Spurs in MEGA £57m quartet planned bids: THREE good, ONE not worth the money!
by Mr Comfort on July 21st, 2008
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It appears that Ramos is already busily coming up with ways to spend the cash he will get from the sales of Keane and Berbatov. At least that’s what this source will have us believe!
Juande Ramos will launch a £57million spending spree after being promised all the cash from the sale of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane.
The Spurs boss is planning a quadruple swoop for strikers Diego Milito and Roman Pavlyuchenko, plus wingers David Bentley and Diego Capel.
Real Zaragoza are ready to sell Milito for £10m after their relegation from La Liga.
Ramos plans to team him up with Pavlyuchenko, the man who scored both of Russia’s goals when they beat England in a Euro 2008 qualifier last October.
Spartak Moscow have already rejected Tottenham’s £10m bid for the 26-year-old striker, and claim they will not sell to a club who have not qualified for the Champions League.
But the Londoners are confident an improved offer of about £15m will clinch a deal.
Blackburn snubbed Spurs’ £12m offer for Bentley last week and will not sell for less than £17m. Seville left winger Capel, 20, could cost at least £15m.
Spurs’ initial £12.5m bid for Capel included the proviso the Spaniards dropped their £3m compensation claim for Ramos. (The Sun)
Well this is the mother of all spending sprees, but could it really happen? Clearly if Ramos was forced to sell Dimitar and Robbie, then the cash would surely be given to the Spaniard to replace them? Of the quartet mentioned in this report, I would have thought that Milito and Capel were Ramos’ most sought-after targets as they seem to suit the style of play that the former Sevilla manager is looking to move towards. Who would Spurs fans like to see at the club if they do end up losing their dream team strike-pairing?
joe dudley - July 21st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
diego milito is a good player but 10 mill for a player who is nearly 30 is too much and ramos has been quoted as saying he is buying youth ashavin wuld be a better buy for about 16m and huntelaar for about 18
forget bentley dont need him but i would definately move for capel young and one for the future with bale and capel attacking from the left a fearsome sight we still need some covering defenders though
Maybe Juande - July 21st, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Personally I would like Yakubu from Everton or Martins from Newcastle and give Bent a crack of the whip for another season perhaps backed up by Peckhart. Spend the money on strength in depth
MKSPURS - July 21st, 2008 at 8:55 pm
We need a decent defender just in case of King or Woody being injured!!
davspurs - July 21st, 2008 at 9:00 pm
THE RUSSION NO THE SPANIARD NO AND BENTLEY NOT WORTH THE MONEY GO FOR SANTA OR ZIDIC OR KANOUTE OR VILLA NO CAPEL WE HAVE LENNON AND ROSE DOS WIIL SEND IN THE CROSS ZIDIC AND PERKHART TO SIX FOOT SEVEN PLAYERS COME ON Y SPURS GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORY GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORY TOTTENHAM. HOTSPUR. WHEN THE GIENTS GO MARCHING IN
cello - July 21st, 2008 at 9:01 pm
bentley and capel, with huntelaar and /or pavlyuchenco. let the kid Peckhart have a sniff too. is top young talent we dont have to spend a fortune on!
best bit of all this, dont forget is the manager. awesome.
matt - July 21st, 2008 at 9:02 pm
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Scorpion - July 21st, 2008 at 9:14 pm
All 4 are worthy of pulling on a Spurs shirt. Milito is class, never mind his age. Bayern Munich took Luca Toni 2 years older and he led the league in scoring two years in a row. Class is class regardless of age.
I read a lot of negative comments about our supposed weakness on defense. I do not agree.
First of all a back line of Hutton Woodgate King and Bale is pure gold.
Who do we have as back up? Gilberto at left back still a Brazilian national. Gunter at any position is rated as a better prospect for the future than Bale. High praise but it comes from Cardiff management who claim he will be a world class center back. Dawson, who I have moaned about a bit but was excellent in his first year playing alongside King. Had his confidence knocked about a bit last year but an excellent prospect for improvement. He did play almost all year for a 5th.place team. Zakora, who looked better at CD than anywhere else. Huddlestone who also played CD very well. O Hara who can play just about anywhere. There are also several bright young prospects being given a chance to contribute this year. I personally don’t see a problem even if we start the year with what we have. Let’s face it most of the defensive problems last year can be attributed to a very poor Robinson and the midfield not back tracking, which is a big reason why it is being overhauled.
DublinYid - July 21st, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Love you too Matt. Why should we be chasing Shaved Arse when he publicly stated that he does not want to play for Spurs ??
