http://www.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,58-1117313,00.html He was at Leicester for a while, as player/coach. Seems to have done quite well at Lazio under strange financial circumstances. For what it's worth, i don't really care who it is. Just has to be someone with their finger on the pulse to remove Pleat. On another point, but still in Italian footy... i'd suggest a raid on Parma. Perhaps some loan signings - Nakata for example, or defender Daniele Bonera, or keeper Frey. They have some top strikers too, Adriano and Gilardino but Chelsea want one of them. Their main backer, Parmalat, have gone tits up (bankrupt to you yanks ) and the president of the company is up on fraud charges. So Parma are on very shaky ground.
Yeah I just read about this today. They're having to sell off a lot of virtually everybody. Adriano is going to Inter, I think they own his rights but I'm not positive on that. Bonera is a good player, I would like us to sign him to shore up the defence. But it seems the big Italian clubs are circling and will pick out the best players.
The only way we get Adriano is if he reveals he's been a life long Spurs fan and is willing to take a massive pay cut to come here. The guy is amazing and is highly rated by everybody. As for the coaching situation, well, we need somebody, and that is blatantly obvious. Mancini sounds fine, as long as we get something done. We can't wait for the summer, we have to act now. To: Daniel Levy, David Pleat From:Iason K. RE:Ballwinner GET US A FUCKING BALLWINNER ALREADY!
Mancini is in the news today, this is an article in the mirror but it's also mentioned in other newspapers, I think the Sun and maybe also the Telegraph: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/sport...43_headline=-MANCINI-S-THE-MAN-name_page.html Apparently there's a "verbal agreement" over a 3 million a year contract. Interesting comments about O'Neill and Pleat, I'm very sceptical over whether they're true. If there was a chance O'Neill would take over if Pleat wasn't there, they surely would have given Pleat his P45. Mancini is now firmly favourite with the bookmakers, which is surely a sign that they now something. Probably got some huge bets from a certain Mr D.Levy and friends. Curbs is still second favourite and was formerly first favourite. Mancini - 4/1 - 5/1 Curbishley - 8/1 - 9/1 O'Neill - 12/1 - 14/1 Mourinho - 13/1 - 18/1 Hiddink - 13/1 - 14/1 Souness - 14/1 - 15/1 Mark Hughes - 30/1 - 40/1 Klinsmann - 36/1 - 46/1 Pleat - 40/1 - 50/1 R.Koeman - 40/1 - 55/1
I like Lazio and would truly hate to see him leave the eternal city. But, he's one hell of a coach, and I'd rate him just as high as O'Neill. Actually, I'd probably rate him higher except that the transition would be considerably less problematic for O'Neill to return to England than it would be for Mancini. But make no mistake, Mancini has the ability to get us where we need to be ... the Champions League. Shocked to hear his name mentioned, but I guess I shouldn't be with all the bad talk from him lately regarding Lazio's handling of Stankovic, etc. -Digital
http://www.ananova.com/sport/soccer/story/sm_851570.html?menu=sport.football Lazio are worried, but won't let him go anywhere until the end of the season. A lot of articles on this, but I would still treat all this Mancini speculation with a grain of salt. Although some compelling bits do add up....
Today's Sun says that Inter and Barcelona are interested, if they are then that's us out. But the news was packed with Spurs stuff yesterday, Mancini's agent saying about how there had been enquiries but nothing official. Really it was a non-story turned into something a bit bigger. No real news, just a few rehashed quotes and some presuming lines.
http://www.spurs.co.uk/article.asp?article=179636 I suppose this was intended to act as a bit of a dampener on the raging Mancini speculation.