Summer transfer rumours, speculation and out-and-out b*ll*cks.

[Mister E]

Odemwingie in and Heskey out would be brilliant business.

Must admit I've never quite seen what all the fuss is over Odemwingie - we have better at the club already.

Cool sounding name though!

please dont say gabby as his finishing is nowhere near good enough, if you mean bent then you are correct.

Gabby.







And Weimann.









As well as Bent.

[IRISHPHIL]

1st signing should be getting carlos cuellar to play at centre back

[mrfuse]

Odemwingie in and Heskey out would be brilliant business.

Must admit I've never quite seen what all the fuss is over Odemwingie - we have better at the club already.

Cool sounding name though!

please dont say gabby as his finishing is nowhere near good enough, if you mean bent then you are correct.

Bent is the only striker we have thats a better goal scorer than Odemwingie i really rate him. Be well chuffed if we signed him, nice to piss off another midlands club while were at it or Doyle would work nice with Bent.

would like to see Nzogbia, Dann and foster as well if possible

[nodge]

Ba gone to Newcastle, does that make him a Ba Code?

[curiousorange]

Ba gone to Newcastle, does that make him a Ba Code?

Clappy thing.

[Matt Collins]

  For me my 1st signings would be Walker and N'Zogbia.Both young, both going to be very good.

  Foster and Danns at £10m are too expensive for me.Mills at Reading looks worth a go, and i still think that there is a very good defender in Jonny Evans.

  Midfield we need a good holding midfielder, and i have;nt seen many better than the young French kid Capote?

 Would'nt mind Junior Hoillet either.

Good calls, though I only know Capote by reputation. Some people like Mulumbu or Diame, though I'm not sure I rate them that highly. I still think we could do much worse than sign NRC on a free to be honest!

Hoilett looks good, but if we lose Downing and Young I think we need a more established winger like N'Zogbia, Johnson, etc.

[IRISHPHIL]

stephen warnock wants to speak to the manager to see where his future lies, does this mean no new left back needed

[AsTallAsLions]

stephen warnock wants to speak to the manager to see where his future lies, does this mean no new left back needed

Hopefully. However people may feel about his attitude last year, we're going to be extremely thin on the ground come the Fulham fixture unless we do the unthinkable and bring in basically a whole new XI. We need to hold on to who we can at this point.

[ozzjim]

Depends if McLeish can stop him either wimping out of tackles or diving in and committing stupid fouls thus free kicks around the box. If he can, then Warnock is as good as we could get. If he can't then get shut.

[Matt Collins]

If Gabby gets back to being fleet of foot and direct he's definitely worth keeping. Ideally he'd learn better movement too.

But I can't see him starting with Bent successfully too often.

[gervilla]

Odemwingie in and Heskey out would be brilliant business.

No one in and Heskey out would be brilliant.

[JJ-AV]

Luka Modric dropped a bombshell on Tottenham when he told Sportsmail he wants to leave White Hart Lane and sign for Chelsea.

The midfielder took the stunning decision to declare his reasons for wanting to join Chelsea, who are  preparing a second offer for the Croat in the next 48 hours.

It is an action that will enrage his employers and Spurs supporters, but Modric says he wants to move to a club with ambitions of winning the Barclays Premier League title and is going  public to force the issue.

Last night the 25-year-old spoke to Sportsmail from his holiday boat and said: ‘I want to leave Tottenham as friends. I have enjoyed my time there, but now it is right for me to look at another club.

'I have an arrangement with the chairman. When I signed my new contract, he said that, if another club came to sign me, they would consider the offer.’

A second Chelsea offer is due - and this time the price will rise from their opening £22million bid to closer to £30m.

And Modric said: ‘Chelsea are a big club with an  ambitious owner. They have great players and they have ambitions to fight for the title and win the Champions League.

‘I want to stay in  London. I am very happy here and so are my  family. I like the city.’

The news will explain why Manchester City and Manchester United have been monitoring and talking, rather than formally bidding. They have clearly got wind of Modric’s desire to stay in London in the last 24 hours, which puts  Chelsea in pole position.

