Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 14 Dec 2010, 17:46Updated 14 Dec 2010, 23:10

Premier League

Spurs 100% Negotiating With Yet Another Croatian

This from Spurs Community.And indeed from the horse’s.

This website provides an excellent ‘ITK’ (In The Know) service throughout the year and particularly during the transfer windows. They always keep an eagle eye out on all Tottenham related gossip.

The latest in is fascinating stuff from a Spur supporter.

Ivan Rakitic is actually a good friend of mine, hes from Möhlin and im from Rheinfelden which are 2 towns next to each other here in switzerland, and as there is a really strong croatian community here we know each other since we’re children and our parents are good friends.

I wrote him yesterday to ask if there is any truth in the rumour, he replied:

Tottenham is definitely in the talk, but he doesn’t know yet any numbers (wages, sign-on fee etc) so still doesn’t know what to do, but he will know in 7-10 days.

Is Rakitic a player Spurs actually need? Is he in fact any good at all?