- Feb 1, 2005
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Good morning ITK'ers. A pretty quiet weekend for ITK or should that be eyeteekayinho? Everyone seem to be catching the Brazilian bug. Even the mrs got inflicted, but it all went pear shaped for her when the strimmer ran out of petrol.
We had some late night ITK from The Goat last night which ought to keep us occupied for a while. Here it is.
Ooooh.The Goat has some broadly un-surprising ITK from what he considers a reliable source. Most of it just confirms what is being said by others: The Goat's source said...............
We are still trying to sign Damiao and also Paulinho
- Bale will not be sold this Summer under any circumstances and hasn't been agitating to leave. His young baby is a factor in this.
- Huddlestone, Livermore and possibly Parker (if we get a good offer) are expected to depart, leaving Sandro as the only remaining defensive midfielder.
- Rose and Townsend will be in the first team squad next season.
- He doesn't think anyone will be interested in buying Adebayor because of his wages.
- Levy is a nightmare to do business with (surprise) and his habit of dragging deals out to the last minute aggravates the other directors as well as the fans. I didn't get the impression that he expects this to change.
- The decision to remove Redknapp was motivated by a wide variety of factors, not just last season's slump in form. Quite a lot of it had to do with the club rule on public statements that "everything goes through Donna [Cullen]", a rule that Harry was obviously unable to follow whenever he was confronted with a microphone and a reporter.