Nemanja Vidić and wifey Ana are celebrating the birth of their third child another son! named Petar. Mum and son are said to be doing just fine whilst enjoying their stay in the newly refurbished maternity ward at Wythenshawe Hospital.

We don't know exactly when the new bubba was born or what his height, weight and footballing potential was at birth but as soon as we find out, we'll pass the news on to you all.

After a full week of news both on and off the pitch, Tottenham centre half Younes Kaboul identified the 3-1 win over Wigan as a return to form after some indifferent results of late.

Younes played a full part in the win and was unlucky not to open the scoring on two occasions before Gareth Bale and Luka Modric sealed the win.

A frustrating day at the lane saw a hemmed in Spurs drop two points and miss the chance to go joint top. Wolves came out with the intention of pressuring us all over the pitch and maintained it for 90 minutes. A point well deserved for them but very disappointing for us considering how well we dominated Everton Wednesday night.

After last night's hectic London Derby ended with honours even, Spurs manager Harry Redknapp reflected on the game and felt that a draw was probably the right result.

After Daniel Sturridge cancelled out Emmanuel Adebayor's opener, both sides had great chances to win the match with Ade going so close in second half injury time.

It wasn't pretty. On a cold December Sunday afternoon, Tottenham Hotspur saw off a resilient Sunderland to record a 1-0 victory and get back to winning ways in the Premier League.

Winning ugly is the sign of champions. Not getting carried away here, I'm not suggesting Spurs are going to win the title, there's a chance of it, but Manchester City are a scarily good outfit and their neighbours are impossible to write off.

Modric and Sneijder should be top of Fergie's shopping list

Gutted for Darren Fletcher, who looks like missing the rest of the season with a bowel disorder. I think he's seriously under-rated as a big-game player for Manchester United and Scotland. What I, and I'm sure millions of United fans would like to see now is Sir Alex Ferguson responding to his side's injury crisis by throwing his transfer beliefs out of the window for this January only.

Exactly a month to go until you know 'Ho'. Greg is in receipt of another missive from Luka. It's not 'what you know' as they say. He brings us up to date on things Chelsea who have hit a little stormy weather which may or may not turn into a tsunami but we live in hope. We are hoping not to get entangled at the Hawthorns on Saturday and a new manager may be Hiddink in the undergrowth at

A very negative team and performance from Villa resulted in a very comfortable performance from Spurs and a score line that flattered Villa. David Cameron had braved the Tottenham wastelands to sit in the stands and watch his lot get outplayed. No doubt getting tips from Spurs on how to control the right and left wings.

Tottenham Hotspur defender Ledley King is committed to maintaining the club's terrific form and confidently believes that there is enough quality within the squad to challenge league leaders Manchester City and reigning champions Manchester United.

King, who has overcome many injury problems to become involved in a stretch of fixtures that has witnessed his side win seven of their last eight top-flight matches.

Guest written by Jamie Dunn:
Last season, Scott Parker was depicted as a Churchillian figure, taking West Ham United's half time team talks and single-handedly leading the quest to keep the Hammers in the Premier League.
Of course it wasn't all that cut and dry, but in the end Parker toiled and harried to no avail as West Ham were relegated on the penultimate weekend of the campaign, relinquishing a 2-0 lead to Wigan and suffering defeat at the DW Stadium.

"What a footballer Luka Modric is, hats off. Best in the league by a mile."

Oh well how nice. The 140 or less characters tapped into social networking guru Joey Barton's keyboard on Sunday. You might have a point there, Joseph. Not too sure about his earlier efforts regarding Simon Cowell and the desire to see him swing outside parliament for giving jumped-up little indie twonks permission to defecate over The Clash back catalouge- probably a tad extreme- but he at least appears to have a good eye for footballing talent.

Some good twitter reaction and quotes from various footballers following our 3-1 win over QPR. The best discovered ones below:
Rafael Van der Vaart (@rafvdvaart)
"After today's win chilling out in the Sugar Hut, Essex. Feeling absolutely great!"
Followed up with a pic of him and Mrs VDV (right)
Joey Barton (@Joey7Barton)
Pre Game:
"Right am off now, mental preparation begins.

