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Reports are today suggesting that Craig Bellamy could be involved in a swap deal involving Jermaine Defoe in January.

Defoe has been linked to every club in the Premiership for the last two years and although I know Bellamy has the potential to fire in the Premiership, I think we would be much better off holding on to Jermaine if we can.

Turkish international Yildiray Basturk is keen to join Spurs from his current club Hertha Berlin.

Basturk said: “At 28 years of age it could be time to seek a fresh challenge elsewhere. I’ve always thought about playing abroad and the Premiership could certainly be interesting.”

Basturk, who was with star Dimitar Berbatov at Bayer Leverkusen is believed to be one of our targets for January.

Paul Robinson says we should not get carried away with our encouraging cup runs and focus on getting back up that league table.

He said: “Our league form has been indifferent. We want to start picking up points and climb the table.

“We’re not a million miles away — we’re almost there — without stringing the few wins together to get up the table.

“You can’t rely on a cup run. There are three to be won but, if we don’t manage it, we’ve got to make sure we are back in Europe through the league.”

Dimitar Berbatov thinks we cannot pronounce his name and this is why we do not sing his name. As you can see I don’t stop talking about the lad. He is a special talent.

Berbatov said: “It’s probably because my name is too difficult for them to fit into a song.

“I’m only interested in pleasing the fans. If they like what I do then that is good. It would be nice to hear them sing my name but I appreciate it is not easy.

“I am not that bothered if they don’t come up with one, just as long as I am working hard for the team, we are winning and the fans are happy is all that concerns me.

“Even when I played for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, the fans did not have a song for me.”

BERBATOV WE LOVE YOU

Lets make a song for the man….

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Super striker Dimitar Berbatov is relishing the opportunity to take on THE SCUM this weekend.

“It’s a big game and is the first for me against them. It’s the biggest derby but playing in a hostile atmosphere will hold no fear for me. ” said Berbatov

“I like playing in a hostile atmosphere and, hopefully, we’ll win and I can score the goals.”

He said: “If we play like we did in the second half against Wigan we can achieve big things,”

“Before we started we were 13th in the league and that isn’t good enough for us. We have to be at the top and we will try to do that.”

Here are the Wigan highlights. What a performance… The man is brillant.

Egyptian striker Mido has been ruled out for at least two weeks as he continues his recovery from his groin injury.

Coach Jol said: “Mido has a little tear in his groin and that’s why he wasn’t fit for selection. He could be out for a couple of weeks.”

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We have agreed a deal with Sunderland regarding goalkeeper Ben Alnwick.

The keeper will arrive at Tottenham during the upcoming transfer window and will see Hungarian keeper Martin Fulop sign for the Black Cats on a permanent basis.

Skipper Ledley King is confident we can go all the way to lift the UEFA CUP this season.

“Being captain of the club, you realise you will get the job of lifting the trophy if we win a cup,” said King.

“It is something that I want to do in my career and with the team we have at the moment, I think we are definitely capable of winning something.”

Full-back Pascal Chimbonda thinks his move to Spurs from Wigan has helped him ‘step up’ a level.

“Moving to Tottenham helped me step up a level from Wigan, where I was struggling to win any international recognition,” said Chimbonda.

“It has always been a special dream of mine to play for France, but I wasn’t in the public eye enough when I was there.

“Wigan are not one of the bigger sides so as soon as I had the chance to move to Tottenham I jumped at it.”

He added: “I’m happy the way things have gone for me. I’ve been adopted by the fans straight away.

“Right from the first training session they started singing the song that the Wigan fans made up for me last season - that was a great start and things have just got better.

“The next aim for me is to help Tottenham win something and become a regular in the France squad.”

Martin Jol has quickly dismissed suggestions that his preferred strike partnership is Jermain Defoe and Dimitar Berbatov following their good link up in the 3-1 victory over Wigan on the weekend.

He said: “They did well but we don’t have a best partnership. We saw Robbie Keane against Leverkusen and Besiktas and against Chelsea in our best match of the season,”

On the performance against Wigan he added: “It’s always nice to have a win after a Thursday game - I thought we were terrific,”