Spurs move for DREAM £8m striker!
by Mr Comfort on September 2nd, 2008
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It appears that whilst a move to north London to join the Ramos revolution would have been a ‘dream’ move for this Reading man it appears his club decided they would avoid the nightmare of losing another of their strikers!
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Kevin Doyle’s dream move to Tottenham Hotspur collapsed last night after the club were unable to contact Reading officials before the transfer window slammed shut.
Spurs’ top target was Wigan striker Emile Heskey but the Latics turned down a £10m bid for the England frontman.
Spurs fan Doyle, who scored a hat-trick in Reading’s 4-2 win over Crystal Palace last weekend, was thought to be manager Juande Ramos’ second choice and they were willing to pay £7m for the Republic of Ireland international.However Sportsmail understands Reading, who were aware of Spurs’ interest prior to the transfer window closing, were reluctant to let the 24-year-old leave without having enough time to find a suitable replacement. (Daily Mail)
£8m rated Doyle will surely be seething if this report is accurate mind you it’s from the Daily Mail so chances are it isn’t to be totally trusted. The Reading man has shown he is capable of being successful in the Premier League and whilst it’s understandable that the Royals don’t want to lose the Irishman surely it would have been advisable to at least inform the striker of the interest so he could consider the offer himself! Do Spurs fans think that form Cork City striker would have been a good addition to the White Hart Lane squad?
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Tagged Under: Premier League, Reading FC, tottenham, Transfer Rumours
Greg - September 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Hilarious, i feel sorry for the guy. I mean its probably just Daily Mail rubbish but if we really made a move for him and he was none the wiser then that’s not gonna make him a happy bunny
Dermot - September 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
All in all Juande had a great summer in the transfer market, the players he lost basically screwed the club over and the players he chose to sell were deadwood. Doyle wouldn’t have been good enough even if it was his ‘dream’ move.
JJ - September 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Heskey…Doyle…real champions league standard players these!!!!
For F*ck sake!!
billiospur - September 2nd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Mr Comfort ,rye no you risten to your own cwap
JohnnyB - September 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Silly season is now officially over…please give it a rest for 5 minutes!
Pol - September 2nd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Kevin Doyle -whose that a poor man’s Rasiak ?- If Levy did have a late bid for Ashavin turned down and its true that his agent is already starting to try and broker another deal can Spurs afford to wait until January before we see the next another episode of “call my bluff”,
Why doesn’t Levy get Zenit and Arshavin to sign some form of a pre -contract agreement now - because once Zenit start start to kill everyone they meet in the Champions League it is only going to be a matter of time before the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Barnet, Real Madrid or Barcelona realise that perhaps he’s not over priced or over weight and that just maybe, just maybe this kid really can play . If this happens we will only loose out - AGAIN -still we can always make a last minute bid to Wenger for Laurie Brown or David Jenkins
mpking - September 2nd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
hey people, at first about the heskey transfer i was a bit hasty too and didnt want him, but to be fair he wuda bin a top signing, watch him play for wigan and ull see why.
as for doyle? maybe, not seen muc of him to judge
but we did get frazier cambell on loan which is shit, cos i think hes a top player and we shuda got him as part of the berba deal, as money plus campbell. buit as always tottenham got scrued over by man u
but happy bout pav comin to lane and delighted with corluka.
all in all, a decent transfer window, although we need 1 more good striker - huntelaar??
and certainly a DM
coys
gazza90 - September 2nd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
if and a big if we could sign arshavin diarra or velouso capel and huntelaar we would be a great squad
Spurt - September 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I don’t think Doyle gets a say, unless Reading agree, after all he’s under contract……………….I mean that’s the point of a contract isn’t it?
billiospur - September 2nd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
arshavin agent …january….
Simon - September 2nd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
god we go from capel,villa huntelaar,Arshavin ….. hesky,cole doyle come on spurs sort it out !!!i agree get some sort of pre-contract agreement with Zenit for Arshavin or else we will lose him for Good….
Glen - Life Time Spurs Fan - September 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
After holding a season ticket at Tottenham since 1962, i gave mine up at the start of this season, and i am so glad i did.
The Chairman and the Board all should hand in their resignations as they have made our club the laughing stock of football - and not for the first time.
We have been a second rate club for many years now, and the Chairman and the Board are now making us a third rate club.
We now really have only 2 strikers ( one of which cannot play in Europe ), so we go into every european match understrength.
I would say to all the supporters to try and enjoy our European adventure this season as we certainly wont be in Europe next season, which will mean players not wanting to come to our club, and it could be some time before we get back there again.
It really is a sorry state of affairs, but when you have muppets running the club, what else should we expect.
Daniel Levy and all Board Members, HANG YOUR HEADS IN SHAME.
harryspurs - September 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
gazza90- Mate if we got them players we would be a top top side….include another top grade centre back in there and we will be awesome…..sell jenas, dawson, zokora
Jason - September 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
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johnny - September 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
fuck fuck fuck FUCK KCUF WE WILL BE IN THE TOP 4 CAUSE WITH LIVERPOOL STRUGGLILNG AND PLAYING PLAYERS IN SOMOE ODD POSITIONS AND MAN CITY DONT HAVE A BETTER TEAM THAN US RIGHT NOW AND ARSENAL ARENT CONSISTENT IN THEIR PERFORMANCES SO YAH OFCOURSE WE WILL BE 4 BUT I KNO FOR A FACT LIVERPOOL CANT AND I REPEAT CANT BE IN THE TOP 4 AND MARK MY WORDS CAUSE IM FUCKING SURE. COME ON YOU SPURS
Richi Rich - September 3rd, 2008 at 11:35 am
What a shame Spurs got mugged off by Man u, Campbell should have been included in the deal (30m + Campbell) so we could have done what we wanted with him next year, instead were gonna hand him back to Man u & if he is any good Man u will charge us5/7m …………. Bloody joke.
Why didn’t we sign a defensive Midfielder?
The only formation i can think of with the players we have is a ‘3-2-3-2′
Gomes
Dawson - Woodgate - King
Corluka - Zakora
Bentley - Modric - Bale
Pavlyuchenko - Bent
In Europe Spurs might stuggle as we’ve got to players which are cup-tied
COYS
Jonty - September 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
This site is pathetic - once again I post an opinion on this story and its lack of truth and journalistic content and once again it isn’t posted - I do so love freedom of speech - I guess this site is hosted in a communist country. Legitimate and polite yet firm perspectives are removed due to the fact that it differs from the opinions of the website owner. I am sorry I don’t comply to the rules where by I must be a brainless fool who agrees with everything he is told!!!
Moron! - September 3rd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Johnny you are a brainless idiot. Lets look at the table shall we? Liverpool, playing shockingly like a pack of cripples are in 2nd….where are spurs again? And how much have they spent again? And are they going to be shit again, just like last season when they were meant to break into the top 4…again? You thick prat, people like you give football it’s bad name.
al-e - September 4th, 2008 at 10:32 am
glen why the fuck didnt you give up in for one of many examples 2001 when we were actually shit.
Sand - September 5th, 2008 at 1:36 am
doyle will not be a first 11 player if he join spurs…too many quality attacking midfld left the back 4 expose..they need a player like X,Alonso who can pass the ball well and can defense well..Xabi can play in behind modric as holding midfld and modric as plymaker..bentley right and bale left..gio as shdw striker and pavl play top..now they can play width left and right get more crosses to pavl or modric can create quality throw pas for gio to chase..woodgate and dawson 2 quality and exp back..so should not have any problem at the back if they did not leave expose to much..
chartlie the cockerel - October 1st, 2008 at 11:18 pm
HOW many times can we say the same thing…..
the team is crap at the moment because there is no team.
how can anyone expect players that have only known each other about a month to gel instantly!
i love spurs, and am as disapointed as the next spurs fan at the recent form, but lets stop and think for a second.
we have a great manager. we have a potentially very good squad, that needs to be trimmed and a few new players brought in, for it to be a great squad. We have a great deputy in the form of Poyet, great fans and a great stadium……
what we dont have is PATIENCE, and that is the only thing that will see us through all of this.
oh yes, and Comolli and Levy need to go. NOW!
Levy because he is alwas trying to make a buck, and football is not just about that, its also about PASSION, which he has shown time and time again he simply does nto have.
Commoli needs to go, because the longer hs stays, the more we are being led to believe that the blame for our recent transfer shambles and lack of signings in poitions we really needed cover for, was the fault of Ramos, and Poyet as well as the Board, which I simply do not believe.
Someone has to carry the can, for the bounce we need to restore our confidence to happen. As otherwise, there will always be a stale smell in the air. The smell of sometihng not being right.
With regards to players to keep and get rid of, and relegate to squad players, this might sound harsh but in my opinion tough times call for tough measures
FIRST 11 - GK-gomes, RB-hutton, LB-bale, CB-woodgate, CB-corluka, RW-bentley, DM-hudd (for now), AM-modric, LW-dos santos, S-campbell, S-pavluychenko or bent (either but they cant play together)
RELEGATE TO SQUAD - jenas (too weak), zokora (would be more suited to sprinting as can run very fast, but just not with a ball) ekotto (too lightweight), dawson(just not good enough), lennon(could have been great, but cant cross, and people aew wise to his runs now)
I know Ramos does not want to play the 4-4-2 system, but until he gets the players HE WANTS, this is the safest option as using matches for training players in the new shape is killing us, our morale, and our chances of doing anything this year, which leads us back to where it all began..preseason.
Had all of our signings been concluded in preseason, ramos would have had time to get his team to bond, become friends, become a team, and learn how each other play. instead he is being forced to gel the team on the pitch, which is the only place he can see who can play where, and who can play with each other in a realistic setting. FOR THIS THE BLAME CAN ONLY LIE WITH COMOLLI AND LEVY.
Give our club its soul back! flair, passion, and good football are all I want. And with the deadwood out, I guarantee we will get it!
Comolli its time to say bye-bye. Levy it’s time to stop blaming players heads for being turned, and blame yourself for not seing theser things coiming, or being wise enough to play the game.
Ramos and Poyet, good luck….your gonna need it.