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Spurs in Diarra talks, Bale clause not dependent on deal
News | admin | August 2, 2011 at 11:28 am
Tottenham Hotspur are working on a deal to sign Lassana Diarra from Real Madrid.
The former Portsmouth midfielder is wanted by former boss Harry Redknapp at Spurs to bolster his midfield.
Real Madrid are willing to allow the French international to leave but are pushing for a clause which gives them first option on Gareth Bale when his contract begins to run down. We hear (from the well respected CorlukaModric via SC) that Spurs are so far refusing to add this clause into the deal and that the deal is not dependent on this clause.
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Big Tom is vital to how we play.
Signing Llorente at the weekend would be just in time for him to play against his current team.
machinegun – Huddlestone “not top 4 class” You may remember that Huddlestone played virtually every game in our top 4 year. If you look at our demise last season it coicided with his absence (along with others) through injury. IMO Huddlestone is a top class player and in a 4231 alongside Sandro, that pairing would be immense.
@John Doran, isn't 28m quite a lot for someone who didn't set the world alight last season?
– That said, i'm sure we'd take almost anybody half decent at the moment if only to shake the current lot up a bit.
Central midfield is not a problem area for us, and there are better and cheaper options out there if we want some back-up/ competition for Luka, Tom and Sandro. We should not even be looking at this until we shift one or both of Palacios and Jenas.
Personally, I’d keep Wilson and focus on getting that striker in (which i’m sure is what is actually happening)
Harry will forever be linked with his ex-players – so the press will always assume that it is Diarra we are discussing with Madrid – but it could be anyone. Well, almost.
This masterpiece consisted of some nonsense about Madrid asking for ‘first refusal’ on Bale. Sorry – what is that exactly? What is the legal definition of this? Are we to assume that they are willing to pay us to tell them when we want top sell Bale? And what, they then get the ‘option’ to bid first? Does this sound realistic to you? Does it sound enforceable to you? It is fucking nonsense. Some 12 year old kid at his computer made it up.
As for the other part of the rumour, no thanks to Diarra. Failed at every big club he’s been at. He never made the transition from promising youngster to being good enough. Perennially on the sidelines, running out in cuop competitons and at home to really weak sides from the bottom of the league. I doubt Madrid could get a fee for him from any club, given his crazy wages. Van der Vaart was asked at a forum soon after siging for Spurs who he would like to follow him from Madrid. I remember thinking at the time how significant it was that he mentioned virtually ever player in the squad, except Diarra!
Benzema – who exactly is supposed to be paying him his £180k a week? Fantasy land. If we are looking at realisitc striker targets, Odemwingie looks a decent bet. Demba Ba might have been wrth a punt, although I understand he failed a medical at Spurs in May. Gyan might also be worth a look. This is the market we’re shopping in, not Benzema (who isnt for sale, and if he were, would be the sole preserve of about 4 massively subsidised / loss making clubs in the world)