Played fairly well as a left-back, if anyone was wondering. Made a couple of mistakes, but was up against decent opposition and didn't look overwhelmed. Nice to see Lamela continuing the theme of our recent ex-players being supportive.
Eidur Gudjohnsen, currently the assistant manager or Iceland, subbing on his son. He made his own international debut by being subbed on for his father.
Steven Caulker's complicated career continues to hit speed bumps. He signed for Fenerbahce this summer, but they brought in a new coach and he doesn't rate him. He's now joining fellow Super Lig side Gaziantep on loan for the season. They're in the relegation zone with 0 wins from 3.
Kevin-Prince Boateng has disowned his brother: "I've already distanced myself from Jérôme for a long time. I appreciate and respect German law. I despise violence against women. I don't identify with the actions of my brother and therefore I have nothing to do with him anymore." Funny how he used to be the one with the bad reputation.
Gareth Bale has picked up a hamstring injury that's expected to be long-term. Bad news for Real, as he'd started the season well, but disastrous for Wales.
Levy would offer a third of his market value and then decide it was too expensive. Hence the current state of our attacking options.
In some ways, this particular transfer did more harm than good. Obviously if I could turn back the clock, I'd sign Rafa every single time as he was such an enjoyable player to watch and fit Spurs like a glove. However, that particular last minute coup gave Levy this self-perceived aura that he is some sort of transfer guru who can conjure up deadline day miracles on the cheap. He dined on that specific transfer until appx 4 years ago, when he finally clocked that the best you can do nowadays on deadline day is Sissoko for 3 times his actual worth. Still took a transfer record for Ndombele for the pennies to finally drop though.
Townsend was a good honest player for us but lived on the goals like this one , too often the same shot ended up in row Z rather than him playing in the more obvious pass to the forwards
Carlos Vinicius has finally received his work permit for PSV. He is now free to play tomorrow in their Europa League game tomorrow against Real Sociedad.
