Reader poll: Podolski, Cavenaghi, or Defoe?

By: Drew | January 3rd, 2009

It’s no secret that our Spurs side has been looking at bolstering our striking options, as currently Bent, Pavs, and Campbell are our only strikers. Giovani Dos Santos can also play wide forward, but is currently just recovering from an injury. Hopefully he can impress Harry as it’d be nice to add another name to the list. With the transfer window being open now, there have been a few names thrown around quite often when the press has been referring to the Spurs…

Originally it had seemed that Craig Bellamy was the first target on Harry Redknapp’s wishlist. But since Zola has apparently squashed the rumors of him selling his star striker, and ManCity also claiming to be interested, I can’t imagine it happening.

Firstly, current Germany and Bayern Munich striker Lukas Podolski has been linked with a possible move to North London. At 23 he has featured 60 times for his National team and scored 31 goals. Sadly he has struggled to find such form for Bayern, as he has been riding the bench for most of his time there. Only scoring 12 goals in 58 appearances. Prior to Bayern he played for FC Koln, Scoring 46 goals in 81 appearances. He’s also been linked to Roma, a slew of German clubs, and ManCity as well. On the bright side he’s been quoted as saying that Money wouldn’t be the primary decider in his choice. The way I look at it is he’s looking for more minutes on the pitch, and we’re looking for a striker to come in and lead the team with scoring. It seems like a good fit too me. Here is a bit of what he has to offer…

Secondly, a player who I have mentioned before, Fernando Cavenaghi. The super-sub has been feeling a little less than favored at Bordeaux this season while struggling to start many of the games. The Argentine started his career at River Plate scoring 55 goals in 89 appearances. He then moved to Spartak Moscow where he struggled to find his feet, only scoring 12 in 51 caps. The 25 year old currently plays his football in france for Bordeaux where he has scored 25 goals(yes 25!) in only 46 appearances. He seems to be a little back and forth on whether he wants to exit but if the offer was right and he had the opportunity to play alot of minutes(which we can offer) he’d probably come to Tottenham. I posted this before but its just too good…

Finally, A familiar face to most long time Spurs fans. Jermain Defoe has been linked to a move back to White Hart Lane. Following the departure of Redknapp from Pompey, Defoe has been less than excited about the current state of his team. He apparently has made it public that he wants to leave Tony Adams’ side and a move back to Spurs would be more than welcome by Harry. Jermain started his career at West Ham scoring 29 goals in 93 appearances. Defoe also spent a season on loan to Bournemouth while there he scored 18 goals in 29 appearances. In 2004 he made his first move to Spurs and was capped 139 times for the side, where he scored only 43 goals but was a fan favorite. Until last year he made a move to Pompey for 9 million and since has played 30 times for them and scored 14 goals. The only thing that has seemed to keep his second move to the Lane from happening has been the price Portsmouth put on him. Word on the street says Adams wants 20 million for him, and quite frankly we can get a whole hell of a lot more for that kind of money. Who knows though, maybe we’ll work out a deal…