Yesterday we looked at the possibility of new arrivals at White Hart Lane and the general consensus was that we were due for a quiet day. Later in the evening, reports suggested that Vedran Corluka was a target for Bayer Leverkusen and they seem to be gaining momentum this morning.

At the start of the month, Harry said that the Croatian would definitely not be leaving but after omitting him from the cup games where much of the fringe side appear, it may well be that Charlie is on his way.

As soon as the QPR takeover was announced in the summer, a host of Spurs players were linked with a move to West London. Ultimately, none of these transfers materialised but it's inevitable to see further stories emerge as the January transfer window approaches.

Spurs fans will be no stranger to Roman Pavlyuchenko's agent Oleg Artemov who has been very vocal about his client's next move in recent weeks.

19 de las 111 fotos deportivas que el sitio Totally Cool Pix considera las mejores del año2011 (que no contempla ni diciembre ni otra cosa que se salga de USA y Europa).
Heurelho Gomes (arquero del Tottenham Hotspur) intenta evitar tiro Frank Lampard (Chelsea) en Stamford Bridge, Londres, 30 de abril 2011.

While Roman Pavlyuchenko sealed the win for Spurs last night, the frustrating enigma that is Heurelho Gomes showed the best side to his game with some reaction saves that kept his side ahead.

The Brazilian may have been a surprise choice in goal and after saying for much of the season that he can leave in January, Harry Redknapp hinted after the match that Gomes may still have a future at Spurs.

A couple of swap deals could be on the cards this January with both Roman Pavlyuchenko and Heurelho Gomes being used as potential bait to bring new faces to the Lane.

While Pav has only featured as a fringe player this season, Gomes has been reduced to third choice goalkeeper after some high profile errors towards the end of last season.

Earlier in the week manager Harry Redknapp indicated that Heurelho Gomes could be allowed to leave the club in January after confirming the decision to make Brad Friedel Tottenham's number one for this season.

Several likely destinations are already being suggested and it seems that the erratic Brazilian could be about to head home to link up with Corinthians.

There was never much doubt that Harry Redknapp was going to keep faith with Brad Friedel for Saturday's fixture with Wolves but once his name was inked in on the team sheet, we seemed to get final confirmation that Heurelho Gomes' days at the Lane could be numbered.

Today, Redknapp has confirmed that while Gomes isn't necessarily number 3 at Spurs behind Friedel and Cudicini, the player is now looking at the possibility of a transfer out of the club in January.

There have been several changes of personnel at Spurs since our last Premiership game and the club website has confirmed that Emmanuel Adebayor and Scott Parker will both make their debuts against Wolves tomorrow.

"Scott is ready to play and Emmanuel is short of games, but he's a naturally fit guy and again, ready to play," said manager Harry Redknapp.

When Brad Friedel arrived at White Hart Lane this summer we knew that he wasn't just being brought in as cover for Heurelho Gomes but after taking the number one jersey at the start of the season, just where does this leave our Brazilian, error-prone keeper?

Despite publicly backing Gomes after high profile mistakes against Real Madrid and Chelsea last season, you could sense the frustration in Harry Redknapp and after picking up an injury towards the end of the campaign, it was left to Carlo Cudicini to turn in some solid performances that helped the club to fifth place.

Playing arm in arm was never going to be anything other than annoying for all concerned If every Thursday night in the Europa League proves to be as entertaining and one-sided as that, then TBFWHL won't be complaining one jot.
For all the pre-match talk of Spurs being rusty after their delayed start to the season and Tynecastle creating an intimidatory atmosphere to knock a patched up Spurs off their stride, Harry Redknapp's men put their north-of-the-border opponents to the sword with a swashbuckling 5-0 win that effectively killed the tie off as a contest, much in the same fashion as Tottenham's last European game was over by the end of the first leg.

While Spurs fans wait to see which new faces, if any, will take their place in the line up for our first Premier League game of the season, the Evening Standard claims today that one critical selection has already been decided.

When Brad Friedel joined the club at the start of the summer, it was felt that he would provide genuine competition for the number one jersey.

With about two months left in the transfer market, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will need to show some life in making additional changes to the squad. So far there has not been much movement in the acquiring of new players. The lone player to arrive at White Hart Lane is Brad Friedel, the veteran goal keeper from Aston Villa on a free transfer.

