Three Spurs Lions in U21 squad.

Ben Alnwick, Tom Huddlestone and Wayne Routledge have been named in the England squad for the European Under-21 Championships.

The tournament is being staged in Holland and begins on Sunday 10 June with England's opening fixture against the Czech Republic being played in Arnhem on Monday 11 June.

Squad: Alnwick, Carson, Hart, Baines, Cahill, Ferdinand, Hoyte, Onuoha, Rosenior, Taylor, Whittingham, Bentley, Huddlestone, Milner, Noble, Reo-Coker, Richardson, Routledge, Derbyshire, Lita, Nugent, Vaughan, Young. Print This Article Email a Friend

Lennon Op.

Aaron Lennon has undergone surgery on his left knee after injuring it on England duty. Lennon was hurt during Friday's England 'B' international against Albania, suffering a small cartilage tear.

He was withdrawn from Steve McClaren's squad for the friendly against Brazil on Friday and the European Championship qualifier against Estonia next Wednesday.

There has been no word from the official Spurs site about the length of time he will be on the sidelines, but a small cartilage tear should not hamper his pre-season.

Nani move looks unlikely.

United chief executive David Gill and assistant manager Carlos Queiroz have apparently flown to Lisbon for talks over a possible move.

The pair were pictured leaving a Lisbon hotel after a meeting with senior Sporting officials and it seems a fee of around £14million would be enough to secure the highly-rated youngster.

Spurs have not commented as usual, so there is still hope that a deal could be on the cards, but having beaten ManYoo to Bale I am sure Ferguson will be less than impressed to miss out on another transfer target.

Nani move on the cards?

According to the (ever reliable) Daily Mirror yesterday Nani could be on his way to the Premier league.

Reports suggest Martin Jol and Sir Alex Ferguson are vying for Nani's signature and the 20-year-old would like to be given permission to speak with a suitor should the right offer come along.

"Sporting know my opinion about this subject. If an offer arrives which offers a good opportunity then I want to talk about it," Nani told the Daily Mirror.

"Going to England is one of my options because the Premier League is one of the best leagues in the world and it will be a big challenge. But I have not spoken or made up my mind about any one club.

"I am prepared to go to England because I believe I would progress there."

Arse fan Barnes not keen on Spurs

Gilles Barnes, another product of the Derby academy, today stated his desire to play for Derby in the Premier league.

Linked with Spurs since his old room-mate Huddlestone left the club, Barnes was quoted as saying "it was Arsenal, and not Tottenham, who were my favourite club when I was growing up and so I am looking forward to the chance of playing for Derby at Emirates Stadium."

I can't help but think it would have been different had Derby not won their play-off on Monday. At least, come 2008, he will have played a full season in the Premier league, should Spurs try for his services again.

Kader Keita to Spurs?

Rumours in France are linking Spurs with Lille's Ivory Coast midfielder Abdul Kader Keita.

According to reports €22m (£15m) would be enough to trigger a release clause in his contract.

Kader Keita, who scored 9 in 28 from midfield in Ligue 1 last season, would provide ideal cover and competition for Jenas. It would be interesting to see if he could adapt to Premiership life. He likes to collect cards, with 5 yellows in his 28 appearances, so coming to the more aggressive Premier league could see Jenas retain his place with ease.

French champions Lyon seem in pole position to secure his services, although it remains to be seen if Lille would be willing to sell him on in the same league.

Keano, there's only one Keano

Robbie Keane has committed himself to Spurs until 2012 by signing significantly improved terms as part of a new 5 year contract.

This clearly signals our intention to retain our best talent and hopefully this sends a clear signal to Berbatov that we look after our most valuable and loyal players.

Keane is quoted on the offical Spurs site as saying:

"I have felt really settled and happy at Spurs and that is probably one of the reasons I have played the best football of my career here.

"It is an exciting time to be at the Club and I am looking forward to even better seasons ahead."

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy added: "Robbie has been an influential part of our Club for five years and this further commitment, on the part of both him and the Club, is a recognition of that. He is an individual who is loyal and professional and we are delighted he will be with us long term.

"The key to retaining top players, who want to compete for the Club at the highest level, is to agree long term contracts.

"We have now done so with several of our existing squad players, extending the contracts of players such as Aaron Lennon, Michael Dawson and Tom Huddlestone, as well as having contracted newer players on long contracts, such as Dimitar Berbatov and Didier Zokora."

Rumours are abound that Berbatov will be offered a new deal and that Defoe is a target for Newcastle.

Mansion Web Guy

Looking at the picture of Bale just then, the Mansion logo reminded me of a chance meeting with one of the online marketing team from Mansion.

He did not have a huge volume of football knowledge, but we got to talking about their relatioship with Spurs, what with me being a Spurs fan an all. Turns out after our somewhat disapointing start to the season most of the guys who get access to free tickets were not bothering to go as they didn't expect too much from us!

Just goes to show that free tickets do not a fan make.

Oh yeah, he also said our deal with Mansion would get ripped up if we were to get relegated.