Tottenham v Fiorentina Live!!
Today we host Italian giants Fiorentina in our last friendly match before the start of the Premiership next saturday. It's a 3pm kick off and I expect nothing less than a win. It looks like Defoe will not feature in today's match due to claims by Harry he has suffered a groin strain, now whether this is true or whether Harry just wants to convince Capello that Defoe is injured so he doesn't feature in midweek for England is another matter.
The Team will be pretty much like the Benfica game with a lot of changes made in the second half so most of the boys get a run out. Hopefully Harry gives a few of the youngsters a good run out again, the likes of Walker and Townsend have impressed so far. I would love to see Lennon have a decent game because I don't think he has been the same player since returning from his injury last season and I would love to see another good performance from Gio, if he comes good this season it will be like a new signing for us.
The match is live in the Triffic Tottenham forum as always so if you haven't signed up yet then do so >>HERE<<. Hopefully it will be a solid team performance and a good win at the end of it. Make no mistake about it, Fiorentina are no mugs and if we are not up for it then they could easily snatch a win. Not sure if this is live on the Bet365 site, some have been so if you want a better quality stream it might be worth clicking the Bet365 banner to the left and checking it out.
Last friendly and then it's down to serious business with an opening day match agaisnt Manchester City and then the small matter of a Champions League qualifier to contend with, it should prove to be an interesting couple of weeks for us all.
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World Class Striker In – World Class Defender Out?
Uruguay world cup star reopens door back to the Premiership but could it be career over for Spurs' England defender?
Change of heart? Forlan refuses to rule out move back to England.
Supposed Redknapp target Diego Forlan has refused to rule out a move away from Atletico Madrid this summer.
The Uruguayan striker is chasing the Golden Boot at this summer's World Cup in South Africa having already scored four goals in his country's route to Saturday's third place play off against the Germans.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has been open when speaking of his admiration of Forlan, but the former Man Utd man has previously ruled out a return to the Premier League.
The striker struggled during his spellat Old Trafford, however, he has since flourished with more than 100 goals in Spain for Villareal and Atletico to draw the attention of a number of top clubs around Europe.
And Forlan admits that he would consider a summer move, telling Sky Sports News: "They have to be a good offer and we have to see.
"I am very happy in Madrid and the way the city and the team are always with me.
"(But) you never know. If it is a good offer we have to see if the team wants me to leave or not and then we have to sit and talk."
End of the Road? Woody suffers yet more injury woe!
Meanwhile one player for whom the future does not look quite so bright is our injury jinxed England centre half Jonathon Woodgate.
Woodgate is running out of time to save his Spurs career, according to boss Harry Redknapp.
Woodgate played the disappointing total of only three games last season and failed to manage a single appearence from November onwards.
Redknapp has now warned the 30 year-old he will have 'big problems' if a persistent groin injury is not cured soon.
"We've really got to monitor him and see where he's at because it's been a year now for Jonathan and he's really got to be coming back and playing now" said Redknapp.
"If he doesn't, if he's not going to be back pretty soon, he's got big problems, so it is an area we're looking at. Sebastien Bassong did well for us last year so we'll see how we go."
Woody will always be remembered by Spurs fans for his winner against Chelsea in the League Cup final, but sentiment can only take you so far and if he fails to recover soon we won't be too disappointed to see him removed from the payroll. For a player once considered to be Englands's best centre half, it could be a very sad end to what could have been such a great career!
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