Greg's back to wish Mickey and Wayne Rooney 'Happy Birthday; to welcome the return of Sandro, the return to scoring form of Defoe and Luka and the revival of the ancient Spurs tradition of passing in triangles. Prodigal Croatians; Elephants in Togo; train crashes in Manchester; bananas in Wigan. It's all here folks: read and enjoy.

Tottenham's poor start to the season is almost becoming a distant memory and yesterday's emphatic win over Liverpool underlined the potential that this side has. Suddenly, two new arrivals have transformed the team and with most of the deadwood out of the club, the win could herald some very promising times.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Redknapp wants new deal for Modric

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp wants chairman Daniel Levy to open contract talks with midfielder Luka Modric.

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Thank the deity that doesn't exist it's over. The Modric saga and Harry's inability to pass by a camera without giving an interview meant the last few weeks have been excruciating. Let's get on with it now and play some football. However, here's no denying the backdrop of genuine tension on deadline day.

As we enter the home-stretch of a remarkably active summer, we break down the latest stories being banded about. More after the jump:

Scarface to The Bridge?

First, let me just say that it's wonderful to be back stateside after a week in The Kingdom (not of Saud, mind you).

Liverpool is reportedly ready to discuss Chelsea's bid for Raul Meireles – but they want Daniel Sturridge included in any deal.
The Reds have recently rejected the west Londoners offer of £8m plus Yossi Benayoun for the Portuguese midfielder, but will be tempted to negotiate if Sturridge was thrown into the equation.

Transfer Rumors: One Final Chelsea Bid For Modric? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

With Luka Modric not taking part tonight in Tottenham's Europa League playoff tie against Hearts, speculation of a big-money move to Chelsea is still alive and kicking. But will it come to fruition, or will Tottenham be able to keep Modric in North London?

Cleverley

All my rowdy friends are here on Monday....

The first big Monday Night Football clash across the pond.

The Barclays bringing the heat in it's second week. West Brom putting up a fight against Chelsea. Arsenal furiously bailing water against Liverpool until the Suarez submarine submerged them.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has admitted that his side failed in a bid for Spanish midfielder Juan Mata. The highly rated midfielder is set to clinch a move to Chelsea, and while speaking to talkSPORT Harry Redknapp was surprised to learn that Mata was heading to their cross-town rivals.

Sunday evening I recorded a podcast, where I reitirated that I still held firm in the belief that Luka Modric would still be a Spurs player come September 1st 2011. Despite all the below, I still believe that to be the case.

During that podcast recording, Harry Redknapp did another impromtu interview on TalkSport.

Chelsea are set to unveil 23-year old Spanish midfielder Juan Manuel Mata in London tomorrow after the player's current club Valencia have confirmed that an agreement has been reached.

A statement from the La Liga outfit read: "Valencia has reached an agreement in principle with Chelsea FC for the transfer of the player Juan Manuel Mata.

The news of Spurs sudden injury crisis in midfield may have wider implications than mere selection for tomorrow's tie with Hearts.

Daniel Levy's promised period of streamlining has been slow to say the least but after Robbie Keane left the club earlier this week, it had been hoped that more would follow.

More ground clearance for redevelopment in Tottenham Plenty of exciting news on the Tottenham front this week. Unfortunately none of it about the football or the football club. On the up side that means that Luka is still with us: on the down side that we haven't signed a new striker or sold any of the many not entirely indispensable.

Wind Lake's Luka Prpa (North Shore United) and Fox Point's Jack Shaw (Bavarian SC) started play at the U.S. Soccer Under-14 boys national team identifcation camp Sunday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Prpa and Shaw are among 80 players born in 1998 and '99 selected to train twice daily under the direction of Under-14 boys coach Manny Schellscheidt during the six-day camp.

