Spurs bid for Darren Bent

[Martin Lol]

This has turned out to be a good  night. 

 

Charlton have accepted a revised offer, not as much as the one before, not as much as the one in January.  Bent has agreed personal terms, half what the bingo club would have paid him, and it's all done bar the medical.  No announcement until 1st July, fee will not be disclosed but it's not expected to high enough to declare it to the Stock Exchange.

 

So, first 3 of Spurs' main targets done, Wesley Sneijder next (after losing out with Nani), and the CB situation to look at again.  Could all be done for £40m, Comolli has done a brilliant job!

[Guest Toon83]

This has turned out to be a good  night. 

 

Charlton have accepted a revised offer, not as much as the one before, not as much as the one in January.  Bent has agreed personal terms, half what the bingo club would have paid him, and it's all done bar the medical.  No announcement until 1st July, fee will not be disclosed but it's not expected to high enough to declare it to the Stock Exchange.

 

So, first 3 of Spurs' main targets done, Wesley Sneijder next (after losing out with Nani), and the CB situation to look at again.  Could all be done for £40m, Comolli has done a brilliant job!

 

source???

[Syrette]

COYS ITK.

[Guest Pie]

This has turned out to be a good  night.   

 

Charlton have accepted a revised offer, not as much as the one before, not as much as the one in January.  Bent has agreed personal terms, half what the bingo club would have paid him, and it's all done bar the medical.  No announcement until 1st July, fee will not be disclosed but it's not expected to high enough to declare it to the Stock Exchange.

 

So, first 3 of Spurs' main targets done, Wesley Sneijder next (after losing out with Nani), and the CB situation to look at again.  Could all be done for £40m, Comolli has done a brilliant job!

Does he just make all of this up? The tone of what he says is amusing.

[manorpark]

This has turned out to be a good  night.   

 

Charlton have accepted a revised offer, not as much as the one before, not as much as the one in January.  Bent has agreed personal terms, half what the bingo club would have paid him, and it's all done bar the medical.  No announcement until 1st July, fee will not be disclosed but it's not expected to high enough to declare it to the Stock Exchange.

 

So, first 3 of Spurs' main targets done, Wesley Sneijder next (after losing out with Nani), and the CB situation to look at again.  Could all be done for £40m, Comolli has done a brilliant job!

 

source???

 

From what I have heard on a West Ham board, he has turned them (WH) down. Nothing about agreeing to join Spurs.

 

 

[Guest Triglett]

It's from someone on COYS who actually does have really close links to Darren Bent himself. Think he's his father's best mate and lives in the same complex in Spain or something. Not bollox, because he mentioned this relationship well over a year ago when we weren't even interested in Bent. He gets direct info. I'm not so big on the ITK stuff, and I always take info with a massive pinch of salt, but I trust this guy.

[KaKa]

This has turned out to be a good  night.  

 

Charlton have accepted a revised offer, not as much as the one before, not as much as the one in January.  Bent has agreed personal terms, half what the bingo club would have paid him, and it's all done bar the medical.  No announcement until 1st July, fee will not be disclosed but it's not expected to high enough to declare it to the Stock Exchange.

 

So, first 3 of Spurs' main targets done, Wesley Sneijder next (after losing out with Nani), and the CB situation to look at again.  Could all be done for £40m, Comolli has done a brilliant job!

 

Till you realise the following ...

 

Berbatov will join Man U as Bent is his replacement.

 

King might be out for quite a while.

 

Harry Kewell will be your left winger next season.

[Guest Triglett]

[Martin Lol]

This has turned out to be a good  night.   

 

Charlton have accepted a revised offer, not as much as the one before, not as much as the one in January.  Bent has agreed personal terms, half what the bingo club would have paid him, and it's all done bar the medical.  No announcement until 1st July, fee will not be disclosed but it's not expected to high enough to declare it to the Stock Exchange.

 

So, first 3 of Spurs' main targets done, Wesley Sneijder next (after losing out with Nani), and the CB situation to look at again.  Could all be done for £40m, Comolli has done a brilliant job!

Does he just make all of this up? The tone of what he says is amusing.

 

As I've said umpteen times before, I can get verification but I need ITK infomation first.  ITK's also saying tonght that Defoe is going back to Upton Park.  I've been told quite possible but not definite.  Not quite the same but on the same wavelength.