Ok we will bid the highest, but the thoughts of the little fucker dragging his heels into WHL to sign the ACME contract that they produce these days in the EPL, would choke me.
cobra - July 21st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
definetely barry, and aston villa want kaboul , so good deal for both teams, we do not need capel and bentley, we only need one of them, we need a decent striker, not arshavin, modric and dos santos can play the way he plays, we dont need him, for me santa cruz or milito would be good, we do not need a centre half, as i have been told by numerous people, gunter can play ,anywhere along the back line, hes going to be big, and gilberto would be one of my defensive midfielders, next to huddlestone, jenas is a sub or sell, no more than that, and taarabt is getting his act together with the squad, and passing the ball to his team mates, thats all he did wrong was never passing the ball, he played a through ball to dos santos, for bents goal, and also scored a good goal as well, and lennon looks like hes doing alright as well , hope so, so fellow spurs fans, ramos will make tottenham play football matches, for the whole of the match, instead of just 1 half. COYS
cobra - July 21st, 2008 at 9:43 pm
good season ahead for spurs , without sulky and judas in the dressing room.
COYS
marc - July 21st, 2008 at 9:58 pm
im a liverpool fan…i hope for spurs sake they get some of these players..bentley has said he wants to move back to london so this could be on the cards..chelsae are more interested in higher profile players ,and he wont be goin back to arsenal…militio is a good striker for 4/5 m euro…id stay clear of the Russian ….maybe Kanoute would be better he,s been there before and w. ham plus he worked under ramos…so this would be the best option…but id be also thinking about a quality holding midfielder..selling carrick was amistake ..in anyway if you lose your top two strikers and also Defoe…and you dont make some big signings you are goin to struggle next year ..
jj - July 21st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
What about Suazo who plays in one of the south american leagues, a great deal of clubs in europe have been linked with him.
nobby - July 21st, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I think you can count on some “fireworks” if the front two changes. Would rather there were no changes till next year,Benitez should be gone by then.With no changes and Capel with bentley added i’d go with that. Silva might be good too add a bit of Depth.
yoni - July 21st, 2008 at 10:36 pm
arhsavin is another berbatov in waiting, no need for a moddy, high demanding loner. bent is there, and needs to play regularly as a front man banging in goals like he did sor sorry charlton, and the eight last term in which he never played, not bad IMO. as good as a new signing for the two premodanas out the door. oh and peckart looks the part and is young..so why get caught up wasting money. spend it elsewhere, maybe capel or barry or even bentley..although dont think i want him as he reminds me of beckham , great foot, great passer, not much else going forward. we have lennon,gio,tarrabt,jenas,modric. so another DM would do, andn defender, but agree that we could keep kaouul and utilise gunter, as well as gilberto. we will be better off.
COYS
kris - July 21st, 2008 at 11:04 pm
the best thing to do is sell bent and berba.. keep robbie and sign villa also have pekhart as a sub striker hes finally got his big chance hes been after for so long so i am sure hes gonna grab onto it!!!
Jack Chapman e11 - July 21st, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I recon we will sell : Cerny , Robinson , chimbonda , kaboul, lee, gardner, malbraunque,tanio, lennon, bent and kean.In retyurn buy :Gomes, arshavin , modric , dos santos, capel , bentley , david villa , podolski, barry , and pavlechenco what a team we will have if we do get these players !!! CUMON YOU SPURS!!
dave - July 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 am
this pekhart thing is snow balling now. please only comment if you have actually seen him play regularly, i have, and would suggest only using him as 4th choice this season. he has great potential and deserves some chances but to heap pressure on him as 3rd or even 1st/2nd choice striker could really stunt his development. be patient, hes a player who requires maturity to really excel and will get there if we do things right.
Yid4life - July 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 am
get arshavin in!!! just watched his vid on youtube check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRxxurh0xg
shame robbies is just as good
Kevin Boatang - July 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I would say that the Milito thing is rubbish paper talk. Bentley will happen, Capel I’m not sure about. We have been linked with him for long enough and are meant to have bid, but with the team we have and young players like Gio, Taraabt and Bostock (playing pre-season which is interesting) I can’t see where he goes except the bench. Arshavin sounds like agent speak and I’m not keen, he’s 27 and my transfer motto is not to buy off of a championship.
My policy? Take the cash for Sulkatov and the traitor Keane, buy Bentley (consistant for one thing) and look at Barry, we need a solid player rather than Jenas who I just don’t think Ramos rates. We don’t need a centre half as I don’t think Daws is leaving and we have youngsters (we really need to start getting them into the team).
