Tabloid exclusive: 'Germany invades Poland' - How Ruud
Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 6:35PM It’s Sunday which means regurgitated transfer news is once more vomited from the mouths of the media as we choke on yesterday’s food for thought. It's like Groundhog day with carrort chunks.
Apparently Harry is having a clear-out. No seriously, he is. Let’s disregard the fact that all clubs have clear-outs of varying magnitude from one season to the next or that Harry inherited a squad of players and that he is quite obviously not going to hold onto any deadwood because there’s no logical point to it as he wants to build a team of his own doing.
We’ve heard this gem about five times already since the end of the season. Along with the ones about Cisse, Santa Cruz and Gio. It’s almost like the journalists and editors of newspapers have some type of memory disorder, re-printing the same garbage week in and week out with complete impunity to criticism. And yet I can clearly see the irony of my good self once more shaking my fist vigorously towards them with blog article attack at the ready as I repeat my complaint.
The cycle can only be broken with an actual player signing for us.
Gio hasn’t impressed and doesn’t appear to have any future with us. Linking him away from the club is the most direct cause of action his agent can take but at least this time the rumours are being printed in Spain so we may see him escape back to La Liga. I'm sure he won't miss the English nightclubs.
Ruud van Nistleroy is being linked in a £1.25M bid. I think this one is brand spanking new (although we were linked a year or so back).
Another rumour that’s been knocking around for a few days relates to Paul Robinson returning to WHL.
Seriously, what next? A dead parrot?
Richard Dunne done the rounds back in January and I’m not alone in thinking this is would be a sideways signing.
But along with Ruud, you can see Harry doing some triffic bit of business with these two ‘experienced Premiership’ players, adding a bit of steel to the squad. Even though Ruud is likely to suffer from injury quirks and Dunne is no better than what we’ve got.
Ashley Young is a right-winger who players left-wing for Villa (I think he's naturally right-footed but please do correct me if I'm wrong) and a former target who we turned down the chance of signing first time round due to the excessive £7M (or whatever it was) fee. Back in again according to the red-tops for £8M + Bentley in the opposite direction. Chelsea the other interested club.
And did someone say Joe Cole?
I’m waiting for the Downing rumours to re-emerge (more so than they did last week with the story that Boro were finally willing to let him go) and conclude with an undisclosed fee to Spurs thanks to his broken bone.
Petrov and Babel are two former targets and tabloid favs of the transfer grapevine which will no doubt do the rounds (keep track and you’ll notice there’s a rota).
Young won’t join and I hope he doesn’t as I’m not convinced he’s half as good as people think he is. He’s decent but we can do better, unless we can’t, but even if we can’t he won’t come to us. He’ll want to step up to a Top 4 club. Which is ironic as he isn’t Top 4 quality. Which would then make him perfect for us.
And breathe.
Neither will Cole join – who I think was linked via the message boards. Not sure the press have picked up on this one quite yet. I doubt we’ll go anywhere near Santa Cruz (just not worth the transfer fee being quoted) and Cisse to Spurs is pure fantasy.
Robinson? Amazing journalism there. Someone got paid for that. They actually got paid sterling. No dis-respect to Robbo who was a personal fav of mine during his time at WHL, but he signed a long term contract at Spurs and then fluffed it along with the ball in practically every game. Shocking lack of management and loyalty saw him get worse and never better and eventually sold to Rovers. We then spend £9M on a replacement. Now, having him return while the replacement is sold on would quite simply be the most comical clusterf*ck ever. Let's be done with it and just re-sign Ian Walker.
Which then leaves us with Ruud. He has the pedigree but like I said, does have injury issues. He’s been out for ages at Madrid. But his form prior to that was ridiculously good. For £1.25M I’d snap him up. But then, how do I know this isn’t just another Sunday daydream from a monkey with a typewriter?
Once more, I turn to my precious bottle of twenty-three year old rum and search for the answer at the bottom of it.
Reader Comments (16)
Take a vacation mate. Otherwise you'll burn yourself out. Horrible time of the year this, all the transfer stories doing the rounds does my head in. Makes me fragile. Pour me a glass of that rum, hold the coke. It's going to be a long summer...
remember when we signed woodgate and he had injury issues and has now missed what seems like only a couple of games, ruud would be a great signing imo
Young is good. Worth signing if O'Neill is stupid enough to let him go. Apparently he's stupid enough to want Bentley, so fingers crossed.
And what about Arteta? - a rumour that cropped up midweek. Now he'd certainly be an improvement on Huddlestone, Zokora or Jenas.
Ruud would be a snip at £1.25m, as long as we agree a pay-as-you-play contract. Otherwise, at £70k/week for being injured, we'd be daft to consider it.
Can't see Hutton leaving unless we get someone better (ie Johnson). That way Corluka can concentrate on central defense.
Spooky, you honestly think Ruud is a decent option? Really?
Arteta is an interesting one. Has Harry been quoted directly about him or is it another piece of no-quote journalism from the papers?
I just don't see this one happening on the basis of 'Why should he leave Everton?' - not that they are better than us (well, I guess they are with their recent placements in the league) but still...he has no reason to move on. Unless I'm missing something.
Arteta would be immense.
The fact we bid for Barry means its goodbye and goodnight to Zok, Jenas and Hudd. We'll make a major signing in that area for certain. The money is there regardless of the clear out.
Well written article,lmao! So true though,coys.
If we really want to know who we're signing & not have to second guess from the pack of hounds, then just wait untill Harry's next interview, he seems to have a habit of telling us. At least we'll get it straight from the horses mouth, or in this case, Harry's.
Yes we all think Ruud would be immense. A PROVEN hitman like him in front of Modric, Lennon and Arteta hopefully..(add lipsmacking sounds here)
At just $1.25m its worth a gamble, thats the price of a 14yr old english schoolboy.
Really don't get this positivity towards RVN... The initial headline got greeted with a 'what?' from me. Give Pav a chance for Gawd's sake!
Why did u choose this title mate? Im Polish dude and i support Spurs for years. I visit all the english website about our club and get really tired read all the crap. Harry keep quite about his plans and i think its good for the club we just have to wait. I trust him he will bring a good players, he brought lots of quality players to Portsmouth
Who said anything about selling Pav? I think if Harry does have a gamble at RVN then Bent would be off, not Pav.
The point you have missed is the price. Personally altho' Bent is good striker and hasnt been given his fair chance I dont see Harry playing him next year.
Pav as a target man and Keane, Defoe to support. Bent isnt a Target man but RVN is.
@PolishYiddo....pretty sure Spooky was being sarcastic as in it's old news being regurgitated. He could have written "Man lands on moon" or "Beatles broke up" for similar effect.
COYS
What Rich said. Polish - over here in the UK when someone says something that everybody knows already and says it out loud like its brand new news, we tend to respond with this type of title, along with the examples Rich gave.
British sarcasm is not picked up too well in general, let alone on a webpage! Joe Cole I'd love at Spurs, but he hates us I heard - dating back to his West Ham days. Arteta would be a dream, but he'd be forgiven for thinking that was a more downwards move than anything. We'd have to offer him super wages for him to even consider it - but he does of course tick the "tendency for long term injury" box.
RVN would actually make me re-consider Downing's suitability as a transfer idea. Downing's England performances have shown he does tend to just cross the ball into the box...almost aimlessly. Seeing as RVn is the archetypal goal poacher....they go hand in hand. I think he only scored 1 goal from outside the box at Man U or something ridiculous like that.