Roy Keane claims to have agreed personal terms with 3, if not all 4 of the Tottenham players he put bids in for last week. You know, the deal I said would never happen!

Keane said: “I wouldn’t get bogged down with deals being done by today or tomorrow, but I certainly hope they will be by the weekend.

I got a bit of stick for bringing up the dossier last night but it doesn’t look like it will carry as much weight now thanks to Manchester United’s Scandinavian supporters’ branch!!

It’s been widely reported today that they are taking the heat for the quotes attributed to Fergie in the British press regarding Berbatov last week. Bit convenient for me, but I’ll let you decide.

“A feather has become 35 hens here. It might seem like we are to blame for what has happened,” admitted the branch’s webmaster Steinar Madsen to Aftonposten.

“We are to the blame in the sense how the interview was presented. Ferguson didn’t mention the name Berbatov when he was interviewed by us.

“I would call it a misunderstanding. It was tricky conditions for the interview.

“As journalists, you have probably experienced this yourself, how it is to listen to the tape afterwards.

“That can cause problems and Ferguson’s accent is not too easy to understand to start with.

“Ferguson confirmed that United had tabled an offer.

“We assumed it was Berbatov he was talking about. We might have taken it too far.”

I wonder what they got in return? The secret to Fergie’s rosy red cheeks? A bit of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s knee? Or maybe the best of Darren Ferguson dvd?

I know what you’re thinking, why don’t Spurs have a Scandinavian supporters’ branch to cover this type of eventuality? Well they have but not one that can compete with Manchester United’s.
What Spurs do have though are these bad boys http://www.spurs-sg.org/ – The Singapore Supporters Club.

They look way tastier than Utd’s Scandinavian outfit, I just hope Daniel has their number.

I thought I would post the top five unconfirmed Spurs stories I’ve heard from various sources over the last few days, maybe some of you in the know can comment on their validity. Not something I’ve done before but it could be interesting.

1. Keane and Poyet had a bust up after Keane told Poyet he was a fool for turning down Man Utd.

2. Ledley King and Berbatov had a training ground bust up over Berbatov’s constant sulking and lack of effort this pre season.

3. Kaboul has done a complete u turn and will seal a move to Sunderland in the next 48 hours.

4. Spurs are close to signing David Villa in a shock £23m deal which was more or less agreed before Euro 2008.

5. Blackburn are just trying to squeeze more money out of Spurs with delaying tactics and Ince is now keen to sell David Bentley to free up funds for his own transfer targets.

Number four I couldn’t have in a million years but then again I was very surprised when we signed Modric, a deal for Villa would certainly trump that though.

Any of you Spurs faithful got a view or more information?

‘A dossier is typically a briefing paper based on an individual of interest in police or intelligence circles’. That’s the Wikipedia definition of a dossier.

My problem is Spurs aren’t the police and they are demonstrating about as much intelligence as when they brought Damien Comolli to the club.

I’m sure Utd haven’t gone strictly by the rule book where Berbatov is concerned but a dossier worth of wrong doings?! To me a dossier is a little book, maybe 50 or 100 pages, otherwise it’s just a letter surely? Although as soon as it enters a thin brown cardboard folder, maybe it automatically becomes a dossier?

Sevilla could certainly provide a healthy dossier on Levy’s pursuit of Ramos and I’ve no doubt Simon Jordan could come up with an even more impressive dossier on his pursuit of Bostock.

If every team did this when their players are approached, Premier League Towers would be renamed Dossier Central.

The hypocrisy here is astounding. Danny, do us all a favour and leave the dossiers to the police or those intelligent circles.

Andrei Arshavin has been linked with all the big boys this Summer but reports today are suggesting the slighter smaller boy with potential for a growth spurt, Tottenham, are in for the Russian star.

Zenit St Petersburg official Konstantin Sarsaniya was quoted in the Russian press regarding Tottenham’s interest in the player.

“With Tottenham we have contacts,”
“This English club is really interested in acquiring Andrei but, as I understand, €27 million (£21.5 million) is too high a price for them.
“For Spurs it is unacceptable. Tottenham are ready to pay in the region of €20 million (£15.9 million) for Arshavin.”

This is another deal I can’t really see coming off for a number of reasons.

Firstly he’s wanted by teams playing Champions League football.

Would he really want to come to a clubs that has just sold arguably their two best players (Keane and Berba are more or less out the door!)

I’ve seen no quotes from anyone at Tottenham regarding our interest in Arshavin.

While there is no doubting his talent he is over priced and over hyped on the back of a good season and Euro 2008.

Sir Alex Ferguson is considering legal action over Daniel Levy’s comments about Ferguson’s comments about Berbatov!

As I’m sure everyone is aware, Levy complained to the Premier League that Ferguson has done his best to unsettle Berbatov labelling Ferguson’s comments to the press saying Utd have made a bid and is confident of getting his man ‘disgraceful’.

