BBC report "Villas-Boas to speak in news conference" hmm...
if the rumours of the negotiations with all those players are true, AVB must be having the time of his life, assembling a squad of players that he truly wants.
Indeed, he must be like a kid in a sweet shop!
He has put pressure on himself to deliver the goods now though, but I am sure he wouldn't want it any other way.
3:30 pm
Back to AVB's presser and back to our man in Georgia, Neil McLeman...
AVB is asked: Will Tottenham be stronger than last season at the end of the transfer window - and is this now a potential title winning team?
"Yes I believe we can be stronger than the season before.
"I believe what we are doing will show this.
"I don't agree we can be title contenders for the season coming. Everything is coming and everything is happening.
"We have to create a team. We haven't had time to work with them."
I'm more than happy for AVB to play down this suggestion in the media, but I'd be very surprised if there isn't a small part of his mind secretly thinking "we can do it!"
I certainly hope there is.
Davros :ross:
AVB did say that whilst his initial preference was for a fluid attacking 4-3-3 he began to respect both the physicality and counter attacking style of the Prem thus deciding to play a 4-2-3-1 formation.
I suppose, if you are in charge of a really big club like Tottenham, you hope it’s a problem you won’t get, but it still happens. It seems to me that AVB has handled it with great calm and common sense. I thought Tottenham were class last week. They moved the ball around so well and the movement of their players was just as *bewitching.
I like their ethos. And I’ve got to say I like AVB too. I met him properly for the first time a couple of weeks ago and he’s an articulate, intelligent man, who thinks deeply about the game and understands it.
AVB looks like a broken man
[video=youtube;qxtKuQydsw8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxtKuQydsw8[/video]
There is a mix of sadness and cynicism in his recent interviews that wasn't there last season.
a broken man !!!
WTF weve sold Bale but signed Soldado, Paulinho, Lamela, Chicheres, Chadli, Capoue and probably Erikssen he must be suicidal hahahahah