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Good evening. 

This from the Official Site. The Olympique Lyonnais Official Site, that is. This was published at a minute after 2000hrs this evening.

L’Olympique Lyonnais informe ne pas avoir trouvé d’accord avec Tottenham pour le transfert d’Hugo Lloris.

Les propositions transmises ce soir par Tottenham se sont éloignées très sensiblement du principe qui avait été acté le 26 août et qui avait permis d’ouvrir les discussions entre le joueur et le club londonien.

In short the statement says that the proposal submitted tonight by Spurs is significantly different to a proposal that was agreed in principle four days ago. 

To my mind this smacks of everybody, not just Tottenham playing chicken on these transfer deals. The first guy to blink loses.

The Dembele deal is a good example. Not a single ITK had a sniff of it. Because the price was quoted and Spurs told that was the price. Not an opening a price, but that only two bids would be entertained.  A bid at the figure on the swing ticket …or a bid in excess of that figure.

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  • Cozzer5 says:

    Today will be torture.

    Maybe by the end of it we will get a new GK, new CM and new Striker.

    Yes we all want the best that’s available but unfortunately we can’t afford to do that – that’s what City and Chelsea can do. Not us.

    What I do trust is that AVB will work with DL to get the best players that we can attract and afford. I am much more comfortable with this that I would be with Harry Rednap working with DL. I do not think that we will bring in any players who do not fit AVB’s style of play – this in itself is heartening as there is nothing worse than watching players who do not give their all when playing for Spurs.

    What I also expect is that we will get rid of some more fringe players. In the past harry would like to keep them around just in case he might ever need them. I believe AVB is much more ruthless and if they are not in his plans he will want to move them on. I think that DL has more faith in AVB and will be comfortable to get rid of players based on AVBs assessment of their potential. I could never imagine DL listening to suggestions from Harry that we should let Tom H go out on loan or sell VDV or Dawson – it just wouldn’t happen. He would be wondering where the kick backs for Harry were in the deals :-)

    If we got no one else in I’d be happy enough with this window provided we could get rid of some more dross. I’d like to see Jenas and Bentley moved on as I don’t think they offer anything to us.

    It’s gonna be a long day but look on the bright side – we won’t end up with a Frazier Campbell or Grzegorz Rasiak – not while AVB is in charge.

  • bullers says:

    Come on hazza I am waitin on the moutinho piece……

    Its a fcking great day to be a spurs fan

  • AllWhiteMark says:

    If Lloris and Moutinho come in as expected will some Spurs fans actually stop moaning? Anyone else getting fed up with the parrots saying “JD cant lead the line” over and over when he got 17 goals last season and so far 1 scored, 1 dissalowed and hit post, he also scored in friendly under AVB. These are stats not waffle. In AVB and DL i trust. In forum gobshites i dont.

  • Wayne looney says:

    I just wish FIFA career mode was real and I was the chairman . Follow me on twitter @Onthebench_thfc

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