I can understand why Levy doesn’t want to sell his best players without putting up some kind of fight but against Sir Alex and Man Utd I think there will only be one winner.

What makes the situation worse for Levy is the fact Ferguson’s comments weren’t reported very accurately. He apparently didn’t mention Berbatov’s name at all; “We have made a bid for one player who would enhance us a great deal.”

Best just to sell up and move on Mr Levy.

Roy Keane of Man Utd, Celtic and now Sunderland fame has apparently bid for four of our misfits, Steed Malbranque, Teemu Tainio, Pascal Chimbonda and Younes Kaboul. Sunderland have also been linked with Darren Bent.

I find it very hard to believe they have made solid bids for this quartet. Similarly to all the swap deals that are banded about in the press, when do you see four players move from one club to another? It just doesn’t happen! I’d imagine Keane is after Malbranque and possibly Tainio but I was lead to believe Kaboul to Pompey was pretty much a lock and I can’t see Keane fancying someone with Chimbonda’s attitude.

We do have a wealth of midfield talent and I’d imagine Malbranque and Tainio will be little more than squad player for the coming season so a move would be good news for them with regards to first team football. The two defenders are certainly on their way out.

All four of them to Sunderland though? I don’t think so somehow.

Ramos was quoted in the press yesterday basically saying every player has their price, especially those approaching 30.

“At Tottenham, we have had a clear philosophy regarding buying and selling for years. The idea is signing young players, promising and talented ones, and if important offers for older players are made, studying it to see what is the best for the club.”

I completely agree with this philosophy. Every player should have their price and if clubs are willing to pay stupid money then why not take it. The signings Spurs have made so far this Summer have all been good business and I’m confident they will look even better business come the end of the season.

This probably means Keane will be on his way if Liverpool make a substantial offer. Berbatov to Utd already looks done and dusted with Ferguson expecting to tie up a deal in a matter of days.

“We have made Tottenham an offer on Berbatov and we have good expectations that this deal will go through,” Ferguson told The Sun.

If Keane does go as well this will obviously leave us short up front and with Ramos also being quoted as saying he has no interest in signing Luis Garcia, I can only assume he has at least two other strikers in mind for the coming campaign.

Who they might be I have no idea but I have faith in Ramos to replace the departing players with new talent that is equally as good or potentially as good, I just hope Comolli isn’t involved!

The sooner we get rid of this arrogant mug the better imo. Ever since his performance after the Carling Cup win over Ar5ena1, where he showed a complete lack of respect for the club and it’s fans, I’ve wanted him out. He then added to my hatred by acting like a spoilt brat when he was subbed in the final.

To behave the way him did after two of the greatest games in the club’s history was a disgrace. The way he left Wigan should have given me a clue about the type of person he was but his on field performances for them that season and the fact we were going to have the same player in our side made me happy to ignore those actions.

According to today’s Sun (I know, great source) both Newcastle and Everton are chasing him in a deal worth £4m.

He’s certainly surplus to requirements as far as I’m concerned with Gunter and Hutton in the squad.

Good riddance Pascal.

Both Gus Poyet and Aaron Lennon have been linked with moves away from the club recently, (seems like most of our squad have been) but both have moved to quash the rumours in the last 24 hours.

Since the departure of Carlos Queiroz at Manchester Utd, Poyet has been linked with the assistant’s job there but it doesn’t look like he’s giving the rumours the time of day.

Poyet told the club’s official website: “It’s nothing. It was a surprise to read it.

“I want to stay at Spurs, I want to stay with this manager, this group of players and this club because I’m very happy.

“When you are in England and you are lucky enough to be with one of the big teams you are always going to get speculation.

“It happens, that’s football – I’ve been around long enough to ignore it!”

This is great news for Spurs fans. Poyet is a great assistant and is an important link between Ramos and the players. I’m sure he’s also great for morale in the dressing room.

Lennon was believed to be one of the players Ramos was keen to offload. I have to admit, his performances last season left a lot to be desired at times. He is undoubtedly a talented player but also a very frustrating one. His end product just isn’t up to scratch and he really needs to work on this part of his game before he’s just dismissed as another Ruel Fox or Tony Daley rather than an important part of THFC as well as the National Team for the foreseeable future, something he has the potential to be.

“There is no way I am leaving Tottenham,” he told the Sun.

“I am settled here, I love the club and I feel my best form is yet to come.

“There is absolutely no reason for me to go anywhere else as I want to make a real contribution towards taking Spurs forward.

“The manager has never said a word to me about leaving – in fact it has been the opposite.

“Whenever I’ve spoken to him, he has given me tremendous encouragement. His words have been a real boost to my confidence.

“The manager has been right behind me since he came to the club and nothing has changed.”

“The more quality players the manager signs, the better it is for everyone – the club and players.
“We all respond to competition and I am no different. It’s all about improving yourself and the team.

“No one can afford to stand still in football and I want to improve the whole time.”