Player Expectations for next year ! (Gareth Bale)

Sorry for the brief pause in the Player Expectations for next year series we faced some problems but thankfully we have resolved these and now to focus on our star man ...

Last year Gareth was easily the best player in the Barclays Premier League. He made his name
throughout the footballing world for his incredible performances. The skill and class he showed against the greatest defenders was unreal and whenever the opponents knew that they had to play against Bale they new that they were going to have an incredibly hard afternoon. This is why he is valued at over £100,000,000

To be honest even though I hate admitting this, I do not see Gareth Bale playing in the Blue and White of Tottenham Hotspur next year. However if he does then I expect him to have another season like he did last year and I expect him to show that he is just as good as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi but if I am was to say that is what I expect from him then in all fairness I would be lying. If he does stay then I cannot see him being able to perform like he did last year. This is not because he is not capable of it, it is because he does not want to play at Spurs anymore so he will not be putting his heart and soul into every game.

Join us tomorrow where I will be talking about my expectations for our strikers next year !!!

Tottenham Hotspur FC vs AS Monaco - TEAMS

Spurs starting 11 -

                    Lloris
Walker, Fryers, Livermoore, Rose
Lennon, Dembele, Parker, Chadli
                 Sigurdsson
                    Defoe

Subs -

Friedel, Naughton, Stewart, Bentaleb, Carroll, Huddlestone, Townsend, Kane

Monaco starting 11 -

Subasic, Kurzawa, Carvalho, Moutinho, Falcao, Rodriguez, Ferreira, Obbadi, Abidal, Raggi, Toulalan

Subs -

Tavares, Ocampos, Isimat-Mirin, Ndinga, Tisserand

Team expectations for the 2013/14 season - Crystal Palace

Team expectations  - Crystal Palace

Crystal palace earned their place in the premier league by doing well in the Championship last year and getting promoted. The main reason for doing so well last season was due to their star winger Wilfried Zaha who now plays for Manchester United, I believe he joined United of a fee around £20milliom which to a club like Crystal Palace is a lot of money! 

Onto how they will do in the coming season,  I think Crystal Palace have a 75% of getting relegated this season unless they can do something great with that money. I know it's not loads considering a player like Gareth Bale could sell for five times that amount but I can definitely get them a couple of useful players.

2013 Transfer XI

Goalkeeper -

GK - Simon Mignolet £9million

Defenders -

CB - Maicon

CB - Wanyama £12.5million

Midfield -

RM - Jesus Navas £14.9million

CM - Paulinho £17million

CM - Fernandinho £30million

RM - Neymar £53million

CAM - Mario Gotze £32million

Attack -

ST - Radamael Falcao £50million

ST - Edinson Cavani £55million

ST - Stevan Jovetic £22million

What do we do IF Gareth Bale leaves Spurs?

As you may know according to reports Gareth Bale is close to leaving Spurs and joining Real Madrid but, the reason I blog about this especially and not any of the other many transfers is because it's not in anyway shape or form a normal transfer because if the transfer of Gareth Bale goes ahead it will be the most expensive transfer in football history! Gareth is valued at £100million by Spurs manager AVB and in many interviews other managers such as Laudrup, Ancelotti and even Arsene Wenger have agreed that Gareth is worth up to a whopping £100million. 100 million pounds could buy a club a whole new team and not a bad one either, I'm confident in AVB and Daniel Levy (club chairman) that if Bale goes they will make the most of the summer transfer window and sign some more players like they have done recently signing 3 great players; Paulinho, Chadli and Soldado !

No one knows exactly who AVB has his eyes on but I'm sure he has a wide range of possibilities if his prize possession does happen to leave the club.

Here are some of the rumoured targets and players I think would do the club well and achieve our targets:

Fabio Contraeo
Luis Suarez
Erik Lamela
Vlad Chiriches
Daniel Opare
Bernard
Luka Modric

You need to check my new blog on this subject today for my opinions on all of the players and I'll make sure you like it ! Remember, it's brilliant if you can comment your opinions on my blogs!

News Today 02/08/13

Atletico Miniero President has revealed that Spurs have made a £15.7 million bid for Arsenal target Bernard.

Reports are saying that a deal of £105 million for Gareth Bale has been agreed from Real Madrid.

Carlton Cole is currently training with Spurs.

Daniel Levy has ruled out a move for Modric in a Bale deal.

Spurs have stopped their interest in Chiriches and instead are now focusing on Lamela.

Soldado Transfer Completed !!!

This morning Spurs made an official statement saying "We are delighted to announce that we have reached an agreement with Valencia for the transfer of Roberto Soldado subject to medical." This finally means that as long as Soldado passes the medical we finally have that World Class striker we have been looking for. The fee is £26 million which is the players release clause but was also believed to have been triggered a while back but the deal could not go through because of certain difficulties with the players agent.

I am so glad that we have a striker of Soldado's level at the club again. Since Berbatov left we have been missing a class striker and finally we have him. This deal may not only get us goals next year but could also tempt Bale to stay as it shows that Spurs have an intention to win. If Bale does stay the better Soldado will be, with Bale whipping in the balls we finally have that man who can win the header and put the ball in the back of the net. I cannot wait to see Soldado in a Spurs shirt.

Here's what to expect from our new signing !!!