Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas was delighted with his team’s 1-1 draw against Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Thursday. Emmanuel Adebayor was on the end of a Gareth Bale cross to put Spurs ahead after eight minutes, but Daniel Sturridge’s ninth league goal of the season 15 minutes later secured a point for Villas-Boas’ side in what was a pulsating affair. “It’s one of the days that the results really…
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has denied claims that he wants to sign Rio Ferdinand and Gary Cahill, insisting that he is totally satisfied with his current defence. Bolton’s Cahill was one the most sought after players this summer, with Arsenal and Spurs just two of several clubs thought to have registered an interest in signing the player. The England centre-half remained at the Reebok Stadium, however, with neither of the…
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admits he would have sold Luka Modric to Chelsea this summer had the Croatian become a disruptive influence within the Spurs squad. Modric was at the centre of a summer-long fight between Spurs and Chelsea, with the Blues making at least three unsuccessful bids for the playmaker – the last reported to be £40million. Modric made it clear that he wanted to move to Stamford Bridge,…
Harry Redknapp says Arsenal will never sack Arsene Wenger and has backed the Frenchman to drag Tottenham’s north London rivals back in to the title race this season. Wenger has endured a testing summer, leading some to question whether it is time for a new man at the helm, but Redknapp thinks the criticism aimed at his Gunners counterpart is unfair and expects his opposite number in Sunday’s north London…
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says he won’t be looking to bring Carlos Tevez to the club and slammed his actions on Tuesday night. The Argentinian international hit-man shocked the football world by refusing to come on as a substitute for Manchester City in their 2-0 Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. The former Manchester United star’s actions have been roundly condemned and it appears as though…
Tottenham ace Luka Modric is ready to give up his dream of joining Chelsea or Manchester United, and sign a new lucrative £100,000-a-week contract at White Hart Lane. The Croatian was a transfer target for both Premier League giants, but Spurs chief Daniel Levy is reportedly optimistic the midfielder’s ready to commit his future to the club after the taxing summer saga. Modric has five years left on his current…
Tottenham will open talks next week over a new contract worth 80,000 pounds-a-week for Luka Modric. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy will sit down with the Croatian playmaker’s representatives to discuss a pay rise that would nearly double his current 45,000 pounds weekly salary and make him the club’s top earner. Chelsea made repeated attempts to sign the wantaway midfielder over the summer but Levy stuck to his claim that Modric…
Lassana Diarra insists that he wants to see out the remaining two years of his contract at Real Madrid. The 26-year-old French interntional was the subject of interest from Roma and Tottenham in the summer. A possible move to Spurs was close and Harry Redknapp confirmed talks were ongoing – but the deal fell through. Now back at the Santiago Bernabeu he is yet to feature this term, but he…