- Aug 11, 2004
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I was having a conversation earlier about the constant Spurs stories in the papers that have already been generated so far this 'summer'.
We've read stories of Gomes, Bale, Lennon, Defoe, VdV and Modric all leaving or wanting to leave or in the supposed case of Bale 'threatening to leave should others go' and it got me thinking are we an easy target for the media and if so why is it the case?
You seldom read stories of Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal players wanting out, especially not 'key players' anyway and yet here we are nowhere near the start of our pre-season schedule and we already, if the media are to be believed, are facing up to losing some huge members of our squad.
I'm of the theory that the media cream over the 'Top 4' or 'Sky 4' so much that they can't bear to see that unsettled and will go out of their way to prevent that.
Man City have come along and are so rich and 'powerful', much in the same way that Chelsea were initially under Abramovich, that the media wouldn't dare question them and therefore they are almost immune to such stories. However, we have got close, and briefly into the 'Top 4' and could potentially continue to challenge the concept in the last few years.
As a result, all of a sudden we are having to read stories about key players wanting out or being linked with members of the 'big 4' (Modric-Chelsea/Utd, Lennon-Liverpool, Defoe-Arsenal, Bale-Utd etc).
Are these just the medias methods of preserving their beloved 'Big 4 (and City)'?
We've read stories of Gomes, Bale, Lennon, Defoe, VdV and Modric all leaving or wanting to leave or in the supposed case of Bale 'threatening to leave should others go' and it got me thinking are we an easy target for the media and if so why is it the case?
You seldom read stories of Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal players wanting out, especially not 'key players' anyway and yet here we are nowhere near the start of our pre-season schedule and we already, if the media are to be believed, are facing up to losing some huge members of our squad.
I'm of the theory that the media cream over the 'Top 4' or 'Sky 4' so much that they can't bear to see that unsettled and will go out of their way to prevent that.
Man City have come along and are so rich and 'powerful', much in the same way that Chelsea were initially under Abramovich, that the media wouldn't dare question them and therefore they are almost immune to such stories. However, we have got close, and briefly into the 'Top 4' and could potentially continue to challenge the concept in the last few years.
As a result, all of a sudden we are having to read stories about key players wanting out or being linked with members of the 'big 4' (Modric-Chelsea/Utd, Lennon-Liverpool, Defoe-Arsenal, Bale-Utd etc).
Are these just the medias methods of preserving their beloved 'Big 4 (and City)'?