Postecoglou the Muppet & other Spuds sh!t.

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Kaboul Ruled out for four months.

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Relying on Gallas.

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Capi

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Relying on Gallas.

And to think they mat still sell Dawson.

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Yeah Agent AVB is burning his bridges quite quickly.

Still not known if VDV is leaving or staying yet.

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Apparently Parker and Lennon are available as well

Surely Parker is a Must Get now

Would be foolish to miss out on an excellent player twice

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BSP is dead.

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Defoe signs 3 year deal

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Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has blasted Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy for the manner in which he set about luring Hugo Lloris to England.

The France international goalkeeper completed a switch to Spurs late on transfer deadline day, with a £10million fee believed to have changed hands.

Lyon were reluctantly forced to bid farewell to the highly-rated shot-stopper, with a medical passed and personal terms agreed on Friday.

The Ligue 1 outfit have, however, reacted angrily to seeing a deal being pushed through, with Aulas accusing Levy of going back on previous agreements between the two clubs.

He said: "We have had people speaking all night with Daniel Levy. He talks a lot and goes back on what we've agreed in writing.
Troubled

"Agreements have not at all been respected. We've done what we can. Hugo has been troubled by the difficulty in these negotiations.

"He's one of the best in Europe in his position. It's been very, very difficult.

"I've got 25 years of experience as president of a club and it's our 16th participation in European competition in a row."But this is very rare in the football world.

"The negotiation with the Tottenham directors has been the hardest I have ever had to undergo in these 25 years.
Contradicted

"We had email exchanges which have been contradicted, so that's made it very complicated. It's difficult.

"The Tottenham board's theory is to explain that the economic market is very hard and so we have to get used to renegotiating.

"But for us, who are attached to a player of the quality of Hugo Lloris, and such is the value of the transfer, that causes us to ask questions.

"The first negotiation was at the start of the window, about a month-and-a-half ago, through an intermediary who was a French lawyer, who lives in Lyon.

"And then nothing for about a month-and-a-half. The negotiation then picked up again about a week ago."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...ves-Lyon-livid

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Tottenham's partnership with Real Madrid has got off to a rocky start after Andre Villas-Boas revealed he has not spoken to Jose Mourinho for a long time and does not even have his former mentor's phone number.

Tottenham announced on Monday that as part of the deal which saw Luka Modric move to the Bernabeu, a partnership had been agreed that would "see the two clubs together in respect of players, coaching, best practices and commercial relationships."

Yet any co-operation between the two managers appears unlikely for now thanks to Villas-Boas' frosty relationship with Mourinho.

Villas-Boas was one of Mourinho's most trusted lieutenants during their time together at Chelsea and Inter Milan, but their relationship soured when the 34-year-old left the San Siro to take over lowly Portuguese side Acadimica de Coimbra in 2009.

"It's a club co-operation," Villas-Boas told a press conference when asked about the partnership with Mourinho's side. "I was working for Jose for five years but we haven't spoken for quite some time."

When asked about the possibility that Spurs could benefit by loaning or buying up and coming players from the nine-time European champions, Villas Boas' response was not exactly encouraging.

"I haven't got his number," he said.

Villas-Boas has taken a number of steps to thaw the relationship between the pair in recent times.

Mourinho was one of the people he paid tribute to after winning the Europa League with Porto in 2011 and spoke in glowing terms about his compatriot just last week, describing him as "one of the best managers in the world."

It is unclear whether Mourinho is willing to rebuild bridges with Villas-Boas for the sake of the partnership between the two clubs.

Now the transfer window has shut, Villas-Boas must turn his attention to tomorrow's home game against Norwich.

The 34-year-old has brought two decent displays out of his new side, but Spurs have only taken one point from their clashes against Newcastle and West Brom.

The Portuguese admits he was frustrated to concede an injury-team equaliser against the Baggies last weekend, but is not overly concerned about his team's poor start.

"We wanted to start better," Villas-Boas said.

"One point out of a possible six is something that disappoints us, but we played two excellent games against both teams.

"We have to improve on our concentration levels and take the games through with results that are more positive to us."

The Canaries put a huge dent in Tottenham's Champions League ambitions last season when they won 2-1 at White Hart Lane in April.

The Norfolk side have struggled so far this season under new manager Chris Hughton, losing 5-0 to Fulham on the opening day of the season before claiming a 1-1 home draw against QPR last weekend.

Villas-Boas thinks Hughton's men will go in to tomorrow's game with confidence, however, after they registered their first win of the season against S****horpe in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday.

"It has been a difficult start for them," Villas-Boas said.

"But the win in the League Cup is something that will inspire them and give them more confidence and they have strengthened by signing a good player - Alex Tettey, who I tried to sign for Porto."

Villas-Boas could hand Dembele his debut tomorrow and a knee injury to Younes Kaboul means Steven Caulker could get his first Barclays Premier League start for the club.

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foot...t-8100348.html