leary, the manager who is buying him, says he is not worth that
much.
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Also on the official site, Stephen Clemence has been talking about
the club's away form. He said it could be a mental thing
with belief that they are going to win at home, but going into
away games with a different approach. He said that after the
performance of the team against Liverpool, that standard of play
must be transferred to the matches away from White Hart Lane.
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Sergei Rebrov will have to learn more about how to play in English
football according to George Graham. The Spurs boss said
that even though he is a top international player, he should try
to get accustomed to the pace and passion of the game in this
country and that he is not the only player to take time to settle
into the style in Britain. He went on to say that he felt
that there was still a lot to come from the Ukraine striker.
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Chris Hughton has said that players in his reserve team and also
those in the Under-19 side should look at Alton Thelwell and
Ledley King and be inspired to emulate their elevation to the
first team. Thelwell said he hoped that the players would
get more opportunities as seeing Ledley in the side gives new
youngsters confidence coming into the team.
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Spurs midfielder Tim Sherwood has said that he lays the blame for
his wrecked international career at Kevin Keegan's feet.
Having played him out of position, the former England manager had
left him out and Sherwood fears he may not be recalled with Sven
Goran Eriksson coming in as the new manager.
The official site
interviewed Johnnie Jackson and he is aiming to get a place in the
first team squad too. The 19 year old midfielder is hoping
to establish himself in the reserves and force his way into the
first team reckoning after having played his first games for
England Under-18's this season.
One time Spurs transfer
rumour, Sheffield United's Marcus Bent, has joined Blackburn
Rovers in a £2.1 million deal.
Former Spurs keeper, Frode
Grodas, may be joining Hibernian in Scotland in the summer after a
disagreement with his current German club Schalke 04.
Naguan Grayeb, the Israeli
international turned down by Spurs at the start of the 1999-2000
season, looks like he might be on his way out of Villa Park.
He has started only two games for Aston Villa after being found to
have an ankle injury by Tottenham's eagle-eyed doctors.
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Sol Campbell made a 65 minute appearance in the reserves victory
over Nottingham Forest last night and he felt no ill effects from
his first game back. He is now looking towards the
Manchester United game on 9th December. He said that he
intended to make his body stronger in the gym and get it right
before he returned.
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Ian Walker has said that Sol's return has given a boost to the
club with a return to the reserves and that the club captain would
return when he was mentally ready.
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Willem Korsten swerved a 30 yard pile-driver for his third goal in
the reserves match and his hat trick may have just pushed him
further towards a first team squad place. He said that it
has been better since he has been playing up front and he hoped to
make the move into the first team.
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In addition to the Finnish goalie on trial Spurs have welcomed
Ciaren Rafferty, a 24 year old defender from Glenavon. Both
were expected to feature in Tottenham's reserve fixture alongside
Sol Campbell at the City Ground tonight against Nottingham Forest.
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Sol himself has had some of his comments taken as indicating that
he could well sign a contract to stay at Tottenham. He said
sometimes you get a feeling that this is your club as you are
growing up and he would be happy to play for Spurs all day
long. He also said he wants to win things soon and would
love to do so with Tottenham.
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Les Ferdinand may have turned down move to Manchester City
because he wanted to stay in London, but The Sun rumours that he
might join Hangdog Harry's (Un)Happy Hammers in the summer on a
free at the end of his contract.
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Les went on to say that it is about time the Spurs fans gave up on
the "hate thing" with George Graham and let him get on
with his job without any hassle.
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MEHSTG Man of the Match on Sunday Luke Young had played the game
with a broken bone in his foot. He complained of pain after
the Liverpool match and went for an X-Ray which revealed his
injury. His foot was put into plaster immediately and it is
said he will be out of action for five weeks.
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With Young's injury, rumours of a move for Honduran international
Samuel Cabellero have resurfaced. Newcastle United and West
ham United are both also interested in the 25 year old defender,
but the club president is keeping the matter under wraps for the
moment.
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Manchester City and Tottenham have both denied that winger Mark
Kennedy was part of a proposed deal for Chris Armstrong.
Spurs
reserves won away at Nottingham Forest tonight by 3 goals
to 1. All three were scored by Willem Korsten.
Wayne Vaughan, Canvey
Island's last minute FA Cup hero, has blasted David Pleat.
