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Willian

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/20/tottenham-andre-villas-boas-willian

Tottenham set to complete Willian deal with Anzhi for £30m
• Spurs deal for Brazilian will take summer spree to £90m
• Willian thought to have begun medical at White Hart Lane


David Hytner in Istanbul

André Villas-Boas is poised to break the Tottenham Hotspur transfer record for the third time this summer with the £30m capture of the Brazilian forward Willian from Anzhi Makhachkala.

In a deal that will push Spurs' summer spending to almost £90m, Willian was in London on Tuesday and he is thought to have begun his medical at Tottenham.

Yet he might not be Villas-Boas' final big money signing. The manager is also chasing the £25m-rated Roma forward Erik Lamela, as he seeks to overhaul his starting XI.

Villas-Boas has spent £59.5m on four players, including the midfielder Paulinho at £17m and the striker Roberto Soldado at £26m, who each represented increases on the club's previous transfer record — the £16.5m that they spent to take Luka Modric from Dynamo Zagreb.

The outlay has reinforced the feeling that the chairman Daniel Levy is finally prepared to accept Real Madrid's offer for Gareth Bale and he is effectively spending against the anticipated windfall from the Wales forward's sale. Real have offered £86m for him, which would eclipse the world record – Cristiano Ronaldo's £80m move from Manchester United to Real.

Bale has his heart set on the transfer and he has not trained or played in more than a month as he has struggled with minor injuries and the fear that he might risk the dream transfer were he to suffer a serious problem.

Levy has not wanted to sell. Tottenham have cash reserves and he has been keen to keep Bale, add big-name signings and possibly challenge for the title. But if he must lose last season's player of the year, he has vowed to do so on his terms and only if the squad as a collective can emerge stronger.

He has pressed to take the left-back Fábio Coentrão from Real in order to solve what has become something of a problem position for the team. Villas-Boas is a confirmed admirer of Coentrão, his fellow Portuguese, and he would consider him as an upgrade on current left-back Benoît Assou-Ekotto, whose future at the club is uncertain.

Villas-Boas wanted Willian in January, when the player was at Shakhtar Donetsk, only for him to join Anzhi for €35m. He was lured by the grand plans of the Anzhi owner Suleiman Kerimov, and his ability to pay tempting salaries, but things have changed at the Dagastan club, with Kerimov embarking on a series of cost-cutting measures.

Villas-Boas spoke of his admiration for Willian at a press conference on Monday and he would swell the manager's creative options, as he is able to play on the flank or behind the striker. Lamela is most at home on the right wing but he, too, can play as a No10.

Tottenham's technical director, Franco Baldini, who joined earlier in the summer from Roma, knows all about Lamela and he is driving the club's pursuit of him. Roma have just sold Pablo Osvaldo to Southampton and the loss of Lamela would not be popular among the club's fans but a tempting offer could yet be decisive. It is believed that Liverpool have also shown an interest in Lamela, together with Willian.

Villas-Boas has overseen the sales of Scott Parker, Tom Huddlestone, Steven Caulker and Clint Dempsey for a combined £23m, although that stands to be put in the shade by Bale's proposed move to Real. The Spanish club's record scorer, Raúl, however, believes that Bale is overpriced.

"Bale is a wonderful player and he will be a great addition to Real Madrid but his price is too high," Raúl told the website of his club, Al Sadd, in Qatar. "Tottenham overestimates the price of Bale."
 
Would Willian signal the end of Bale? or to complement him?

If we signed Lamela too then id say for definite that Bale is leaving but Willian?
 
Would Willian signal the end of Bale? or to complement him?

If we signed Lamela too then id say for definite that Bale is leaving but Willian?

deep down i think yes. but hopefully it will be enough to convince bale to stay. willian - soldado -bale.......... yes sir
 
well he is really. this guys reliable and actually has connections at the club

I apologise for going off topic but are you just straight up ignoring my facts.
He said villa had signed.
He said benteke had signed.
He said bale had signed a new contract.
All turned out to be complete and utter rubbish. Therefor he is NOT RELIABLE. If you feel special at prospect of speaking to someone on Internet who 'has contacts at the club' fair play but by what he says he hasn't a clue and is not reliable.
 
Would Willian signal the end of Bale? or to complement him?

If we signed Lamela too then id say for definite that Bale is leaving but Willian?


I don't think so. I tend to agree with you, If Lamela is signed Bale is off though.


After Willian i think barring the Bale transfer the only movement i would expect in is a CB and maybe a LB.
 
Would Willian signal the end of Bale? or to complement him?

If we signed Lamela too then id say for definite that Bale is leaving but Willian?

Where would we have got this money from if we are looking to keep Bale?
 
Where would we have got this money from if we are looking to keep Bale?


Well currently we've got an outlay of about 10m ish, taking the added tv revenues into account.


So it would raise our net spend to 40m. Which isn't unfeasible. Bae might be sold as well.
 
I apologise for going off topic but are you just straight up ignoring my facts.
He said villa had signed.
He said benteke had signed.
He said bale had signed a new contract.
All turned out to be complete and utter rubbish. Therefor he is NOT RELIABLE. If you feel special at prospect of speaking to someone on Internet who 'has contacts at the club' fair play but by what he says he hasn't a clue and is not reliable.

I think the two of you use different definitions for the word reliable.
 
I apologise for going off topic but are you just straight up ignoring my facts.
He said villa had signed.
He said benteke had signed.
He said bale had signed a new contract.
All turned out to be complete and utter rubbish. Therefor he is NOT RELIABLE. If you feel special at prospect of speaking to someone on Internet who 'has contacts at the club' fair play but by what he says he hasn't a clue and is not reliable.

bore off with ur ****. my cousin who is some of our players agent knows the guy and he is legit. now go and play little boy
 
I apologise for going off topic but are you just straight up ignoring my facts.
He said villa had signed.
He said benteke had signed.
He said bale had signed a new contract.
All turned out to be complete and utter rubbish. Therefor he is NOT RELIABLE. If you feel special at prospect of speaking to someone on Internet who 'has contacts at the club' fair play but by what he says he hasn't a clue and is not reliable.
So are you saying Willian will not sign?
 
bore off with ur ****. my cousin who is some of our players agent knows the guy and he is legit. now go and play little boy

He may be 'legit' in terms of someone he knows. or a 2nd or 3rd link in the chain of knowing.
But the fact is that he has stated some things as definitive when they have been shown to be 100% wrong. False. Untrue.

I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and view him as a real fan but also as one who gets giddy and excited by things he hears and happens to pump them up and flesh them out in the manner of a young child. Or, as you might say, a little boy.

And no amount of telling someone to 'bore off' (whatever that may mean) changes the truth. It is what it is, not what you want it to be.
 
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