Pre-season friendlies and meaningless tournaments have begun, and teams are shaping up for the new season. Man City have bought half a side, including four strikers, and don't look to have stopped yet. The other big/rich sides have been less active - Zhirkov, Glen Johnson, and of course Michael Owen the most notable.

Much has been made about Tottenham's spending (almost £150m on transfers in the last 16 months), which presumably pushes them above the Big Four in spending and leaves them second only to Manchester City.

On the surface, it's a lot of money for not a lot of success. However, keep in mind that this Tottenham side has also seen a lot of exits, some of them at fairly good prices too.

Goal video highlights from the Tottenham vs Sunderland Premier League game on November 7, 2009. Game kicks off at White Hart Lane at 15.00 UK time. Tottenham Hotspur are fifth in the table going into this game, and Sunderland, who are currently 8th could move above Harry Redknapp's side if they beat Spurs on Saturday [.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has revealed that Portsmouth have requested the North London club to extend Jamie O'Hara's stay at Fratton Park. O'Hara signed on loan for Pompey in August 2009, and his deal expires in January 2010. O'Hara's loan contract reportedly has a clause that allows him to stay at the South Coast [.

Harry looks for a Cudicini shaped replacement.

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Tottenham are set to complete the loan signing of Switzerland World Cup keeper Eldin Jakupovic according to reports.