Newcastle striker set for summer Spurs switch?

[van_Pommel]

Newcastle striker set for summer Spurs switch?

Newcastle may have to brace themselves for a bid from Spurs for Obefemi Martins should they get relegated.

An insider at the north London club has said that Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is a "big admirer" of the former Inter Milan frontman.

Only last summer, Martins was talking up a move away when he said: “Arsenal is a big club that everyone wants to play for. I am thrilled and it will be nice to play for such a team.

“Is Arsenal a good club? Yes. Would I love to play there? Probably, if Newcastle are ready to listen to them. But if Newcastle says no then it’ll be no.”

While Spurs fans won't like Martins' comments about Arsenal, they may appreciate the 24-year-old's pace.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy often strikes a hard bargain and may try to get the Nigeria international for significantly less than the £13m buy-out clause.

http://www.fansfc.com/story/8630.html

I know its Fansfc but I do think if its true he'd be a good signing. Proven in the Premiership and him and Keane would work well together IMO.

 

[Kendall]

He's fucking rubbish though, isn't he?

People talk about Bent being an unintelligent player...Martins is 5 times as dumb and 50 times more likely to bang his shots into row Z.

I fail to see how he's 'proven' in the prem, except proven at not being very good.

 

[bubble07]

Not good enough

 

[TheChosenOne]

We have enough penalty missers already.

 

[Jonboy]

No chance we need a big man, he is a poor mans Defoe

 

[sidford]

its from fansfc 'nugh said! wont happen his scoring record is worse then quasimoto on a saturday night!

 

[Roberts84]

Levy strikes a hard bargain!!! must of missed that one when we payed £16.5m for Bent

 

[dynamoSpurs]

lightning quick though :$

 

[Blockbuster]

24 year old????? ha ha ha good one, the guy is nearly 30, if not older! proper dodgy.

would rather Owen if we are gonna buy from them.

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

So all the quotes are from him about Arsenal, but the story is about us because of an 'insider' (that most likely didn't exist).

Would make no sense at all considering we just signed Keane and Defoe in the last window and that he is a terrible player.

 

[gibbs131]

He is a good player in a shite team.

 

[tRiKS]

24 ha ha ... he's an ok player in crap tea...24 hahahahaha

 

[Tickers]

He is a shite player in a shite team.

EDIT: And if he's 24, I'm a foetus.

 

[sheringmann]

Next!!!!!

 

[Darrkespur]

If we're to change our strikeforce in the summer, it won't (or at least I hope it won't) be buying a player like Martins, who is far too similar to Defoe and Bent to offer anything different (and is nowhere near as good as defoe). We'll stick with what we have or we'll swap Bent out for a big hold up striker. Links like this are the kind of investments we used to make. We shouldn't do it anymore.

 

[carrickature]

am i the only one that saw the headline and thoguht 'Please be owen please be owen' in front of Modric and Lennon he could definitely come good again!

 

[Kendall]

He's lost a yard of pace since turning 30

 

[Kendall]

am i the only one that saw the headline and thoguht 'Please be owen please be owen' in front of Modric and Lennon he could definitely come good again!

I think we should sign tiny tim and mini me while we're at it

 

[lishiyo]

martins record is just so poor, he's basically a taller darren bent with a worse finish

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

martins record is just so poor, he's basically a taller darren bent with a worse finish

No way is Martins taller than Darren Bent. He's a midget, probably about the same height as Defoe.