Heurelho Gomes' future at Spurs was brought into sharp focus at the end of last season with a number of high profile errors including blunders against Real Madrid and Chelsea highlighting the liability that the Brazilian can be at times.

After Brad Friedel arrived at Spurs last month, it seemed that Gomes may be on his way back to PSV Einhoven despite still attracting public support from Harry Redknapp who said that he now had three great keepers at the club.

By Gareth McKnight, writing from Australia

The 2011 Copa America in Argentina kicks off in early July, with the hosts the favourites amongst most bookmakers. Despite this, eight time tournament winners and current holders Brazil, as always, have a star studded squad capable of beating anyone on their day.

Is anyone starting to get frustrated at the way Spurs conduct their transfer activity?

With our backs to the wall, when players have had their heads turned, you have to admire how Daniel Levy has drained millions from other chairman for the likes of Berbatov, Carrick and Keane.

Unfortunately the flip side of this approach has meant that Spurs are stuck with a large group of players that are beyond the age where they can improve, and their wages and valuations are so high we can't get rid of them.

As far as definite departures from White Hart Lane are concerned, it seems as though the Jamie O'Hara deal to Wolves will be finally sanctioned in the next few days as he is set to join Jonathan Woodgate through the exit door.

Elsewhere though, it seems that there may be no further changes in goal, with Heurelho Gomes scheduled to stay and fight it out with Brad Friedel for the number one jersey.

"Get away from me Jermaine, you're still a bit of a nothing player", Kaboul probably said. Way back in August at the start of the season, TBFWHL drew up a little wishlist for the impending year. Now that everything is done and dusted, it's the perfect time to take a look at that list and see whether or not any of those desires were granted.

By Chris Wright

Tottenham have just agreed a deal with the National Goalkeeping Museum that will allow them to display an ancient American relic betwixt the sticks at White Hart Lane next season or something like that.

Friedel's contract at Villa is due to expire on the last day of June, and Spurs have confirmed that they have muscled in ahead of Liverpool and West Brom and shook hands with the 40-year-old stopper over a two-year deal.

Liverpool look likely to miss out on the signing of former keeper Brad Friedel as he is set to join Tottenham instead.
Reds boss Kenny Daglish had been hoping to persuade the 40-year-old to move back to Anfield, as he looks for a back up for Pepe Reina at the club.
He appeared to be winning the chase for the American's signature with an offer of a two-year deal, something that Villa nor other interested parties were willing to do.

The prospect of a trip to Slavia Prague next season hit Huddlestone like a slap in the faceWhat shall we say about that season then? Rarely in Tottenham's recent history has opinion been so polarised at the climax of a campaign. There are those who plant their flags in the failure camp, claiming that dropping down to 5th and losing so many points in draws is unacceptable and that the current regime is stalling.

By CALEB SONNELAND

It seems like it's just a matter of time before David de Gea is donning the Manchester United goalkeeper kit.

Reports emerging from Spain have made the agreement between Atletico Madrid and Manchester United for de Gea seem like a done deal as the Premier League club looks to replace the retiring Edwin van der Sar.

Sidelined for almost the whole season in favour of Heurhelo Gomes, the 37 year-old veteran keeper has arguably gone beyond the call of duty when asked to stand in for Heurhelo Gomes for two brief periods during the season when the No. 1 was hit firstly with a match ban and then more recently was ruled out with a back injury.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Jonathan Spector is set to become a free agent this summer, but West Ham United is hoping that he never reaches the open market.

West Ham is looking to keep Spector as it prepares for a season in the Championship, and has offered the U.

The second of our 'flops' feature 10. Heurelho Gomes The ultimate Jekyll and Hyde goalkeeper. No one has given away or saved more penalties than him this season in the Premier League, and Gomes is now second only to Rob Green in goalkeepers whose errors have been directly responsible for the conceding of a goal.

I gave up competitive sports in my mid-teens.

"A victim of the 90s," you might assume, but it wasn't the parents or coaches who turned me away. I was lucky, to be honest. My parents always supported my efforts with fruit snacks and soft drinks, the most a ten-year old version of myself could ask.

While Harry may feel that Spurs are only a couple of players away from being a top four side again, many fans and TV pundits think that one extra player is needed in all areas of the pitch – goalkeeper, defence, midfield and attack.

For the rest of this week we'll take a look at some of the names available and try to work out who the club should sign to get us back in the Champions League running.

