At the start of May, Tottenham star Gareth Bale won the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year award for the second year running. Manager Andre Villas-Boas gave a speech at the awards evening, the video of which has only recently come to light.
In our latest poll, we asked SPURStalk readers: Would you rather win the Europa League or qualify for the Champions League? The poll concluded with our closest result to date, 53% of you favour a European victory while 47% would rather qualify for the Champions League. The poll result coincides with today’s announcement from Uefa that the the Europa League winning team will qualify for the following season’s Champions League, starting with the 2015 final. While Spurs fans will be hoping that a top four finish is a stronger possibility by the 2014/15 season, the move provides a second chance for Champions League qualification and may result in a stronger focus on Europa League campaigns.
January signalled the arrival of The German Under-21 captain as Lewis Holtby completed his £1.5 million move from FC Schalke. Having already signed a pre-contract agreement to join the club this summer, the club then took up the option of bringing the transfer forward for just £2 million. So how has Holtby done in his first half-season at Spurs?
Outlined as a key target very early on in the Winter Transfer Window, he made his first appearance for the club coming on against Norwich for a 20 minute cameo at the latter end of January, impressing with a performance of energy, creation and willingness. This was then backed up by an admirable showing in the following game against West Brom as he replaced Jermain Defoe in the first half and continued where he left off at Norwich. Fans marvelled at the stunning bargain purchase the club had made and were soon calling for him to be offered first team opportunities.
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And so it begins, the eleven week wait for the new season to start, during which fans of every side will be buried under a barrage of conjecture, lies, “insider information” and the occasional bit of good reporting about the players they are supposedly set to sign.
“…Spurs will be in a strong position come what may in the rest of the window.”
For Tottenham Hotspur, the equation is for once relatively simple. Although there are undoubtedly areas that need strengthening in the squad, there is one bit of business so important that the success of the whole summer hinges on it. Simply put, if Gareth Bale signs a new contract and stays for at least another season, Spurs will be in a strong position come what may in the rest of the window. Continue reading »
Manchester United were last night crowned Under 21 Premier League Champions as they beat Spurs 3-2 in a tight encounter at Old Trafford. Leading 2-0 it looked as if Spurs had the title in the bag before a second half flurry from united stole the prize and broke the hearts of a dejected young Spurs side.
Gutted about what happened tonight, hopefully we learn from it…shame we couldn’t get the win after a great season !
— Tom Carroll (@tom_carroll92) May 20, 2013
Spurs dominated the first half of the game as Tom Carroll, Jonathan Obika and Harry Kane all came close to opening the scoring before the deadlock was eventually broken on the 29th minute. Obika showed great awareness and composure to hold off his defender and tuck away his ninth goal of the campaign to give Spurs the early advantage.
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Spurs Under 21 side will face off against Manchester United tonight to battle it out for the inaugural U21 Premier League title at around 7PM tonight, hoping to become the first winners of the new youth format. Old Trafford will be the destination for the Spurs youngsters, as they aim to finish a sensational season for them in style.
Having topped both group stages that Spurs have been involved in, the Lilywhites should go in to tonight’s game as slight favourites but will have to be wary of a dangerous United side that has won two of the four previous meetings between the two sides this season, drawing one, us winning the other. Whilst Tottenham left it late to beat Everton 3-2 in the semi-final, United’s victory over Liverpool was carried out with barely a sweat, as they ran out comfortable 3-0 victors.
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"Morning all! Can we just check, did Zidane make similar comments regarding Modric last season? This is getting ridiculous"15 hours ago"So glad Marcel Desailly has had his say on Bale situation. It was the one view everybody wanted to hear of course."yesterday"May seem odd to say but I sincerely hope 5th place doesn't equal Champions League Qualification. That's a hollow achievement"2 days agoPremier League Table
# MP Team G P 1 38 Manchester United +43 89 2 38 Manchester City +32 78 3 38 Chelsea +36 75 4 38 Arsenal +35 73 5 38 Tottenham Hotspur +20 72 6 38 Everton +15 63 7 38 Liverpool +28 61 8 38 West Bromwich Albion -4 49 9 38 Swansea City -4 46 10 38 West Ham United -8 46 11 38 Norwich City -17 44 12 38 Fulham -10 43 13 38 Stoke City -11 42 14 38 Southampton -11 41 15 38 Aston Villa -22 41 16 38 Newcastle United -23 41 17 38 Sunderland -13 39 18 38 Wigan Athletic -26 36 19 38 Reading -30 28 20 38 Queens Park Rangers -30 25 Fixtures
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