Lukaku, Banega, Schär, Batshuayi, O'Shea

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Lukaku, Banega, Schär, Batshuayi, O'Shea


Before we get into today's Tottenham News Shorts - Issue 5 here is a quick reminder of some articles you may have missed. Click on a link to find out more and share on your favourite social media.

Gtlfi Sigurdsson may be on his way out of White Hart Lane, personally I doubt a decision has been made yet but his interview with the official website revealed a Mental Weakness holding him back.

The Hull Daily Mail report the Jake Livermore fee to be £7 million which helps the academy in it's aim to be self-sufficient.

Two articles that take a look at our Fixture List and how the Europa League affects it, which games will be moved, corresponding results last season as well as our Results Before and After games.

Finally Mauricio Pochettino Wants Two New Centre-Backs takes a look at our defence and what it may be next season.

Right let's get into the Tottenham News Shorts - Issue 5 this morning which concerns John O'Shea, Romelu Lukaku, Fabian Schär, Mauricico Pochettino, Michy Batshuayi and Éver Banega, plus a World Cup stat to finish.


Tottenham non target John O'Shea, the 33 year-old who fitted so beautifully into our buy young and improve them policy, has sent Spurs fans into despair.

He has revealed to the Shields Gazette, which is the local paper, that he is very happy at Sunderland.

“That’s the way it goes at this time of the year, there is lots of stuff rumoured about players coming and going.

“It’s just one of those things. It’s just total speculation.

“I’m in the game long enough to know that and I’m more than happy with Sunderland.”

Latest report suggest Chelsea will have to reduce their inflated price for Romelu Lukaku after two games at the World Cup where he has been abysmal. Against Algeria and Russia has has failed to have a single shot on target.

Mind you such has been his impact that he hasn't had a shot off target either!

Rather makes the daft £32 million price tag Chelsea placed on him look as though they have thought of a figure and doubled it.


Pochettino is yet to decide whether to add Swiss international Fabian Schär to the list of potential central defenders. Currently playing at FC Basel the 22 year-old is being watched at the World Cup.

Mauricio Pochettino would have been the new manager of PSG if they hadn't won the French title. The Quatari owners planned to sack Laurent Blanc and install Pochettino after PSG lost to Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Only winning Lique 1 saved Blanc from the sack.

Apparently we have been snubbed by another player we are not after, 20 year-old Standard Liège striker Michy Batshuayi who will sign for Marseilles.

The local press in Vanencia reveal that nobody has made contact over reported Everton and Tottenham target Éver Banega. He is a very inconsistent player, brilliant one minute, disinterested the next so I'm not very convinced we would want another one like that. Then again we haven't been in contact over the 25 year-old so perhaps Pochettino shares the same view.