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Gallas mungkin sertai Spurs

LONDON - Bekas ketua pasukan Arsenal, William Gallas yang dilepaskan secara percuma, dilaporkan bersetuju untuk menyertai musuh Gunners di utara London, Tottenham Hotspur.

Pemain pertahanan Perancis berusia 33 tahun itu, telah menjalani pemeriksaan perubatan, selepas bersetuju untuk berpindah dari Emirates ke White Hart Lane.

Gallas dikatakan cuba mengintai peluang untuk berkhidmat bersama majikan baru, selepas Arsenal enggan untuk memenuhi permintaan gaji 80,000 pound seminggu(RM390,385).

Namun, pengurus Spurs, Harry Redknapp yang dipetik berkata: ''Bayaran bukan masalah. Dia bukan pemain yang tamak.

''Wakil pemain itu telah pun menghubungi kami dan bercakap mengenai perkara tersebut.''

Hubungan tegang antara Arsenal dengan Spurs berlanjutan sejak beberapa tahun lalu, selain isu perpindahan secara percuma Sol Campbell pada 2001, menyebabkan pemain itu memutuskan menyertai skuad Arsene Wenger.

Namun, Redknapp hanya mengambil mudah kontroversi tersebut, yang mungkin tercetus kembali, setelah Gallas menyertai pasukan utara London itu.

''Dia merupakan pemain Arsenal dan dia juga pernah bermain untuk Chelsea sebelum ini, juga beraksi di luar England sebelum datang ke sini.

''Ia tidak sama seperti kami membawa masuk Tony Adams. Dia merupakan pemain yang bagus dan kehadirannya mampu mengukuhkan skuad kami,'' katanya.

Ketiadaan Jonathan Woodgate yang kecederaan, bermakna Redknapp perlu mencari pemain pertahanan yang benar-benar berwibawa. - AFP

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Tempat sendiri jadi taruhan

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur menyambut kunjungan kelab Young Boys untuk perlawanan penentuan timbal balas kedua Liga Juara-Juara hari ini, meskipun sedar bahawa mereka tetap boleh menganggap diri mereka sudah bernasib baik kerana mendapat peluang untuk cuba mara ke saingan kumpulan.

Kelab dari Switzerland itu akan bertandang ke White Hart Lane selepas mengejutkan Tottenham pada perlawanan pertama dengan menjaringkan tiga gol dalam tempoh setengah jam ketika pasukan dari utara London itu berhempas pulas di atas padang rumput tiruan di Stade de Suisse.

Anak buah Harry Redknapp bangkit menerusi jaringan Roman Pavlyuchenko dan Sebastien Bassong untuk menamatkan perlawanan dengan keputusan 3-2. Keputusan itu bermakna Spurs perlu menewaskan lawan mereka di gelanggang sendiri andai mahu terus mara.

Bagaimanapun, meskipun Redknapp mengakui Tottenham `seakan mati hidup semula, pengurus itu sedar mereka masih berdepan dengan tugas sukar.

Kami punya kelebihan kerana memiliki dua gol di tempat lawan dan kami perlu turun ke gelanggang dan memenangi perlawanan hari ini.

Kami mempunyai peluang yang besar. Tetapi ia bukan mudah tetapi kami sudah hidup semula selepas ketinggalan 3-0, katanya ketika pasukan turut mendapat bekal keyakinan selepas menang 2-1 ke atas Stoke City dalam kancah Liga Perdana Inggeris.

Gareth Bale muncul wira Spurs di Stadium Britannia Sabtu lalu apabila menjaringkan kedua-dua gol dan Redknapp berharap pemain kidal itu akan terus cemerlang dalam saingan hari ini. AFP

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Redknapp in dreamland after Spurs qualification

Harry Redknapp said Tottenham's success in qualifying for the Champions League was a "dream" following a 4-0 win over Young Boys, but he will not be looking to strengthen his squad after reaching the lucrative group stages.

Tottenham last competed in the premier European trophy when taking part in the European Cup in the 1961-62 season. On that occasion they reached the semi-finals before succumbing to Portuguese side Benfica.

Tottenham will discover their opposition when the draw for the group stage is made on Thursday evening, and Redknapp admitted that negotiating the qualifying rounds fulfilled one of his major ambitions at White Hart Lane.

"It's fantastic, it's a long time since Tottenham played in the top European competition," Redknapp said. "To get in the main competition and the group stages...when I came here that was the dream for me.

"It is a good night for Tottenham - as a kid I used to come training here and watched the games with Benfica in those great days, and at that time it was amazing to see European football and the way this place was jumping.

"To bring it back tonight was great for the fans - and that is what it is all about really, the supporters, we have given them something to look forwards to in the Champions League. Now I will probably just go home, have a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea, that is all I want.

"This is a club with European tradition, under the great Bill Nicholson, I would not be in the same class as him, and never will be, but it is great for the club to be in this position now.''

When asked if this meant Spurs would be investing some of their prize money on new players: "I don't think so, people think I like to keep signing players, that's not true at all. I always wanted a squad where I don't need to sign players.

"I won't be pushing the chairman to buy players, not at all. Unless we can really improve the squad we'll sit tight."

Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick at White Hart Lane while Jermain Defoe was also on the scoresheet despite the club confirming on Tuesday that the striker will undergo surgery on his groin and miss England's upcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland.

"Yesterday [Tuesday] they said he'd have to have the operation," Redknapp said. "He's booked in as far as I know so unless there's a change of plan I don't know, I'm not a medical man."

Young Boys coach Vladimir Petkovic admitted his side were outmuscled by the Premier League side at White Hart Lane.

"First I must congratulate Tottenham for their clear victory,'' he said. "We paid for the fact that Spurs had a physical advantage over us, won every header, and their second goal just broke us. After that, Spurs played (with) more fluency, confidence and created chances.''

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