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da bet7： TalkSPORT pundit Darren Gough has claimed that Tottenham Hotspur could make four signings this summer as they prepare for their first full season in the new stadium.
Spurs pulled up the curtain on their new ground on Saturday as their Under-18s beat Southampton 3-1.
What’s the word?
Gough, a former cricketer and a Barnsley fan, is employed by TalkSPORT as a pundit and regularly weighs in with his opinion on football-related matters.
Indeed, after discussing the opening of Spurs’ new stadium, Gough claimed to have worked out exactly why the club have refused to make a signing in the past two transfer windows.
He said: “I think the timing about it is absolutely perfect, what Tottenham are doing.
“Because they didn’t want to win ‘nowt’ before they got in there! Because what will happen now, is I think they will not do what Arsenal did.
“I think they will go out – they’ve not made a signing now for 18 months – they will go out there and take four new signings with them into the new stadium.
“You watch, they’ve done it on purpose!
“There’s a reason they’ve saved their money and not gone and done anything.
He doesn’t know football
Where to start with this?
Firstly, Gough claims that Spurs have saved their money in order to buy four new players. That simply isn’t true and there is evidence.
Chairman Daniel Levy tried to spend last summer, after all, making a bid worth £25million for Jack Grealish of Aston Villa. It was rejected.
Secondly, Gough claims Spurs “didn’t want to win nowt”. Nonsense.
Every single football team in the land, from Spurs to Manchester City to the team you see playing in the park on a Saturday afternoon, wants to win matches and trophies.
Gough was a very good cricketer and played with distinction for England; he too wanted to win every game.
His words here are bordering on the farcical; perhaps he should stick to the bat and ball sport instead.