He said that he discovered that Tottenham were releasing him in
the club programme before anyone had the courtesy to mention it to
him. He said he has something to prove to a few people at
Spurs and is hoping his equaliser against Port Vale last Sunday
helps the Essex side through to the Third Round where he wants a
draw against Tottenham.
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George Graham has come out and said that Spurs fans should prepare
for Sol Campbell to leave in the summer on a free transfer.
he said that there was no prospect of selling the Spurs captain
before the deadline as the player would not choose to go
anyway.
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The player will return to match action in a reserve team game at
Nottingham Forest tomorrow night after two months out with a
shoulder injury.
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TeamTalk reports that Alan Sugar could be ready to sell up his
29.9% of shares for around £1.40 per share equating to £42
million. It is unlikely that this will happen as anyone
buying the shares at that price would have to make an offer for
the rest of the shares and could get their hand bitten off in the
rush !! That would mean that the club would be valued at
£168 million and that could be the final bill if everyone chose
to sell up their shareholding.
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Darren Anderton collected another yellow card yesterday, his fifth
of the season, which earns him a suspension for one match.
Luckily, because the Liverpool match was on a Sunday, his
suspension will start one day after the Manchester United game and
he will miss the visit to Bradford City.
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Tottenham beat Liverpool 2-1 at home this afternoon with goals
from Les Ferdinand and Tim Sherwood. Click here
for match report. Click here
for reaction.
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It was revealed in the News of the World today, that Manchester
City were bidding for Chris Armstrong and not Les Ferdinand as
first believed. Although Tottenham were offered winger Mark
Kennedy as part of the deal, they were reluctant to let either
striker leave with little cover in that department in the
reserves. David Pleat has blasted the rumours as "paper
talk".
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Spurs are taking Finish Under 21 keeper Henri Sillanpa on trial
for a week starting Monday. The youngster from the VPS Vaasa
club
will be put through his paces at Spurs Lodge, although he said
with Tottenham's keepers in front of him he is not sure about a
permanent contract.
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GG has confirmed that Stephen Carr will be given a new improved
contract soon, following David Pleat's comments yesterday.
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David Pleat has been unveiling some of the movements behind the
scenes at the club. Young keeper Martin Brennan will be
released by the club with Charlton Athletic his likely
destination, while Ludwig Norbert, the French Under 17 has been
asked to be released from his contract. His brother was recently
released by Arsenal. However, Ghyslain Vedeux has arrived from
France and will play up front for the Academy side. Dave
McEwen has turned down the chance of going on loan to Kettering
Town, while many clubs have been trying to secure the loan
services of Gary Doherty.
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Pleat also said that Tottenham had not targeted Sunderland's Kevin
Phillips as a transfer possibility. He was linked with a
£15 million move to Tottenham in the papers today with Arsenal
and Manchester united also interested after comments attributed to
the forward about not getting the international recognition he
needs from playing for a big club.
Leeds United think they can
make a successful swoop for Sol Campbell now as they seek to add
to their painfully thin squad. They believe that they can
beat Manchester United and Chelsea to the Spurs captain signature.
The
rumours concerning Mauricio Taricco returning to Ipswich Town have
again resurfaced.
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José Dominguez's old Portuguese coaches have supported Gorge
Graham in his assessment of the diminutive winger. Two of
his trainers back in his home country have said that he had
incredible technical ability, but that they could not help him put
it into practice to make him the great player he could have
become. Arnaldo Teixeira, who coached Dominguez at Benfica,
felt that he could have been as good as Rui Costa had he done so.
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David Pleat has once again said he is disappointed that Stephen
Carr's contract talks have been dragged out in public, but said
that Tottenham did not want to lose him and would offer better
conditions so that the next thing that was heard was that he was
signing a new deal.
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Neil Sullivan's bruised hand and Stephen Carr's calf strain are
not expected to keep them out of the side to face Liverpool
tomorrow.
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Les Ferdinand is hoping that should a goal come his way soon, that
it will open the floodgates like it has for Liverpool's Emile Heskey.
He feels that like the young England striker, a goal will help his
confidence and if he keeps getting in the right place, then they
will come.
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In Manchester City's search for a striker, today it's the turn of
Les Ferdinand to come on down !! The Maine Road side are
believed to be ready to bid £2 million for the Spurs forward and
hope to tie up the deal before tomorrow's Manchester derby
match. Les has been a shadow of the player he was with
Queens Park Rangers and Newcastle United while at White hart Lane
and a move could open the door for a new recruit to come in to the
Spurs team. George Graham has denied any approaches and as
one of only three fit forwards, he is looking to keep Ferdinand
for the time being. George Graham actually said "It's a
non-story so let's knock that on the head straight
away". Not the thing to mention in the same sentence as
Les Ferdinand !!!
