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David James wants Tottenham move to boost World Cup hopes

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    David James wants a January move from Portsmouth to Tottenham to ensure that he goes into the World Cup finals as England's No 1 goalkeeper.

    With the turmoil over Portsmouth’s ownership exacerbated by their poor start to the season, James is concerned that he could lose his national team place.

    Harry Redknapp, the Tottenham manager, wanted to sign James in the summer but Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy refused to pay a big fee for a 39 year-old. However, a source close to the player insists that his desire to leave has hardened and that a deal is in the pipeline.

    Tottenham have gained leverage over Portsmouth, which could help facilitate the deal. Spurs are still owed £2 million from Kevin Prince Boateng’s move to Fratton Park. It is understood that the Tottenham hierarchy are concerned that Portsmouth have spent money hiring Avram Grant as director of football and talked up recruitment in January while their debt remains unpaid.

    Tottenham would still be reluctant to pay the £2 million Portsmouth want for James but could come to some accommodation, possibly an exchange involving Carlo Cudicini. Redknapp rates James above Heurelho Gomes and Cudicini.

    James has had a difficult last six months. He had a shoulder operation at the end of last season and struggled with a knee problem at the beginning of this campaign. He missed five games for England before being called into action following Rob Green’s sending off in Ukraine.
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Discussion in 'Spurscommunity Front Page News' started by mawspurs, Oct 11, 2009.

  1. WhiteHeartLowe
    As a swap for Carlo, OK, but should still be no2 to Gomez IMO.
  2. mawspurs
    Carlo is 36, James is 39 with maybe a year left. Why would we do it?
  3. don1
    thanks but no thanks david were grand with what we have got
  4. Banny
    i still think we'll get rob green
  5. Frenchalex25
    If we exchange Cudicini vs James when winter transfer market comes, Itwould feel terribly bad with such a bad behaviour from our club considering Cudicini has done very well since he has to play for us.
    Considering the fact that Redknapp thinks James is above Gomes and Cudicini, i rather do not speak about it .................
  6. TheChosenOne
    We all want things in life - But we don't get them all.
  7. newbie
    Am i being dumb or is the writer ?

    We are owed £2mill by portsmouth and we dont think we will get it back, they want 2mill for James but we dont want to pay that much so we are going to pay £2mill + Carlo? cuase we dont think we will get the 2 mill back we will throw in Carlos the Jackel as well just to make sure we get well and truley robbed.
  8. vuzp
    i must say he had a good games against Ukraine and make a world class one handed save but i think Gomez is the better keeper and Carlo is a good back up
    so i do not think he is only looking to the world cup and after that what retire
    just do not think it is a good thing for us in the long run
  9. Archibald&Crooks
    In my opinion, IF he signs for us, Harry will make him his No1 keeper. He's hardly likely to sign for us to "ensure that he goes into the World Cup finals as England's No 1 goalkeeper" if he's going to be back up and spend most of the season on the bench.
  10. spurs_viola
    I am so pleased that Levy blocked this move in August and I hope he holds firm in January too.

    I agree that had Harry signed James in August, he would have become the No.1 GK at Spurs - which would have probably made Gomes seek a move in January to secure his own place in Brasil squad, as he should not be behind a 40 year old keeper no less prone to similar mistakes that Gomes is accused of.

    Is Harry getting his percentage from the sale of yet another Portsmouth player he signed - he probably got a clause like that in his contract when he was at Portsmouth?
  11. bryanabutler
    Not needed at Spurs Harry you are not at P/Mouth now, you can keep your old players
  12. hybridsoldier
    I think it may still happen and can't fathom why.

    For all his mistakes Gomes is an amazing keeper and 2nd half the season was immense and won us alot of points. Also James is just as error prone
  13. StokeSpur
    Harry needs to leave his scheming ways at Pompy now he's at a real club, there is no reason what so ever that David James should come to Spurs, NONE!. end of.

    I dont give a flying fk is he's a triffic lad in the dressing room, its between the sticks that you save points not in the dressing room. He's too old and not going to get any better, he's no where near as good as Gomes, who is younger and can improve even more.
  14. davidmatzdorf
    I'd prefer us not to sign James, just like everyone else, but no one seems to be giving Redknapp credit for the most obvious reason why he keeps signing his former players: because he knows they deliver for him and that he can manage them effectively. After all, he only signs the good ones: Defoe, Crouch, Kranjcar...
  15. newbie
    Why is Harry getting stick ? why are we taking this article as gospel i dont think Harry will sign James, this is just speculation and column inches being filled.
  16. Spurs_Bear
    Because....as I have said so many times before, it is not COOL to like Harry, and we have to take every opportunity to batter him into the ground.

    A tabloid Newspaper on a weekend of no Premiership football releases a story that we have all heard before and there are people itching to get their computer on to jump on HR, "leave your scheming ways at Pompey", "stop buying all Pompey's players it hasn't worked so far", "Harry MUST be still getting a cut of all the players he buys from Pompey".

    It's what we do best.
  17. Paxtonite
    So what boards have you been reading then? All i see on this site is people heaping praise on the man for what he has done for our club. The only criticism he gets is in some of the transfer dealings that most fans don't agree with.

    Get some perspective.

    Yes he is a wheeler dealer. Always has been and sadly always will be. He is at a big club now and he needs to understand that. Most of us want the James story to go away but it wont unless Redknapp says he definitely doesn't want him (and means it). I think that the way he is treating Gomes at the moment is poor. The guy battled to build his confidence after a shaky start and was starting to look like a good keeper (even though i was never really a fan of his). To have him playing second fiddle to an error prone Cudicini and then for the club to be linked with a 39 year old Calamity James is ridiculous in my view.
  18. fozzi44
    ffs. What is wrong with Gomez

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