Diego Forlan available on a free!

From the SS football clock watch.
They are quoting from The People.
Anybody know anything about this?

 

Tottenham are making a new move for Uruguay star Diego Forlan and hope to sign the Atletico Madrid ace on a free transfer.
Spurs supremo Daniel Levy is set to offer former Manchester United hitman Forlan, 32, a stunning personal package after hearing he could move from the Spanish side for nothing.
Forlan was the joint top scorer at last summers World Cup finals, as well as winning the Golden Ball award as the tournaments best player.
However, his transfer value has fallen after a disappointing season and now People Sport can reveal Atletico will let him go without a fee.
The big snag is Forlans wages. He is on a staggering £160,000-a-week, which Spurs could not match but they are trying to get near.
Forlan has been wanted by boss Harry Redknapp for some time but the cost of the package was too much.
It will still be costly for Spurs to offer him a two or three-year deal, with the club hoping he will accept a pay cut to £90,000-a-week in order to play. Forlan is unlikely to figure much at Atletico after fall-outs with the club hierarchy.
His availability has been flashed to several Premier League clubs but Tottenham have taken the biggest {interest and are a project the Uruguayan fancies.
Redknapps striking options are few and he would love to land Forlan, who has enjoyed plenty of success in Spain since leaving Old Trafford in 2004, including scoring both of Atleticos goals in their UEFA Cup Final win over Fulham in May 2010.
Spurs were keen on another former United striker in Giuseppe Rossi, 23, but he looks set to join Juventus for around £25million from Villarreal after missing out on a switch to Barcelona.
Redknapp and Levy badly need to get their transfer act together after a frustrating summer.
The chairman has been chasing targets without success and the pair even clashed over the failed signing of Mexican Antonio Pedroza Whitham, with Levy setting up the move only for Redknapp to insist the youngster wasnt ready for his squad.
Spurs are still keen on Roma forward Mirko Vucinic. The Italian club are willing sell him for around £17m, but Spurs have valued the Montenegro international, 27 at only £14m.
The only striker Spurs have landed so far is 16-year-old Ivory Coast starSouleymane Coulibaly.
Levy masterminded that move too, with the players camp receiving more than £1m to join while his club Siena only picked up about £300,000.

(http://www.footie.co.za/serie-a/spurs-could-land-diego-forlan-on-a-free-transfer/)

 

The only we will be able to pay his wages if all Spurs supporters kick in 5 quid each

 

This all sounds made up to me.

 

You mean plant a seed of interest and see what grows- is that what you alluding to?

 

Is his contract up?? The only reason I can see that Atletico would let him go for free, would be to lose his wage bill?

 

I think Forlan would be a gamble, his last foray in the Premier League was a disaster and at 32, I'm not sure he could stand the rigors of the league.

 

He's a top player and it was always going to be a difficult season for him, at his age after going the full 7 games in the World Cup. The deal even at a free transfer might be a touch on the expensive side, as Ensil eluded to, but there aren't many strikers of his quality that are available to us. I was led to believe that Vucinic is now our main transfer target anyway and I don't think it'd be a good call to sign both of them, especially if we don't manage to shift any of our current lot and start the season with 6!

 

This isn't true, he has 2 years left on his contract, he is on about 70000 euros p/w not £160000 a week. He hasn't fallen out with the club- only the previous manager Quique. If Spurs want him then they will have to pay around £10 million

 

I'd prefer Vucinic over Forlan, younger and wages would be less.

 

Too old too slow too much money.

 

he's not worth that sort of money now

 

I'm sure he does Ens, but there are two things that bother me:

1. Dos Santos is brilliant for Mexico. For us he looks like a fish out of water.
2. How much do we have to pay for this "something" (that is, if it CAN be reproduced here?)

The Copa America is completely different to a snowy Wednesday in Stoke or a phrenetic local derby. If you are young, you have a chance to acclimatise. Just not sure that we can rely on him at the sharp end.

 

We're perpetually linked to Forlan these days - but at least it's an improvement on Joe Cole.

However, any deal must involve him apologising to Larissa Riquelme so she poses bottomless...

 

Llorente is the answer, still young , big strong, can lead the line. For Christ's sake Levy & 'Arry go out and buy him now, we have the money so just bloody get on and do it!