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GG revealed that Steffen Iversen is back in light training, while
Taricco, Campbell, Leonhardsen and Freund have been undergoing
rehabilitation training.
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While Jose Dominguez has been hitting out at GG saying he left him
no choice but to move on as he wanted him out of the club the day
he arrived and had not spoken to him. The little winger also
said that Graham had not kept up with tactics. The Spurs
manager has hit back stating "I've seen Dominguez making
comments like that about me this week after he's moved on but I
just think they were borne out of his frustration in realising
that he's tried it here but is not really a true Premiership-class
player." Catty stuff !!
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It is reported that Tottenham have watched Argentine international
Kily Gonzales of Valencia, but have not approached the Spanish
club as yet.
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David Pleat has revealed that the agent of Carlos Marchena of
Benfica has contacted the club. The young central defender
is looking to leave Portugal in the summer and a number of clubs
are interested with a price of around £4.2 million mentioned.
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Tottenham are supposedly in competition with Chelsea for
Valencia's left wing back Kily Gonzales. The Argentinian
could cost £10 million and David Pleat has been quoted as saying
he is a player Tottenham rate very highly, but while Valencia were
still in the Champions League, he thought that there would be no
chance of the player being allowed to leave.
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Another Spanish player catching Spurs eyes is Carlos Marchena, a
21 year old centre half who is highly rated after starring in the
under 21 and Olympic set ups this summer could be worth £5
million. Barcelona and Bayern Munich are watching the
Benfica star's situation, with the Catalan club his preferred
destination.
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Stephen Clemence is hoping to replace suspended Ben Thatcher at
left back for Spurs' game against Liverpool on Sunday, although
Ledley King or Alton Thelwell could come into the reckoning.
Sol Campbell could be back in the Spurs side sooner than expected
if his visit to a consultant on Friday gives him the all
clear. A more likely date would be that when Spurs play away
at Old Trafford on December 2.
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Further team news on that match is that Michael Owen could miss
out with a back injury, while Steven Gerrard is likely to be ruled
out with hamstring and ankle injuries. Robbie Fowler is the
only recognised forward who is left standing and manager Houllier
may be forced to recall out of favour forward Titi Camara to the
side.
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George Graham is convinced that the hard work being put in by the
players and coaching staff will pay off in proving that Spurs are
not far away from becoming a top six team again. He said
that the level of criticism is surprising when the team had a good
start and there have been quite a few injuries. He said that
he is trying to build a side for the future and that the fans
should be on the side of the team. He did think that the
myth of Tottenham only having stylish players should be
realistically reviewed, as Mackay and Maurice Norman were also
among the Double side as gritty, no-nonsense players who were not
the type of player typically associated with the club.
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Tottenham have been linked with a move for Celta Vigo's South
African striker Benni McCarthy. The £11 million rated
forward is also attracting a lot of interest from Roma, Manchester
United, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Leeds United and
Middlesbrough.
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Darren Anderton made a substitute's appearance for England in
their 0-1 defeat by Italy tonight.
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David Sullivan has denied rumours that he intends to buy Tottenham
Hotspur. He said he may or may not increase his shareholding
in Spurs to 9.9%, even though he believed the company to be
undervalued on the Stock Market. The Birmingham City
chairman said he still has a job to do with the First Division
club. However, Joe Lewis and the ENIC group may be
interested. Having been turned down by Arsenal, the
investment group who hold stakes in a number of leading European
clubs, could look at Tottenham again.
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Apparently, Brescia were considering a move for Les Ferdinand, but
have decided to go for Fabrizio Ravinelli instead.
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Rumours that Ramon Vega could start negotiating a free transfer
away from Tottenham under the Bosman ruling on January 1st 2001
are circulating. People who have a scant knowledge of the European
transfer system have come up with this ground breaking piece of
news and say that Celtic and a number of Italian clubs would be
happy to take the Swiss central defender if he feels his future
lies away from White Hart Lane.
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Former Spurs Academy coach, Ricky Hill, has been relived of the
post of Luton Town manager today.
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Newcastle United's Alain Goma has revealed that he was keen to
come to Tottenham, but a change in president at Paris St. Germain
and then Spurs' refusal to meet the asking price meant he ended up
at St. James' Park.
