We Are Football -- Tottenham Hotspur

Introduction

Good afternoon ladies and gents, I'm very disappointed that my Rangers save, which I had been enjoying quite a lot got corrupted and so I cannot carry on but that's presented me with the opportunity to manage my favourite club, Tottenham Hotspur. I am looking forward to bringing you what I think will be an extremely enjoyable save wherein I do my best to realize Spurs' goals of reaching and, eventually, winning the Champions' League. I hope to follow a similar format to the one I was using with Rangers, wherein I post news releases both from the club and from various publications as though they were real life. I hope you enjoy.




June 10, 2013

Tottenham have sacked Manager Andre Villas-Boas ahead of the coming season after it was revealed that the Portuguese manager was interested in moving to Barcelona.

Chairman Daniel Levy, who has become known for his revolving door policy regarding managers, said that the recent rumours about Villas-Boas' future were, in fact, true and that the situation became untenable. "We decided to part ways with Andre after we were made aware that he was, indeed, actively pursuing a position at Barcelona. We felt it was only fair to the players and the supporters and the club as a whole that the manager of Tottenham be committed to the club and its continued growth. Whereas Andre could not give us that commitment, we have opted to find an alternative."

The parting of ways is not likely to upset many Spurs fans as AVB was never a truly popular selection, having spent some time at the helm of the Lillywhite's cross-town rivals, Chelsea. Furthermore, Villas-Boas' playing style was one that supporters never really got behind.

The Club have confirmed that their Technical Director, Tim Sherwood, would be taking the helm while they sought a replacement for Villas-Boas who was hoping to rebuild his reputation in the English game after being sacked by Chelsea after just eight months in March of 2012.

"We wish Andre well in the future and shall make an announcement in due course regarding the signing of a new manager," said a statement from the Club.

Former Spurs striker and BBC presented, Gary Lineker, "Would love to see Glenn Hoddle given another chance at this level. Has a brilliant football mind."

The Italian, Franco Baldini, helped oversee the club's transfer policy as Director of Football over the summer after the sale of Spurs' superstar Gareth Bale for a record-setting £85.3m. It is widely expected that Baldini will remain a member of the backroom staff and will have a hand in selecting the new manager.

MARC WOUTERS HIRED AS NEW MANAGER
Posted by Tottenham Hotspur on July 2, 2013

The Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Marc Wouters as our new Head Coach on a one-year contract.



Marc joins us from Club Brugge in Belgium where he enjoyed a great deal of success, guiding them to a top flight victory and an appearance at the UEFA Champions' League.

Wouters spent the last two years at Brugge after a successful 18-month stint at Championship side Nottingham Forrest. At both clubs, he entertained fans with high-pressing, attacking football and a penchant for developing young talents at the club. He also enjoyed a successful playing career, making his debut for RC Lens in France in 1995 and securing a transfer to Tottenham in 2001 for 3.7 million pounds. He retired in 2007 after making an astonishing 230 appearances for the Club. Wouters was also capped by Belgium 34 times in total and he was credited with 22 assists.

Commenting on the appointment, Chairman Daniel Levy said:

"In Marc I believe we have a Head Coach who, with his high energy, attacking football, will embrace the style of play we associate with our Club. He has a proven ability to develop each player as an individual, whilst building great team spirit and a winning mentality.

"We have a talented squad that Marc is excited to be coaching next season."

Marc Wouters had this to say:

"I loved my playing time at Spurs and I am extremely happy to be back at the Club. The squad are an enormously talented one and I think we stand an excellent chance to make it to the Champions' League next year."

Wouters has indicated that he intends to meet with the rest of the staff at the club and make some tough decisions about who to keep and who to replace.

BACKROOM STAFF RESTRUCTURED
Posted by Tottenham Hotspur on July 4, 2013

Marc Wouters has wasted no time in restructuring his backroom staff.



