It has been an unusually slow summer at White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspur have been linked with player after player, but to the dismay of fans have never ended up making a move.What makes it worse is rivals Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City have all made significant signings to improve their sides ahead of next season.Chairman Daniel Levy has a battle ahead of him to make sure the North London side don’t fall even further behind.In the past few days Spurs have again seen themselves heavily linked with another new arrival; this time West Brom’s Saido Berahino, with The Mirror reporting that the club are about to make a firm bid for the youngster.The fee is thought to be around £15million, although AlbionÂinsist Spurs, or anyone else, are yet to make an official move for him…
Manager Mauricio Pochettino has been a long time admirer of the forward and even made a failed attempt to sign the Baggies hitman back in January.
The Argentine manager already has Harry Kane scoring goals for fun at White Hart Lane, but wants the pair to form a new dream attack, and to lead his side’sÂpursuit of Champions League football.
Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor have both had their chances to cement a first team spot, but have ultimately struggled with life in the Premier League and look like their time at the club is fast coming to an end.
Berahino is the perfect signing for the Londoners and Pochettino should be doing all he can to sign the player.
Kane and Berahino have already developed a good striking relationship from their time with the England U21 side. The duo link up well together and play to each others strengths.
The pair were in incredible form during the U21 European Championship qualifying process, scoring 14 goals between them in the ten game group stage. Both then scored in the playoff game that took England to the Championships.
Unfortunately Berahino got injured just before the tournament and both England and Kane really struggled without him.
The striker was not just in form for his country last season, at West Brom he had a massive impact on the team, scoringÂ20 goals in all competitions.
The youngster would certainly help ease the work load on Kane, who faces a massive year to prove he is not just a one season wonder.
At 21, Berahino is still learning his trade. However, the player is already an extremely talented individual, his speed and clinical finishing are his best attributes, and he can be a complete nightmare for defenders.
Playmaker Christian Eriksen will thrive off providing service for the forward, with pace up front something the club have been lacking in recent times.
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With the European Championships just around the corner it is a massive season for the Berahino, and he will be looking to force his way into Roy Hodgson’s plans on a permanent basis after earning his first call up last season.
A deal for the 21-year-old would provide a solid investment for now and the long term future. The forward has the potential to go a long way and being partnered with Kane, who is also only 21, will provide Spurs with a major attacking threat for years to come.
Should you be the owner, Director of Football or manager of a European club that is in need of a star striker, this summer represents the best opportunity for some time to buy one. The availability of Robert Lewandowski, Edinson Cavani, Wanye Rooney and David Villa has been well known and speculated about, but over the last few weeks, Luis Suarez has fought tooth and nail to add his name to the list of illustrious front men of continental standard set to be on the move during the season break.
The Liverpool forward has made the rather abrupt decision to effectively transfer list himself on the grounds of the British Media targeting him and venturing into his personal life, in addition to a lack of support from his club following his eight-match suspension for biting Branislav Ivanovic during an Anfield fixture against Chelsea towards the end of the season.
It begs the question as to what Brendan Rodgers should do next. Should he let his star striker leave and heed to his demands? Or should he stand his ground and maintain the current party line that Suarez is not for sale at any price?
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What the Liverpool gaffer should not do is apologise – how else was he supposed to react to his talismanic forward biting an opponent in front of an entire stadium, not to mention the millions of viewers from across the world watching the incident live on television, apart from publicly condemn his actions? Anything less would have demonstrated that Rodgers lacked strength of character and any notion of moral compass, whilst also implying that Suarez had become a bigger quantity as an individual than his club.
The 26 year old has claimed the Reds have shown him a lack of loyalty, yet their previous campaign to back the troubled star during his ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra, t-shirts and all, was one of the factors that cost Kenny Dalglish his job, and the hypocrisy on the Uruguayan’s part is clear to see, as he is now prepared to turn his back on a club that not only stood by him throughout constant controversy, but has furthermore now provided him with the platform to attract interest from Europe’s footballing superpowers.
With that in mind, it seems unlikely that a peaceful resolution to keep Suarez at Anfield will be found by the end of summer. But in many ways, the Uruguay international’s potential departure represents a blessing in disguise. His outrageous form this season, recording 25 goals and 5 assists in 33 Premier League appearances, spelled out that sooner or later Suarez would seek a move away from Merseyside, whilst his outspoken criticism of all things English has at least softened the blow from Rodgers’ perspective that he will not have to endure the pain of watching Suarez ply his trade at another Premier League club.
