Arshavin to Spurs

Skud

Agent on SSN there saying that a deal nearly done but very hard to deal with russian clubs. Think all they have to do is finalise a fee. He said should be concluded in next 5 days.

he also said barca had bids for him turned down. Thought he said price was expected to be €20mill or less than that - less than what barca bid

Mr Alan

i'd imagine finalising a fee is a fairly important part of any transfer being completed.

him and his agent seem like a pair of amateurs tbh.

Skud

ya no doubt, he sounded very frustrated at zenith. Think the club should let him go and try to get as much as they can outta spurs.

EDIT: sorry bout thread title. Should have added a ? to it

Tom65

I hope this happens. I'd like to see Arshavin in the Premier League, even just to see if he's as good as his form in the Euros and UEFA cup suggests. If he is, he should do well at Spurs with Ramos' penchant for attacking football.

Tusky

According to his agent.

They are gonna have a team of attacking midfielders!

thusspakeblixa

If Arshavin goes he'll either be absolutely fcukin brilliant or he'll be another Sergei Rebrov.
Something about him makes me worry that he'll flop though. Can't put my finger on it.

~Rebel~

has a fee been agreed? how much he costing?

AnCapaillMor

Tusky wrote: »

They are gonna have a team of attacking midfielders!

Ossie Ardiles again, got to say it was entertaining football.

glenjamin

Pointless signing. Modric, dos Santos and Arshavin are all too similar. Money would have been better spent going after Milito or Pavluychenko.

Bounty Hunter

they will prob play one up front berbatov would prob be perfect but he might be going to utd hope not tho altho spurs will be better

Xavi6

And now they've signed Bentley as well -

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/bentleytothelane.html

V9

Well they can't be accused of not playing attacking football anyway

Bounty Hunter

so whats the formation i assume they are playing? one upfront? they keeping berbatov?

Xavi6

It's gonna be back to the old Ossie Ardiles 5 up front I think

themont85

Thought spurs were goin after some defenders this off season...obviousely not.

AnCapaillMor

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

so whats the formation i assume they are playing? one upfront? they keeping berbatov?

I'd say Bent will feature, he's been banging them in, in the pre season.

Xavi6

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

I'd say Bent will feature, he's been banging them in, in the pre season.

Against Norwich and Leyton Orient.......

Who said he was a Championship player?!

Bounty Hunter

I dont expect Bent Bent to start but atm him to be the sole sub striker... really wonder who spurs will sign tho

Skud

err : http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055345887

eirebhoy

themont85 wrote: »

Thought spurs were goin after some defenders this off season...obviousely not.

Woodgate, King, Hutton and Bale isn't a bad first choice.

(assuming Berbatov leaves) for attacking midfield they've 3 positions to be filled by Arshavin, Bentley, Dos Santos, Modric and Lennon. Come December (through injuries and form) I doubt we'll be saying they have such strength in depth in attack.

Skud

Zenit St Petersburg claim they still have not been contacted by Tottenham regarding a possible deal to take Andrei Arshavin to White Hart Lane. (BBC Sport, 0835 BST)

The agent claiming that zenith are hard to deal with doesnt appear to be too far from the truth

PHB

How good is he really? I saw him in the UEFA Cup and he wasn't half bad, and then in the Euros he stepped it up, but I'm not entirely sure he's a better signing that Modric or Dos Santos.

Also I understand personal terms isn't the problem, its the transfer fee. Zenit want a ****load.

Necronomicon

eirebhoy wrote: »

Woodgate, King, Hutton and Bale isn't a bad first choice.

But two of those four are fairly injury-prone. Woodgate did manage to stay fit when he joined, but with King it got to the point where there were rumours of retirement. Dawson is there as well, but is there much cover after that?

PHB

Necronomicon wrote: »

But two of those four are fairly injury-prone. Woodgate did manage to stay fit when he joined, but with King it got to the point where there were rumours of retirement. Dawson is there as well, but is there much cover after that?

No doubt that another CB is needed, no doubt. Woodgate can stay fit, he's shown that. King is another question.

Death or Glory

As much as I hate the B*stards for nicking our players/assistant managers repeatedly, they're gonna have a seriously good team this season

Gomes

Hutton
Woodgate
King
Bale

Bentley
Modric
Dos Santos
Lennon

Arshavin

Berbetov

Xavi6

Where's the defensive midfielder in that line up?! Are you Ossie in disguise?! Dos Santos can't play there.

Death or Glory

Listen, when you've taken Leeds from the depths of League One to consecutive Premiership/Champions League/FA Cup trebles on Football Manager 2008, then maybe, just maybe, I'll take your points about tactics on board........ until then however....;)

Necronomicon

I agree with Xavi, that's an incredibly light-weight central midfield.

Does everyone think that Dos Santos will go straight into the team? It may well take him a bit of time to adapt to the Premiership, I'm not so sure we'll see a lot of him straight away.

