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Spurs can forget Villa and Eto'o at £20m apiece - but Podolski looks a realistic bet

Tottenham are being linked with many transfer targets, but how many are fact and how many just speculation?

by Jake Thomas on 01 July 2008

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OK. so we have all been hearing about Tottenham being linked with an unusually high number of players. For example, David Villa, Samuel Eto'o and Lukas Podolski. But do the rumours have truth behind them?

David Villa: A top-rate player in everyone's eyes, Villa has really impressed during Euro 2008. He has been linked with a lot of big clubs including Tottenham. The rumour is that he might move to the Lane for around £20m.

Now for three reasons why this is totally untrue: 1) Villa has already snubbed Spurs. 2) Tottenham won't plan on breaking their transfer fee record twice in the same window. 3) Dimitar Berbatov is still at the Lane and Villa will only be brought in when, and if, Berba moves out.

Samuel Eto'o: This was a silly target from the start. If Juande Ramos actually did bother with Eto'o, he would not leave Barcelona for anything less than £20m. He also snubbed Spurs, claiming that a move to Chelsea or Inter would be better for his career.

Lukas Podolski: Second on the top scorers' list in the Euros, Lukas is Tottenham's only sensible rumour. He has responded to Spurs' comments about making him a target and has also asked Bayern Munich about his future. They promptly ignored him.

If Berbatov leaves, and I'm afraid he might, this guy might be just the man Spurs are looking for.

Comments (6)

on July 01, 2008 on July 01, 2008

pointless articel

on July 01, 2008 on July 01, 2008

realise article is spelt incorrectly

by J W on July 01, 2008

RUBBISH. "2) Tottenham won't plan on breaking their transfer fee record twice in the same window." WHAT?! WHERE DID YOU GET THIS FROM?

by Edi Byrne on July 02, 2008

To be honest this article is like you couldn't be arsed, its like you've got your information from Spurs rumour pages and glued them together, then you formed your own conclusions with no substance behind them "Tottenham won't plan on breaking their transfer fee record twice in the same window", thats wrong anyway because our record signing is still darren bent, modric was 15.8mil, and the way things are going in the transfer market, its hard to get a quality striker for less than 20mil. Also the article stops after you talk about how we're to shit to land eto'o or villa? the link i clicked on was "spurs can forget villa and eto'o for 20mil a piece, but podolski looks a realistic bet....and i clicked on the link for the podolski section because ive been hearing lots of rumours about him, thats pretty much why im slating this article.

by Jake Thomas on July 02, 2008

sorry mate, my actual title was supposed to be "tottenham rumours-speculation or do they have base?" also I am a Tottenham fan, so don't go telling me im saying my own club is too shite to land villa or eto'o, but eto'o has already snubbed us and villa has been linked with every one of the top 4 except man utd, who are consitently linked with berbatov.