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Stephen Carr has been omitted from the Republic of Ireland side to
play Finland tomorrow in Dublin because of a slight calf injury.
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Darren Anderton has been left out of the England side to play
Italy in Turin tomorrow night.
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Ben Thatcher has come out in support of his colleague on the other
flank, Stephen Carr. The ex-Wimbledon man has said that if
he was negotiating, he would make sure the Republic of Ireland
international stayed at Tottenham for a long time, as he is not
making unreasonable demands. If a newly arrived member of
the squad is saying this, how do the management fail to see the
benefits of offering Carr the deal he wants ?? In light of
this and other comments which have hit the media, it is reported
that Manchester United are ready to test Tottenham's determination
to keep hold of Carr. Who else will be joining the queue ??
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It is reported on onefootball.com in an interview with Jose
Dominguez, that Kaiserslautern paid £200,000 to buy out the last
6 months of the winger's contract. The player added that he
will be able to play more of his game as GG didn't want to play
with wingers despite the fans love of his style.
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Sol Campbell has said that he is looking forward to his return to
the Tottenham team, but fears that he will have to visit the
surgeon who carried out the operation to get the go-ahead to
resume training first. The England man is looking at the
Manchester United and Arsenal fixtures as comeback dates and he is
getting fed up with waiting to get back out there in a white
shirt. He said in the official site that he is right in his
body and mind, but has to get his arm right before playing games
again. GG is hoping the Spurs captain will be back for the
visit of Liverpool on Sunday !!
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Ledley King started for England Under-2's against their Italian
counterparts, but the match in Monza was swamped in fog and
abandoned after 12 minutes.
Spurs reserves got back on the winning track with a 2-0 win over
Ipswich Town reserves tonight, courtesy of goals from Willem
Korsten (direct from a corner) and Ian Hillier.
13.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Jose Dominguez is poised to complete a move to German Bundesliga
side Kaiserslautern today. The Portuguese winger has been
out of favour since George Graham took over and has been seeking a
move away from White Hart Lane to get first team football.
The fee has not been disclosed.
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Ian Walker has said that he wants to go out on loan to get first
team match experience following his demotion to the bench
following the purchase of Neil Sullivan. He said it was not
certain if GG would entertain this notion, but as there are no
other experienced keepers on the books, except for Hans Segers, it
is unlikely that the manager would sanction a loan deal unless a
keeper is brought in for cover. The rumours linking him with
a move to West Bromwich Albion have been denied today by both
clubs. DP said he had had no contact with the Midlands club
and their manager Gary Megson said he would not be able to get
"anywhere near" the likes of Walker, who is believed to
be worth about £3 million.
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Ledley King hopes to start his season off in the England Under-21
side in Italy tomorrow. He said it would be a springboard
for him after breaking his foot in the European Under-21's
championship last summer - a competition in which England lost to
Italy 2-0.
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Luke Young has told the official website that he is still having
trouble with his foot injury, which he picked up in the game
against West Ham United, when Joe Cole sank his studs into the
Spurs defender's boot. He said it is still flaring up after
playing matches and he is concerned about the time it is taking to
clear up. He also is being wary of playing for the
Under-21's tomorrow if he will miss the Spurs game on
Sunday. With Peter Taylor in charge of the full England
squad for the Italy match, Young added that it was an incentive to
the Under-21's tat so many younger players are being introduced to
the full squad.
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Oyvind Leonhardsen hopes to be back in training in four weeks
time. The Norwegian international is hoping that treatment
on his thigh injury will allow in to test the hamstring in light
training in two to three weeks.
12.11.2000 (For other
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Porn Baron David Sullivan has said he intends to buy Spurs.
The current Birmingham City chairman has a 1% holding in the club
already, but League rules prevent him from having more than a 9.9%
share in more than one club. However, he plans to increase
his share holding shortly and intends to make a bid for the club
in due course. Sullivan was once a neighbour of Sir Alan
Sugar in Theydon Bois, but he would ideally like to have his
fingers in a number of footballing pies. He wishes to take
Birmingham City not the Premier League, have an interest in Spurs
and also put some money into Cardiff City - his home town club.
The Spurs chairman responded to this on the official site by
saying that Sullivan recognises that the club is undervalued in
it's share price and if he is really serious about buying in, he
should approach the board and they will consider issuing new
shares to take him on board. Alan Sugar said if he wants to
buy the shares for their real worth (which is in his opinion
£1.40 each) he could buy the club and then claim "Birmingham
have a Premiership nursery club." !!
