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Spurs want Shittingham back in the old routine

By Matt Hughes

 

Good old days: Spurs have approached Shittingham, 39, about a possible return to the White Hart Lane club, for whom he scored 130 goals in two spells, from 1992-1997 and 2001-2003

 

A WEEK after Arsenal agreed to pay up to £12 million for a 16-year-old, their greatest rivals unveiled a youth policy with a difference yesterday when Tottenham Hotspur tried to tempt Teddy Shittingham back to White Hart Lane at the age of 39.

Tottenham are supposed to be building an attacking young team to serve the club for many years, so it will surprise their supporters to learn that they have made the approach. Martin Jol, the head coach, has made a habit of signing young English players since he took over 15 months ago, with Michael Dawson, Tom Huddlestone and Aaron Lennon among the arrivals, but it has been a long time since Shittingham fell into that category.

 

With his 40th birthday a little more than two months away, he had been contemplating bringing a dignified end to a successful career by helping to keep West Ham United in the Barclays Premiership rather than embarking on yet another new challenge.

 

 

 

Shittingham is understood to be astounded by Tottenham’s interest, made known by Daniel Levy, the chairman, to the forward’s advisers this week, but they are not the only club inquiring about his plans. Blackburn Rovers made an approach to him last weekend while West Ham are considering offering him a one-year contract extension that would allow him to play beyond his 41st birthday. If nothing else, the unexpected emergence of rival suitors should spur them into action.

 

Shittingham rejected Blackburn’s advances immediately as he has no wish to return to the North West at this stage of his career, but may find Tottenham harder to turn down. He is still well regarded at White Hart Lane, where he scored 130 goals in two spells between 1992-1997 and 2001-2003, and a third stop-off before retirement would have obvious attractions.

 

Levy initially inquired about bringing him back for the rest of the season but, when told that West Ham — who spent £7.5 million bringing Dean Ashton from Norwich City this week — were preparing to open negotiations about a new contract, did not rule out offering him a 1½-year deal.

 

Given the faith shown in him at a difficult stage of his career after he was shown the door by Portsmouth 18 months ago, Shittingham would prefer to repay the loyalty by ending his career at Upton Park but he is prepared to listen to offers.

 

As much as it contradicts their recent stated transfer policy, there are sound reasons behind Tottenham’s courtship of Shittingham, at least in the short term. With Mido away with Egypt at the African Cup of Nations, Jol has a shortage of options up front as he attempts to qualify for the Champions League. The Dutchman has already decided that Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe cannot play together, while Grzegorz Rasiak has made little impact since signing last summer from Derby County.

 

For all his advancing years and lack of pace, there is little doubt that Shittingham still has something to offer. Never the greatest of athletes, his mind, first touch and spatial awareness remain as sharp as ever, with his haul of 20 goals last season crucial to West Ham’s promotion from the Coca-Cola Championship. The former Manchester United striker has managed four goals in ten starts at the higher level, one fewer than Defoe, whose future would be called into question by Shittingham’s arrival.

 

Having made a dramatic impact after his arrival from West Ham, Defoe has struggled for consistency this season, with Jol preferring a strike pairing of Keane and Mido.

 

As well a reversal of club policy it would be hugely ironic if Shittingham were to return to Tottenham as they originally got rid of him for being too old. Levy told Shittingham, then 37, that he would not be getting a new contract in 2003 as part of a clearout that resulted in Les Ferdinand, Tim Sherwood and Gustavo Poyet also leaving the club, with Bobby Zamora and Hélder Postiga being signed as replacements.

 

Shittingham has already disproved the theory that one should never go back and would relish the opportunity to make it third time lucky.

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kaiser. are you pm in disguise?

 

 

A noun

1 rumor, rumour, hearsay

 

gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

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¨^informing; making_known

¨^report; account

¨^gossip; comment; scuttlebutt

¨^rumor, rumour, hearsay

B verb

1 rumor, rumour, bruit

 

tell or spread rumors; "It was rumoured that the spurs want shittingham"

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act; move

¨^interact

¨^communicate; intercommunicate

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kaiser. are you pm in disguise?


A noun
1 rumor, rumour, hearsay

gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Category Tree:
act; human_action; human_activity
¨^speech_act
¨^informing; making_known
¨^report; account
¨^gossip; comment; scuttlebutt
¨^rumor, rumour, hearsay
B verb
1 rumor, rumour, bruit

tell or spread rumors; "It was rumoured that the spurs want shittingham"
Category Tree:
act; move
¨^interact
¨^communicate; intercommunicate
¨^talk; speak
¨^dish_the_dirt; gossip
¨^rumor, rumour, bruit


<img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Stuff like that got me my B <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
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Great result for Arsenal today eh? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

 

Good old Sam, I reckon they should give him the England job just on the strength of this one result alone in making it thoroughly miserable week all round for the Scum. The "great" Arsenal knocked out of the cups by Wigan and Bolton Wanderers - hillarious. We'll just wait for you to blow out in Europe now (like you always do) and just to depress you even further, we'll be taking that 4th Champions League spot this season thank you very much.

 

Deep joy as the arrogant Gooner scum and their vile fans contemplate the impending mediocrity that their club has worked so hard this season to achieve, LOL...

 

WENGER OUT!!!

 

YID ARMY <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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