Similarly, it’s no secret that the Reds could certainly do with the potential £40million that Suarez’s transfer would bring in. A sizable chunk would be dedicated to finding a replacement and maintaining the Anfield tradition of having a talented front-man, but overall, the roster presents a great imbalance between young and old, overachieving and underperforming and potential and ability that needs to be addressed rigorously before Liverpool can seriously consider themselves contenders in the race for Champions League qualification.
The core aspects of the squad are clearly there, with a number of promising starlets such as Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho breaking through, yet this summer Rodgers will need to make further defensive acquisitions than simply Kolo Toure, with Jamie Carragher retiring as well as Martin Skrtel and Sebastian Coates expected to be moved, whilst none of his collection of young midfielders appear ready to take over the mantle in the middle of the park from Steven Gerrard – the England man is still going strong and has modified his game to suit his age, yet there is no doubt that he is slowly slipping into his twilight years.
The cash injection could well be the boost Liverpool need to return to past glories, or at least speed up the process of moving the club in the right direction, but the counter-argument is obvious the Reds stand a better likelihood of returning to top-tier continental football by keeping hold of their only world-class player. Daniel Sturridge kept up his exceptional form amid Suarez’s absence during the tail-end of the season, but the England youngster does not currently possess the ability to make the Merseyside club an attacking threat in the big matches in the way the Uruguayan can, and there is no doubting Suarez’s talismanic qualities.
The Liverpool forward has not only produced a steady supply of goals to make Rodgers’ first campaign at Anfield a much less painful process than it could have been, whilst the Reds boss leads the squad through a difficult transition period, but he has spent the most part of the season as the team’s only outlet going forward. Every attack went through the 26 year old – he was the first port of call in building up play, in addition to being one of a rare few Liverpool players capable of finishing chances.
Overall, he was directly responsible for nearly half of his club’s 71 domestic goals, and there is certainly some truth in the argument that had Suarez not come with such negative stigmatism, he would have been the favourite for the PFA Player of the year award – especially considering he was performing his miracles at a club that failed to break into the top half of the Premier League for the first four months of their campaign. It is no surprise that monoliths of European football are now running the rue over the Liverpool star.
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My opinion is however that now represents the best opportunity to sell. Considering his unbelievable form, Liverpool would only be able to hold onto their talisman for another year at most, and he has at least graced the Reds with the silver lining that he will not jump ship to another Premier League club. The fact Suarez has made himself available against his club’s wishes will undoubtedly knock a small chunk off any potential fee, and it’s a shame that a player can now dictate his own future based upon questionably superficial motives, but that is the nature of the modern professional footballer.
Reds fans will be bitterly disappointed, however, the compensation in the form of transfer revenues that Suarez’s departure will provide gives Brendan Rodgers the chance to continue his revolution at Anfield and further improve the Liverpool squad, which is still some way short in terms of quality and depth of the Premier League’s top four, in addition to possessing too many below-par performers such as Stewart Downing, who are yet to prove cost effective.
So far in his Liverpool career, the Anfield boss has made a series of astute and promising signings, and I believe Rodgers will be able to maintain his successes in the transfer market by taking full advantage of the potential £40million at his disposal. Sometimes you have to take a step back in order to move forwards, and although Suarez’s departure will be a huge loss on Merseyside, it could provide the foundations for the club ‘s future, by continuing and extrapolating further Liverpool’s current transfer policy of investing in promising and talented youngsters.
Ashley Westwood insists he won’t be fazed by the step up to the Barclays Premier League – after being boosted by a pep talk from Paul Lambert.
Westwood, who made his first appearance for the club in Saturday’s Barclays U21 Premier League clash against Southampton, has been told he can have a big impact on the top-flight stage for Villa, and the former Crewe midfielder can’t wait to make his senior debut after being boosted by the manager’s words of wisdom.
The youngster told the official Aston Villa website:
“There was one thing that stuck in my mind from when I came to sign, the manager said: ‘I don’t want you to come here and be a shrinking violet, I want you to come here and play the way that you can and that you have been playing for Crewe.’ He said to me: ‘It’s the same sized ball you’re used to, it’s the same size in League One, in the Premier League, so there’s no difference.”
Westwood is delighted to be at the forefront of Lambert’s vision for a young, hungry and vibrant Villa side. He believes his experience of first team football at Crewe, where he made more than 100 appearances, will stand him in good stead.
