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BAE tells Spurs to spend or end up like Aston Villa
News | admin | October 28, 2011 at 8:53 am
Benoit Assou-Ekoto has told the Tottenham board to financially match the Premier League big spenders.
BAE has warned Spurs that they must put their hands on the pockets, or end up like Aston Villa! Where did that come from Benny?
He told the Evening Standard: “If we want to become great, the club have to do certain things differently so as to match what the top teams do in a financial sense.
“Since we qualified for the Champions League, we can say, yes, we have become a big team.
“Now, to become like Chelsea or Manchester United, we need to keep the same team for the next couple of years and make everyone happy to stay, rather than being in the situation we were with Luka Modric during the summer.
“There’s a lot to be excited about at Spurs now with the new training ground and maybe a new stadium.
“It feels like the future could be really good for the fans but if the players don’t stay, we could end up like Aston Villa.
“Not long ago, they were maybe two or three players away from becoming a top team.
“They didn’t buy them and they didn’t keep the ones who were already there and since that time, they have taken a few steps back.
“Instead of being able to build on what they had, players ended up leaving Villa, so I hope Tottenham will make the right steps.”
“If a player is earning £3 somewhere and another club offers him £6, he will ask his current club to match that offer.
“If they don’t match it, he will move to another club, because he might feel undervalued.
“True, there are other things a player thinks about but the first thing a player speaks about when he is negotiating with a club is money.”
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We replaced Carrick with Modric, we replaced Berba with Adebayor and Keane with VDVaart.
We do need to push on a bit but really we have 1 position up for grabs at the moment, right midfield, other than the team picks itself, I think its more a case of holding onto what we got than signing players.
I think the club understands the fans, selling/loaning Hutton, Jenas, Crouch, Palacios, Bentley and O’Hara proves this.
At the end of the season get rid of Pav and Bassong, promote Caulker and sign a big striker and I will honestly say I am happy with every member of the spurs squad.
Gomes and Corluka are debatable as they can frustrate me but we are lucky fans when you look at Villa
Match of the Day got the low down on this wanker when Lawrenson or the other ex pool player said he had no right to play in the premier, he looks good going forward but hes not a defender . He coist us loads of points, he also needs a haircut. Believe me=wanker
Our problem is Kaboul is still learning as is Dawson. Gallas and King don't play enough. We need one more top class CB to coach Kaboul and Dawson then we are the finished article. Oh and a top class striker to replace Adebayor in the summer. Short of spending Man City money, we have the best Spurs team I have seen in my lifetime, and BAE is a key part of that team.
Carrick was shite against Barca, but thats hardly a crime gainst them is it. Talk about bloody live in the bloody past. No doubt things were better all round in bloody 1961….you sound like bloody Alf Garnett mate.
BAE is officially in the top 4 left backs in the league.
Check the stats.
Then point out one player on the planet who doesn't mess up at some stage/stages of their careers ~ then who would you replace him with if he's so bad and if anyone can name one, let's buy him in Jan?
In DL & Arry We Trust
C.O.Y.S
He is about as consistent as Gomes, and 90% of the time he gets the ball he hoofs it forward, losing posession.
Take him and Bassong to the Urals and they can shack up with Eto'o'o'o'o'o'o'o'.