transfer targets 2008
With the summer comes the transfer silly
season.
Here is a list of transfer targets Spurs have been linked with by the media this
close season.
[The numbers alongside the player's name has no significance other than to
indicate how many
players THFC have been linked with this summer.]
28.08.2008
| PLAYER | POSITION | CLUB | PRICE | OUTCOME | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 122 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 121 | Marouane Fellaini | Midfielder | Standard Liege (Belgium) | £11.2 million | Joined Everton |
| 120 | David Wheater | Defender | Middlesbrough | £7 million plus Michael Dawson | Staying at Boro |
| 119 | Joni Dos Santos | Forward | Barcelona (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 118 | Vincenzo Iaquinta | Forward | Juventus (Italy) | ?? | - |
| 117 | Fraizer Campbell | Forward | Manchester United | Part of deal for Berbatov | Joined on loan |
| 116 | Marco Borriello | Forward | AC Milan (Italy) | ?? | - |
| 115 | Radamel Falcao | Forward | River Plate (Argentina) | £7m-£10m | - |
| 114 | Klaas Jan Huntelaar | Forward | Ajax (Holland) | £20m | Staying at Ajax |
| 113 | Emile Heskey | Forward | Wigan Athletic | £8m-£10m | Staying at Wigan |
| 112 | Mateo Musacchio | Defender | Real Castilla (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 111 | Cesar Sanchez | Goalkeeper | Real Zaragoza (Spain) | Nominal | Joined on loan |
| 110 | Vedran Corluka | Defender | Manchester City | £7m-£9.5m | Signed for £8.5 million |
| 109 | Nene | Forward | Monaco (France) | £8m | - |
| 108 | Roque Santa Cruz | Forward | Blackburn Rovers | £16 m | Staying with Blackburn |
| 107 | Stephen Bywater | Goalkeeper | Derby County | £250,000 | Deal fell through |
| 106 | Miguel Veloso | Midfielder | Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) | ?? | Staying at Sporting |
| 105 | Edison Cavani | Striker | Palermo (Italy) | ?? | - |
| 104 | Sead Ramovic | Goalkeeper | Tromso (Norway) | ?? | - |
| 103 | Johan Wiland | Goalkeeper | Elfsborg (Sweden) | ?? | - |
| 102 | Freddie Sears | Forward | West Ham United | ?? | Staying at West Ham |
| 101 | Fernando Meira | Midfielder | VfB Stuggart (Germany) | ?? | - |
| 100 | David Albelda | Midfielder | Valencia (Spain) | £1.5 million | Staying at Valencia |
| 99 | Matthew Upson | Defender | West Ham United | ?? | Staying at West Ham |
| 98 | Tony Warner | Goalkeeper | Fulham | ?? | Joined Hull City |
| 97 | Andrei Arshavin | Midfielder | Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) | £18m | Staying at Zenit |
| 96 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | Forward | Spartak Moscow (Russia) | £10m | Signed for £14 million |
| 95 | Eric Bekoe | Forward | Asante Kotoko (Ghana) | £2m | - |
| 94 | Nelson Cabrera | Defender | Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) | ?? | - |
| 93 | Dani Guiza | Forward | Real Mallorca (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 92 | Luis Garcia | Forward | Espanyol (Spain) | £9.5m | - |
| 91 | Yossi Benayoun | Midfielder | Liverpool | £15m with Crouch | Staying with Liverpool |
| 90 | Peter Crouch | Forward | Liverpool | £15m with Benayoun | Joined Portsmouth |
| 89 | Lukas Podolski | Forward | Bayern Munich (Germany) | ?? | Staying with Bayern Munich |
| 88 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Forward | Real Madrid (Spain) | ?? | Staying at Real |
| 87 | Jefferson Farfan | Forward | PSV Eindhoven (Holland) | £7m | Joined Schalke 04 |
