I'm quite excited about Pleat scouting Dutch prospects, because there are quite a few who would be great fits for Spurs. And while Van Persie certainly has the skill to play in the Premiership, I'm not a fan of his. The problem, for me, is that his ego is so big and his self-centered tantrums so troublesome, that I fear he would have a disasterous effect on team chemistry. I hope Pleat says no to Van Persie, but keeps scouting in Holland. It'd be nice to come back with Van Bommel and Heitinga! http://skysports.planetfootball.com/article.asp?id=189945&cpid=8 -Digital
I don't know about Heitinga, but van Bommel is the captain and centre midfielder. Perhaps even Hofland would fill a gap.
Interesting little tibit in todays Football365.com rumor page: -------- Spurs are close to signing Feyenoord midfielder Robin van Persie...while Porto coach Jose Mourinho is also interesting Spurs -------- Both seem like good things. Though I doubt Mourinho would come.
Sunday Mirror says £2.5m for van Persie *shock*. I doubt Mourinho would have acted the way he has with Man U if he was set to be Spurs manager.
Van Bommel and Other Tottenham Transfers Adam Manson - 23rd post - 13 Mar 2004 17:57 The deal to bring Van Bommel to Tottenham is 80% done. Trapatonni will be the new Tottenham manager CONTRARY to what ive posted in the past and Paul Robinson will sign for £2.2 million after Euro 2004. Dean Richards, Goran Bujencivic, Milenko Acimovic (on loan at lille), Christian Ziege and Darren Anderton will all leave Tottenham in the summer to free up wages to bring in Van Bommel Robinson, Andy Reid or Van Persie and a centre half.. I am fairly confident these deals will go through. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/h2/h2.cgi?state=threads&board=sixosix.rumourmill
I think that's simply a concatonation of rumors rather than a credible source. Mind you, I'd be quite happy if Spurs made all of those transfers, but somehow I am not convinced. Van Bommel is crucial. Another center back (centre half) is also crucial even if we're going to play King back there, as Deano, at best, is woefully inconsistent these days. Obviously, we need a left sided midfielder. I've heard good things about Reid, but seeing as I've been less than impressed with Brown, I don't really know if Reid sounds like someone we should fork out too much cash for or not. Van Persie definitely does have the skills, but I'd shy away from his attitude ... so I'm not sure which, if any, of these guys is the best choice. Convey may or may not come, but he's impressed quite a bit internationally since last summer, so it's certainly no guarantee that we'd be able to swoop for him, and certainly not for 1M pounds any more. And Spurs haven't been linked to Convey in a while, so I cannot tell whether that's just keeping quiet to prevent a bidding war or whether that's because Spurs are focusing on the other targets. Regardless, left mid needs to be addressed by adding at least one player. While I like Bunji, I wouldn't mind seeing all of those listed transfers go with the caveat that they'd be replaced by a Dmid, a left midfielder, a center back, and a left fullback. -Digital
I seem to recall not to long ago Mourinho saying that the lack of production from Portugese players in the Premiership was due to coaching. He specifically noted Ronaldo as an exception at Manyoo but noted that Postiga was exceptionally talented but just needed the right coaching...........hmmmmmmm
Van Bommel and Van Persie at Van Tottenham? w000000000000h00000000000000! Music to my ears. I'm not a fan of Van Persie's attitude, but he is a skilled player, and anything that makes Van Bommel more likely is OK with me. http://skysports.planetfootball.com/article.asp?id=192038&cpid=9 -Digital