“There’s a lot of young English lads coming through and that’s always good for the game. The gaffer did it at Norwich and is trying to do the same thing he. He’s bringing young lads through because he knows that we’re hungry and we want to do well and that we love football. I played more than 130 first team games for Crewe I think and men’s football is where you want to be playing.”
Westwood has always been confident of fulfilling his Premier League dream.
“I always said to my dad, everyone finds their level, so it was just a matter of time really. That’s not me being big-headed, it’s being confident of my own ability and this is where I feel I belong.”
The youngster may make his debut in Villa’s next Barclays Premier League fixture against Swansea on the 15th September.
The spending power of top football clubs has elevated significantly over the last few years, with some high-profile players now costing upwards of £100m.
In the last two transfer windows, the Merseyside outfit have splashed big figures on the likes of Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.
The Merseyside outfit spent around £38m on bringing Salah into the club from Roma, while The Telegraph reported that Van Dijk cost around £75m when he switched from Southampton in January.
The fee was staggering for a defender, but the Reds did receive a huge chunk of cash in that month due to the sale of Philippe Coutinho.
The Brazilian secured his desired move to Barcelona in the winter window after being pursued heavily by the Spanish giants in the summer.
According to the Liverpool Echo, the Reds pocketed around £142m in the deal, which puts their recent transfer spending into perspective.
In fact, during a Sky Sports broadcast, Premier League clubs’ transfer spending was broken down and calculated from between 2014 to the current day.
A Liverpool fan posted the image on Reddit, which sparked a big discussion.
PL clubs net spend since June 2014 from r/LiverpoolFC
The Merseyside outfit have recorded a net spend of just £18m since 2014, which is a whopping £478m less than Manchester City.
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Liverpool fans posted their thoughts on social media.
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I first saw Charlie Austin play way back in summer 2010, when Swindon Town knocked my beloved Charlton Athletic out of the League One play-offs. Everybody knew who he was; the striker Swindon had drafted in from non-league football to net 20 times in all competitions – an inspired acquisition from then-manager Danny Wilson – but that preceding reputation still didn’t prepare me from the explosion of talent I went on to witness over the course of the next few years.
Austin didn’t score that night – a rare occurrence for a front-man with a one-in-two record for the Robins, playing in the most important game of their season – although he did have a goal ruled out for offside.
Yet, the then-20 year-old was seemingly moving faster and quicker than anybody else on the pitch. It wasn’t his legs making the difference, it was his mind; a step head, a level above even the Addicks’ experienced centre-back partnership of Christian Daley, formerly of the Premiership with West Ham, and Miguel Llera, a real veteran of the Football League.
Austin’s offside goal must have been only fractions. He anticipated the abyss about to open in Charlton’s defence almost too early for his ball-possessing team-mate to act accordingly – and that was by no means the only time he had Daley and Llera on the back foot.
That was the mid-point of a journey taking Austin from the anonymity of non-league to fourth in the top flight’s scoring charts, an adventure spanning Poole Town and the Premier League, a rise and rise that could result in him joining Liverpool or Chelsea this summer, according to the tabloids.
A few seasons later, he returned to The Valley, this time for Burnley, to launch a 25-yard piledriver past a helpless David Button – a goal he later described as the best of his career.
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If I had my doubts about Austin the first time around, the second time he looked like a Premier League player – a striker capable of scoring from anywhere in a variety of ways. That’s what we’ve seen at QPR this season; two goals with his left foot, eleven with his right, four with his head and two from outside the area. A real mix underlining the 25 year-old’s poacher instincts.
But just as it did against Charlton all those years ago, Austin’s intelligence, movement and anticipation still stands out.
Former Football Leaguers are often stigmatised as the more industrious types. Although the Rangers star certainly has that rough streak within him, the top flight’s most notable inductees from the foot of the footballing pyramid over the last few years – namely Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Danny Ings – are all blessed with a unique understanding of the game. Albeit at a lesser level, they’ve seen every situation a thousand times before; their vast game-time experience, Austin making 314 appearances before his inaugural Premier League campaign, can be equally as devastating as any ‘natural’ talent, or any training from one of England’s top academies.
That combination of intelligence, experience, instincts and finishing ability has seen Austin net 17 times in the Premier League this season – a haul only surpassed by Diego Costa and Sergio Aguero, two strikers who cost their clubs a combined £70million, and Tottenham’s Harry Kane, apparently a crossbreed of Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham, according to Les Ferdinand.
