Good afternoon.
The name of João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho has been doing the rounds for a while now. I think the most conventional report was in the Daily Star suggesting that a bid from the Tottinghams of some £20M had been lodged.
Just on the money side of things, the player comes with a history one could at best described as a near unfathomable mess. Try this quote from his Wiki page for size:
‘On 3 August 2011, Porto partnered with Soccer Invest Fund to buy back 37.5% of Moutinho’s economic rights. The private investment fund acquired 15% after the overall transactions, while Porto recouped 22.5% for €4 million.’
Anyway Pedro Pinto has Tweeted on the matter of the player joining Spurs (see below).
Pedro’s credentials/Wiki blurb is this: Pedro Pinto started his career with Caderno Diário where he was a sports anchor and editor for the Rádio Televisão Portuguesa show. Pinto used to anchor the program World Sports in CNN between 1998 and 2003, in Atlanta, Georgia. Back in Portugal he anchored the program Últimas Notícias on Sport TV. He is presently coordinating European Sports at CNN International. He also anchors the CNN World Sport show from London.
Having had a snoop about some foreign media, it’s clear that Pedro is out on his own on this one. That said, if he’s right he’s right and that’s an end to the matter.
Where’s Gylfi Daddy? Havana Sigur-dsson.
it’s. oh. so quiet
it’a oh. so still
you’re all alone
and so peaceful until…
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Sorry if it’s all been discussed to death already but what’s this about the blue charity cases in for remy and willian sh*t I’ve seen in some rag I picked up in a cafe today?
And Daws staying coz Kaboom’s out for half the season?
It’s all gone slightly iffy. On the other hand if we actually came up trumps (still can’t see it) with moutinho I’d crack open one from the top shelf.
Mayfair or Club? :blink:
Over 50’s :kissing:
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Sorry Mysterious, never had a Chateau Mayfair or Club.
Old Pedro Pinto has gone suddenly quiet has his 24hr
deadline looms…
…was someone from Porto pulling his plonker???
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Thinking about it, unless Daws has a blinding injury free season and forges a Ledleyesque partnership with Verty, I can see our defence struggling a bit against most sides. Maybe a question of ensuring we score plenty to keep ahead of the number we let in.
Remember Ossie’s manager years?
All too well. Losing to Swindon still hurts…
Step forward the Caulker lad.
Good enough for England.
We won’t be scoring that many goals.
I think that it’s against AVB’s religion judging by the subs he put on against WBA.
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That’s what concerns me.
transition season time again me thinks
I thought we needed tweaking, obviously AVB & Levy think major surgery required judging by amount of changes mooted
I can see business sense in getting rid of 29+ year old players but we need decent replacements in