Tottenham transfer news LIVE updates: All the latest news, gossip and updates
Wednesday, November 20
- Jose Mourinho wants Lille sporting director Luis Campos to join him at Tottenham
- Tottenham have confirmed the arrival of Jose Mourinho’s new backroom staff
- Harry Redknapp says Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho could re-sign Gareth Bale
- Jose Mourinho will ask striker Harry Kane to stay for one full season
Luis Campos latest
Lille sporting director Luis Campos would be open to joining Tottenham.
Campos has been responsible for unearthing superstars such as Bernardo Silva, Fabinho and Nicolas Pepe from relative obscurity before selling them for large profits.
And Jose Mourinho has asked Spurs cha irman Daniel Levy to bring him to north London.
Speaking in October, Campos said: “Mourinho is like a brother to me. I know him very well and for a long time. He’s a wonderful person and the best coach in the world. So, of course, if he called me I would speak. “
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Levy’s worse than Woodward
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is far worse than Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward when it comes to signing players, claims former Chelsea midfielder Craig Burley.
Mourinho fell out with Woodward during his final summer at United after the club failed to bring in the players he wanted in the transfer window.
But Burley says the Portuguese manager will face far bigger obstacles from Levy after being appointed as Mauricio Pochettino’s replacement at Tottenham.
“Eighteen months ago when he was in the US, Jose Mourinho with United for the ICC pre-season tournament, he was walking around like somebody had told him he’d got two weeks to live, ”Burley said on ESPN FC.
“ He was miserable because Ed Woodward wasn’t giving him what he wanted – well Daniel Levy is Ed Woodward times 10 .
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Harry Kane stays
Jose Mourinho has assured Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy that he doesn’t need vast sums of cash to deliver silverware.
That’s according to the Telegraph, who also claim the Portuguese tactician has demanded talisman Harry Kane NOT
It’s claimed Mourinho will address the defense first and that the most likely area money will be spent in January.
He’s also going to ask Kane, 26, to stay under his tutelage for one full season to prove he’s capable of ending Tottenham’s 11 – year trophy drought.
The Telegraph add that Mauricio Pochettino’s successor is a big fan of Dele Alli and Heung-min Son and views the pair as integral to the club going forward.
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Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp has described Jose Mourinho and chairman Daniel Levy as the ‘odd couple’ of the Premier League.
“It’s The Odd Couple, make no mistake about it. You wouldn’t put them together, ”Redknapp told Sky Sports. “I’d have loved to have been in that meeting because they would have had to have told each other exactly what they wanted to hear.
” Daniel Levy doesn’t really want to spend big money on players; he wants to try to invest in players who are going to become superstars. He doesn’t want to pay big wages and he wants to promote youth if he can.
“That’s pretty much everything that Jose Mourinho hasn’t done. If you look at how they both have worked over the years, it’s completely the opposite. They are going to have to somehow come together. ”
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From the man himself…
Jose Mourinho has delivered his first full-length interview as Tottenham manager and revealed his excitement about working with the current crop.
Quizzed about the squad he’s inherited from Mauricio Pochettino, Mourinho told the club’s official website: “It’s a privilege when a manager goes to a club and feels that happiness in relation to the squad he is going to have.
“It didn’t happen many times. To be honest, the majority of the times we go to clubs and we always think ‘we like some, I don’t like enough’ and you think immediately about what to do to change, what to do to make an approach between your ideas and the profile of the players.
“This is a completely different case, and these are not words of the moment, they are not words of me being the Tottenham Head Coach, these are words that I told and repeated in the last three, four, five years, even as an opponent.
“I really like this squad. Of course, I’m not going to say names, I’m not going to tell you individuals because this is completely against my concept of what a team has to be, but I like a lot the ability of the squad. ”
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Breathe easy…
Real Madrid stars can “ breathe easy ”again after Tottenham announced Jose Mourinho as their n ew manager.
Mourinho replaced Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs following a near year-long absence from the Premier League.
Rumors suggested that the Special One would return to Real and succeed under-fire boss Zinedine Zidane, which caused some concern among the club.
According to Sport, some of Los Blancos’ stars, such as team captain Sergio Ramos, were so worried about a possible Mourinho comeback that they were immensely satisfied once Tottenham took him off the market.
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Wanted: Luis Campos
Jose Mourinho wants Lille sporting director Luis Campos to join him at Tottenham.
Campos hasbeen responsible for unearthing superstars such as Bernardo Silva, Fabinho and Nicolas Pepe from relative obscurity before selling them for large profits.
The pair worked together at Real Madrid and still share a close relationship with Jose often invited to watch Lille in action.
ESPN FC claim the Portuguese tactician wants chairman Daniel Levy to approve a deal for Campos, who rejected Chelsea’s advances last season.
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New arrivals
Tottenham have confirmed the arrival of Jose Mourinho’s new backroom staff.
Joao Sacramento, Carlos La lin, Nuno Santos, Ricardo Formosinho and Giovanni Cerra have all joined the Portuguese tactician in north London after the dismissal of Mauricio Pochettino.
Portuguese Sacramento joins as assistant coach from French Ligue 1 side Lille, where he held the same position under Christophe Galtier.
He will take up the role in the absence of Mourinho’s long-time lieutenant Rui Faria, who is currently managing Qatari club Al-Duhail SC.
Goalkeeping coach Santos also joins from Lille, while Formosinho (tactical analyst), Cerra (technical analyst) and Lalin (fitness coach) were part of Mourinho’s staff at Manchester United.
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Gareth Bale backed
Harry Redknapp says Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho could re-sign Gareth Bale.
Bale, 30, left Tottenham for Real Madrid in 2013 , with the winger going on to win the Champions League four times.
“What a signing he’d be for the club,” Redknapp said on talkSPORT. “That would really get him onside straight away, the fans would love that.
“ That would be an amazing move for him and would put Mourinho right in their good books. ”
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The first meeting
Jose Mourinho was at Tottenham’s training ground to meet his new squad on Wednesday afternoon following his appointment as Mauricio Pochettino’s replacement.
The former Chelsea and Manchester United boss signed a three-and -a-half-year contract less than 12 hours after Pochettino was sacked.
The 56 – year-old, who had been out of work since leaving United last December, was at Hotspur Way meeting the club’s players and staff.
He was due to take training in the afternoon ahead of his unveiling press conference at 2pm on Thursday and first game in charge at West Ham on Saturday lunchtime.
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