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Stephen Carr is reportedly unhappy with the salary increase
offered to him by the management at White Hart Lane. It is
believed that a raise of £11,000 was offered, taking him to
around £15,000 a week - still some way short of what other
established stars are earning at Tottenham. It is feared
that the discrepancy may lead to him being unsettled with a number
of clubs watching the situation and perhaps willing to offer him
what he wants.
- Sol
Campbell is reportedly more likely to join Chelsea than Manchester
United at the end of this summer. A contract is believed to
have been offered to the Spurs captain and while he does not
appear to wish to move abroad, the chance to work under Claudio
Ranieri at Stamford Bridge is supposed to be interesting
him. We will wait and see !!
West Bromwich Albion
are looking at Spurs goalkeeper Ian Walker, even though he has
come off the transfer list. The Midlands club have come into
money as part of Ugo Ehiogu's move from Aston Villa to
Middlesbrough and see the former England keeper as a vital part of
their attempt to reach the Premier League.
The
two Manchester clubs and Newcastle United are all watching Neil Harris
of Millwall. The high scoring striker has been watched by Spurs
supposedly.
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Following David Ginola's comments about the state of Tottenham,
Ossie Ardiles reveals in a News of the World interview that he is
very sad at what Tottenham have become. He said as a Spurs
fan, he would only have Sol Campbell and Stephen Carr in his team
and that the football played is not what fans expect. He was
amazed that George Graham was appointed as his past was at Arsenal
and Ossie said that he was Tottenham through and through, so he
knew what Tottenham were all about.
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Paul Merson added his voice to the situation GG finds himself in,
saying he will never win over the Spurs fans even if he does win
trophies at the club. He went to say that Graham was strong
enough to accept this and battle on as Spurs manager.
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An object, which looked like a stone, was thrown at Paul Merson
from the Spurs supporters section as he took a corner in the match
yesterday. While it missed the Aston Villa winger, the
consequences are yet to be realised as it could be reported by the
referee to the Premier League.
11.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Spurs lost 0-2 to Aston Villa at Villa Park today. For a
match report click here.
For reaction click here.
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George Graham said he did not know why Spurs were so lacking in
confidence away from home, but that if they could get a win then
things would fall into place. He said that the team would
have to go back to basics to keep a clean sheet and then move on
from there.
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David Ginola was given a rousing reception by both sets off fans
when he came on as a second half substitute. He said
afterwards that he hoped Tottenham would get some good results
soon as the fans deserved a good team.
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Les Ferdinand had a clash of heads with Gareth Southgate which
forced the England defender to be substituted, but Les struggled
on to half-time before being replaced.
10.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Aston Villa fans are set to join in with Spurs fans tomorrow at
the match between the two clubs to shame their chairmen.
Doug Ellis and Alan Sugar have both incurred the wrath of their
fans because of their financial (mis)management of the club and
the plan is to hold up pieces of paper with a big pound sign (£)
on it as the players run out the tunnel.
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Anthony Gardner has refused the chance to go on loan to Crewe
Alexandra for a spell of first team football. The centre
half wants to stay and fight for his place in the squad.
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David Pleat refuted rumours that Spurs are interested in a £1
million bid for 18 year old Swede, Kim Kallstrom. He did say
that Tottenham had watched him in a match he played in recently
though ... which could have been the behind closed doors friendly
at Spurs Lodge :-)
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David Ginola has said that if GG has a bad season he might call it
a day as Spurs boss. The former Spurs winger said that he
could not wait for the manager to leave Spurs, so he had to get
out to Villa, where he is likely to start on the bench for them
tomorrow. He felt that Graham could not handle the
Frenchman's fame at the club, where he had a special relationship
with the fans.
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Spurs appearance record holder an former captain Steve Perryman is
going to quit managing in Japan at the end of their current
season. Perryman, who has taken Shimizu S-Pulse almost to
the top of the Asian footballing tree, feels that they can go
further under a new manager.
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David Pleat is expounding his theories on coaching on the club's
website. In one piece he says "When I see good goals
scored it is usually because there is good movement in the last
30-40 yards, some jiggery-pokery or trickiness, or even
outstanding pace which may lead to a penalty. Quality in the
attacking third is absolutely vital." Well ,that sums
it all up. Jiggery I will tolerate, but I will not stand for
pokery !!