| 86 | Emiliano Viviano | Goalkeeper | Brescia (Italy) | £9.6m | - |
| 85 | Wayne Hennessey | Goalkeeper | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £5m | Staying at Wolves |
| 84 | Fabricio Collochini | Defender | Deportivo La Coruna (Spain) | ?? | Signed for Newcastle Utd |
| 83 | Ruben De La Red | Midfielder | Real Madrid (Spain) | £9.4m | Staying at Real |
| 82 | Borja Oubina | Midfielder | Celta Vigo (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 81 | Goran Pandev | Forward | Lazio (Italy) | ?? | - |
| 80 | Alvaro Negredo | Forward | Almeria/Real Madrid (Spain) | £9.4m | - |
| 79 | Hugo Campagnaro | Defender | Sampdoria (Italy) | £4m | - |
| 78 | Pablo Daniel Osvaldo | Forward | Fiorentina (Italy) | £7m | - |
| 77 | Oscar Cardozo | Forward | Benfica (Portugal) | £12m | - |
| 76 | Richard Dunne | Defender | Manchester City | £5m | Staying at Man. City |
| 75 | John Bostock | Midfielder | Crystal Palace | £5m | Signed for £700,000 |
| 74 | NIkola Saric | Forward | Herfogle (Denmark) | ?? | Joined Liverpool |
| 73 | Anton Ferdinand | Defender | West Ham United | £5m-£6m | Joined Sunderland |
| 72 | Hugo Lloris | Goalkeeper | Nice (France) | £8m | Joined Olympique Lyonnais |
| 71 | Carlos Kameni | Goalkeeper | Espanyol (Spain) | £8m | - |
| 70 | Diego Capel | Winger | Sevilla (Spain) | £12.3m | Staying at Sevilla |
| 69 | Giovani Dos Santos | Midfielder | Barcelona (Spain) | £12.5m | Signed for THFC for a fee up to £8.6m |
| 68 | Daniel Diaz | Defender | Getafe (Spain) | £3m | - |
| 67 | Marcelo Morena | Forward | Cruzeiro (Brazil) | £4m | Joined Shakthar Donetsk |
| 66 | David Bentley | Winger | Blackburn Rovers | £15m | Signed for THFC for £17m |
| 65 | Tarik Elyounoussi | Forward | Fredrikstad FK (Norway) | £4m | - |
| 64 | Valon Behrami | Midfielder | Lazio (Italy) | £9.6m | Joined West Ham United |
| 63 | Edu | Midfielder | Valencia (Spain) | Loan | - |
| 62 | Adriano Correia | Defender | Sevilla (Spain) | £8m | - |
| 61 | Sulley Muntari | Midfielder | Portsmouth | ?? | Joined Internazionale |
| 60 | Nikola Zigic | Forward | Valencia (Spain) | ?? | Joined Racing Santander on loan |
| 59 | Lassana Diarra | Midfielder | Portsmouth | ?? | Staying with Portsmouth |
| 58 | Heurelho Gomes | Goalkeeper | PSV Eindhoven (Holland) | £10m | Signed for THFC 26.06.08 |
| 57 | Nicolas Anelka | Forward | Chelsea | £15m | Staying with Chelsea |
| 56 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Winger | Chelsea | £10m | Joined Man. City |
| 55 | Diego Milito | Forward | Real Zaragoza (Spain) | £10m | Joined Genoa |
| 54 | Gregory Coupet | Goalkeeper | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | £2.5m | Retired |
| 53 | Albert Riera | Winger | Espanyol | ?? | Joined Liverpool |
| 52 | Andrea Dossena | Defender | Udinese (Italy) | ?? | Joined Liverpool |
| 51 | Samuel Eto'o | Forward | Barcelona (Spain) | £24m - £120m | Staying at Barcelona |
| 50 | Thierry Henry | Forward | Barcelona (Spain) | ?? | Staying at Barcelona |
| 49 | Robinho | Forward | Real Madrid (Spain) | ?? | Joined Man. City |
| 48 | Luis Fabiano | Forward | Sevilla (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 47 | Damien Duff | Winger | Newcastle United | ?? | Staying with Newcastle Utd |
| 46 | Remy Loic | Forward | Olympique Lyonnais (France) | ?? | - |
| 45 | Dean Ashton | Forward | West Ham United | £15m | Staying with West Ham |