It looks likely to be all change between the posts for next season with both Carlo Cudicini and Stipe Pletikosa set to leave the club in the summer.

Pletikosa was signed on a season long loan from Spartak Moscow and maybe everyone thought that Carlo wouldn't recover quite so well as he has from his motorbike accident.

Gomes' new goal-line stretching routine was starting to become detrimental to Tottenham's causeThe footballing gods refused to smile on Tottenham yesterday to the point where they were almost focusing an imposing frown upon the away side. Buccaneering Spurs held a precious 1-0 advantage over title-chasing Chelsea in the minutes leading up to half time but fate and the officials had a different idea for those who harboured faint hopes of a first away win at Chelsea in 21 years.

Salomon Kalou's goal a minute from time helped Chelsea beat spurs 2-1 and close the gap on leaders Manchester United to three points, with the two sides set to meet at Old Trafford next weekend in a title decider.

Sandro gave Tottenham the lead when he fired an unstoppable half-volley past Petr Cech from 25 yards after 19 minutes.

Salomon Kalou's goal a minute from time helped Chelsea beat spurs 2-1 and close the gap on leaders Manchester United to three points, with the two sides set to meet at Old Trafford next weekend in a title decider.

Sandro gave Tottenham the lead when he fired an unstoppable half-volley past Petr Cech from 25 yards after 19 minutes.

Going, going, GomesThis blog sincerely hopes none of you out there are feeling especially downtrodden or disheartened. Our fate was sealed at 4-0 in Madrid. There may have been a tiny chance of a miracle comeback, mainly because we're Spurs and it's what we do. But there can only have been a handful of Spurs fans who could have genuinely said that they thought we'd drag it back at the Lane.

For the time being at least, transfer gossip is turning away from Spurs' need for new strikers and looking at the issues in our defence. Injuries to Kaboul, Corluka and briefly Gallas have highlighted the problems in having two long term victims such as King and Woodgate in the squad. Irrespective of the club's plans for those two, it seems likely that Harry will move for at least one new defender in the summer.

Tottenham Hotspur The Day After The Night Before is a post from: Just Football

So that was the Champions League. Fun, wasn't it? As I took my place in the upper tier of the West Stand at White Hart Lane for the second leg of Spurs' quarter-final with Real Madrid my thoughts turned to what I had written on my own blog back in August:

I'm able to look upon Spurs' impending Champions League campaign as the beginning of a glorious adventure.

The fact that Spurs had little chance of progressing to the Champions League semi finals meant that the spotlight was taken off Heurleho Gomes to some extent. The latest in a line of elementary errors gifted Cristiano Ronaldo the winning goal and briefly took the momentum away from a Spurs team who were threatening to win the tie at least.

Whereas you wouldn't really expect anything else, Tottenham's players are being incredibly upbeat about the team's chances of overturning that 4-0 deficit against Real Madrid tomorrow night.

After Jermaine Jenas and Heurelho Gomes spoke yesterday and insisted that a miracle could happen, Gareth Bale has added his voice and promised that Tottenham will give it everything.

Real Madrid are set to reach their first Champions League semi-final for eight years after thrashing ten-man Tottenham Hotspur 4-0.

Spurred on by a spectacular pre-match introduction, Madrid started strongly with Ronaldo firing wide before Di María forced a corner off Vedran Ćorluka.

Real Madrid are set to reach their first Champions League semi-final for eight years after thrashing ten-man Tottenham Hotspur 4-0.

Spurred on by a spectacular pre-match introduction, Madrid started strongly with Ronaldo firing wide before Di María forced a corner off Vedran Ćorluka.

Many of the Spurs squad that were involved in Tuesday night's game have been talking about their delight with the win and have insisted that they won't be complacent when Milan return to the Lane.

Steven Pienaar said: "We were so well organised and we knew that a goal would come as usual, which it did late in the game.

With some pointless vitally important international friendlies out of the way, the Spurs squad regroups for what could be the most important month of the season.

The club will still be looking to finish fourth at least in the Premier League and won't be daunted by the trip to AC Milan next week.

In a curious quirk of circumstance it transpired that neither I nor my avidly Spurs-supporting chum Ian could earlier this week recall, off the top of our heads, the identity of this weekend's opponents. Such was the importance of last week's game against Man Utd that everything thereafter paled into insignificance, at least temporarily.