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Leeds United are the latest club to express an interest in Stephen
Carr should he choose to leave Tottenham if his contract talks are
not satisfactory. However, they, Liverpool and Manchester
United should all be aware that he still has three years to run on
his current deal.
9.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Ian Walker is considering asking for his name to be taken off the
transfer list. He contends that he acted hastily and that he
wants to stay at Spurs, despite the fact that he is unhappy at not
being in the first team at the moment.
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Young Swedish superstar Kim Kallstrom will cost Spurs £2 million
if they want to bring him to White Hart Lane. The 18 year
old midfielder is rated at £1 million by David Pleat, but he will
have to double this to get FC Hacken to release him. It
appears that the youngster has been training with Spurs over the
last couple of weeks and it was he who scored the mystery goal in
the secret Reserves friendly, when the club would not reveal the
name of the trialist.
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Anthony Gardner is happy with his form back at centre half for the
reserves despite the 0-3 reverse at Pride Park on Tuesday.
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Darren Anderton is the only Tottenham inclusion in the England
squad for next week's friendly against Italy.
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Neil Sullivan has been selected for the Scotland squad to face
Australia in a friendly next week.
Luke
Young and Ledley King have been called into the England Under-21 squad
to face a friendly against Italy's Under-21's on Tuesday next
week.
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Spurs Under-18's have been drawn at home to Bradford City in the
Times FA Youth Cup. The match must be played on or before
December 9th.
Tottenham Under 17's match
at Spurs Lodge against Birmingham City on Saturday 11th November
has had the kick-off put back to Noon.
- Former
Spurs winger, Andy Turner has left Rotherham United for a spell on
loan at non-league Boston United.
8.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Steffen Iversen hopes to be back in action in December after his
knee operation. The keyhole surgery was to remove a piece of
cartilage and he feels that 2-3 weeks should be long enough to
recover from it.
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Steffen Freund, however, will be out for another three weeks with
a hamstring injury.
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Tottenham are denying that they underestimated demand for tickets
to the game at Manchester United, despite 100 unsuccessful
applicants from season ticket holders. The club are saying
that instead of taking 3,000 tickets and having to pre-pay for
those which might not be sold, they took the next allocation down,
which was 2,500.
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David Ginola is hoping to be fit to face Tottenham on Saturday
after completing a behind closed doors friendly against
Wolverhampton Wanderers reserves. He has been struggling
with a torn muscle injury since he joined Aston Villa in the
summer and has yet to play a full match for the first team.
7.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Stories circulating today hint that David Pleat has met with Geoffrey
Richmond, Bradford City's chairman, in a London hotel to discuss
taking over as manager of the Yorkshire club. The idea is he
would bring through caretaker manager Stuart McCall in due course to
take over at the Bantams. He said later that he had spoken to
no-one from Bradford City. What, never David ??
Meanwhile Pleat has been saying
that Watford would be spoken to if they approached the club through
the right channels (a phrase he uses often when talking about
attacking play too) about Tim Sherwood joining the Hornets in a £2.5
million deal. Watford might have some trouble matching their
former player's salary at White Hart lane though.
DP also laughed off attempts to
link Spurs to a move for Titi Camara, stating that there is no more
interest in him now than when the Liverpool forward was on trial with
the club two years ago.
Not content with all that, Pleat
then went on to criticise Stephen Carr for complaining about the
contract negotiations taking place. DP said that the club would
not conduct their dealings in the media and although Carr had signed
an extension to his contract recently, the club did respect him and
wanted to keep him happy and contented at White Hart Lane.
Perhaps not criticising him might do that. eh ??
Luke
Young is enjoying playing as a sweeper in GG's new formation, but
fears that it will return to a flat back four when Sol Campbell
returns form injury.
Spurs
reserves lost 0-3 at Pride Park tonight to a Deon Burton hat-trick.
6.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Stephen Carr has said on his website (http://www.icons.com/carr/home.html)
that he wants to be on a par with other first-teamers at Tottenham
after his transfer talks with David Pleat scheduled for
Thursday. He said that if Tottenham cannot meet his demands,
it seems strange that they keep picking him for the first team if
he isn't worth the same as everyone else.
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Malmo are viewing Spurs youngster Jon Jonsson as a possible target
for their coming season. The Swedish club believe that the
17 year old is unsettled after joining Spurs last year. The
report on Opta Football says Spurs might settle for a loan spell
at the club to allow Jonsson some first team football.
