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Tottenham close in on Real Madrid star Lassana Diarra

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By David Ornstein
BBC Sport




Diarra has fallen out of favour since Real signed Sami Khedira in 2010

Tottenham are close to completing a deal to sign Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra for a reported £10m.

The 26-year-old joined Real from Portsmouth for £20m in 2008 and has scored one goal in 89 appearances.

Paris-born Diarra, who has 28 caps for France, started his
career with Le Havre before joining Chelsea in 2005 and Arsenal two
years later.

Tottenham are also in talks with Manchester City over a loan move for Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

More to follow.

yep great news. but im worried livermoor will get loaned out.

im hoping wp gets sold then we have diarra sandro modric and the hudd plus use livermoore in the uefa cup .

jenas and wp can be sold

sh*t this is the begining of the end. We will become Portsmouth in disguise with Redknapp calling all the shots. So long Luka and welcome to an average replacement who has scored 1 goal in 89 games. Oh what total class. If it wasn't so despearate I'd be sobbing . . . .

Tottenham are close to completing a deal to sign Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra for a reported £10m.

The 26-year-old joined Real from Portsmouth for £20m in 2008 and has scored one goal in 89 appearances.

Paris-born Diarra, who has 28 caps for France, started his career with Le Havre before joining Chelsea in 2005 and Arsenal two years later.

Tottenham are also in talks with Manchester City over a loan move for Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

If both players arrive at White Hart Lane, attention is sure to focus on how Spurs boss Harry Redknapp juggles a squad that already includes a number of established midfielders and forwards.

Redknapp's midfield options include Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, Sandro, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modric and Niko Kranjcar.

In wide and attacking positions he has Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Rafael van der Vaart, Steven Pienaar, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe.

Chelsea have made bids of £22m and £27m for Modric, but Spurs insist the Croatian is staying put.

Crouch and Palacios, meanwhile, are subject to offers from Stoke.

Like what he said .....
1 in 89......

F. Kov you Fecking Frog

im with baz on this one. hes a step up from wp and jenarse.

Quality signing i did say we would sign him about 3 weeks ago hes played for Arsenal Chelsea and Madrid crap isnt he . We had Zokora got better in Sgt Wilson till his brother died then he went bobbins got Sandro whos going to be quality Diarra better then all them cant wait for Adabadhairday though pleeeeeeease get him in quickly. Will that be it then or will Levy and Arry pull something out of the bag on Deadline Day like VDV last year

still only 26 lol barging .

I dont know what to make of this signing to tell the truth, a defensive midfielder, when we have sandro,?
But i trust harry and i really think he wanted parker but with west ham turning down a £4 mill bid from someone the other day i reckon he is going for the younger option, as levy doesnt want to invest in aged players.

Just edit this to say it seems parker is a no go due to the west ham board refusing to do business because of the olympic stadium fuss.

VisionarySound wrote:Why do we need another midfirlder who can't score goals ? We already have Thudd, Modric, Sandra who fit that bill . . . .

Dont think harry is buying him to score goals vis ! if it were for that reason, and looking at his ratio 1 goal from 89 appearances you would be mad to sign the bloke.
Its obvious that he,s to prevent goals, toughen up the midfield etc etc.