Not bad for a striker who started his career at Kintbury Rangers in 2006. Not bad for a striker who cost QPR just £4million, that Hull City turned down in summer 2013 because of a mysterious medical problem, that’s more acclimatised to scoring at the modest dwellings of The City Ground and The Valley than Stamford Bridge or the Emirates.
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And at this point, I refuse to speculate where Austin will end up, what level will prove to be his ultimate limit. Back in 2010, it seemed improbable he’d go on to represent Liverpool, Chelsea or the England national team, but he now has five years’ worth of momentum from progression through the English pyramid firmly on his side. Nothing has stopped him so far – even when battling with injuries, he’s scored more than ten league goals during every season of his career, and more than 17 in all competitions since 2008.
With QPR almost certain for the drop, Austin will answer his higher calling this summer. But how far his sensational rise eventually takes him – to silverware, the Champions League or the 2018 World Cup – remains to be seen.
Harry Redknapp has revealed QPR’s Bobby Zamora needs surgery to solve his hip injury but doesn’t think he will have the operation.
Zamora has missed two months of the campaign with the problem and Redknapp admits he didn’t realise the full extent of the injury at first.
Redknapp believes the 32-year-old needs an operation to correct the problem but surgery could rule Zamora out for up to 10 months.
Zamora is out of contract at the end of next season and as an operation would account for almost the entirety of the 2013-14 season, Redknapp doesn’t think it is a viable option.
“I thought Bobby Zamora was fit,” he is quoted as saying on London 24. “If you’ve got frontmen you’ve got a chance.
“He wasn’t fit and he couldn’t play. He starts playing. He’ll be out another 10 months if he has an op.
“I don’t think he will [have it]. It would [rule him out for most of next season].
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Tottenham have announced the signature of Moussa Dembele from Premier League rivals Fulham.
The north London club agreed to sell Luka Modric to Real Madrid on Monday, and as such needed a creative midfielder as a replacement.
The Belgium international has grown in stature at Craven Cottage over the last two years, with the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea also touted with interest in the player.
However, Spurs have confirmed that they have sown up a deal for the player to move to White Hart Lane for an undisclosed fee.
“We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement with Fulham for the transfer of Moussa Dembele,” a club statement on the official website reads.
Dembele has expressed his delight at moving to Andre Villas-Boas’ men and becomes the fourth summer signing after Emmanuel Adebayor, Jan Vertonghen and Gylfi Sigurdsson.
“I’m happy to join Spurs, it’s a fantastic club,” the midfielder admitted.
“You can see over the last few years that Spurs have played well, everybody knows it’s a good team and a good club and that’s why I wanted to come here.
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“The club has plans to do lots of good things and that’s why I want to be a part of it,” he concluded.
Mauricio Pochettino’s comments in the wake of Tottenham’s FA Cup semi-final defeat at the hands of Manchester United hinted that the Argentine was considering his future in North London.
The former Southampton manager took the defeat, which saw Jose Mourinho’s side force their way back into the game from 1-0 down to secure a 2-1 victory and a place in May’s showpiece final, very hard indeed as it extended Tottenham’s wait for a trophy to ten years.
Now, Spurs fans may really begin to panic as a report has emerged from Yahoo Sport that the Spurs boss is seriously considering his future at the club – even after the raw emotion of the Wembley defeat has begun to fade – and may well make a major switch to Real Madrid in the summer.
That would be a major body blow for Spurs’ chances of progression and we’ve taken a closer look at the best of the reaction…
After a thoroughly underwhelming season, Everton have finally managed to string together a consistent run of form. Four wins in a five game unbeaten run has led The Toffees from looking apprehensively over their shoulders to now having a real chance of breaking into the top half.
At the start of the season, would Everton fans have taken a season where they ventured well in Europe and finished in the top ten? Can Everton’s final ten games of the season paper over the cracks of a worrying campaign?
Roberto Martinez’s first season on Merseyside could have scarcely gone better for the former Wigan manager; he inherited the resoluteness of David Moyes’ Everton and added a swagger and a verve that had been missing from Goodison Park for a huge chunk of time. The Spaniard led his charges to the brink of the Champions League and hopes were high that they could replicate the same sort of form this time around.
