This is why we must get Champions League again next year. So we can offer them that and prove that last time was no fluke and this is a team that is finally on the up and that it is not another false dawn. I doubt very much Aguero would come to us, as much as I would love it, he just wouldn't no matter where we finished. Forlan would be good but as you say, he is just a quick fix. Are there any long term options out there that we could look at? I know Lukaku is highly sought after but could we maybe just nick him? I don't know anyone off the top of my head really. Though whoever we get it, we must get them in early and not leave it to deadline day again!Fonseca wrote:fluffy_kittens wrote:Fonseca wrote:Yes but the strikers on your wish list require the champions league, money isn't an issue but there's not many realistic targets available right now
most of the strikers listed are in the Europa League or less this season. Rossi, Aguero, Forlan, LLorente, etc.
Forlan is a quick fix and hasn't done much this season
Aguero is wanted by champions league clubs, he's not coming
Rossi must favour coming back to England as it's his native language, but along with Aguero is highly rated.
Llorente, I can see him being the most effective for you lot but again he's wanted by Real and many other clubs.
If you're smart about it and Llorente isn't bought by Madrid ect, he could well come..
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easley91 wrote:This is why we must get Champions League again next year. So we can offer them that and prove that last time was no fluke and this is a team that is finally on the up and that it is not another false dawn. I doubt very much Aguero would come to us, as much as I would love it, he just wouldn't no matter where we finished. Forlan would be good but as you say, he is just a quick fix. Are there any long term options out there that we could look at? I know Lukaku is highly sought after but could we maybe just nick him? I don't know anyone off the top of my head really. Though whoever we get it, we must get them in early and not leave it to deadline day again!Fonseca wrote:fluffy_kittens wrote:Fonseca wrote:Yes but the strikers on your wish list require the champions league, money isn't an issue but there's not many realistic targets available right now
most of the strikers listed are in the Europa League or less this season. Rossi, Aguero, Forlan, LLorente, etc.
Forlan is a quick fix and hasn't done much this season
Aguero is wanted by champions league clubs, he's not coming
Rossi must favour coming back to England as it's his native language, but along with Aguero is highly rated.
Llorente, I can see him being the most effective for you lot but again he's wanted by Real and many other clubs.
If you're smart about it and Llorente isn't bought by Madrid ect, he could well come..
Yeah the ambition and money is there, it's just a matter of whether you can sell it. You had targets of Forlan and Van Bommel right? that was the right way to go considering they're experienced and are still able to play to a high level but of course they didn't happen and Van Bommel loves Milan.
Your midfields a mess to be honest, yeah it's great but you have so many good players when you should be really pushing for great players. It's fine but if you want to be pushing for the title you should consider selling some of that deadwood and leaving it Modric - Huddlestone - Jenas. You've got a lot of players but most aren't of that world class esc, but anyway that's not a priority.
Strikers? erm, well I mentioned Llorente because of how useful Crouch has become at the back post, and Llorente is probably the best target man in the world so him playing different roles is not a problem. The world class talent you could be looking at is Cavani (would have to be 2 transfer window times), Falcao (not world class but meh), Gomez, Podolski.. well when I think about it not many.
Lukaku is a great prospect but I can't see him doing wonders at a big club, players like Vela have been prolific in their leagues but have falled short because they moved early. I honestly don't know about strikers, Gomez would probably be your best bet, whether he'll move from his native country and the best team there? not sure
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Jenas? I have no problem getting rid of jenas, the 3 we need to keep are modric, huddlestone and sandro
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Agreed, Jenas has just not done enough for me over the years. Sandro looks a great prospect who's great at tackling and can go forward. But striker and left back are priorities for me though. If Bale is to play left wing then we need another left back and you don't need me to explain the striker situation.XxBradKennedyxX wrote:Jenas? I have no problem getting rid of jenas, the 3 we need to keep are modric, huddlestone and sandro
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Jenas is good backup though, it's not easy to find backups fine with their position
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Fonseca wrote:Jenas is good backup though, it's not easy to find backups fine with their position
we have plenty of CMs. O'hara, Palacios, to name a few.
