Martin Jol: The flying dutchman. Are you going to tell him he can't have the last Champion's League spot or shall I?
posted by Mr.Thomas at 11:50
21.3.06
Martin Jol: The flying dutchman. Are you going to tell him he can't have the last Champion's League spot or shall I?
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just let Wenger tell him i think.
realistically,I think you're right. Their form has picked up lately. Here's hoping anyhow..
HEY! It's not over til it's over!!
Have a bit of heart lads.
(Sarah has posted something new)
'h' May I ask what your manager thinks he's playing at? I don't want to get into another football row but this surprised me. Care to share an opinion? You too dez.
Oh it's Henry.
What's the quote? There are so many flying about these days!!! But having a quick scan through teamtalk, I guess it MUST be this one if it's between L'pool and Spurs fans:
"They [Spurs] are desperate to sell Jermain Defoe, and Cisse is in the middle.
"But he is our player - and at the moment I am happy with my strikers. They [Spurs] talk about Cisse, they are desperate to sell."
Is this quote entirely in context?
Thats pretty much it. It was during the pre-match news conference about the Chelsea cup game.
You know I can understand Benitez frustration at the news the Cisse's agent is touting, but that has nothing to do with Tottenham, who have denied many times that they want Cisse or Saha, and also have denied that they want to sell Jermain.
Our interst in any extra striker stretches to looking for a loan deal for cover for Mido while he was with the African cup of nations.
I spend ages (too mutch time)on the interent reading tottenham stories from good and bad sources and watching interviews on THTV - and I can guarantee the club don't want to sell Defoe.
The Agent is the Villain, I hope Benitez comments where ignorant and dumb rather than malicious, Cisse and Defoe are the victims. Agents do cause alot of problems.
Defoe is a club icon, I feel a bit angry about it.
He may well be sold at some point in the future, but benitez is completely wrong about the way things are at the club right now!
grrrrrrrrrrr!
benitez told the truth. thats it.
if you read all the reports clearly your chairman has been in touch via an agent to try to sell defoe to us and asking for cisse to go the other way, and benitez was clearly annoyed that he tried to do so.
anyhow, cisse's turd and defoe's even worse so i'm happy we're not wasting money another flop and hopefully cisse will be leaving prob for marseille/lyon in the summer.
Tactful and 'completely correct' as always you lovely boy! Looks like L'pool are trying to kiss and make up now anyway so ...back to actual football!
You can't trust agents. They all want money! This one is touting the Egyptian around like a pyramid shaped tourist attraction!
Note - the unnamed clubs!
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Agent - Spurs losing race for Mido
Mido's agent has revealed Tottenham have been overtaken by other clubs in the race to sign the striker from Roma.
Monaco-based Mino Raiola confirmed to PA Sport that other top clubs had moved in front of Spurs and he expressed his surprise that the Barclays Premiership side had allowed the situation to develop.
Mido has always made it clear he would love to stay at White Hart Lane but Raiola insisted he could also return to Roma when his loan deal expires in the summer because coach Luciano Spalletti is looking for a big striker.
Spalletti was not in charge of Roma when Mido left the club to join Spurs and he would welcome the Egypt international back to the Eternal City side who are also chasing a place in the Champions League next season.
A move to Tottenham has still not been entirely ruled out but Raiola made it clear that other clubs had shown more desire to sign the talented striker than the Londoners.
'We are talking to Tottenham, we are talking to Roma and we are talking to some other clubs,' Raiola told PA Sport.
'Although we have not excluded Tottenham, other clubs are ahead of them now. We are standing still with Spurs and nothing is concluded.
'I am disappointed we have not concluded a deal with Tottenham and I find it strange.
'I am not so confident that Tottenham are willing to invest the money they need to invest to get Mido.
'He is not a free transfer and there are other teams, as big and even bigger than Tottenham, who have an appetite for Mido both in England and in Europe.
'Tottenham have not expressed a willingness to conclude the deal and that has surprised me.'
Mido's future is now becoming a long-running saga at White Hart Lane although Dutch coach Martin Jol has been more than impressed with the player's performances since he joined them on an 18-month loan from Roma in January 2005.
The Egyptian striker has been a hit with Jol and home fans - scoring 11 goals this season as Spurs look to clinch a place in the Champions League.
'Mido has done very well at Spurs and that has attracted attention from other big clubs,' admitted Raiola. 'He is a strong player and works very hard for the team.
'He the perfect kind of striker for the English game and he is perhaps one of the players who is stronger with his head than with his feet.
'Mido is very grateful to Spurs and his team-mates for the chance they have given him but a number of clubs have seen what he has done in England and have become very interested.'
Mido is set for a recall against Newcastle on Saturday after inspiring a lacklustre Spurs to victory when he came off the substitute's bench against West Brom on Monday night.
The Spurs fans will be dismayed if the club cannot reach a deal with Roma who are alleged to want around £5million for the Egyptian star.
(from soccernet.com)
Agents will argue that they are just trying to do the best for their players but these kinds of press releases are just salesmanship designed to increase the size of their commission. Cisse's agent was doing the same and look where it got his player. Precisely nowhere.
I don't think pressurising clubs like this works and It'll be a shame if relationships are soured and Mido ends up somewhere else.
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