This weekend could prove to be a decisive one for the future of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. It seems to be a certainty that by Monday evening AVB will be firmly planted in the cooling seat that was once occupied by Harry Redknapp. Some bookmakers are even offering odds of 1/14 that he will be our next boss. It has been widely reported that Levy has spoken to Blanc and Capello as well, so our chairman must be sure that AVB has learnt from his unsuccessful spell at Stamford Bridge. His time as Chelsea boss could be of benefit to us, providing he has taken on board the frankly disgraceful way he was treated by Lampard and co, so that he will have more control over the Spurs squad. What everyone forgets about AVB is that he was incredibly successful at Porto, who are not a small club, the sort of managerial class he showed there does not simply disappear because he has been bullied by overpaid, egotistical players. He is renowned for playing good football and we can expect to see a 433 formation, with Bale and Lennon on the left an right and new forward up front. Playing three central midfielders will make us very hard to breakdown whilst also giving our central players the chance to get forward and join the attack.
Who will be in that midfield though? Gylfi Sigurdson looks to favour move to the Lane over a move to Anfield. Much to everyone's surprise we have offered a higher wage to the goal scoring midfielder than Liverpool have. Whether the deal goes through we will have to wait and see, as he is still talking to both clubs. All corners of the press are reporting that Modders is leaving, but then they did say that last season. Personally I would let him leave now, Gylfi would be a good replacement and today there are reports of Mountinho, so there will be life after little Luka. Whether Mountinho would come in or not is precarious but the rumour does at least show that there are other players out there who can do the job Modric does. Providing the Croat goes abroad he will go down as a Spurs legend in my eyes, however, should he demand a move to Chelsea or United, I will not look on him so fondly.
One area that has gone a bit quiet recently is the transfer of Jan Vertongen. He still wants to come to Spurs, we still want him and Ajax still want to sell him to us. So what is the problem then? He has a clause in his contract to receive fifteen percent of any transfer. A clause that Ajax are not honouring. I just hope the whole scenario can be sorted quickly and the center back can start pre season training with Spurs. To me it seems that no matter what happens Jan will be a lillywhite next season, if this can not be resolved quickly he will give in a move to Spurs anyway. I only hope I am right.
We have also been linked with Danny Sturidge, Lassana Diarra, Sahin and at one particularly audacious moment Hulk. It is not worth talking about these until the new boss is in and there is some substance the rumour. This weekend will be a very exciting one, potentially a new manager and two new players, the 2012/13 season will be one to remember.
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