The permanent signings of Lukaku and Barry, as well as the young, effervescent Ross Barkley with a season’s experience meant for a tantalisingly exciting Everton campaign.
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However, whether it is a case of second season syndrome or something worse, Everton have struggled to even get close to the side that graced the division last year. Where last year they were incisive, this time they have been laboured. Where last campaign their cavalier approach wowed fans and neutrals alike, their caution this term has been a disappointing look into Everton’s past.
Of course, the added games of their campaign in the Europa league has clearly taken its toll on Martinez’s men; the extra games have meant, as much as they would like to, they have struggled to play with the levels of intensity they exhibited so often last year.
However, as the season has progressed and their European adventure came to an end, they finally seem to be playing in a style that is more reminiscent of last year. With their recent run of form, they have gathered a level of confidence they have not possessed all season. Their run of fixtures from now to the end of the season, Manchester United aside, is a favourable one and they will be confident of picking up even more points to ensure they finish this season as one of the form sides in the country.
This campaign has undoubtedly been a disappointment, but with another pre-season for the manager to mould his current players and continue bringing in more personnel to compliment his style it can only reap positive benefits for The Toffees.
The increased minutes that Everton have played have clearly had a negative impact on his side but it is a credit to both his managerial abilities and the character of his team that they are finishing so strongly.
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This end to the season may be papering over the cracks of a poor season at Goodison Park, but it also may give a truer representation of where Everton are. The future is still bright for the blue half of Merseyside and this end of season run may prove to be the catalyst for future successes.
There would have been some quarters of the Arsenal support who would have greeted news of Arsene Wenger to PSG not with trepidation, but with the hope of a new dawn for the club. And that doesn’t take anything away from what he’s done in the past or what he may do in the little time he has left with Arsenal. It’s a nod to the idea that maybe the time is right for something different.
You have to ask the question from the other side of the table, too. What if Wenger himself feels that he’s taken this club as far as he can; with the limitations in the transfer market and the consistency at losing his top players each summer, it becomes a frustrating cycle which can be hard to break. Should Arsenal fans begrudge Wenger if he decides PSG is the last realistic chance for glory before he moves away from the dugout for good? If anything, Wenger has earned the right to walk away when he pleases.
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What would a move to PSG mean for Wenger and his stance on big-spending clubs in Europe? I don’t think it will matter too much. This is a coach who has long had to hide the complications that exist behind closed doors at Arsenal, and much of that came through the belief that spending recklessly was wrong and Arsenal’s approach was right. It also played into Wenger’s hand nicely, that being his preference for developing talents, while also avoiding the bidding wars that were likely to spring up for the world’s most sought-after players. Going to PSG, however, will allow Wenger the freedom to move in the transfer market, still taking on his well-thought-out approach to new signings, but with far less restrictions.
What’s on the table now is the prospect of a big summer of spending, for both Arsenal and PSG, with Wenger unlikely to be in the Premier League beyond next summer. How does this work out for Arsenal? Maybe it’s best to cut ties now while the opportunity is there. Wenger talks about his commitment to contracts, and yet who could really hold that small detail against him should all parties agree that a change in direction is needed?
It’s not a campaign to push the manager out the door of the Emirates. It is, however, an acknowledgement that there is a world beyond what many Arsenal fans know. This is a topic for discussion that is absolutely certain to arise again next year should Wenger remain at Arsenal beyond this summer, and yet many may be more willing to accept the matter then rather than now. It’s about holding onto the safe and secure option. It’s the uncertainty that arises should Wenger look to accept PSG’s proposal for one last go at a league title. Who knows how far this Arsenal team are from challenging? Who really knows outside of the club whether this truly is a summer of increased and ambitious spending?
But it’s a question of blame and grudges being held. Many fans still believe Wenger to be the right man for Arsenal, one who most trust with overseeing the reshaping of the playing squad before he leaves. It doesn’t keep with Wenger’s principles to move on with the club so precariously placed. To elaborate, and to reiterate: who can really tell what this summer holds for the club?
There will be very little blame attached should Wenger depart this summer. Most of it will come in the form of disappointment and the realisation that not everything was done to give Wenger a proper sending off. For whatever criticisms may be had over Wenger’s management – of which there are many – the real blame lies with the board and their decision to hide behind a man who most believe to be exempt from criticism.
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Should Wenger leave, it may just be an admission that he’s had enough with the faults of this club that don’t necessarily lie at his door.
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