The Club has parted ways with several members of its backroom staff including Franco Baldini (Director), Chris Ramsay (Assistant Manager), John McDermott (Youth Director), Nathan Gardiner (Fitness Coach), Les Ferdinand (Coach), Luis Martins (Coach), Mick Brown (Chief Scout). This was announced by Chairman Daniel Levy at a special conference with the new Manager, Marc Wouters, yesterday at the Lane.

"We have come to agreements with all of the parties to terminate their contracts mutually. Marc and I agreed that the best way forward was to give him the opportunity to build his own backroom staff to help develop the club and bring us forward. I have full faith in Marc and believe that he will create a team to surround him and bring the best out of the squad."

Marc announced shortly thereafter that he had come to preliminary agreements with several key members of his staff including Director of Football Rudi Voller (Leverkusen), Youth Director Bernhard Peters (Hoffenheim), Chief Scout John Steen Olson (Ajax), and Assistant Manager Bruno Demichellis who is currently unemployed. Fan favourite Steffen Freund will remain at the club as a coach under Wouters.

July 18, 2013

A flurry of Transfer news coming out of White Hart Lane today as manager Marc Wouters has wasted no time in making his presence felt with the squad. In a whirlwind move, the new manager has made 3 transfer deals in short succession, selling Emanuel Adebayor to Lazio for just over 6 million pounds, and buying Shalke's star striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar for 12.75 million and promising Dutch defensive midfielder, Daley Blind, for 9.5 million. The Club also announced that future prospect Shaquille Coulthirst will be going on loan to MK Dons.

It is expected that the acquisition of Blind will free the club up to sell the injury-prone Brazilian holding midfielder, Sandro, who has had a hard time putting in consistent performances between nagging injuries. The Club is also rumoured to be looking to offload Younes Kaboul who has been disappointing in his performances and equally liable to injury as Sandro. The French centre back is in the last year of his contract.

Good luck mate! Be interesting too see how it compares to my Spurs career! Good signings too

Cheers, George. I'm looking forward to having a go.

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I'm just going to make a quick post to update you all on what's happened so far. First of all, here's the transfer history:



I am pleased to have been able to make a decent profit on my transfers which will benefit the club in the long run. We've also signed what I think are some key players to come right into the first team. I'm still looking to sell a few more of our players (Kaboul being one of them), but if things stay as they are, I'll be pretty happy with it.

As for fixtures, we've done alright so far. We're still training hard to get everyone match fit and get our tactics to 100%. After that, I'll train on high at team cohesion until it feels good. Then it will be attacking movement. Here's the fixtures:



If you guys wanna see any of the players' stats I've signed, let me know.

Fabian Johnson!

Good luck with this mate, be interesting to see how you get on with Spurs!

Thanks guys, I have to be honest, Fabian has been pretty disappointing in the left back position but I'm hoping that sticking with him will give him confidence and he'll get into it.

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October 6, 2013

Tottenham Hotspur are off to a flying start in the league. Despite a disappointing 2-1 loss to Cardiff in their season opener, Tottenham Hotspur find themselves fighting for top position in the league table as we move into October, having defeated West Ham, Swansea, Liverpool, and West Brom and playing to a 1 all draw against cross-town rivals, Chelsea.

The Lilywhites are being led in almost all statistics by their Icelandic midfielder, Gylfi Sigurdsson who has scored five goals in ten appearances, the club best, and has made 5 assists as well (also leading the team). In eight matches, Sigurdsson has been rated Man of the Match an impressive three times and he managed to score the Premier League's goal of the month in September. Marquee signing Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has also notched three goals in all competitions for the Spurs.

Despite the positives, Spurs have seen an early exit from both the Euro League after a horrendous loss to Elfsborg at the Lane and an equally disappointing loss to Bolton in the Capital One Cup.

Manager Marc Wouters said that he was pleased with the team's performance in the Premier League overall and looked forward to a long and successful campaign. "Now that we're only playing Premier League football, I would consider anything less than a top two finish in the Premier League to be a disappointment. We are still working hard to iron out some kinks and to find our regular starting 11 -- players will have an opportunity to prove themselves both on the training pitch and in matches until we have something that really begins to dominate, especially in the matches that we should be dominating."