Levy Refuses To Buckle : AVB Project Will Proceed As Planned
As he watches his former club Chelsea sack their manager following a few indifferent results, Andre Villas Boas will be sighing with relief as he is set to be given £20m to spend in January.
The under-fire Spurs manager looks like he will be backed by chairman Daniel Levy in the transfer window as reports suggest that he will be given cash to splash as the Lilywhites bid to reignite their Champion’s League push.
So who will be on his January wish list? Joao Moutinho was very much on Tottenham’s radar in the summer and with Gylfi Sigurdsson in average form, the Portuguese play-maker could be the key to linking Spurs’ hard-working midfield with their talented strikers.
Moutinho would slot in very nicely alongside Moussa Dembele and Sandro and I could really see him doing well at Spurs. Whether he will be allowed to leave mid-season is debatable and figures of around £20m were mentioned in the summer, so Levy might not be so keen to splurge all his money on one player.
The North-London club could also do with another striker on their books. Alan Dzagoev is a name that has been linked with them and he would add a different element to a Tottenham front line currently consisting of Jermaine Defoe, Emmanuel Adebayor and Clint Dempsey. He’s got three goals in 11 matches in the Russian Premier League, but his five assists would also be of interest to AVB and Defoe who has been starved of a partner this season.
Dzagoev wouldn’t be too pricey either and that could open the door for a bit more spending. It is well known that Villas-Boas is in the hunt for a left back, so could Leighton Baines be in line for a move? He is regularly one of the highest performing players in the Premiership and his set piece taking would improve Tottenham’s woeful record from free-kicks and corners.
Whatever happens, it looks like AVB is set to stay at White Hart Lane longer than his successor at Stamford Bridge and that means that some new faces could be seen in North London fairly soon. Moutinho would make the most difference, but the likes of Dzagoev or even Christian Eriksen, linked with Liverpool earlier this year, could send Spurs shooting up the table.
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November 21st, 2012
Oh blinding,it gets better & better.R I P T H F C
November 21st, 2012
Oh blinded children, R.I.P new THFC supporters.
November 22nd, 2012
We need a new manager, not new players. Even if this twit had Pele, Mathews, Messi, Ronaldo etc.etc. We would still be playing crap football.
November 22nd, 2012
We do not need a new manager,We are fine with Avb mate.we just need quality players not under par boys like Dempsey,Gylfi and walker.
Moutinho and Llorente or Huntelaar would be really good for us plus a central defender,not old but with experience.
November 22nd, 2012
We are not fine with Always Very Boring or Always Very Bad. We need someone who can get the best out of the players that we have. Dempsey, Gylfi and Walker performed alright last season. Why not this? If you think DL will pay the transfer plus wages of those 3 you are mistaken.
November 22nd, 2012
Clueless mate. Dempsey and Gylfi were playing for different teams and you expect them to insantly gel into a better team with a different way of playing. Walker isn’t playing too well but that’s very common with youngsters who have had a storming season before.
I suppose Harry was getting the best out of the players when only Wolves had worse form than us for the last 3 months of last season and they finished bottom of the league?
It’s embarrassing reading some of these comments.
January 21st, 2013
Dumbest thing I have head he is already doing better than Harry Redtwitch you’re either a troll or have no clue what so ever!
November 22nd, 2012
I doubt this is true. If it is then it shows what a muppet he was in the summer to not have the funds available then. What is the point in January when the whole season is down the pan. Nobody decent will come to us then. Plus now Chelsea have a new manager anyone decent will be brought by them if nothing else just to stop them going to any rivals. He should have bought players in the Summer not near the transfer deadline day and then moan about missing out.
November 22nd, 2012
AVB does not seem to be the right man for the job. Levy is Abramovich without the money. Interferes, knows little about how to manage a football club, and is constnatly replacing managers, many quite successful. AVB might just get to the end of the season. Sad that Spurs have to put up with this buffoon.
November 22nd, 2012
I’ve had just about enough of these Redknapp loving p”&cks. Why do you think we deserve to or should finish any higher than 6th this year? We had Modric, we’ve now got Dembele, we had VDV, we’ve now got Dempsey, we had King, we’ve now got Gallas, we had parker, we’ve now got Livermore. So first, the squad is nowhere near as good. Second, changing philosophy does take time, whatever you say. Ferguson was nearly sacked, look how that turned out.
November 23rd, 2012
Get that c8nt Levy out.