Spurs not a Big Club

jank

Real Madrid forward Robinho has moved to quash speculation he could join Tottenham if he had to leave the Bernabeu.

The Brazilian international has failed to nail down a regular place in the Real team since Fabio Capello took over the reins in the summer.

After expressing his frustration at the lack of first-team opportunities this season, the 23-year-old has suggested he could quit Los Merengues if he doesn't get more game time.

Reports in Spain have linked Robinho with a move to White Hart Lane, but the former Santos ace says he is not interested in going to Spurs as he does not see them "as a big club".

"Reports that I'd move to Tottenham are wide of the mark," the Samba star told Marca.

"If I had to leave Real, I'd choose to join another big club. I don't regard Tottenham Hotspur as a big club."

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_1919335,00.html

And who said that footballers had lost their sense of reality?:D

therecklessone

TBH

Bodhidharma

I would say that Spurs are in the same boat as Everton. In the eyes of the modern footballer, particularly non european, Spurs would not be seen as an atrractive option unless of course they pay really well and can be used as a stepping stone to the likes of Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal.

Unfortunatley for both Spurs and Everton, their glory days were well over by the start of the premier league. Since neither are champions league regulars the expectation that they could sign someone like Robinho isn't realistic. No matter what they have won in their history.

They are by no means a small club but they wouldn't be a big club to people vaguely familiar with the premier league.

WhiteWashMan

big club, no.
historical club, most definately.

not too worried. i still love my beloved, frustrating, coranry inducing, inconsistant, annoying, club

therecklessone

Link to Robinho story in Marca

Robinho: "No soy feliz, Capello no confía en mi fútbol" (babelfish translates as "I am not happy, Capello does not trust my soccer")

The Guardian deals with the actual article in Marca, no mention of Spurs at all.

jank wrote:

And who said that footballers had lost their sense of reality?:D

Sense of reality or not, I imagine he'd know enough not to rely on football365 for his football news...;)

Dempsey

To the South American footballer, a big club is usually one that can offer them big contracts and and in the latter stages of the UCL for 2 concecutive seasons.

But I do believe that Spurs and Everton have a lot to do to bring back the days they were used to.

evad_lhorg

Well in fairness..... if I was Robinho in no way would I consider a move to Spurs. Arsenal would be the only team for him in the premiership id say.

redspider

Spurs are a big club in the sense of being in the top-20 money-wise (income), and hence have a lot of money to spend on players, both purchasing them and paying them large salaries, which is what the players are interested in, like Robinho. However, Spurs obviously have a lot less resources than Real Madrid as the recent table from Deloitte shows:

Revenues 2005/06 Euro millions
1. Real Madrid - 292.2
2. FC Barcelona - 259.1
3. Juventus - 251.2
4. Manchester United - 242.6
5. AC Milan - 238.7
6. Chelsea - 221.0
7. Internazionale - 206.6
8. Bayern Munich - 204.7
9. Arsenal - 192.4
10 Liverpool - 176.0
11 Olympique Lyonnais - 127.7
12 AS Roma - 127.0
13 Schalke 04 - 122.9
14 Newcastle United - 124.3
15 Tottenham Hotspur - 107.2
16 Hamburg SV - 101.8
17 Manchester City - 89.4
18 Rangers - 88.5
19 West Ham - 86.9
20 Benfica - 85.1

If Robinho wants to be the 'main man' at a club, he would get that challenge if he went to a club like Spurs. However, I have yet to see him command such a billing on the pitch and Spurs and many clubs may feel they get more value for money with other players.

Redspider

Dempsey

The Deloitte is more a rule of thumb, it only considers a small number of factors and players dont join clubs based on the deloitte list rank.

I bet Spurs expediture sheet puts a nice dent in those earnings

jesus_thats_gre

Spurs are one of the big clubs worldwide but they are slowly dropping further and further down the pecking order. For Adriano though, it is natural that he would not percieve Spurs to be a big club.

~Rebel~

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Spurs are one of the big clubs worldwide but they are slowly dropping further and further down the pecking order. For Adriano though, it is natural that he would not percieve Spurs to be a big club.

this is about robhino, but none the less i couldn't blame him, with his skills and experiance (limited, but still consistently at a very high level), wanting to move to a big club ie. one which is guaranteed to play at the highest level such as man u, chelsea, pool, valencia, roma, valencia, inter, etc instead of uefa cup hopefuls.

<edit> this has takin many edits, due to drunkeness (and beór snoring next to me), please excuse any mistakes i havent seen.

jesus_thats_gre

Fook, Robhinio!!

sonofsam

therecklessone wrote:

TBH

Is that the same chef that gave ye food poisoning last year !!!!



Spurs are, Like Newcastle a club with Money and a big following. Big Club, History of sustained success ??? No.