Liverpool is facing a battle with Serie A club Lazio for the signature of Lyon star Miralem Pjanic.
TalkSPORT have claimed Anfield boss Kenny Dalglish made an approach to Lyon earlier this month regarding the availability of Pjanic but so far little progress has been made.
Dalglish is still thought to be interested in the 21-year-old Bosnia & Herzegovina international but he will now have to move quickly with Lazio now registering their interest.

Spurs arrived at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg without a win so far in the Vodacom Challenge tournament but still found themselves in the final against the South African Champions Orlando Pirates. It was their second meeting in 5 days after they played out a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.

A quick summary of the latest headlines and more after the jump:

This way to London

So, the first bit of news many of you came across this morning was that Mr. Falcao has decided to re-up his contract with Porto for an additional two years, thereby taking his buyout clause from 30 million to 45 million Euros.

Sir Alex says Samir Nasri is not joining Man Utd thus confirming Wenger's commitment not to sell to a rival. However, there is an increasing likelihood that the Arsenal manager might be willing to see Nasri's contract expire next year and risk losing him for free.

Nasri is presently in Malaysia as part of Arsenal's Asian tour which can be taken as a strong indicator of his continued career at the club.

Football-Shirts leaks what appears to be this season's third kit. Eh.

As with this year's away, I was initially impressed but am now indifferent. It's clean, which is a plus, yet could have been so much more. I feel as if this colorway could have been used in a much more innovative fashion.

As we start to approach the new 2011/12 soccer season in Europe, most of the news making the headlines concerns transfer requests, player moves and the like, which creates a ton of real interest for all soccer fans. Following your club's pursuit of a star player gets the juices flowing ready for that first League game of the year that we all look forward to so much.

Levy is a hero for facing down disloyal Modric

People around Luka Modric claim his predicament is similar to Sami Nasri's and Ashley Young's. That he wants to move to a "bigger stage" so it's only right to let him. No it's not. They had (or have) one year left on their contract, Modric has five.

So, seemingly weeks after everyone else the club and Puma decided to finally let us have a look at the kits for next year. Of course we can't buy them yet. No, you'll have to wait for that. Until September 14th if you want the home or away kit. Coincidentally after the transfer window is shut.

Crouch's latest attempt to perform the robot was enough to persuade Modric his future laid elsewhereOh Luka. You've caught us all off guard with this one. Out of the trio of stars that we currently hold in our midst that have been linked with clubs all over the continent, he was supposed to be the one that we could bank on to stay.

Alexander "Skip" Spence? No, it's Luka

Chelsea's £22m offer for Luka Modric is ridiculed by Harry Redknapp. The only player of genuine quality at Spurs is not exactly a wantaway so Chelsea will have to up their ante.

It maybe business as usual but the number of cases so far seem to suggest league rivals are more pro-active raiding the locker rooms of others in recent memory.

Luca Modric has pretty much been a hot property this summer as despite the rejection of Tottenham Hotspurs in selling the player, reports claim that the player's suitors are not giving up on them and his agent pretty much encouraged the move.

Nikky Vukan, who represented Modric stated to the press that the recent offer worth around 22 million pound, allegedly made by Chelsea would be to little for Spurs in considering as the number are not far from what the Lilywhites paid to sign him few years ago.

Attn: lackeys of Roman Abramovich, make sure he reads this, cheers.

Dear Roman,

According to the ultra reliable sources at Sky Sports News (ie: twitter, forums and making stuff up) you have made a bid of £22m for The Croatian Xavi, Mr Luka Modric himself.

There are lots of words I could use in response to this, but my mum reads my blog so I will just leave it at this: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Image: YFrog.

'Tis the season for footballers to sell their single souls, Kickettes. Are you primped and ready to explore the joys of newlywed life from a secondhand, invite-less perspective?

Sevilla player & Spanish international, Jesus Navas, is officially off the market.

Tottenham Hotspurs' failure in getting the Champions League spot for next summer has been causing the media buzzing around speculating that some of the club's important players, especially Croatian star, Luca Modric, who reportedly attracted interest from several big clubs including Manchester United.