PHB

Death or Glory wrote: »

As much as I hate the B*stards for nicking our players/assistant managers repeatedly, they're gonna have a seriously good team this season

Gomes

Hutton
Woodgate
King
Bale

Bentley
Modric
Dos Santos
Lennon

Arshavin

Berbetov

It's more likely that Lennon will be dropped, and play something like this

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Zokora

---

Modric

---

-Bentley

---

Arshavin

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Dos Santos--

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Bent

---

delija_sever029

As i am reading they are disscusing package Pavluychenko-Arshavin for 34mil pounds

delija_sever029

Malbranque also in Sunderland,these guys definitly tring to buy Spurs.Chimbonda and Tainio already transfered there and Kaboul negotiating

therecklessone

PHB wrote: »

It's more likely that Lennon will be dropped, and play something like this

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Zokora

---

Modric

---

-Bentley

---

Arshavin

---

Dos Santos--

---

---

Bent

---

Most likely, though there's talk of Veloso arriving as well.

We've lined up 4-5-1 (or 4-2-3-1) for our pre-season games, with dos Santos doing the lion's share of supporting the lone frontman. He had a hand in all five goals vs Leyton orient last night.

If Arshaving doesn't come then Lennon and Jenas will alternate in the supporting 3 with Bentley/dos Santos as definite starters. Huddlestone and O'Hara will be the back-ups to Zokora and Modric,

leninbenjamin

therecklessone wrote: »

Huddlestone and O'Hara will be the back-ups to Zokora and Modric,

i've often thought Huddlestone is better than Zokora myself. i don't like him as a player at all.

also, does anyone know what Spurs net spend has been so far? i'm just wondering about their books with all these acquisitions.

therecklessone

leninbenjamin wrote: »

i've often thought Huddlestone is better than Zokora myself. i don't like him as a player at all.

Huddlestone is too slow, watch him vs United for Nani's goal at Old Trafford last season.

estebancambias

And Zokora is a headless chicken.

PHB

It is clear that they do need another DMC.
Personally though, I thought Jenas was really impressive under Ramos in teh 2nd half of the season. He might finally be able to get the best out of him.

Arshavin and Pavluychenko signed would mean the selling of Berbatov would be fine. Then all they'd need to do is do something about the defence and they'll be flying. Spurs are so close to a top 4 challenging team.

yahoo_moe

therecklessone wrote: »

If Arshaving doesn't come then Lennon and Jenas will alternate in the supporting 3 with Bentley/dos Santos as definite starters. Huddlestone and O'Hara will be the back-ups to Zokora and Modric,

If Arshavin doesn't come, would it not be more:

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Zokora

---

Jenas

---

-Bentley

---

Modric

---

Dos Santos--

---

---

Bent/Pavlyuchenko

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or does Modric track back more than I thought?

PHB

I'd swap that to be honest yahoo_moe. Modric is a central midfield like say Scholes. He can play as the AMC, but he works fine in a 2 man midfield. Problem is with Zokora as he isn't really a good enough ball winner.

Smegball

If you signed Arshavin,Pavlyuchenko and Veloso Spurs would definitely breach the top 4 IMO.

delija_sever029

No garantee,they said that last year and they blew up,i think they could have chance for top 4 but selling Keane and probably Berbatov makes me to think theres no way for that

pickarooney

Zenit seem to be on the lookout for a replacement for Arshavin. They've had an 18 million euro bid for OM's Valbuena turned down.

leninbenjamin

PHB wrote: »

I'd swap that to be honest yahoo_moe. Modric is a central midfield like say Scholes. He can play as the AMC, but he works fine in a 2 man midfield. Problem is with Zokora as he isn't really a good enough ball winner.

i disagree. Modric was at his best in the EUROs when he was played 'in the hole', which he only did sporadically mind you.

stevoman

im really looking forward to watching spurs play this year. i think we can really make a bash at the uefa cup........ (dare i say the top 4 also!)

yahoo_moe

PHB wrote: »

I'd swap that to be honest yahoo_moe. Modric is a central midfield like say Scholes. He can play as the AMC, but he works fine in a 2 man midfield. Problem is with Zokora as he isn't really a good enough ball winner.

Well you're right about Zokora but I'd reckon Jenas (a real box-to-boxer) would make up for that better than Modric (who I think of as more of a schemer, though I could be wrong). Plus I don't think Jenas has the subtlety for the 'hole' position.

Skud

milito's agent saying spurs no longer interested in him... sky sports tc

eirebhoy

Has Modric been playing a deeper role than Jenas so far in pre-season? I'm guessing he'll fill a similar role to someone like Xavi? What I'm really trying to figure out is if he's worth putting in my FF team (ie. will he get goals and assists)?

Looking forward to tomorrow's match to see Spurs more than Celtic.

Kold

If Huddlestone loses a bit of weight there's no reason he can't be perfect for the role of DMC. Ramos has held onto him so that suggests that he rates him.

Boggles

Kold wrote: »

If Huddlestone loses a bit of weight there's no reason he can't be perfect for the role of DMC. Ramos has held onto him so that suggests that he rates him.

I actually rate him, I think he is the best young English central midfield player at the moment. He needs a bit of pace, tackling, passing, free kicks are superb.

andrewie

Arshavin to Spurs could happen within five days.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3892243,00.html

mayordenis

I've seen a few pics of huddlestone in preseason training - he's in amazing shape you're talking sculpted like.

found it, it's a bit gay but sure . .

Boggles

Jesus that is one of the gayest pictures I have ever seen. :eek::eek::eek: