Soccer, football, footie from an American perspective by kaidez

Ok, what am I missing here?

Tottenham Hotspur are contemplating bringing Real Zaragoza goalie Cesar into the squad. They were looking at Stephen Bywater from Derby County until Spurs manager Juande Ramos switched gears.

Just so I’m clear: the Spurs have had an EXTREMELY successful transfer season this summer. They’ve already added Giovanni dos Santos, Gilberto, David Bentley and there’s a chance that David Villa may be transfered over. After adding that fire power to a squad that already has Dimitar Berbatov and Didier Zakora, now they’re looking to bring in keepers from recently-relegated teams. And one one of them, Derby County, went through a VERY high-profile relagation this year with their poor playing-so poor that they were nicknamed “the ATM for three points.”

Look, do the Spurs stand a chance of getting Iker Casillas? Of course not, but that doesn’t mean that they should set the bar lower. I say look at Warren that used to play for Reading. Yes, Reading was relegated this year but Warren was a reserve so you can’t blame him for Reading’s drop. To see his potential, find a replay of their 07/08 season opener against Arsenel and see how he did. Warren gave up two goals as the game was winding down but he has potential, and potential should be good enough for Tottenham right now.

I said in an earlier post that I’m looking to the Spurs to take the fifth spot in the EPL this season. I will recant that if their upper management keeps doing dumb stuff like this.