Spurs to bid for EXCELLENT £12m star: Will surely help Ramos top four push
by Mr Comfort on August 7th, 2008
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Juande Ramos is reportedly all set to bid for a Rangers favourite as the Scottish side prepares for a season without European football and the cash they would have claimed from a Champions League adventure.
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SPURS are ready to prey on Rangers’ £12million Euro misery with a swoop for Carlos Cuellar.
Cuellar, right, is known to Spurs boss Juande Ramos, left, from his time in La Liga with Osasuna.
Spurs scouts saw some of his excellent displays last season while monitoring £9m Alan Hutton.
And they could move for £12m-rated Cuellar as a direct replacement for outgoing stopper Younes Kaboul.
Gers’ Champions League defeat in Lithuania blew a massive hole in their income streams.
It also left shattered gaffer Walter Smith, right, with little cash to rebuild his squad.
Smith may be forced to sell before he can add the newcomers he so badly needs. And Premier League predators are now hovering over Ibrox and preparing bids for some of his key stars. (Scottish Sun)
Rangers fans worry that Newcastle and Spurs target Cuellar could be sold to make up financial shortfall after Euro exit
Walter Smith’s summer signings and the future of fans’ favourite and star property Carlos Cuellar are also certain to be high on the agenda.
The session was arranged before the Champions League calamity in Kaunas and the Rangers Supporters’ Assembly, an umbrella organisation, will lead the grilling with representatives flying in from North America, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Northern Ireland.
Cuellar’s absence from the Kaunas games means he could play in Europe for any buyer and, after a superb first season, he would command a fee that would recoup much of the £10million hole that the exit will leave on the Ibrox balance sheet. (Mail Online)
Some reports suggest that the Spaniard had been eager to pledge his allegiance to the Glasgow outfit but following their embarrassing defeat to Lithuanian opponents in the Champions League qualifying round it appears he have to be on his way. Walter Smith will not want to sell one of his prized assets but he may have no choice if he needs to make up for the lost revenue, the Rangers fans will be very upset if they lost Cuellar who won multiple awards last season for his consistent performances at the heart of the Ibrox defence. Such a signing would be fantastic news for Tottenham how have an excellent partnership in Woodgate and King but not much else to call upon in the centre back position and Carlos would definitely challenge them all the way for a first team spot. Do Spurs fans think this signing would be a great addition to an already impressive squad and do Rangers fans think they will lose the former Osasuna man?
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Tagged Under: Premier League, Rangers FC, Scottish Premier League, tottenham, Transfer Rumours
Yid87 - August 7th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
i refuse to believe he is any good he is that old and never been anywhere or done anything. he should probably stick to this level!
1spurs - August 7th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
who ever keeps giveing this feedback is getting on my fu..ing nerves its loads shit after shit please somebody post somethink worth posting
Yid80 - August 7th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
he looks a decent centre half the games i have seen him play… but big gamble at silly money like 10mil+ I would say more like 5 with add on if he fulfils potential
Yiddo's for Life - August 7th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Sky Sports News has said we are close to bringing Corluka to the lane, don’t see where Cuellar comes in now.
1spurs - August 7th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
yid 80 how old is he
graham roberts - August 7th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
seen this guy play a few times very big and strong and good in the air which is whats required in scotland. Dont know if he would be quick enough in the premier league though but could learn to adjust. Think 12 million is a bit steep if it were my money 6-7 million is all i would pay. Where are all the good defenders nowadays apart from rio and john terry and of course the king. Seems like everyone is an attacker these days so when a half decent defender comes along his price is sky high. Because we are the cash cow tottenham at the minute we will probably pay thirteen million anyway. with all due respect he plays in the spl and this sort of money is a big risk for an unproven player at this level. Only last year micah richards price was 15 million and he is a proven performer. keep the money spurs
Stuart - August 7th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
we are definately top 4
abbeyid - August 7th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
we could even finish top 3 i reckon
1spurs - August 7th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
i have herd tonight that st petersburg close to getting danny has a replacement for arsharvin does this mean we could be close to getting him i wonder
Pete Buxton - August 7th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
My name is, my name is, my name is, Pete Buxton….. I waffle rubbish and have learned to post on t’internet..
Dan - August 7th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Nice one Petey Polden…
Borat - August 7th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
26 years old
1spurs - August 7th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
cheers borat whats 87 saying he is so old dont sound old to me
Scorpion - August 7th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Cuellar is most definitely not “crap”. He is an excellent defender and he is not “old”. Whoever said that is probably ten. Eighteen year olds look old to you. Having said that I can tell you for a fact (don’t ask) that Corluka will sign sooner rather than later and that would probably leave Cuellar on the outside looking in.
