Tottenham are being linked with a move for Wigan left-back, Maynor Figueroa in January. Figueroa has impressed on teh left hand side of the Wigan defence and has apparently caught the eye of Harry Redknapp. However, Redknapp has been told he must sell before he buys and is expected to finance a £6million for the Honduran by flogging Gareth Bale. Bale has found first-team...

Jermain Defoe has described his five-goal haul against Wigan Athletic as “like a dream.” The Spurs striker was in dazzling form as Spurs crushed Wigan 9-1 at White Hart Lane, with Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, Niko Kranjcar and David Bentley bagging the others. “The most important thing was to win the game, to win 9-1 was brilliant and to score five goals...

Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon and Niko Kranjcar (10) – Titus Bramble and his friends at the back will be having nightmares about these three. And everybody else (9) – It would be extremely churlish to have a pop at anyone after that performance.

For the first fifteen minutes of this game it looked like Spurs could rip Wigan apart as led by Aaron Lennon and Niko Kranjcar we created chance after chance. Only one opportunity was taken (a Crouch header from a lovely Lennon cross) though and the remainder of the half was played out almost soporifically as for some reason we took the foot off the gas and let our opponents...

Harry Redknapp was full of praise for his Tottenham players, after they mauled Wigan 9-1. Jermain Defoe hit five goals in the rout, with other goals coming courtesy of Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, Niko Kranjcar and a Chris Kirkland own goal. And the Spurs manager was ecstatic with the performance of his team, whilst he also had praise for Jermain Defoe as well. “The...

Heurelho Gomes has claimed that Spurs home form is vital if they are to earn a place in the top four. Spurs host Wigan on Sunday and the Tottenham stopper has said they need to pick up all three points to keep them there. Spurs have already lost home games against Manchester United and Stoke this season and Gomes doesn’t want anymore slip-ups at White Hart Lane. He...

It’s Wigan Athletic at White Hart Lane on Sunday, perhaps not the most fragrant of attractions to most but to Spurs fans eager to put the whiff of the smelly win over Sunderland behind them, the game can’t come soon enough. Stats produced before the last round of fixtures show that Wigan bring the Premier League player with the most shots without a goal in Jordi Gomez...

Since their return to the Premier League in 2005, Tottenham have suffered only the single loss against Wigan The 1-0 reverse was Jermaine Defoe’s first game back for the club after his spell at Portsmouth and came just nine days after a comfortable 3-1 victory for the Lilywhites against the same opposition in the F.A. Cup. All in all Spurs have put 18 goals past...

Following the international break, the focus shifts back to White Hart Lane on Sunday where Spurs will face Wigan Athletic with a lot of fans are already debating about what the team should be. The Spurs faithful are already waiting to see if Redknapp will make changes to the side. Here’s what we have come up with (leave your starting line-up in the comments area, below):- Gomes Corluka...

BBC football pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted that Tottenham Hotspur will beat Wigan Athletic on Sunday. Last time out, Lawrenson correctly predicted that Spurs would beat Sunderland, but said the score would be 3-1 when it ended up as a 2-0 win for Harry Redknapp’s side. He told BBC Sport Online: “You are never quite sure what you are going to get with...