Tottenham: The new Croatian embassy?
By: Drew | September 1st, 2009
The transfer window has finally slammed shut(thank god) and Spurs were able to sneak one last transfer in the form of Croatian midfielder Niko Kranjcar. Kranjcar joins us from Portsmouth obviously, where he and Harry used to work together. With news that Niko was not looking to renew his contract when it ran out at the end of the season, Paul Hart decided to get some cash for him while he still could. With the fee reportedly in the region of 2.5 million I’d say it was a good bit of business for us.
Obviously this transfer came about after learning Luka Modric would be out with a fractured leg for 6 to 8 weeks. His fellow countrymen Kranjcar has a strong left foot and should slot into our midfield nicely. He also has been known to play central midfield so when Luka comes back to full fitness we should see the two of them working together in the middle of the park.
The clubs official website finally announced the moves of Kevin-Prince Boateng and Jamie O’Hara today as well. Which could very well have made this Kranjcar deal that much easier, what with both the young midfielders heading to Fratton Park.
A couple of other interesting transfer stories were the proposed moves for Martin Petrov from Man City, and Anton Ferdinand from Sunderland. The deal for Petrov would have apparently seen David Bentley heading the other way, and the deal for Ferdinand would have saw Alan Hutton switching to the stadium of light. Both moves fell through obviously but the targets are definitely interesting considering both seem to be in direct relation to where we have injuries in the squad.
Either way I think Kranjcar is a steal if in fact we only payed 2.5 million for him, and I look forward to seeing him in a Spurs shirt. We don’t have #’s 4, 11, or 13 taken so I’d expect him to grab one of those.
Thank God the window has shut without any massive departures for once!
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Hes great on the left to so thats an awesome purchase!!
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He’s right footed…
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Well Luka Modric is right footed too, the point is that he can play on the left. and that is what we need.
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“…so when Luka comes back to full fitness we should see the two of them working together in the middle of the park.”
Why would we see Modric and Kranjcar paired in the middle when we have Palacios? It would be more like:
Kranjcar – Modric – Palacios – Lennon
And I think Luka was referring when you said this “His fellow countrymen Kranjcar has a strong left foot … ”
Hopefully when Modric comes back it will allow him to play in his favoured attacking midfield role and give us the midfield I showed above. Palacios is a rock in the middle and when Modric plays on the left, we lack the creativity because THudd obviously lacks the mobility. Jenas is a one in ten performer as we all know, he’ll have one good game and about 10 bad after that and really we can’t have that type of inconsistency if we’re to push for the top 4. Kranjcar should add an interesting role to the team, I’m excited.
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yeah i suppose i should’ve been more specific anthony, I meant that modric would move into the middle like you said and niko would stay left.
Next time i’ll be more careful with my sentences. but i definitely agree with you 100% with having luka and wilson as our center.
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