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da bet7： This summer promises to be an exciting one for Spurs fans. For the first time in 40 years they can look forward to the prospect of top-level European football. Having had such a fantastic season, manager Harry Redknapp will undoubtedly be putting his thoughts towards planning for next campaign, desperate to ensure that his side can adapt to the rigours of Champions League football. Excited Lilywhites fans have taken to fans’ forums, passionately imploring their manager to sign a wealth of big-name, world-class players, players with the ‘je ne sais quoi’ needed to succeed in the Champions League. With other clubs aware of Spurs’ strong financial backing and the inevitable hiking up of players’ prices in World Cup year, Redknapp may find it hard to act prudently within the transfer market this summer. However, it appears that Redknapp may have made his most important signings already.
Already in possession of a strong, balanced squad, Redknapp has acted quickly to secure the long-term futures of several first-team players. Within the last month, club captain Ledley King, Welsh midfielder Gareth Bale and Croatian playmaker Luka Modric have all signed new contracts at the club. In keeping hold of Luka Modric (a player said to be coveted by Manchester United and Chelsea), Spurs have managed to buck the trend of recent years and demonstrate they can keep their best players away from the clutches of the Premier League’s ‘bigger’ clubs. The fact that the club have acted so quickly to tie down the futures of their most important players is an indicator that the club are trying to lay down the foundations for a sustained period of success at White Hart Lane.
Redknapp’s evident desire to maintain the core of his side is admirable, as stability will be key to the future success of his side. Whilst Manchester City’s inability to break the top four is attributable to a variety of reasons, the great influx of new players into the club has meant that the side have been bereft of continuity and flow. During his time at White Hart Lane, Harry Redknapp has not only brought in players, but successfully coaxed the best out of players who were at the club prior to his arrival (for example, David Bentley, Gareth Bale and Roman Pavlyuchenko). It is this sense of continuity that has allowed Redknapp to take Spurs from relegation candidates to a top-four team within 18 months.
In spite of the above sentiments, it is thought by many that Spurs do need to invest this summer in order to competitively challenge on both domestic and European fronts next season. Whilst the Tottenham squad has strength in depth, one would be hard-pressed to name an individual at the club who is unquestionably world-class.
This matter has been highlighted by Harry Redknapp, who told The Times that, “if we can find a special player that would make a difference to this team, I would say [it] to the chairman or owner. That is what I would like to do. It might only be one player. It might be an expensive player. But that would be really what I would look at doing. We are not going to sign Torres, but like Liverpool signed him, [we want] a player that could take us to another level. But where you find them, I don’t know.”
Cynics have argued that the need for a player in the vein of Torres is a luxury; a glamorous yet unnecessary ‘marquee’ signing would merely galvanise the club’s fans and appease their concerns. However, a look at the squads of England’s most consistently successful Champions League-competing sides (Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool) suggests that the presence of such individuals is imperative. The frontlines of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are spearheaded by Robin van Persie, Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney respectively – can any Tottenham fan honestly state that Jermain Defoe is as good as either of these players? Unsurprisingly, Spurs are rumoured to have shown an interest in a series of ‘marquee’ strikers, with Diego Forlan, Luis Fabiano and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar all linked with moves to White Hart Lane, although the side have yet to make serious offers for any of these players.
Having broken the Big Four ‘cartel’, Harry Redknapp will be under great pressure to ensure that his side remain within the upper echelons of the Premier League. How he seeks to achieve this is unclear, but the ‘signings’ he has made so far will certainly go a long way towards doing so.
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