I say throw the lot at Eto’o. The stumbling block was wages which can be overcome with a big signing on fee from our new funds and bonuses. He would ruin the prem. Team:
Eto’o
Gio Modric Bentley
Huddlestone Barry
Bale King Woodgate Hutton
Gomes
No that is a team my friends! This would destroy most teams and would be something that would progress on at a rate of knots. With players like Dawson, Gunter, Jenas, Zokora, Bent, Pekhart, Gilberto, Lennon, Bostock, Taraabt…… the squad would be very strong to boot.
jebote - July 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
all i can say is if this is true …..[ which i doubt ]
spurs will have 0% chance of making the top 4 that the crave.
milito bentley are highly overated ..
capel wouldnt be a bad buy but would be risky trying to play him in the first team for his first season.
as for roman pavlyuchenko .. all i can say is that he misses at least 10 times more chances than he takes. good striker.yes. brilliant.no.berbatov replacement??? if thats the case ramos has problems.
alan - July 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
wake up you lot you are all in alice in wonderland again. You are a selling club
alan - July 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
you are all mad
Kevin Boatang - July 22nd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Jog on Alan
Oldson - July 22nd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
To all you anti Yids out there -
1) We are a selling club - !!! - players have to go, some of them we dont want to see go but the club has to move on - if we werent a buying club we wouldnt have spent the money we have over the last few seasons - so check before you speak a load of bollocks please.
2) Berba and Keane - Berba - his move was always expected even at the beginning of the last season if we get the money quoted thats been good business for us! - Keano - has been a loyal servant to the club, will be gutted when he leaves but he has to do what he has to do.
I’m not sure who Ramos should go and buy with all this cash, I’d like to see 1 more central defender and then a couple of decent strikers - it would just be nice if you could read this article without having to listen to all the dickheads out there - Ramos knows what he is doing lets have this conversation again at the end of the season - COYS!!!!
Oldson - July 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Just to clarify my 1) point - we are not a selling club
RAY - July 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
RAMOS KNOWS BEST BUT IF CAPEL OR VILLA ARE AVAILABLE I WOULD GO FOR THEM.THEY ARE WORTH THE MONEY,BUT 17MIL FOR BENTLEY MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN
Spurt - July 22nd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
If we lose Berb/Keane, we only need 1 target man (my choice Pavlyachenko) as well as Capel on left, bed it in, bank the balance and go for Bentley in Jan. transfer window ….if required
Spurt - July 22nd, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Changed my mind, just watched Arshavin,on utube, great balance, q.fast, v.confident, but best of all two footed!!!………..so it’s him or Capel then!
gunner - July 22nd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
ur pissing in the wind if u think arshavin is going to shite hart lane
gunner - July 22nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
how does it feel spurs to have all of YOUR players leave….
now u no how we feel every fuckin season!
alan - July 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
57million zzzzzzzzzzz wake upThey make these headlines up you know, and you idiots believe them.
Billy the Yid - July 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Alan is spot on. i for one will not renew at the lane next year to watch 3rd rate players like Lennon,jenas,Bent and chim bloody bonda im afraid we will always be in the shadow of our neighbours we cant compete Wenger is a Genious
Luke - July 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
hahaha spurs. what a crock of shit. you guys are such dicks
norwAy Red - July 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Lads, Spuds will be 5th, so why get so excited.
Gomes, a decent keeper
Hutton and Bale, good wing backs
King, a crocked injured git ….woodgate is good too
modric is class, dos santos is overrated, if he was so great, why the fuck would he go to the great bottom half finishing spurs …tell me someone.????? huddlestone is decent….
ur forwards are off to merseyside and manchester….my lord…u think capel can cut it in the premiership???
go on spurs dream all u like…BUT FACE THE MOTHER FUCKING FACTS
EVERY YEAR U SAY TOP 4
buying darrent bent and the lot last year…displace liverpool and arsenal…u are shit and will be … and if im not mistaken, do u even play in europes premier club competition???????
OR HAVE U EVER FUCKING WON IT U MOTHER FUCKING CUNTS????
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND HUMP UR MAMA’s
ADIOS
Billy the Yid - July 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Get real us spurs fans we had Englands No1 goalie £25m Berbatov
£20m Bent the Irish captain Keane so called stars of the future in Jenas and Lennon last year and finished in bottom half even below the hammers, thats how bad we are and next year worst . who wants to come to us?
Elliot - July 28th, 2008 at 8:09 am
But everybody here says that the could buy mitlito frmo spain for like 4/5m euro’s…
but I read somewehere that they not willing to let him go, only for more then 15m euro’s so I say go for Huntelaar(he’s really good), and/or pavlyuchenko, and why not Eto’o? he’s laving barca for so little money why not go for it?
and we still got Villa, it seems that spurs got enough moneu 2 get attract him….
and I think they don’t need 2 worry about they defense they’re a lot of players that could play by the side of king, bale, jutton, woodgate…
and the midfield; I think tat bentley isn’t good enough 2 help spurs out…
so what about modric he’s also really good player, but I think this young team needs a vetran midfielder(like scholes) but cheaper….
that’s waht I think about al;l this