Tottenham Hotspur: Like a Boas

Tottenham's head coach has revealed that the Spanish FA Approached him over the Spain job.

Spain, who were without a manager at time, had originally looked at hiring Rafa Benetinez, who has since taken over England after Roy Hodgson retired from the position after winning the European Championship.

Villas-Boas believes that to manage two teams effectively at once would be 'almost impossible' and while the idea of managing Spain was certainly a lucrative offer, he wants to see his contract out at Spurs before jumping into International management.

"It's not very often you get a call from the Spanish FA asking you to become the manager. It's a definite appeal, but I am young - I am only 38 years old. International management should be for when I am coming to the end of my managerial career. For the time being I am happy with my life in club management and with Tottenham."

"Did it enter my mind that I could manage both? Yes. But I dismissed it straight away. Managing them both [Spain and Tottenham] would be almost impossible and too complicated. If I am managing a team, whether it Tottenham or an International powerhouse, I want to be able to put my all into the club. That is something I could not do if I were split between two jobs. I hope that I can see my contract out here at Spurs. It could be tomorrow that I leave, or it could be in 10, or 20 years time. I do not know. But I know when I will be ready for International management, and at this moment in time, I am not ready."

nice update and i think you were right to turn down spain. I wonder if you saying you want to see out your contract says you will look elsewhere after?

Who the in the right mind would turn down Spain for Spurs? #Loyal

Whaaaa? Rafa Benitez is the new England manager! As for AVB, a Portuguese man in command of doesn't bode well

Good who needs Spain!

Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the signing of Cameroonian international, Nicolas NKoulou from Barcelona for an initial fee of £14.75m, rising to £20m depending on appearances and goals scored.

The center back joined the Spanish giants, FC Barcelona from Marsielle for £14.75m. During his first, and only season in Spain, he made 53 appearances in all competitions. He collected a vast array of medals, helping Barcelona secure two UEFA Super Cups, the FIFA Club world cup, the Supercopa, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League.

The purchase has put Belgium defender, Jan Vertonghen's future doubt. Spurs have been looking to offload the defender, and the purchase of NKoulou looks to be the final nail in the coffin for the center back. With just two hours left, it seems as though time has all but ran out for Spurs to sell the defender, but there is hope that they will be able to sell the Belgian in January.

2014-02-17 15:01#161741 Nick : but there is hope that they will be able to sell the Belgium in January.

You are selling the entire country?

Awesome Signing and I hope that he does enough

Good signing. I tried to sign him myself. 'Arry Redknapp to swoop for the "t'riffic" player that is Verts with two hours left a la Rafa Van der Vaart

Knee-Y'all ... Ssh, don't let anyone know I've kidnapped the royal family.

Jason Me too

Paddy Yeah, I noticed after I'd bought him that you'd tried to sign him - glad you failed. Would've felt like I was copying you!

This story just continues to get better and better. It may only be February but I am sure it will turn into a story to be considered as Story of the Year! Keep it up.

The summer transfer window has slammed shut. The new season will start with several brand new faces, weveral teams hoping to get a foot on the ladder in Europe, or some just hoping to fend off relegation. See the guide below to see what business your team did during the summer months.

Arsenal

In: Ezequiel Lavezzi (PSG - £3m)
Martin Kelly (Liverpool - £8.75m)
Raúl Albiol (Napoli - £5.5m)
Isaac Cofie (Napoli £6m)
Tim Krul (Newcastle - £12m)
James McCarthy (Everton - £6m)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid - £11.5m)
Andrea Barzagli (Juventus - £250k)

Out: Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus - £5.5m)
Yaya Sanago (West Brom - £950k)
Kieran Gibbs (Newcastle - £5m)
Bacary Sagna (Everton - £180k)
Lukas Podolski (Hoffenheim - £400k)
Per Mertesacker (Sampdoria - £825k)
Carl Jenkinson (Stoke - Loan)

Aston Villa

In: Jesse Lingard (Man Utd - £575k)
Kieran Trippier (Burnley - £525k)
Nathan Aké (Chelsea - Loan)

Out: Joe Bennett (West Brom - £1m)
Nicklas Helenius (Crystal Palace - £4.5m)
Charles N'Zogbia (Free)

Cardiff City

In: Dale Stephens (Reading - £1.4m)
Todd Kane (Stoke £2.2m)
Haris Seferovic (Real Sociedad - £5.75m)

Out: John Arne Riise (AZ - £64k)
Alex McCarthy (Newcastle - £4.3m)

Chelsea

In: Alen Halilovic (Dinamo - £2.6m)
Jordy Clasie (Bayern - £9.75m)
Axel Witsel (Zenit - £26m)

Out: Victor Moses (Newcastle - £2.6m)
Fernando Torres (Free)
Branislav Ivanovic (Free)
Nathan Aké (Aston Villa - Loan)
Sergio Roberto (Barcelona - £9.75m)
John Obi Mikel (Juventus - £8.5m)
Matej Delac (Everton - £775k)

Crystal Palace

In: Kevin McHattie (Watford - £1.4m)
Nicklas Helenius (Aston Villa - £4.5m)
Miroslov Stoch (POAK - £4.6m)
Ashley Richards (Swansea - £2.1m)
Ravel Morrison (West Ham - £325k)
Jason Holt (Nottingham Forest - £1.1m)
Scott Wootton (Nottingham Forest - 750k)