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But they're not better than Jenas, just deadwood
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Fonseca wrote:But they're not better than Jenas, just deadwood
they're all pretty close in my book but at least Sandro/Huddlestone have potential. the rest are just squad players.
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No idea how reliable this is, but meh thought I'd post it.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/04/16/2443659/tottenham-lining-up-40m-double-summer-swoop-for-porto-duo
Tottenham lining up £40m double summer swoop for Porto duo Hulk and Radamel Falcao
Spurs have watched the players 'dozens' of times and are ready to make bids to transform their strikeforce - but accept that Champions League qualification is vital to any deals
Hulk of Porto (Getty Images)
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By Greg Stobart
Tottenham are lining up a stunning £40 million double swoop for Porto stars Hulk and Radamel Falcao, Goal.com UK can reveal.
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp is desperate to bolster his attacking options in the summer transfer window and believes the duo could transform the Londoners' strikeforce following a dismal season in front of goal.
Goal.com UK understands Spurs scouts have watched the Porto duo “dozens” of times in the last 18 months and they are right at the top of the club's list of summer targets alongside Athletic Bilbao forward Fernando Llorente.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is ready to smash the club's transfer record, £16.5m paid for Luka Modric in 2008, to add the “one or two top players” Redknapp believes can make Spurs challenge for the Premier League title next season.
Porto have just clinched the Portuguese title and are in the semi-final of the Europa League but are believed to be willing to sell Hulk and Falcao in the summer to protect the club's financial future.
Spurs made an enquiry for Hulk in the January transfer window and were told by the Porto side that the Brazilian would be available for around £25m at the end of the season. He has also been linked with Manchester United, and Tottenham accept that it will be hard to attract him to north London if they fail to qualify for next season's Champions League.
The highly rated attacker, who usually plays from a wide position on the right but can also feature centrally, has scored 22 league goals in 24 games so far this season, guiding Porto to the title in Portugal.
His agent, Teodoro Fonseca, appeared to offer encouragement to Spurs earlier this month when he suggested his client could be in line for a move to England.
“He would really like to go to England where clubs pay well, but at the moment there are no offers," he said.
Falcao, 25, is a more conventional striker and is considered the natural goalscorer that Spurs have been so badly missing this season.
The Colombian is in the form of his life and has starred in Porto's Europa League campaign this season, scoring 11 goals in as many games in the competition.
The former River Plate man has also been linked with Arsenal, Tottenham's north London rivals, and would command a fee of at least £15m.
Tottenham hope to wrap up transfer deals early this summer following the embarrassment of missing out on a number of players in the last two windows.
While there is already a considerable budget in place – Spurs made several bids of more than £30m for strikers in January – the club would need to offload three of their current forwards to raise cash and free up wages for a mega spending spree.
Robbie Keane is almost certain to leave the club and Redknapp is willing to sell any of his other three strikers – Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko – if replacements are lined up.
Anderlecht teenager Romelu Lukaku is also being considered as an option to overhaul a strikeforce that has scored just 13 Premier League goals in total this season.
Spurs failed with a £36m bid for Llorente in January and will make another attempt to sign the Spanish international if they qualify for the Champions League, although they accept it will be hard to convince the Real Madrid target to come to White Hart Lane.
Villarreal forward Giuseppe Rossi is another option but the former Manchester United man has his heart set on a move to Barcelona.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/04/16/2443659/tottenham-lining-up-40m-double-summer-swoop-for-porto-duo
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Congratulations are in order for Gareth Bale, the PFA Player of the Year! 
Whether he deserves it or not is irrelevant at this point, because he's won it now and there is no changing that fact. I hope he, along with the rest of the team play against Arsenal like we did this time last year, and beat them in the league for the third time in a row! COYS
Whether he deserves it or not is irrelevant at this point, because he's won it now and there is no changing that fact. I hope he, along with the rest of the team play against Arsenal like we did this time last year, and beat them in the league for the third time in a row! COYS
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Hulk is obviously talented, and skillful etc.. but I haven't seen enough of him to know if he's consistent.
