No Arshavin move to Spurs, again

Posted by Stevio in Transfers on August 30th, 2008

Zenit St. Petersburg manager Dick Advocaat says Andrei Arshavin will not be joining Tottenham Hotspur.

The Dutchman said: “The door’s closed, the deal’s closed.

“Tottenham offered £16m and that’s not enough, so that’s the end of it.”

He added: “They [Spurs] had several weeks of time to buy him and they did not offer £22m like everybody has been writing, but just £16m.

“I think that Arshavin costs more than £16m.”

Considering a proven Premiership player in Robbie Keane was sold for £18m, paying more than £16m for an unproven player at Premiership level is crazy. Spurs should move on if the Russians aren’t willing to negotiate.

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Woodgate critical of Berbatov

Posted by Stevio in Miscellaneous on August 30th, 2008

Spurs defender Jonathan Woodgate has slammed striker Dimitar Berbatov for his recent behaviour.

The England international told The Sun: “What he’s done doesn’t give out a great message to the supporters, if I’m honest.

“The boys are working twice as hard for each other. If it was me, I would do it differently.

“I would work hard for the club up until I actually left. I’d still be playing until I was leaving.

“Even if I didn’t want to be somewhere I would still give 100 per cent because that’s the way I was brought up.”

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Ginola: Sell Berbatov

Posted by Stevio in Transfers on August 29th, 2008

Former Spurs star David Ginola thinks Spurs should allow striker Dimitar Berbatov leave White Hart Lane.

The Frenchman said: “The problem for Berbatov is that he is playing for Spurs and they are not fighting for the title. They are not fighting for any place in the Champions League.

“He is a young player who has propositions from big clubs and he wants to play at the top.

“Players have more freedom nowadays. There is no point asking a player to play for you if he is not happy.”

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