The Spurs Blog

Reports are suggesting that Tottenham are looking at Wigan Athletic defender Leighton Baines.

It is believed that manager Martin Jol would have to table a bid near £5 million to snare the promising fullback.

Martin Jol is thinking about moving for former England skipper David Beckham.

He said: “I’ll sit down and have a think about it tonight,”

“We are well covered on the flanks already. It’s a difficult one.

“We’ve got Wayne Routledge, although he is on loan, plus Hossam Ghaly and Aaron Lennon.”

I think were fine on the flanks. Need another creative midfielder.

We are apparently preparing another bid for West Bromwich Albion star Curtis Davies during the January transfer window.

The News of the World has reported that manager Martin Jol is still keen on the £10 million rated star.

Some might say we are fine in defence. What do you think?

Osasuna are reportedly going to beat us to the signing of 23-year-old NAC BREDA forward Leonardo Vitor Santiago.

Never heard of him

Fulham manager Chris Coleman has admitted that Tottenham Hotspur could have signed winger Luis Boa Morte during the off season if they tabled a £5 million for the player.

Coleman said: “Boa was about £5 million away from joining Tottenham in the summer. What they offered was nowhere near what we valued him at,”

“We had no chance of replacing him for the fee they offered and the longer all the talk went on the price went up.

“Boa is linked to a move away from the club every time there is a transfer window. People are saying he is going to Tottenham or he is going to Newcastle.

“He came back from the World Cup where he did not have a lot of rest, then there was all the hoo-ha about whether he was leaving or not in the August window.

“That made things hard for him. He has been chipping away and he will get there sooner rather than later.”

Reports are today suggesting that Tottenham could make a move for Newcastle winger Charles N’Zogbia in January.

Summer speculation regarding the promising starlet has seen Newcastle boss Glen Roeder move to dismiss any move plans.

“Charles N’Zogbia will play lots and lots of games, and start lots of games this year for Newcastle.” said Roeder

“We are in four competitions. I think the world of him and he would be one player who certainly would never be for sale as far as I am concerned.

“He has a big future in front of him, but I will protect him.”

Portsmouth executive Peter Storrie has revealed that Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe was interested in a move to Fratton Park but was forced to stay at Spurs after the club rejected their £6million bid.

Storrie said: “We put in a bid of £6million for Defoe and it was rejected. He wanted to come and that shows we are a club moving in the right direction.”

Defoe’s former manager Harry Redknapp, who is now in charge at Fratton Park, has recently admitted his desire to sign striker saying: “I’d love to get him here.”

Australian winger Harry Kewell seems set to stay Anfield after his agent Bernie Mandic dismissed any rumours linking the player with a move to Tottenham. 

Mandic said: “There has never been a single word from anyone at Liverpool about Harry leaving,” he told The Independent.

Reports are today suggesting that Tottenham Hotspur have tabled and improved bid for versatile Real Madrid star Julio Baptista.

Spurs have apparently bid close to £14 million for the former Sevilla star who has been a target of North London rivals Arsenal for the past 2 years.

Middlesbrough want to sign Aaron Lennon.

Boro executive Keith Lamb said: “[Chairman] Steve Gibson and I are appalled at the way Tottenham conduct their business,”

“We are shocked and disappointed that they should talk publicly about their interest in one of our players.

“They have not made a £10 million offer for Stewart, and would be wasting their time if they did.

“In actual fact, they made a derisory offer.

“I won’t even be responding to the bid because they knew in advance that it would be unacceptable.

“We can only consider that it was a mischievous attempt to unsettle Stewart and cause a problem between the player and his hometown club.

“If that is the case, it won’t succeed, and we won’t be giving their offer even the courtesy of a rejection.

“We would be more interested in buying Aaron Lennon from Spurs than selling Stewart because we remain extremely ambitious to take this club forward.

“In fact, during the course of our talks with Spurs, we have already expressed our interest in signing Lennon.”