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Spurs still pursuing Arjen Robben move
15 Jul 2009Tottenham still have high hopes of buying Arjen Robben despite the player's father dismissing the chances of a move.
The winger is no longer wanted by Real Madrid, who need to recoup some of the £180million they have spent this summer.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy met Real officials last month, which raised speculation of a move for Robben only for it then to be played down by his father and agent Hans.
However, Spurs have not given up as it is believed the former Chelsea player is keen on a return to London.
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Sounds like typical Spurs for me trying to get players of the calibre of Young and Robben who realistically are already playing for bigger clubs.
- Johno, Farnham, 20/07/2009 22:33
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Keep it quite but, Glen Hoddle is still better than a lot of young guys out there. Just maybe we could get him to play next to Pat V. Shhhh!
- Colin Stevens, Farmington MI ,USA, 16/07/2009 13:35
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Any thoughts on this pile of XXXX
In (signed): None
In (rumours): Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow); Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland); Joe Cole (Chelsea); David Beckham (LA Galaxy); Luca Toni (Bayern Munich); Ashley Young (Aston Villa); Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk); Paul Robinson (Blackburn); Richard Dunne, Craig Bellamy (both Manchester City); Paul Scharner (Wigan); Sebastien Bassong (Newcastle); Maxi Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid); Arda Turan (Galatasaray); Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gabriel Heinze (both Real Madrid); Mirko Vucinic (Roma); Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough); John Carew (Aston Villa); Kyle Walker (Sheffield United)
Out (signed): Didier Zokora (Sevilla, £7m); Ricardo Rocha, Simon Dawkins, David Hutton (all released); Danny Hutchins (Yeovil Town)
Out (rumours): David Bentley (Aston Villa, Manchester City); Tom Huddlestone (Aston Villa, Bolton, Everton, Sunderland); Jamie O'Hara (Fulham); Darren Bent (Sunderland); Giovani Dos Santos (Espanyol, Atletico Madrid); Roman Pavlyuchenko (Villarreal, CSKA Moscow, Roma); Alan Hutton (Everton)
- Colin Stevens, Farmington MI ,USA, 16/07/2009 13:26
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I am rather curious to know at what time and day Daniel Levy gets the hat out and asks Harry Redknapp to pick out his next player, perhaps it could be televised just like the FA cup draw.
- Leonard Lillywhites, N.London, 16/07/2009 11:19
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Not an option.
This guy is a spoilt brat and it's noticable that Chelski haven't been linked with him.
Let him stay in Spain or Italy where he belongs.
I'm sure some big European Club will find a treatment table for him.
- Kevin, London, 16/07/2009 10:19
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Robben simply does not want to come, whatever the wishes of Madrid to off-load him. This view was expressed through his mouthpiece, his father.
He's not going to join Spurs - end of story.
- Captain Black Of The Mysterons, London, England, 16/07/2009 10:19
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. april fools again hahahahahahahahaha
- Reality Check, Uk, 16/07/2009 10:19
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PAPER TALK,PAPER TALK, SPURS HAVE NOT SAID ANYTHING ON THIS ,AS THEY DO ON ANY DEAL,BEEN LINKED WITH ABOUT 1O PLAYERS IN A WEEK..A DEAL IS DONE WHEN THE MAN SIGNS NOT IDLE GOSSIP TO FILL PAGES.AGENTS AND MEDIA LOVE THE SILLY SEASON AND SAD FANS FALL FOR IT..MIND YOU ROBBEN IS TWICE THE PLAYER DOWNING IS...FACT
- Tom, croxley, 16/07/2009 10:19
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Come on you guys, this is paper talk, not spurs talking..you know the media, they put 2 and 2 together and make 5....
Harry, get Elano from City..
- Adrian, london, 16/07/2009 10:19
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I THINK WHATEVER PLAYERS ARE AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER FOR ANY CLUB ARE PROVING HARD TO GET HOLD OF, WHICH LEAVES SLIM PICKINGS FOR CLUBS THAT DONT HAVE MUCH MONEY LIKE US. WHY ON EARTH WOULD ROBBEN GO FROM REAL MADRID TO SPURS, WE ARE NOT EVEN IN EUROPE AND SURELY CANNOT MATCH HIS WAGE DEMANDS AND AMBITION FOR CHAMPIUONS LEAGUE. I THINK OUR PROBLEM IS THE CUPBOARDS ARE BARE MONEY WISE, AND WE CANNOT COMPETE AS THE BEST PLAYERS AVAILABLE ARE ALL FLOCKING TO MAN CITY FOR RIDICULOUS SALARIES. SO WE ARE RESORTING TO 33 YEAR OLD FREE TRANSFER REJECTS FROM ARSENAL WHICH SMACKS OF DESPERATION AND PERHAPS REDKNAPP CANNOT WHEAL AND DEAL AS HE THOUGHT THIS SUMMER. I AM GLAD DOWNING HAS GONE TO VILLA, DEFINATELY NOT GOOD BUSINESS AT £12 MILLION. I AM SLIGHTLY CONCERNED WE ARE GOING TO END UP WITH NOBODY COMING IN OF ANY NOTE BUT THEN AGAIN WE HAVE THE SQUAD CAPABLE OF A GOOD SEASON WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY ANYONE AS LONG AS WE DONT SELL ANYMORE PLAYERS. EVEN MAN UTD HAVE HARDLY LIT THE BLUE TOUCH PAPER WITH THEIR SIGNINGS, I THINK FERGUSON HAS LOST THE PLOT BRINGING IN OWEN.
- Steve, WHITE HART LANE, 16/07/2009 10:19
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I really can't see Robben returning to England - he left Chelsea mainly because he was frightened of being injured again by the rough and tumble of the Prem.
- Blue Baby, London, 16/07/2009 10:19
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Lots of talk-talk, but no walk-walk - careful, Harry, the natives are getting restless!
- Ted, London, 16/07/2009 10:19
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- Chris, EnglNd, 16/07/2009 10:19
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robben would be a great signing to replace the loss of downing to villa.. good to be linked with this type of player.. just do not buy patrick viera.. we have thudd
- Dave Tucker, spain, 16/07/2009 10:19
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Robben would be a great acquisition if he could be relied upon unfortunately Chelsea, and now Real Madrid, lost patience with his unwillingness to play unless he felt 100% fit something which drove Mourinho crazy.
- Ken Bethell, Mazarron, Spain, 16/07/2009 10:19
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