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The same site revealed that Niall Quinn is the most fouled player
in the Premier League and Don Hutchinson is a close second.
Not surprising when Quinn pushes and shoves to get a reaction,
while the former Everton man appears to throw himself at the
slightest challenge.
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Ramon Vega thanked God for Kevin Phillips' penalty miss on
Saturday. He said that Spurs were lucky and then went on to
make Sunderland pay.
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George Graham and Tin Sherwood are keen to get the club into sixth
place to qualify for Europe next season. Both feel that
apart from Manchester united and Arsenal, the other teams can be
caught.
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Chris Armstrong said on the official site that he probably
couldn't have lasted much longer than his 20 minute substitute
appearance against Sunderland. He said that he had no
reaction to his previous injuries and although short of match
fitness, he will be looking to build that up as the matches come
along. The goal on Saturday was his tenth in his last 14 games he
has played (including last season).
Mark Gower has impressed
Wigan Athletic boss Bruce Rioch with a goal in a secret friendly
against Bolton Wanderers and might get a chance in the first team
this week. Wigan would want to take him on loan initially,
before deciding whether to sign him permanently for a nominal fee.
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Ben Thatcher's dismissal against Sunderland for two yellow card
offences has earned him a one match ban which will mean he misses
the visit of Liverpool on Sunday 19th November.
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Eidur Gudjonsen of Chelsea might be moving to Manchester City for
£4.5 million this week. If Tottenham are looking for a new
forward, then he is in London already and could be a good buy for
Spurs as he supported them as a kid.
5.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Birmingham City are interested in taking Stephen Clemence to St.
Andrews. The Spurs midfielder impressed Trevor Francis on
Tuesday despite Tottenham's defeat in the Worthington Cup tie.
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The Sunday People report that Spurs have made an enquiry about £4
million rated Liverpool striker Titi Camara, who Spurs had on loan
at the start of the summer of 1998. This price could be £3
million, depending on which source you read, but he has been
criticised for his poor attitude by Gerard Houllier and this would
not have endeared him to George Graham I would have thought.
Leeds United, Everton, Aston Villa and Manchester City are also
interested in the Guinean international.
- Darren
Anderton is reputedly asking for £30,000 a week to stay at Spurs
after his contract expires at the end of the season. he said
he does not want to leave the club as there is still the hope that
they can challenge for a top six spot, but his wage demands might
meet some reluctance from the management at the club.
- One
report today indicates that Watford might be ready to ask old-boy
Tim Sherwood to return to Vicarage Road. The Spurs
midfielder could be used by the club as a make-weight should they
wish to pursue their interest in forward Tommy Smith and Watford
are watching the stand-in Spurs captain's situation closely.
4.11.2000 (For other
Spurs history on this day click here)
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Spurs beat Sunderland 2-1 at White Hart lane this afternoon with goals
from Tim Sherwood and Chris Armstrong. For a match report click here.
For reaction, click here.
Mark
Gower is on trial at Wigan Athletic for a week with a view to a loan
spell there. He was the subject of an enquiry from Barnet
recently, but the Third Division club was given no encouragement over
the young midfielder.
Mauricio
Taricco has urged Spurs fans to get behind the team and if they have
to vent their feelings to do so after the match. He said that GG
is trying to recreate something successful at Tottenham and the whole
squad are keen to put the smiles back on Spurs fans faces.
Tim
Sherwood has said he wants the Spurs fans and everyone at the club to
get together to get behind the team. This is a bit rich from
someone who said that football fans know nothing !!
It
was revealed today that Sven Goran Eriksson, the new England manager,
almost came to White Hart Lane. when Keith Burkinshaw had made
it clear that he was going t leave Tottenham at the end of the 1983-84
season ,chairman Irving Scholar tried to make Eriksson the Spurs
boss. However, he was two days too late and the Swedish coach
had left Benfica and agreed to take over at Roma.
3.11.2000
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George Graham has said that Tottenham will have to rollup their
sleeves and be as committed as Sunderland for tomorrow's match at
White Hart Lane.
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Alex Fynn, football and finance writer, has said that he believes
George Graham will leave Spurs before the end of the season
through ill-health. The arthritis that played him up last
season will not allow him to continue as manager at White Hart
Lane. He believes that it is pride and obstinacy that is
keeping GG going, but he fears that his need to earn money is not
pressing and his wife might persuade him to walk away from the job
after seeing his good friend, George Armstrong, die last
week.
