Will Tottenham fans shed a tear if he was to leave WHL?
Today there have been stories linking Jermaine Jenas in a transfer to Aston Villa. My question today is, would Spurs fans shed a tear if Jenas moved on?
At this minute Modric is probably one of Redknapp’s first names on the team sheet, along with Bale and Van Der Vaart. This realistically does not allow for Huddlestone, Palacios, Jenas, Sandro, O’Hara , Kranjcar and Piennar (if he is tried them in the middle), to play in the centre of midfield.
Importantly, Aston Villa appear willing to splash a good amount of cash on Jenas. While I would not call for his head before others (particularly O’Hara after his comments last year), if Jenas represents the best value for money, it should be him that makes way. If Tottenham get an offer around £8-10 million then they would be unwise to turn it down.
Since Harry has made it clear that he does not want to sell Crouch in this window, and since the policy of ‘sell before you buy’ seems to be in place at White Hart Lane this year, the option of £8-10m for a squad player seems very reasonable.
It seems this year that Redknapp has real ambitions of breaking into the top four and a desire to bring in experienced and/or world class players. Diarra is a name that has been linked with Spurs and he is an option that would definitely improve the Spurs squad and move them in the right direction.
People may feel that an anchoring midfielder like Diarra is just a better version of Palacios, and if Diarra comes in it should be Palacios that goes. However, Jenas at £8-10m would prove better business. Furthermore, if Harry is looking to strengthen with players other than Diarra, the loss of Jenas would prove less of a blow than that of Palacios. Yes, Jenas may be better at keeping possession, but Palacios remains superb at winning the ball. The winning of the ball in the defensive half of the pitch will be crucial to Tottenham’s counter-attacking style.
The worry for a Tottenham fan if they lose Jenas is that he is just coming back to full fitness and has looked brighter this season than last and he is always willing to try his best. Plus, he is English which is important for the ‘home-grown players’ ruling. Add that to the fact that he is eligible to play for Spurs in the Champions League, something that a cup-tied player like Diarra is not, and you can see how he may be missed.
So if a Spurs fan has ambitions to succeed in Europe, they may well have a strong case in bemoaning the sale of Jenas. However, if you believe Spurs to have a genuine chance to finish in the top 4, the sale of Jenas for a good price would be a smart option and would allow for a better midfielder. If Harry wants to bring more playersin , the sale of Jenas would allow him to do that. If he is not looking to further strengthen the squad, he will need Jenas.
Either way, time is running out for Spurs and they will have to make a decision quickly, but that seems to be the way with the transfer window these days.
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Erm what does the headline have to do with the story?
But in answer to its question…Of course we bloody will! We still haven’t forgiven that mob from Woolwich for invading our turf and now we are looking into doing the same thing to poor old Orient! Plus leaving North London to that mob too. No thanks!
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WhiteHartDub Reply:
January 27th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
MTG What story were you reading you plank?? It has nothing to do with Ar5ena1 and them moving onto our turf it’s about losing Jenarse to the Villa or anyone else who might put in adecent enough bid for him!!
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er mtg, the title is if HE leaves the lane, not if WE leave the lane
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“It seems this year that Redknapp has real ambitions of breaking into the top four”
That was quite enough to pi$$ me off plenty. Perhaps you meant ‘maintaining their place in…’ Spurs may not be EPL champion material yet, but at least give s the recognition we’ve earned.
As for JJ – meh. If he stays, then that’s fine as he’s handy to have in the squad. If he goes, then that’s fine as he never really adds anything. I wish him all the best, but I’m afraid he’s the very definition of mediocre.
If you ranked every EPL player according to their ability, then Jermaine Jenas would be the median.
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This story is complete rubbish, Villa have been linked with Jenas for the past 5 seasons and goes back to an old DOL and MON transfer rumour, Jenas isn’t worth 8-10m he isn’t even good.
He isn’t an attacking midfielder and he isn’t a defensive player, nor is he a box to box player, he is a rubbish midfielder that is only decent for cover along the midfield.
He wouldn’t even get into Aston Villa’s first team, We have Reo Coker, Delph, Bannan, Petrov, Hogg, Downing, Ashley Young, Makoun, Ireland and Clark that can play in the centre.
We don’t need Jenas nor do we need hes 60k a week salary for a squad player.
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8-10 million for Jenas would be great business. It willnot be long before we get Huddlestone back from the sick list. We have just bought Pienaar. How many mediocre squad players do we want. I say let Jenas go and wait until a player of real quality comes on to the market who will improve our squad like VDV.
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