Some player catches your eye in some other league, or you read about some player somewhere and he sticks in your mind. Come transfer window and he's linked with Tottenham Hotspur.
Spurs have been known are shrewd merchants when it comes to player transfers. Under the strong Chairmanship of Daniel Levy, Spurs have not only able to attract loads of fringe stars year after year, they also have enough financial power to retain their good players till the optimum North London shelf life and sell them to other clubs and make enough profits.
Year after year they keep on doing this business and posses a large squad of international stars.
I had an irresistible urge to go back 5 years and check all their incoming and outgoing players. I also checked on the number of appearances and tentative profit.
Lets go year by year.
2005-2006
Players In: August window: 8
Notable purchases:
Tom Huddlestone – Derby County, (est. £2,500,000)
Paul Stalteri – Germany Werder Bremen, (undisclosed)
Aaron Lennon – Leeds United, £1,000,000
Wayne Routledge – Crystal Palace, £1,250,000
Lee Young-Pyo – PSV Eindhoven, (undisclosed)
Jermaine Jenas – Newcastle United, £7,000,000
Players In: January window: 3
Notable purchases
Danny Murphy – Charlton Athletic, £2,000,000
Players Out: January window: 5
Notable sales
Sean Davis, Noé Pamarot, Pedro Mendes – Portsmouth, £7,500,000 pounds combined.
Michael Brown – Fulham
Transfers in: - £13,750,000
Transfers out: + £7,500,000
Total spending: - £6,250,000
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2006-2007
Players In: August window: 8
Notable purchases:
Benoit Assou-Ekotto - RC Lens, £3,500,000
Didier Zokora - Saint-Étienne, £8,600,000
Dimitar Berbatov - Bayer Leverkusen, £10,900,000
Mido - Roma, Undisclosed
Steed Malbranque - Fulham, £2,000,000
Pascal Chimbonda - Wigan, £4,500,000
Players Out: August window: 8
Notable sales:
Stephen Kelly - Birmingham City, £750,000
Michael Carrick - Manchester United, £18,600,000
Andy Reid - Charlton Athletic, £3,000,000
Players In: January window: 3
Notable purchases:
Adel Taarabt - RC Lens, Undisclosed
Ricardo Rocha - Benfica, £3,200,000
Players Out: January window: 3
Notable sales.
Calum Davenport- West Ham, £3,000,000
Transfers in: - £32,700,000
Transfers out: + £25,850,000
Total spending: - £6,850,000
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2007-2008
Players In: August window: 5
Notable Purchases
Gareth Bale - Southampton, £5,000,000
Darren Bent - Charlton, £16,500,000
Younes Kaboul - Auxerre, £8,000,000
Kevin-Prince Boateng - Hertha Berlin - £5,400,000
Players Out: August window: 5
Reto Ziegler - Sampdoria, Undisclosed
Mido - Middlesbrough, £6,000,000
Danny Murphy- Fulham, Undisclosed
Players In: January window: 4
Chris Gunter - Cardiff, £3,000,000
Jonathan Woodgate - Middlesbrough, £8,000,000
Alan Hutton - Rangers, £9,000,000
Gilberto - Hertha Berlin, £1,900,000
Players Out: January window: 4
Notable Sales:
Wayne Routledge - Aston Villa, £1,250,000
Jermain Defoe - Portsmouth, £7,000,000
Transfers in: - £57,500,000
Transfers out: + £14,250,000
Total spending: - £43,250,000
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2008-2009
Players In: August window: 10
Notable Purchases
Luka Modrić - Dinamo Zagreb, £16,000,000
Giovani Dos Santos - Barcelona, £5,000,000
Heurelho Gomes - PSV Eindhoven, £7,800,000
David Bentley - Blackburn Rovers, £15,000,000
Roman Pavlyuchenko - Spartak Moscow, £14,000,000
Vedran Ćorluka - Manchester City, £8,500,000
Players Out: August window: 12
Notable Sales
Teemu Tainio - Sunderland, £5,000,000
Paul Robinson - Blackburn, £3,500,000
Pascal Chimbonda - Sunderland, £5,000,000
Robbie Keane - Liverpool, £19,000,000
Steed Malbranque - Sunderland, £7,000,000
Younes Kaboul - Portsmouth, £6,00,000
Lee Young-Pyo - Borussia Dortmund, Undisclosed
Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United, £30,750,000
Players In: January window: 5
Notable purchases
Jermain Defoe - Portsmouth, £9,000,000
Wilson Palacios - Wigan Athletic, £12,000,000
Pascal Chimbonda - Sunderland, £4,500,000
Robbie Keane - Liverpool, £12,000,000
Players Out: January window: 7
Transfers in: - £104,500,000
Transfers out: + £68,750,000
Total spending: - £35,750,000
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2009-2010
Players In: August window: 7
Notable Purchases
Kyle Walker - Sheffield United, Undisclosed
Peter Crouch - Portsmouth, £10,000,000
Sébastien Bassong - Newcastle, £8,00,000
Niko Kranjčar - Portsmouth, £2,500,000
Players Out: August window: 15
Notable sales
Didier Zokora - Sevilla, £7,500,000
Darren Bent - Sunderland, £10,000,000
Pascal Chimbonda - Blackburn Rovers, £2,000,000
Kevin-Prince Boateng - Portsmouth - £4,000,000
Players In: January window: 1
Younes Kaboul - Portsmouth, £8,00,000
Players Out: January window: 2
Transfers in: - £28,500,000
Transfers out: + £25,250,000
Total spending: - £3,250,000
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2010-2011
Players In: August window: 3
Sandro - Internacional, £6,000,000
William Gallas - Arsenal, Free
Rafael van der Vaart - Real Madrid, £8,00,000
Players Out: August window: 5
Notable Sales
Adel Taarabt - QPR, £1,00,000
Players In: January window: 2
Notable Purchases
Steven Pienaar - Everton, £1,00,000
Transfers in: - £18,500,000
Transfers out: + £1,050,000
Total spending: - £17,500,000
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In 2011-2012, Spurs have added Brad Friedel (Aston Villa, Free), Scott Parker (West Ham, £5,500,000) and Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City, on Loan) and have sold Woodgate (Stoke, Released), Jamie O'Hara (Wolves, £5,500,000), Robbie Keane (L.A. Galaxy, £3,500,000), Alan Hutton (Aston Villa, Undisclosed) and Palacios, Crouch to Stoke.
Now in January Tottenham are linked with Alessandro Del Piero, Amauri, Chris Samba and even bringing David Beckham back to England.
After a whirlwind of transfers seeing 59 players coming to White Hart Lane and 74 heading out in last 5 years, Harry Redknapp seems to have finally settled on his squad.
GK Heurelho Gomes
GK Carlo Cudicini
GK Brad Friedel - 14 Starts
DF Younès Kaboul - 14 Starts
DF William Gallas
DF Sébastien Bassong
DF Michael Dawson (vice captain)
DF Vedran Ćorluka
DF Ledley King (captain) - 9 Starts
DF Kyle Walker - 13 Starts
DF Benoît Assou-Ekotto - 14 Starts
MF Tom Huddlestone
MF Aaron Lennon - 9 Starts
MF Scott Parker - 12 Starts
MF Rafael van der Vaart - 10 Starts
MF Luka Modrić - 12 Starts
MF Gareth Bale - 14 Starts
MF Scott Parker - 12 Starts
MF Rafael van der Vaart - 10 Starts
MF Luka Modrić - 12 Starts
MF Gareth Bale - 14 Starts
MF Niko Kranjčar
MF Danny Rose
MF Jake Livermore
MF Sandro
MF Andros Townsend
MF Steven Pienaar
FW Roman Pavlyuchenko
FW Emmanuel Adebayor (on loan from Manchester City) - 12 Starts
FW Giovani dos Santos
FW Jermain Defoe
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Now since Harry Redknapp has finalized his squad and identified the pivotal stars, Spurs will have to do desperate attempt to hold on to them and attract new players.
They pulled out a major rabbit out of the hat by signing Rafael Van Der Vaart on the transfer deadline day and have shown massive resolve by keeping Luca Modric in the club.
Spurs are riding high on 3rd position in the league till today and have a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League.
Don't be surprised if Spurs decided to do a massive clean up of the fringe players and do a revamp. Apart from who is coming in Manchester United, my eyes will be on the transfer activities by Spurs for sure.
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