[Dokko]

This has turned out to be a good  night. 

 

Charlton have accepted a revised offer, not as much as the one before, not as much as the one in January.  Bent has agreed personal terms, half what the bingo club would have paid him, and it's all done bar the medical.  No announcement until 1st July, fee will not be disclosed but it's not expected to high enough to declare it to the Stock Exchange.

 

So, first 3 of Spurs' main targets done, Wesley Sneijder next (after losing out with Nani), and the CB situation to look at again.  Could all be done for £40m, Comolli has done a brilliant job!

Does he just make all of this up? The tone of what he says is amusing.

 

As I've said umpteen times before, I can get verification but I need ITK infomation first.  ITK's also saying tonght that Defoe is going back to Upton Park.  I've been told quite possible but not definite.  Not quite the same but on the same wavelength.

 

If you are going to sign Bent it doesn't take a genius to work out Defoe is leaving and WHU are in need of one or two strikers though.

 

That of course, is a Spuds best case scenario, the other one is the Berbatov is off to Manu, which is probably why your ITK is arming themselves with this 2+2 =7 just to ease any suspicions at the Bent move.

 

 

[Greg]

This has turned out to be a good  night. 

 

Charlton have accepted a revised offer, not as much as the one before, not as much as the one in January.  Bent has agreed personal terms, half what the bingo club would have paid him, and it's all done bar the medical.  No announcement until 1st July, fee will not be disclosed but it's not expected to high enough to declare it to the Stock Exchange.

 

So, first 3 of Spurs' main targets done, Wesley Sneijder next (after losing out with Nani), and the CB situation to look at again.  Could all be done for £40m, Comolli has done a brilliant job!

Does he just make all of this up? The tone of what he says is amusing.

 

He just posts other peoples info and claims it to be his own.

 

http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=40526.msg841449#msg841449

[Guest kingdawson]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

[Dave]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

You've still not said who's gonna get dropped.

[Guest gggg]

Still time for Liverpool to come in with a late bid. 

[Guest Triglett]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

Well, it's still an area of debate among Spurs fans to be fair: we coped pretty well in the end with pretty much close to the maximum number of games we could hope for. Berbatov, Keane and Defoe scored over 60 goals between them. The obvious thing is the need for an upgrade on Mido, who's never fit to replace or play with Berbatov, so why upset the current trio who are doing a sterling job for us? The most obvious solution is to buy a true '4th striker' who won't challenge for a first team place, but can come in and play the target man when we need to give Berbatov a rest. Maybe blood, or buy a youth striker.

 

When goalscoring is probably the least of our problems, I can understand why it'd look odd to spend £12m+ on another striker.

[Guest kingdawson]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

Well, it's still an area of debate among Spurs fans to be fair: we coped pretty well in the end with pretty much close to the maximum number of games we could hope for. Berbatov, Keane and Defoe scored over 60 goals between them. The obvious thing is the need for an upgrade on Mido, who's never fit to replace or play with Berbatov, so why upset the current trio who are doing a sterling job for us? The most obvious solution is to buy a true '4th striker' who won't challenge for a first team place, but can come in and play the target man when we need to give Berbatov a rest. Maybe blood, or buy a youth striker.

 

When goalscoring is probably the least of our problems, I can understand why it'd look odd to spend £12m+ on another striker.

 

That a very simple question to answer. Bent possesess atributes that make it easy for him to play with BOTH Keane and Berbatov whereas Defoe and Keane simply cannot play together. We were extremely lucky last season that Berbatov didnt suffer any major injuries but there were times during the last stretch of the season that it was painfully obvious Berbatov needed a rest but we just couldnt give him one. Seeing as Keane is a better player then Defoe, it would have to be Defoe thats sold

[Dragon55544]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

Well, it's still an area of debate among Spurs fans to be fair: we coped pretty well in the end with pretty much close to the maximum number of games we could hope for. Berbatov, Keane and Defoe scored over 60 goals between them. The obvious thing is the need for an upgrade on Mido, who's never fit to replace or play with Berbatov, so why upset the current trio who are doing a sterling job for us? The most obvious solution is to buy a true '4th striker' who won't challenge for a first team place, but can come in and play the target man when we need to give Berbatov a rest. Maybe blood, or buy a youth striker.

 

When goalscoring is probably the least of our problems, I can understand why it'd look odd to spend £12m+ on another striker.

