Good morning.
The source is Caughtoffside.com and their suggestion is that Benoit Assou-Ekotto is wanted, enquiries made etc by Chelsea football club to us, Tottenham Hotsour football club about purchasing him for rumoured £10m.
Factors at play here are pretty straightforward.
Benny won much respect/sent shivers down a few spines with his public admission that football was just a job. Despite it being 2012, the world is still swimming with naive fans who like to see a bit badge kissing and actually believe the players remotely mean it.
Ashley Cole has reportedly been told that he won’t be getting a fat new contract and has as a response reportedly said he’ll pick up his boots and leave Second Hand Fridge when the window reopens in January.
But is this true?
Who knows.
Would it work? Well, I’d be surprised if Chelsea went for Benny. Yes, he’s Premiership house trained, but is he a typical Chelsea pick? I think not. He’s not solid enough, not uniform enough and I can see them seeing him as a bit flaky.
If we get offered £10m should we sell him to them? My first reaction is that I can’t see anyone else giving us anywhere near the same figure for him in this lifetime. Not a chance. My second reaction is that while I prefer Jan at left back, if we get an injury in one of the 27 competitions the boss wants us to participate fully in and win; then that £10m isn’t really going to help us too much.
What will happen then is Dawson gets wheeled out as the cash dissolves into the ether. So in conclusion it’s a thanks but no thanks from me.
Hotspurs Half Hour – Show 8 by hotspurshalfhour
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Benny puts the HOT in Hotspur. And lemme tell you. you can moan about his cross field balls all the time but there will be games where his long ball accuracy will get us goals that tiki taka wont. He is all class and will allow Jan to play in middle.
So NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Well said, as stated below. I love Benny’s little shimmys as he makes the opposing right winger look stupid, then he calmly passes out or spays a crossfield 30yard pass.
Or lingers on the ball and concedes possesion
On his day Benny is one of the best left backs in the league, yes he’s prone to the occasional bit of craziness but as a defender, he’s pretty reliable which is not the case on the other wing with Walker (as Harry often states). Now Vert has looked great going forward at LB but as a defender I have lost count of how many balls get crossed in from where he should be defending. When Benny is fit, Vert goes back in the middle all day long and will tidy up any lapses that Benny has. Yes his attacks arn’t quite up to par but hopefully Vert can help him with that. With Naughton waiting in the wings, I’d say we finally have good cover atthe back. Now about those strikers…
Caught Offside? Woolies Window or the Town Hall?
I would say it’s a non starter – but if you look at our transfer policy and business model, Levy believes every player has a price, ESPECIALLY when they get past 28. He’s demonstrated he only sell when it suits THFC, so I doubt £10m mid season to a rival would float our boat. But £12-15m at the end of the season may tempt us to sell.
Will they bid that, is he worth it? Who cares, we’re not flogging him around so not our problem if they don’t. Not a bad position to be in this eh?
No thanks. The only upside about Benny going to the scum would be seeing him score more than Fernandont Scorres.