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Skholesy said:
I dont want berbie any more.

After all this hassle!!
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Just spent the last couple of hours wtih berb and his agent. Obviously I can't divulge what was said but its on before Sunday. 28M as I said a week or so back. Real ITK
 
BahamaRed said:
Just spent the last couple of hours wtih berb and his agent. Obviously I can't divulge what was said but its on before Sunday. 28M as I said a week or so back. Real ITK
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As I said it is becoming more imminent by the second
 
Very sensible Spurs fan



Why Spurs are always going to lose out



Posted by: Jake Walters, yesterday


Tagged: Tottenham
Football FanCast columnist Jake Walters feels that Spurs are always going to lose out

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If Dimitar Berbatov ever had hopes of a hero's welcome the next time he sets foot at White Hart Lane, then he is seriously misguided. The sheer crassness in the way he has decided to try and engineer a move to Manchester United has left a sour taste to say the least and tarnished most people's memory of one of the finest striker ever to grace the Lane.
So much has already written in response to his actions and the club's reported ultimatum to Manchester United. £30m or you rot in the reserves is the supposed standpoint of the club, but why are we wasting any energy on this apparent negative influence at the football club.
I know there are many fans that are in favour and fully behind the board in their refusal to back down, but I beg to differ. I appreciate we are a wealthy club and don't have a desperate need to cash in, but what are we hoping to achieve from it? I appreciate it is refreshing to see a football club making a stand against player power and not to mention the underhand approach by Manchester United, but hasn't the damaged already be done?
My great fear is that Sir Alex will call Spurs' bluff, leaving the player in limbo and we are stuck with an unwanted footballer. He will likely be loaned out somewhere in Europe for the season, to pay his wages, and suddenly we could be left with a footballer, whose valuation would have dropped and more worryingly, I'm led to believe, will be able to activate the Webster ruling and buy out the rest of his contract. We could be left with next to nothing compared to the reported £25m offer that is on the table and all for the sake of principle - is it really worth taking that risk? Is it not time that we just moved on, given that clubs always lose out in these wars of attrition?

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So, Friday is the day. May be he will watch our game at the stand?
 
Would be a nice touch, although many seem to think this will go all the way to the wire at 23:59 on the 1st.

Would be hilarious if he was just there anyway, and we haven't signed him, he just wanted to piss of Levy..
 
Masked man sitting in our representatives spot.. Reports suggesting it was Andy Garcia, he has a breakfast slice in a greggs bag.

It late, my mind works too hard.
 
Lion said:
Could be Thursday too as the CL draw is on Thursday :devil:
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lets not get carried away with this just yet.

lets hope Spurs gets their second (striker) signing following Pav's signing and they will finally let him go as they promissed.

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Berbatov told he can leave only if second striker joins Pavlyuchenko

By Sam Wallace
Thursday, 28 August 2008

Tottenham Hotspur have told Dimitar Berbatov that he can leave only if they sign two strikers before the transfer deadline on Monday and they hope that the second, after Roman Pavlyuchenko, will be Andrei Arshavin. Spurs have revived their interest in Arshavin, whom they now believe they can sign for less than £20m.
With Pavlyuchenko already secured for £12m from Spartak Moscow, Spurs reopened talks with Zenit St Petersburg over Arshavin this week because they feel they have to start the season with three recognised strikers in the event of Berbatov departing for Manchester United. In recent days Zenit have signalled that they are ready to modify their hard-line stance on a £25m fee for Arshavin, having signed a potential replacement in Danny from Dynamo Moscow.
For their part Tottenham have told Berbatov that they do not regard Pavlyuchenko's signing alone as sufficient reason for the Bulgarian to leave the club. They currently have only Pavlyuchenko, whom they do not think they will have signed in time to play against Chelsea on Sunday, and Darren Bent. Arshavin's signing would give them the cover they need. They also believe it would be easier for the Russians to settle into English football if they were playing in the same team
Nevertheless, it stands to be Spurs' biggest-ever summer outlay, with David Bentley Luka Modric, Heurelho Gomes, Giovani Dos Santos and John Bostock all arriving. Before renewing interest in Arshavin, Spurs had been exploring the possibility of signing the England striker Emile Heskey from Wigan Athletic, despite his manager Steve Bruce's insistence he was not prepared to sell.
Heskey has one year left on his contract and is still unsure as to whether Bruce, who signed him at Birmingham City, is convinced of his value. While Wigan have said that they do not want to part with the England international, who played in the second half for Fabio Capello's team against the Czech Republic last week, they do risk losing Heskey for nothing next summer.
Tottenham also looked at the possibility of signing Vincenzo Iaquinta from Juventus. The
28-year-old Italy international fitted the profile of the target-man striker that Tottenham had been pursuing – they were also keen on Peter Crouch before he joined Portsmouth – but have not pushed on with the deal. With four days left in the transfer window, Spurs have also not acted on a potential deal for Diego Milito, 29, the Real Zaragoza striker.
While Heskey did not fit the bill of a typical Spurs signing – they prefer young players, preferably British, with the potential to be sold on at a profit – these are desperate times for the club. With Berbatov wanting a move to Manchester United they have struggled to find a striker that gives their squad the balance it needs.
Pavlyuchenko is expected in London before the end of the week, although he is unlikely to be available for selection for Sunday's game at Chelsea. Spurs are happy with the price they secured for the Russian striker, which is considerably less than Spartak Moscow originally wanted. Having lost the first two games of their season – and with Berbatov regarded as having been in the wrong state of mind to play against Sunderland on Saturday – the wheeling and dealing of another transfer window has come at a price.

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So from what I understand, its comes down to either of two thing for Spurs to let Berbatov join us:

1) 30m
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2) 2nd Striker signing

If either is met, we will get him (fingers crossed).
 
Raven_Blade said:
In response to the article above. Arshavin is not a striker but if they count him as one, good for them. Just do what they have to do and let Berbs go free.
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He can play as a second striker though. They will probably keep playing with only one centre forward and that's Bent/Pavlychenko with Dos Santos or Arshavin behind.
 
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