 

That a very simple question to answer. Bent possesess atributes that make it easy for him to play with BOTH Keane and Berbatov whereas Defoe and Keane simply cannot play together. We were extremely lucky last season that Berbatov didnt suffer any major injuries but there were times during the last stretch of the season that it was painfully obvious Berbatov needed a rest but we just couldnt give him one. Seeing as Keane is a better player then Defoe, it would have to be Defoe thats sold

 

Aint there a Spurs Forum where you 2 can go and chat about Spurs?

[Guest kingdawson]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

You've still not said who's gonna get dropped.

 

 

 

Rotated with Keane.

[Guest kingdawson]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

Well, it's still an area of debate among Spurs fans to be fair: we coped pretty well in the end with pretty much close to the maximum number of games we could hope for. Berbatov, Keane and Defoe scored over 60 goals between them. The obvious thing is the need for an upgrade on Mido, who's never fit to replace or play with Berbatov, so why upset the current trio who are doing a sterling job for us? The most obvious solution is to buy a true '4th striker' who won't challenge for a first team place, but can come in and play the target man when we need to give Berbatov a rest. Maybe blood, or buy a youth striker.

 

When goalscoring is probably the least of our problems, I can understand why it'd look odd to spend £12m+ on another striker.

 

That a very simple question to answer. Bent possesess atributes that make it easy for him to play with BOTH Keane and Berbatov whereas Defoe and Keane simply cannot play together. We were extremely lucky last season that Berbatov didnt suffer any major injuries but there were times during the last stretch of the season that it was painfully obvious Berbatov needed a rest but we just couldnt give him one. Seeing as Keane is a better player then Defoe, it would have to be Defoe thats sold

 

Aint there a Spurs Forum where you 2 can go and chat about Spurs?

 

Sorry i thought this thread was titled "Spurs bid for Darren Bent". My mistake.

[Dave]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

You've still not said who's gonna get dropped.

 

 

 

Rotated with Keane.

 

So again I ask, who in their right mind buys a player for rotation for upwards of £12m?

[nufcjmc]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

You've still not said who's gonna get dropped.

 

 

 

Rotated with Keane.

 

So again I ask, who in their right mind buys a player for rotation for upwards of £12m?

 

the spuds dave

[Guest kingdawson]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

You've still not said who's gonna get dropped.

 

 

 

Rotated with Keane.

 

So again I ask, who in their right mind buys a player for rotation for upwards of £12m?

 

hmmmm spurs? hmmmm West ham? (would have been rotated with Ashton), hmmmm Arsenal? (Reyes), hmmmmm Liverpool ?(kuyt dosent exactly start every game), hmmmm mancester united ?(saha), hmmmmm Chelsea ?(shevchenko).

[KaKa]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

You've still not said who's gonna get dropped.

 

 

 

Rotated with Keane.

 

So again I ask, who in their right mind buys a player for rotation for upwards of £12m?

 

Berbatov is leaving man! They will realise soon enough.

[KaKa]

Hammer blow to the market as Upton Park spending inflates prices

 

By MATT BARLOW

 

Last updated at 22:25pm on 14th June 2007

 

 

The West Ham effect has put the fear of God into football. This is how it works: A player is poised to sign for a new club, let’s say Newcastle, when the Hammers move in at the last minute and offer £15,000 a week more.

 

To avoid losing the player, Newcastle agree to match West Ham’s £75,000-aweek wage, which will cost them an extra £2.34million over the course of the player’s three-year contract.

 

Sky-high wages: Bent rejected a £75,000 a week deal from West Ham

 

The player did not want to move to London anyway, is happy in the north, but happily accepts the improved offer and signs for Newcastle as planned.

 

This actually happened. The player is Mark Viduka, who moved to Tyneside from Middlesbrough on a Bosman free transfer last week.

 

This time, Hammers missed their target but they still left their mark on another deal in a summer transfer market destined to be remembered for West Ham-led inflation.

 

And that’s not all. Darren Bent met West Ham representatives yesterday, despite previously seeming intent on joining Tottenham to play in Europe.

 

Eggert Magnusson dug into his Icelandic coffers, slapped a £17m deal on the table and offered to pay Bent £75,000 a week over five years.

 

Spurs, a club renowned for their financial prudence, had two options — compete financially, shattering their pay structure, or pull out of the deal.