‘I don’t want to have an argument with Tottenham,’ said Modric. ‘The supporters have been very good to me and I have enjoyed my time playing for the club, but it is for football that players leave clubs and move. It has happened to Tottenham before. It is normal for a player to dream about playing for a bigger club.’

Modric will speak to Spurs chairman Daniel Levy about arranging the transfer but insists the desire to leave is not about money.

‘If somebody comes to the club and the offer is good for me and  acceptable to them, then I want to leave,’ he said. ‘It has to be good for my ambition. It has to be a club who are winning titles and playing in the Champions League.

‘This is not about money, it is about  ambition. When I came to England, I was dreaming about winning titles. That is still the same.

‘Tottenham are a big club, with good players and a good manager, but I want to fight for the championship. Spurs will always have a place in my heart. My experiences in the  Champions League have left me with the desire for more.’

When asked what  happens next, Modric said: ‘I need to talk with the chairman. I won’t ask for a transfer, no. That would be disrespectful. I hope they can reach an agreement (with another club) that is satisfactory for everyone. I am on holiday, but I need to speak and to see if I can find a solution to this.’

Spurs fans will expect Levy to offer Modric a new contract and keep his word. The chairman has said that he will not allow the player to go, while manager Harry  Redknapp described the original Chelsea offer as ‘ridiculous’.

[JJ-AV]

Modric signed a six year contract 2 years ago, so has four years left.

Spurs have since finished 4th and 5th.

Shows that contracts mean nothing.

[Irreverent ad]

Luka Modric dropped a bombshell on Tottenham when he told Sportsmail he wants to leave White Hart Lane and sign for Chelsea.

The midfielder took the stunning decision to declare his reasons for wanting to join Chelsea, who are  preparing a second offer for the Croat in the next 48 hours.

It is an action that will enrage his employers and Spurs supporters, but Modric says he wants to move to a club with ambitions of winning the Barclays Premier League title and is going  public to force the issue.

Last night the 25-year-old spoke to Sportsmail from his holiday boat and said: ‘I want to leave Tottenham as friends. I have enjoyed my time there, but now it is right for me to look at another club.

'I have an arrangement with the chairman. When I signed my new contract, he said that, if another club came to sign me, they would consider the offer.’

A second Chelsea offer is due - and this time the price will rise from their opening £22million bid to closer to £30m.

And Modric said: ‘Chelsea are a big club with an  ambitious owner. They have great players and they have ambitions to fight for the title and win the Champions League.

‘I want to stay in  London. I am very happy here and so are my  family. I like the city.’

The news will explain why Manchester City and Manchester United have been monitoring and talking, rather than formally bidding. They have clearly got wind of Modric’s desire to stay in London in the last 24 hours, which puts  Chelsea in pole position.

‘I don’t want to have an argument with Tottenham,’ said Modric. ‘The supporters have been very good to me and I have enjoyed my time playing for the club, but it is for football that players leave clubs and move. It has happened to Tottenham before. It is normal for a player to dream about playing for a bigger club.’

Modric will speak to Spurs chairman Daniel Levy about arranging the transfer but insists the desire to leave is not about money.

‘If somebody comes to the club and the offer is good for me and  acceptable to them, then I want to leave,’ he said. ‘It has to be good for my ambition. It has to be a club who are winning titles and playing in the Champions League.

‘This is not about money, it is about  ambition. When I came to England, I was dreaming about winning titles. That is still the same.

‘Tottenham are a big club, with good players and a good manager, but I want to fight for the championship. Spurs will always have a place in my heart. My experiences in the  Champions League have left me with the desire for more.’

When asked what  happens next, Modric said: ‘I need to talk with the chairman. I won’t ask for a transfer, no. That would be disrespectful. I hope they can reach an agreement (with another club) that is satisfactory for everyone. I am on holiday, but I need to speak and to see if I can find a solution to this.’

Spurs fans will expect Levy to offer Modric a new contract and keep his word. The chairman has said that he will not allow the player to go, while manager Harry  Redknapp described the original Chelsea offer as ‘ridiculous’.

As I have said for clubs like us, spurs and Everton it is all about cycles. Spurs will now lose their top players over the next couple of years. Hopefully we can capitalise and finish top 6 either this year or next.

[Fuse]

We should sign Junior Hoilett to replace Ashley Young