1spurs - August 7th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
well said scorpion looked good when i have seen him play to mate
wayne king - August 7th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Cuellar is an extremely solid and capable CB. Certainly the type of player to come in and provide much better cover for King than Daws can, although I doubt the fee he’d command would be anywhere near £12m, more like half that probably. However, Corluka is proven in this league and looks a class act, so I’d rather he came in than Cuellar.
Ikin8theArse - August 7th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Even after the loss of Defoe Keane and Berbs our weakness is, and always has been, at the back, so if a player of Cuellars calibre is available we should grab him and that goes for Corluka too. We’ve never built from the back and thats how Ramos worked at Seville. Ramos WILL take us forward - trust him.
davy41 - August 7th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Well said Ikin8theArse we should buy both for 12ml total this would give us the cover at the back and midfield we need and sell Zakora,Ghaly Boetang,Huddlestone ,Stalterri and Dawson to help pay for them AND for gods sake buy another striker.
GIYYGUVBUHB - August 7th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
RAMOS DID START BUILDING FROM THE BACK U MUG ,WOODGATE?HUTTON?EVEN OLDMAN GILBERTO. U CANT BUY A WHOLE NEW TEAM IN A SUMMER I FEEL ITS A WINWIN SITUTION WITH THESE TWO DEFENDERS ALTHOUGH I KNOW MORE ABOUT CUELLAR. AFTER THIS I REALLY HOPE WE GET ARSHAVIN ,I DONT KNOW WHAT RAMOS SAID TO HIM BUT HE SEEMS LIKE HE REALLY WONTS TO JOIN AND HES TWICE AS GOOD AS KEANE.
the other cuellar - August 8th, 2008 at 12:00 am
ola heveryjuan, ji jam carlos’ brother and ji can state that this is a transfer that would definitely interest carlos. He is a big, how you say, hadmirer of Senor Ramos and would be very happy to play hin the EPL.
Ji Jam not sure whether contacy jas bin made yet but ji know that carlo would be up for the challendge… watch this space…
JD - August 8th, 2008 at 6:14 am
CORLUKA HAS PROVEN HIMSELF IN THE EPL SO IT MAKES SENSE TO SIGN HIM , BUT FOR FECK SAKE RAMOS GET HUNTELAAR NOW!!! ARSHAVIN MUST ALSO BE GOT , AND VILLA THE ICEING ON THE CAKE , FOR FECK SAKE GET A MOVE ON YOU THINK YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WHAT DO YOU THINK ITS LIKE DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM AT LEAST YOU CAN GO HOME AND COUNT YOUR MONEY I AND THE LIKES OF US GO HOME THATS ALL . GET HUNTELAAR , GET HUNTELAAR , GET HUNTELAAR “NOW ” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C . O . Y . S .
Jacks sweaty blood grapes - August 8th, 2008 at 8:55 am
YEP cuellar real good defender, dont think he is cup tied but i can see corluka getting in instead
bananaboy - August 8th, 2008 at 11:09 am
its a parrot with a keyboard
meesterlee - August 8th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Boumsong anybody?
my birds a gooner so i do her anal - August 8th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
dont care bout this shite, but i do care about these phuqqin Owen rumours!!! why would we even think about this short arsed little insignificant miniscule c()nt coming to Spurs1!!?? hes a loser and waste of dosh, and hes LITTLE……very fukkin LITTLE and no fukkkin good, and hes also very LITTLE1!! a half pint of piss in a fukkin wine glass…..eat pig shit and fukkin DIE OWEN you LITTLE bag of sh!te!!!!!!!!!!!
Darrell - August 8th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
is it me or is any body else worried about our lack of forwards, just pay the extra 3 mil for ashavin, the later we leave it the more likley some body will snap him up
abbeyid - August 8th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
i think we will finish top 2 ramos top geezer
55555555555555-1 - August 9th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
JD ITS NOT AS EASY AS THAT GETTING THE PLAYERS WE WANT.
billy the yid - August 10th, 2008 at 9:23 am
abbey yid what are you on?
sPuRsAdDiCt - August 11th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Cuellars vs Corluka
Cuellars is far better defender compare to Corluka. More experiense and a good stopper compere to Corluka. One of our major problem is not lacks of defender butr lack of experience. Let the young one learn from the elder. One of the advantage if we sign Corluka is, he use to play with modric.
daviebhoy - August 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Ive said this on another thread and ill say it here RANGERS SIGNED THE BRACED TOOTHED ONE FOR £2,000,000…OK…So if he was such a quality player WHY did not one english prem,spanish top club(real,barca,valencia),or serie A club bid for him????He had a GOOD season in the SCOTTISH league(im a celtic fan so i aint slagging S.P.L)..and rangers got to the final of the UEFA Cup by playing the most boring and defensive football that quite possibly i or any other football loving fan has ever seen..so basically cuellar was made to look better cos he had so much bloody work to do being that rangers were being hammered for 90 mins then pinching it in the last 10 seconds or winning on pens!!!!NUFF SAID..