 

Whatever the outcome now, with Bent last night apparently snubbing the Hammers, the episode showed the east London club’s effect on the transfer market.

 

Magnusson dismisses claims he is driving football towards ruin with his strategy: He said: "The bottom line is that we are an ambitious club with a very sound financial base and as new owners we are determined to move forward.

 

"As we do that we can expect criticism from others but the most important thing is delivering the true potential of this great club.

 

"I know we are moving in the right direction as a club and I also know the fans share our ambitions for the future."

 

If Spurs had even tried to match Bent’s expected salary at West Ham, they would then have been forced to treble Dimitar Berbatov’s salary just to keep him on a par with the new boy.

 

Robbie Keane and Ledley King would also be examining their contracts. So Spurs, the club closest to breaking into the Big Four, can no longer compete with the wealth of Upton Park.

 

A similar round of inflation was triggered when Roman Abramovich arrived at Chelsea four years ago.

 

Manchester United were forced to raise the stakes if they wanted to compete for the same players but West Ham’s new money is about to load pressure on more vulnerable clubs.

 

Can Aston Villa, Manchester City and Everton compete on a pay scale where England fringe players like Bent, Scott Parker and Matthew Upson (12 caps combined) command a similar salary to Jamie Carragher (34 caps) and considerably more than Paul Robinson (36)?

 

The deal which took Lucas Neill to Upton Park in January was a real eyebrow-raiser because it declared Magnusson’s intentions to pay decent players a basic wage of £60,000 a week, much more than Liverpool could offer.

 

Lavish promises have been made this summer to try to lure Joey Barton, Craig Bellamy and Andrew Johnson to London’s East End.

 

How long before Johnson asks David Moyes for a raise, explaining that the going rate for a player of his calibre has now doubled to £90,000 a week?

 

Dean Ashton, one of West Ham’s better players, earns £25,000 a week. It is a very good wage but he is entitled to wonder why he is so far behind the Bent benchmark.

 

There is general fear and unrest within the game. Many are shifting uncomfortably but very few are willing to go public.

 

One leading agent, however, told Sportsmail of his fears that the West Ham effect was a symptom of a wider problem which is leading the game into meltdown.

 

He said: "It’s 'think of a number and double it' time. Transfer fees are going up in leaps of £5m, salaries are going up in leaps of £10,000.

 

"It’s dangerous, it’s unsustainable. People with no football knowledge and no industry acumen are sailing this ship on to the rocks."

 

Clubs may be aware of this but eating away at them from a different direction is the fear of relegation.

 

What is an extra £20m on the wage bill compared with the drastic losses incurred if they slip out of the Premiership?

 

In the Championship, clubs are gambling to reach the promised land. For instance, Leicester, backed by Milan Mandaric, are offering big salaries as they aim for promotion.

 

So, with West Ham and others prepared to pay over-inflated fees and wages to achieve their goals, it may not be long before Deloitte Touche’s prediction of Premiership wages of £200,000 a week becomes a reality.

 

TOP 10 ALL-BRITISH TRANSFERS

1 RIO FERDINAND Leeds to Man Utd £29.1m

2 WAYNE ROONEY Everton to Man Utd £27m

3 SHAUN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS Man City to Chelsea £21m

4 MICHAEL CARRICK Tottenham to Man Utd £18.6m

5 RIO FERDINAND West Ham to Leeds £18m

6 DARREN BENT Charlton to West Ham £17m

7 DAMIEN DUFF Blackburn to Chelsea £17m

8 ALAN SHEARER Blackburn to Newcastle £15m

9 JUAN SEBASTIAN VERON Man Utd to Chelsea £15m

10 LOUIS SAHA Fulham to Man Utd £12.8m

 

 

[Dave]

Would be very happy if we sign Bent. Anyone who thinks we dont need him dosent know much about football and spurs in general.

 

You've still not said who's gonna get dropped.

 

 

 

Rotated with Keane.

 

So again I ask, who in their right mind buys a player for rotation for upwards of £12m?

 

hmmmm spurs? hmmmm West ham? (would have been rotated with Ashton), hmmmm Arsenal? (Reyes), hmmmmm Liverpool ?(kuyt dosent exactly start every game), hmmmm mancester united ?(saha), hmmmmm Chelsea ?(shevchenko).

 

Spot the difference between the clubs in bold and the rest.