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Sergei Rebrov will return to the Tottenham attack after a break
through injury with a thigh strain. Steffen Freund will be
out for a month after suffering a hamstring problem on Tuesday
night. Ramon Vega will be left out, apparently to save his
feelings, with the Spurs fans likely to get after him with
criticism of Tuesday night's performance.
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The Under-17's match away to Millwall is postponed because the
pitch has been deemed waterlogged, but the Under-19's game against
Chelsea at home will still go ahead.
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Barry Fry, who was at Tottenham's game against Birmingham City on
Tuesday, hopes to take Jose Dominguez to London Road with
Peterborough United. He thinks he is one of the most
talented players he has ever worked with (and he should know, he's
had Jason (Pineapple Head) Lee in his side) and would like him to
join up with his former manager. It is conceivable that
Dominguez might go on loan, but as a free agent, he will probably
wait until January to decide where his future lies.
Stephen Carr has been called
up by the Republic of Ireland for the friendly against Finland on
November 15.
Emile
Heskey will miss Liverpool's match against Tottenham on November
19th because of his ban for being sent off on Wednesday against
Chelsea in the Worthington Cup.
2.11.2000
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News arrives today that "Tottenham are to spend their way out
of trouble". Excuse me for being flippant, but I will
believe that when I see it and especially if it is spent on decent
players, not the sort of Andy Gray, Kevin Scott, Ronnie Rosenthal
panic buys of yesteryear. Graham did say he would not spend
the money on players that he would regret buying in a few months
time though.
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He went on to add that he would be happy to introduce young
players into the team at the moment, except for the response the
crowd are producing towards him and the team. He feels it
would affect their long term development to play in such a hostile
atmosphere.
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Kim Kallstrom, the FC Hacken Swedish wonder kid, has won the
"Comet of the Year" trophy for the best newcomer of the
season in Sweden. The 18 year old midfielder has had a trial
with Spurs and is being watched by some Italian clubs, but he is
happy that the season has gone well for him.
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Mauricio Taricco is back in training after his groin
operation. He has started light jogging, but has had no
reaction to the surgery.
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A mystery Scandinavian is allegedly on trial with Spurs and played
for the reserves in their 1-1 draw with Gillingham reserves
yesterday, scoring Tottenham's goal. The official site
refused to name the player (or didn't know it !!) and the cloak
and dagger attitude implies that they fear he will be snatched
from under our noses if he was identified. Not that that
sort of thing would veer happen to Tottenham.
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Les Ferdinand has said that the players are just as hurt by the
defeats they are suffering as the fans are. He said that
Spurs should have done better from the chances they had !!
No, you should have done better with the chances you had Les.
A shock signing could be revealed
before Saturday's match with GG thought to have been in Spain,
Italy or France yesterday to watch a game and David Pleat was out watching
Cambridge United vs. Millwall last weekend. So hold your
breath for the re-signing of Stephen Slade or Stuart Nethercott
!! In fact the young Irish forward at Millwall, Richard
Sadlier, could be the target. Neil Harris is the better buy
in my opinion as we need a Clive Allen style finisher at the
moment.
Steffen Freund could be out
for a month after pulling his hamstring in Tuesday night's defeat
by Birmingham City.
Johnnie Jackson has been
called up by the England Under-18 coach for the squad to play
Belgium later in November.
1.11.2000
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George Graham has said he would not quit Tottenham and that this
is a real test for him, the like of which he has not experienced
since his early managerial career at Millwall. He said last
night's defeat was embarrassing and the defensive display in the
first half was the worst since he arrived at the club. He
said he could not believe it. Join the rest of us George
!!
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Steffen Freund, who limped off early in last night's match with a
hamstring injury, hopes that a scan will reveal that is not the
same injury that kept him out of the Tottenham side for eight
weeks last season.
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It was revealed that George Graham jetted out on a scouting
mission after last night's game, although he would not reveal the
name of his target.
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Samuel Cabellero of Honduras club Olimpia, has said that he is
determined to move to the Premier League. His club say that
talks are 80% complete for the 25 year old defender and the
English club in question is rumoured to be Newcastle United,
Coventry City or Tottenham.
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Spurs are reported to have been turned down by Jesper Gronkjaer of
Ajax, who will move to Chelsea in January after he has overcome
his injured hip.
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