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As the shockwaves from Roman Abramovich's sensational Chelsea takeover continue to be felt throughout English football, Tottenham Hotspur fans
have expressed anger over the further marginalisation of their White Hart Lane club.
"We at Spurs have a proud tradition of producing the most ridiculous transfer speculation in the Premiership," one supporter told In The Frame. "But now this Russian guy's rocked up at Stamford Bridge we've got big problems."
The comments follow weekend reports that Chelsea were poised to hire Roma manager Fabio Capello while launching a £30 million bid for Wayne Rooney and £45 million million for Arsenal striker Thierry Henry.
"Chelsea now have the infrastructure and finances to build one of the
silliest sets of transfer rumours in Europe," another fan said. "How can we compete with their resources now?"
"In the good old days we were linked with the likes of Fernando Morientes, David Beckham and even Bobby Zamora" he continued. "But where oh where are the great false Spurs signings of tomorrow? The board need to invest now in grass roots transfer speculation so we can get our club back where we belong."
With the pressure growing on Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, it's thought White Hart Lane executives may move to ease the crisis by rushing through some short term implausible rumours by the end of the week.
A club spokesman confirmed: "Talks are under way and we're confident we can announce within the next few days that Spurs are about to sign Zinedine
Zidane, Ronaldo, Michael Owen, Pele and Sir Stanley Matthews."
"We're fully aware how seriously our supporters view this club's unrivalled reputation for spinning a load of cobblers to the Sunday papers about the players we intend to buy. That's why we fully intend to keep these rumours in the headlines for several weeks before ending up signing Ramon Vega again instead."
And when it comes to keeping up with their newly enriched West London rivals, the Spurs board are thinking further afield. "Chelsea are clearly now in a much more powerful position thanks to the massive investment from this billionaire oil tycoon, and we're hoping to do something similar ourselves," the spokesman said.
"We're currently in negotiations with the manager of a BP garage in Stoke Newington and plans are firmly advanced for him to take over one of our hot
dog stands and maybe sponsor a match ball."
Meanwhile the Blues' higher aspirations for European success are also shared at White Hart Lane. "Our supporters rightly expect us to be involved at the highest level on the continent, and we won't let them down," he continued.
"Everyone knows this club deserves InterToto Cup football, and we'll be doing everything in our power to achieve that next season.
As the shockwaves from Roman Abramovich's sensational Chelsea takeover continue to be felt throughout English football, Tottenham Hotspur fans
have expressed anger over the further marginalisation of their White Hart Lane club.
"We at Spurs have a proud tradition of producing the most ridiculous transfer speculation in the Premiership," one supporter told In The Frame. "But now this Russian guy's rocked up at Stamford Bridge we've got big problems."
The comments follow weekend reports that Chelsea were poised to hire Roma manager Fabio Capello while launching a £30 million bid for Wayne Rooney and £45 million million for Arsenal striker Thierry Henry.
"Chelsea now have the infrastructure and finances to build one of the
silliest sets of transfer rumours in Europe," another fan said. "How can we compete with their resources now?"
"In the good old days we were linked with the likes of Fernando Morientes, David Beckham and even Bobby Zamora" he continued. "But where oh where are the great false Spurs signings of tomorrow? The board need to invest now in grass roots transfer speculation so we can get our club back where we belong."
With the pressure growing on Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, it's thought White Hart Lane executives may move to ease the crisis by rushing through some short term implausible rumours by the end of the week.
A club spokesman confirmed: "Talks are under way and we're confident we can announce within the next few days that Spurs are about to sign Zinedine
Zidane, Ronaldo, Michael Owen, Pele and Sir Stanley Matthews."
"We're fully aware how seriously our supporters view this club's unrivalled reputation for spinning a load of cobblers to the Sunday papers about the players we intend to buy. That's why we fully intend to keep these rumours in the headlines for several weeks before ending up signing Ramon Vega again instead."
And when it comes to keeping up with their newly enriched West London rivals, the Spurs board are thinking further afield. "Chelsea are clearly now in a much more powerful position thanks to the massive investment from this billionaire oil tycoon, and we're hoping to do something similar ourselves," the spokesman said.
"We're currently in negotiations with the manager of a BP garage in Stoke Newington and plans are firmly advanced for him to take over one of our hot
dog stands and maybe sponsor a match ball."
Meanwhile the Blues' higher aspirations for European success are also shared at White Hart Lane. "Our supporters rightly expect us to be involved at the highest level on the continent, and we won't let them down," he continued.
"Everyone knows this club deserves InterToto Cup football, and we'll be doing everything in our power to achieve that next season.