| 44 | Diego Forlan | Forward | Atletico Madrid (Spain) | £20m | Staying at Atletico Madrid |
| 43 | Michael Owen | Forward | Newcastle United | ?? | Staying with Newcastle Utd |
| 42 | Julio Cesar de Leon | Midfielder | Genoa (Italy) | ?? | - |
| 41 | Deco | Midfielder | Barcelona (Spain) | ?? | Joined Chelsea |
| 40 | Joe Hart | Goalkeeper | Manchester City | £10m (includes Paul Robinson) | Staying with Man City |
| 39 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | Winger | Blackburn Rovers | £4m | Staying at Blackburn |
| 38 | Marc Torrejon | Defender | Espanyol (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 37 | Adam Johnson | Winger | Middlesbrough | Swap for Tom Huddlestone | Staying at Middlesbrough |
| 36 | Aidan McGeady | Winger | Glasgow Celtic | ?? | Staying with Celtic |
| 35 | Sergio Garcia | Forward | Real Zaragoza (Spain) | £14.2m | Joined Real Betis |
| 34 | Carlos Cuellar | Defender | Glasgow Rangers | £10m | Joined Aston Villa |
| 33 | Michael Johnson | Midfielder | Manchester City | ?? | Staying at Man. City |
| 32 | Medy Elito | Winger | Colchester United | ?? | - |
| 31 | George Boateng | Midfielder | Middlesbrough | ?? | Joined Hull City |
| 30 | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | Forward | Locomotiv Moscow (Russia) | £10m | - |
| 29 | Alexander Madlung | Defender | Wolfsburg (Germany) | £2.3m | - |
| 28 | David Villa | Forward | Valencia (Spain) | £16 - £25m | Staying at Valencia |
| 27 | Jean Makoun | Midfielder | Lille (France) | £6m | - |
| 26 | Bruno Fornaroli | Forward | Nacional (Uruguay) | £4m | - |
| 25 | Jonas Guittierez | Forward | Real Mallorca (Spain) | £8.3m | Joined Newcastle |
| 24 | Diego Lopez | Goalkeeper | Villareal (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 23 | Ronaldinho | Midfielder | Barcelona (Spain) | £18m | Joined AC Milan |
| 22 | Manuel Neuer | Goalkeeper | Schalke 04 (Germany) | ?? | - |
| 21 | Samir Handanovic | Goalkeeper | Udinese (Italy) | ?? | - |
| 20 | Tal Ben Haim | Defender | Chelsea | ?? | Joined Manchester City |
| 19 | Ben Foster | Goalkeeper | Manchester United | Part of Berbatov deal | Staying at Man Utd |
| 18 | Esteban Granero | Midfielder | Real Madrid (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 17 | Fabio Quagliarella | Forward | Udinese (Italy) | £10m | - |
| 16 | David James | Goalkeeper | Portsmouth | Swap for Paul Robinson | Staying with Portsmouth |
| 15 | Lisandro Lopez | Forward | FC Porto (Portugal) | ?? | - |
| 14 | Allan McGregor | Goalkeeper | Glasgow Rangers | £5m - £9m | Staying with Rangers |
| 13 | Jack Cork | Midfielder | Chelsea | ?? | Joined Sheffield Wed on loan |
| 12 | Albert Adomah | Winger | Barnet | ?? | Staying with Barnet |
| 11 | Charles N'Zogbia | Winger/defender | Newcastle United | ?? | Staying at Newcastle |
| 10 | Vegaard Forren | Defender | Molde FK (Norway) | £1m | - |
| 9 | Ivan Ramis | Defender | Real Mallorca (Spain) | ?? | - |
| 8 | Danijel Pranjic | Winger | Heerenveen (Holland) | ?? | - |
| 7 | Mauro Zarate | Forward | Al-Saad (Qatar) | ?? | Joined Lazio |
| 6 | Alain Nkong | Midfielder | Atlante (Mexico) | ?? | - |
| 5 | Mario Santana | Midfielder | Fiorentina (Italy) | £4m | - |
| 4 | Joe Mattock | Midfielder | Leicester City | £1.5m | Staying at Leicester |
| 3 | Louis Saha | Forward | Manchester United | Part of deal for Berbatov | Joined Everton |
| 2 | Johan Elmander | Forward | Toulouse (France) | ?? | Joined Bolton Wanderers |
| 1 | Lucio | Defender | Bayern Munich | ?? | - |