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I hope the striker doesn't turn out to be Landon Donovan
I agree, but Landon Donovan is a quality player.
I hope the striker doesn't turn out to be Landon Donovan
its all they go on about on here at mo... rossi and ice creams.still debating this blue & yellow stuff then? i choose to stay away from the guessing, since whoever we end up signing, potl will reveal some sort of dubious link to one/both of those colours. as proven by the fact this thread has managed to link almost every striker in europe to those two colours!
wayne rooney - blue (former everton)
neymar - yellow (brazil)
solved.
Any chance of a brief recap of what happened today? Anything?
Any chance of a brief recap of what happened today? Anything?
Any chance of a brief recap of what happened today? Anything?
I hope the striker doesn't turn out to be Landon Donovan
Any chance of a brief recap of what happened today? Anything?
in the mirror
Tottenham are ready to sign the 'new Didier Drogba' - Ivory Coast's sensational teenage striker Souleymane Coulibaly.
Spurs supremo Daniel Levy has teed up a stunning £2 million deal for Coulibaly, who has scored nine goals in just four games at the mini World Cup in Mexico.
Coulibaly - just 16 years and six months - bagged back-to-back hat-tricks, including some amazing strikes to get some of the game's giants stampeding for the young 'Elephant' hit man.
The fantastic talent plays for AC Siena's youth team but he can be bought and Spurs are flying to Italy today in a bid to seal the deal ahead of Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Coulibaly has been likened to Drogba because of his explosive power and shooting and the fact that he is almost half the age of the Ivory Coast and Chelsea star.
And while Harry Redknapp would love the original version if Chelsea would sell, crafty Levy has worked on the move to land the new version.
Spurs have so much faith in Coulibaly that they will offer him a squad number and promote him to Redknapp's first-team squad immediately - all part of the incentive to sign.
Levy has masterminded Tottenham's transfers so far this summer, landing keeper Brad Friedel for nothing and bringing in Mexican hot shot Antonio Pedroza Whitham who has just arrived in London.
It'll be a real coup for who ever he goes to. But, realistically, it won't be us. We're not quite high profile enough. Coulibaly will end up at one of the CL elite.
I admit that all I've seen of this whippersnapper is a 3 minute reel off YouTube, but please GOD let it be true that we're gonna sign him. He is the NEXT BIG THING. But - Real Madrid are looking at him, Barca are looking at him, the big Italian teams are aware of him, and, after his heroics at the u17 World Cup, every other bugger is looking at him.
It'll be a real coup for who ever he goes to. But, realistically, it won't be us. We're not quite high profile enough. Coulibaly will end up at one of the CL elite.
in the mirror
Tottenham are ready to sign the 'new Didier Drogba' - Ivory Coast's sensational teenage striker Souleymane Coulibaly.
Spurs supremo Daniel Levy has teed up a stunning £2 million deal for Coulibaly, who has scored nine goals in just four games at the mini World Cup in Mexico.
Coulibaly - just 16 years and six months - bagged back-to-back hat-tricks, including some amazing strikes to get some of the game's giants stampeding for the young 'Elephant' hit man.
The fantastic talent plays for AC Siena's youth team but he can be bought and Spurs are flying to Italy today in a bid to seal the deal ahead of Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Coulibaly has been likened to Drogba because of his explosive power and shooting and the fact that he is almost half the age of the Ivory Coast and Chelsea star.
And while Harry Redknapp would love the original version if Chelsea would sell, crafty Levy has worked on the move to land the new version.
Spurs have so much faith in Coulibaly that they will offer him a squad number and promote him to Redknapp's first-team squad immediately - all part of the incentive to sign.
Levy has masterminded Tottenham's transfers so far this summer, landing keeper Brad Friedel for nothing and bringing in Mexican hot shot Antonio Pedroza Whitham who has just arrived in London.
on the OS it has an advert for the summer schools for kids, and says our scouting network will be in operation at all schools...surely thats just clutching at straws? no wonder we havent signed this striker yet, they have been looking at a bunch of 8 year olds!
Maybe Arsene Wenger will be our manager soon. That'll really attract that goon.This has reminded me (gratuitous plug alert) of the Mabbutt interview I did earlier this week when he told me that "Harry has his list", "We really like Drogba" and then, when I pressed him on the likelihood of that given DL's history of not paying big bucks for players over 30 he said "I think if Harry says he wants Drogba, we’ll try to get him. But Daniel is very shrewd in the market and he is careful how he spends his money."
I suppose, reading between the lines there and noting the careful choice of phrase (ie notably NOT saying "Drogba is the one we want" as he did with Gary Cahill) you could intimate that a Drogba-esque player but younger would actually suit everybody.
Don't be daft...
Our academy starts from age five now.
............. Dan Levy would set himself a target of making Spurs competitive at the very top of the English and European game again (which is what he has done), get so close, and then just...not bother. The fact is that he has been on a steep learning curve, and this explains why sometimes he underestimates what needs to be done - like last Summer and in January underestimating just how hard it would be to get a geuine World Class striker.
.........I don't know that he will finally resolve our striking dilemma anymore than you know that he won't. But I do think there are grounds for optimism, and would suggest you show a little more patience.
Just one quick question, Are the players named in the transfer rumour sections Players that have been mentioned has coming or going only by itk, or the media as well, eg paper gossip?
Watched him play and brazil absolutely dominated that match, he hardly got the ball but he managed to get a hat trick was a brilliant performance by him