Any new targets?

This has been a strange summer as unlike in recent years we have not brought the busload of new recruits in, I for one think this has been good, though I think this has more to do with finance than anything else. From what I have seen of Kyle Naughton he looks a good player and I hope he will get his chance to prove himself. As for Peter Crouch, well I am in the no camp their but I am very happy to be proven wrong. Had we been able to get Huntelaar I would have been much happier. Sebastian Bassong should be a good buy and I hope he will form a good partnerwhip at the back with Woodgate. I fear this will be Ledley King's final season as I cant see for one Spurs keep paying him for playing only half the season, and I don't think he will want to continue being a part time footballer in the toughest league in the world.



So where to now for new targets. Well it would seem that Harry Redknapp prefers the two holding midfielders and two attacking wide players. The rumours had us going for Sissoko but we wont be paying the £26 million his club are asking for so other players will be sought. Veloso is one player that was mentioned, I think his Buyout clause is in the £11 million range, we may even go local with Lee Cattermole mentioned.



Whatever happens it doesn't look like we are going to be getting that left midfielder we have been searching for. I expect to see Modric in this role for the majority of games. Danny Rose has played their pre season so he may get a run as well as Gareth Bale if he is with us.



There are still question marks over a few players including: Bentley, Giovanni, Huddlestone etc, but I think it would take a decent bid to move these guys on and I think with the injuries to woodgate and Dawson it may have saved Huddlestone at least until January.



I was hoping to see more of our youngsters pre season, though Jake Livermore has had a good run and he may get a few games this season if we don't add to the midfield. John Bostock may also get his chance this season. Dervitte on the other hand looked comepletely out of his depth against Celtic so another loan is likely this season. I haven't heard about any loan move as yet for John Obika as yet, though I would expect this. Another interesting youngster is Dean Parrett, I saw him in the Academy final against Arsenal and he looks a very good player, and a natural leader. Perhaps another year to go for him until he starts getting some game time, a loan to a championship or League 1 club might serve him well. I understand Townsend and Smith have gone out on loan, there is nothing like competitive games to hone those skills. I like Townsend and he may have a future on the left for us.



Well I have gone on a little long with this, but this is my first blog, I hope you found it interesting.



Cheers guys.



COYS!