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Player Focus: Why Spurs Fought to Sign DeAndre Yedlin

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Player Focus: Why Spurs Fought to Sign DeAndre Yedlin There was much talk during the World Cup over what the legacy of the tournament would be for the United States. The land that has long been considered football’s final frontier fully embraced Brazil 2014, but what would be lasting effect be? Certainly, in the short-term, that legacy has been D...

Player Focus: Settled Lamela Could be Like a New Summer Signing

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Player Focus: Settled Lamela Could be Like a New Summer Signing Of all the disappointments at Tottenham Hotspur last season, the greatest, perhaps, was Erik Lamela. He arrived, with a fanfare appropriate for the club’s record transfer, for a fee of £30million, perceived as perhaps the most exciting of the raft of players signed to replace Gareth Bale...

Team Focus: Spurs' Summer Movements Match Pochettino's Needs

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Team Focus: Spurs' Summer Movements Match Pochettino's Needs We have sold Elvis and bought the Beatles! exclaimed former Tottenham goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt during an on-pitch half-time interview in Spurs’ 3-0 Europa League win over Tromsø last September. Excitement levels were high on the back of a busy summer, only for the team to fail to matc...

Player Focus: Few Midfielders Can Offer More Than Schneiderlin

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Player Focus: Few Midfielders Can Offer More Than Schneiderlin On Monday, Ronald Koeman tweeted a picture of a pitch devoid of players, accompanied with the phrase Ready for Training!. In light of Southampton’s recent sales, some felt the tweet was tongue in cheek from the boss, who has lost a number of key players this summer. This transfer window alone,...

League Focus: 2014/15 Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed

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 League Focus: 2014/15 Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed The World Cup has drawn to a close and the pre-season programme is now in full swing. It’s purgatory for English football fans though, who have only the fitness attaining fixtures and the transfer window to keep them occupied until the Premier League campaign returns in 26 days.To whet their a...

Player Focus: Not the Next Bale but Davies Would be a Snip for Spurs

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Player Focus: Not the Next Bale but Davies Would be a Snip for Spurs Tottenham have previous when it comes to signing young, highly-rated, Welsh left-backs from teams with a name beginning with 'S'. Is it any wonder then, after the success Gareth Bale enjoyed at White Hart Lane, that Daniel Levy is now reportedly looking to bring Swansea's Ben Davies to north Lo...

Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way

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Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way Mauricio Pochettino's appointment at Spurs earlier this week felt, at first at least, rather more inevitable than inspiring. After names like Louis van Gaal and Frank de Boer had been banded about and fans started to dream of a new manager with the status to match that which they feel their club boa...

Team Focus: Transitioning Tottenham Need a Change from Tim

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Team Focus: Transitioning Tottenham Need a Change from Tim Tottenham Hotspur remain a club stuck in transition. After Sunday's derby defeat to Arsenal, any hopes of a top 4 finish are now gone, and with the team also on the verge of a Europa League exit to Benfica, the period between now and May represents nothing more than a wait for the off season, and wi...

Match Report: Benfica Punish Out of Sorts Spurs

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Match Report: Benfica Punish Out of Sorts Spurs Tottenham welcomed Liga Sagres leaders Benfica to White Hart Lane as they looked to claim a place in the next round of the Europa League. However, all hope of progressing to the last-8 of the competition were dashed as Spurs succumbed to just their second defeat in their last 11 matches in Europe's ...

Match Report: Errors Costly as Chelsea Put Spurs to the Sword

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Match Report: Errors Costly as Chelsea Put Spurs to the Sword Chelsea moved 7 points clear at the summit of England's top tier as goals from Samuel Eto'o, Eden Hazard and Demba Ba secured a 4-0 win over Tottenham in Saturday's late kick-off. The visitors will feel aggrieved to have come away with nothing having been more than a match for their London rivals pr...