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15 Nov 2007, 11:34 AM
Tottenham Target Casillas As Silly Season Returns
Juande Ramos is hoping to persuade the Tottenham board to spend €40m in order to prise Iker Casillas away from Real Madrid, according to an outlandish report in EL Mundo.
The north London have been linked with several star names since the Spaniard took over as head coach last month, but few of the stories have been as far fetched as this.
While claiming that the new Spurs boss is happy with Paul Robinson, El Mundo believe that Ramos wants to begin his revolution at the club by bringing in a world class keeper.
After vowing not to poach any players from his former club Sevilla last week, the new White Hart Lane supremo has drawn up a list of la Primera's best.
At the head of that list is Casillas and El Mundo have used an old quote from the Spanish national team keeper, where he claims to fancy playing in England, to back up their story.
In other interviews, the Madrid custodian has stated that he wants to stay at the Bernabéu for his entire career and even a mega offer is unlikely to see los Merengues tempted to let him go.
According to the report, Ramos believes that bringing in a world class keeper like Chelsea did with Petr Cech and Juve did with Gianluigi Buffon, is the key to building a successful side.
It appears to the spending power of Premiership clubs that has led the reporters to believe that Spurs will break the bank to land their man as they cite Sunderland's €12m purchase of Craig Gordon as an example of the cash available in England.
As if signing Casillas was not enough, El Mundo then round off by linking Tottenham to a move for Barça midfielder Xavi Hernández and Valencia striker David Villa.
While the English press have been stating that Spurs are after more modest prey, the Spanish media believe that Ramos is going to go for the big guns in his attempt to lift the club into the Champions League.
Source: Goal.com
Juande Ramos is hoping to persuade the Tottenham board to spend €40m in order to prise Iker Casillas away from Real Madrid, according to an outlandish report in EL Mundo.
The north London have been linked with several star names since the Spaniard took over as head coach last month, but few of the stories have been as far fetched as this.
While claiming that the new Spurs boss is happy with Paul Robinson, El Mundo believe that Ramos wants to begin his revolution at the club by bringing in a world class keeper.
After vowing not to poach any players from his former club Sevilla last week, the new White Hart Lane supremo has drawn up a list of la Primera's best.
At the head of that list is Casillas and El Mundo have used an old quote from the Spanish national team keeper, where he claims to fancy playing in England, to back up their story.
In other interviews, the Madrid custodian has stated that he wants to stay at the Bernabéu for his entire career and even a mega offer is unlikely to see los Merengues tempted to let him go.
According to the report, Ramos believes that bringing in a world class keeper like Chelsea did with Petr Cech and Juve did with Gianluigi Buffon, is the key to building a successful side.
It appears to the spending power of Premiership clubs that has led the reporters to believe that Spurs will break the bank to land their man as they cite Sunderland's €12m purchase of Craig Gordon as an example of the cash available in England.
As if signing Casillas was not enough, El Mundo then round off by linking Tottenham to a move for Barça midfielder Xavi Hernández and Valencia striker David Villa.
While the English press have been stating that Spurs are after more modest prey, the Spanish media believe that Ramos is going to go for the big guns in his attempt to lift the club into the Champions League.
Source: Goal.com