Falcao would be a great signing for you though.
Hulk is obviously talented, and skillful etc.. but I haven't seen enough of him to know if he's consistent.
Falcao would be a great signing for you though.
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We just need someone who will score when connecting with our midfield's crosses more often than not. Whoever that turns out to be, we must sign them on the first day of the window and not wait til the last seconds!
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Falcao would score a lot for you I reckon.
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1. Hulk/Falcao sounds too good to be true
2. Congrats Bale
3. Its hard to think that when we were a midtable team a few seasons ago Berbatov and Keane had over 20 goals, and now that we are actually on the verge of contending for something, none of our strikers can score for shit
2. Congrats Bale
3. Its hard to think that when we were a midtable team a few seasons ago Berbatov and Keane had over 20 goals, and now that we are actually on the verge of contending for something, none of our strikers can score for shit
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I think Falcao would do wonders for us, he'd probably be the best signing we could get this season, however the point stands... can we get him?
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JulianBere wrote:I think Falcao would do wonders for us, he'd probably be the best signing we could get this season, however the point stands... can we get him?
doubtful but but you never know i guess. I have a feeling we'll get somebody I just can't pinpoint who.
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I mean our problem isn't the budget, I heard in January Harry was running around with 40 mil to spend on a big name, he just couldn't find anybody in that time frame that would move.
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Hi lol.
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JulianBere wrote:I mean our problem isn't the budget, I heard in January Harry was running around with 40 mil to spend on a big name, he just couldn't find anybody in that time frame that would move.
that's why I know we'll get somebody but idk if it's gonna be Rossi, Llorente, Falcao, Hulk, Aguero, or somebody else all together. Guess that's the fun of it though
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Have fun, finishing 6th this season 
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Mr Leiva wrote:Have fun, finishing 6th this season
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We also have a wage limit so anyone who is on say £80,000+ already won't come for lesser wages and anybody who isn't will get offered that by the likes of City etc. However, the wage limit stops us from going in debt and going bankrupt. It's difficult but I believe we'll find someone as long as we can get 4th, cause lets face it who wants to play in Europa League? People would probably prefer no Europe than that.
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Dayum i havnt been on here for months...
Good to see its still going though
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I hear we are linked with Osvaldo? i dont really watch much La Liga matches so not sure how he is but he has a good goalscoring record with espanyol this season and he plays the lone striker role! But would he be able to play in the premier league
Good to see its still going though
. I hear we are linked with Osvaldo? i dont really watch much La Liga matches so not sure how he is but he has a good goalscoring record with espanyol this season and he plays the lone striker role! But would he be able to play in the premier league
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THFC-93 wrote:Dayum i havnt been on here for months...
Good to see its still going though
I hear we are linked with Osvaldo? i dont really watch much La Liga matches so not sure how he is but he has a good goalscoring record with espanyol this season and he plays the lone striker role! But would he be able to play in the premier league
Whoa he's back welcome back. And we've been linked with nearly every striker
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GK01 wrote:THFC-93 wrote:Dayum i havnt been on here for months...
Good to see its still going though
I hear we are linked with Osvaldo? i dont really watch much La Liga matches so not sure how he is but he has a good goalscoring record with espanyol this season and he plays the lone striker role! But would he be able to play in the premier league
Whoa he's back welcome back. And we've been linked with nearly every striker
very true haha
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I'll get Falcao over Hulk. A big target man (not named Crouch) that can score consistently is needed.
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spurs have choked, simple as
i mean looking at the last 7-8 games, its just embarrassing results. spurs could easily have made the CL the way they were set 7 games ago
i mean looking at the last 7-8 games, its just embarrassing results. spurs could easily have made the CL the way they were set 7 games ago
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ViVaRooney wrote:spurs have choked, simple as
i mean looking at the last 7-8 games, its just embarrassing results. spurs could easily have made the CL the way they were set 7 games ago
can't disagree with you, think we are just tired tbh.