Out: Nathan Delfouneso (Wigan - £1.4m)
Calum Butcher (Wigan - £800k)
Tom Ince (Newcastle - £8m)
Joel Ward (West Ham -£575k)
Jonathan Parr (Blackburn - £350k)
Christian Battocchio (Fiorentina £2.1m)
José Campaña (West Brom - £875k)
Tom Lees (Norwich - £1.5m)

Everton

In: Will Hughes (Tottenham - Loan)
Bacary Sagna (180k)
Adriano (PSG - 975k)
Matej Delac (Chelsea - 775k)
Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United - Loan)

Out: James McCarthy (Arsenal - £6m)
Kagisho Dikgacoi (Wigan - £160k)
Júnior (Ausburg - £1.5m)

Hull City

In: Charlie Austin (QPR - £3.9m)
Liam Moore (Birmingham City - £1.1m)
Dejan Skolnik (Dinamo - £2m)

Out: Stephen Quinn (Bournemouth - £165k)

Liverpool

In: Danny Rose (Tottenham - £8m)
Nathaniel Clyne (Manchester City - £8m)
Christian Tello (FC Barcelona - £14m)
Ollie Dunne (Millwall - £1.4m)
Marc Muniesa (Stoke - £5m)

Out: John Flanagan (West Ham - 775k)
Jay Spearing (Stoke - £1.8m)
Martin Kelly (Arsenal - 8.75m)
Luis Alberto (Hannover - £3m)
Tiago Llori (Fulham - £1.7m)
José Enrique (Stoke - Loan)
Raheem Sterling (Southampton - Loan)

Manchester City

In: Julian Draxler (Schalke - £32m)
Alessandro Florenzi (Juventus - £26m)
Sébastien Corchia (Lyon - £31m)
Ben Davies (Swansea - 9.5m)

Out: Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool - £8m)
Scott Sinclair (Free)
Sadio Mané (Udinese - £5.5m)
Edin Dzeko (Juventus - £3.8m)

Manchester United

In: Jorge Enríquez (Juventus - £4.7m)
Roland Ledoux (FC Sochaux-Montbé - £3.7m)
Alexis Sánchez (FC Barcelona - £12.75m)
Eliaquim Mangala (FC Barcelona - £20.5m)

Out: Anders Linegaard (Free)
Arda Turan (Galatasary - £5.75m)
Adnan Januzaj (Everton - Loan)
Will Keane (West Ham - £850k)
Angelo Henríquez (A.C Milan - £21.5m)
Chris Smalling (A.C Milan - £16.25m)
Jesse Lingard (Aston Villa - £373k)
Lewis Holtby (Juventus - £8.5m)
Nick Powell (Sunderland - Loan)

Newcastle United

In: Victor Moses (Chelsea - £2.6m)
Aron Jóhannsson (AZ - £3.7m)
Tom Ince (Crystal Palace - £8m)
Godfrey Oboabona (Bursaspor - £4.2m)
Stefan Standberg (Bayern Leverkusen - £1.6m)
Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (AZ - £3.3m)
Alex McCarthy (Cardiff City - £4.3m)
Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal - £5m)
Antonio Valencia (AS Monaco - £7m)
Adel Taarabt (QPR - £4.3m)

Out: Gabriel Obertan (Free)
Tim Krul (Arsenal - £12m)
Jonás Gutiérrez (Lekhwiya - £94k)
Loic Remy (Osasuna - Loan)
Mehdi Abeid (FC Twente - £2.2m)

Norwich City

In: Pizzi (Olympiakos - £5.75m)
Derk Boerrigter (Celtic - £2.7m)
Jordan Ayew (OM - £4.9m)
Tom Lees (Crystal Palace - £1.5m)

Out: Luciano Becchio (Free)
Kyle McFadden (Millwall - £190k)
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Atletico - £10.5m)
Stephen Ireland (Free)

Nottingham Forest

In: George Thorne (West Brom - £5.25m)
Lloyd Martin (Barnet - £57k)
Laurens de Bock (Ausburg - £2.9m)
Connor Wickham (Sunderland - £3.4m)
Armin Bacinovic (Cagliari - £1.5m)

Out: Jason Holt (Crystal Palace - £1.1m)
Scott Wootton (Crystal Palace - 750k)
James Collins (Wigan - £325k)

Southampton

In: Jacob Mellis (Blackburn - £2.5m)
Álvaro Vázquez (Swansea - £3.2m)
Jonny Howson (West Brom - £3.8m)
Danny Batth (Swansea - £3m)
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool - Loan)
Abel Hernández (Torino - £2.8m)
Season Morrison (QPR - £3.2m)


Out: Luke Shaw (Tottenham - £22m)
James Ward-Prowse (Tottenham £3.9m)
José Fonte (Free)
Artur Boruc (Free)

Stoke City

In: Jay Spearing (Liverpool - £1.8m)
Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal - Loan)
José Enrique (Liverpool - Loan)
Jeffrey Schlupp (Brighton - £1.6m)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid - £1.9m)

Out: Todd Kane (Cardiff City - £2.2m)
Kenwyne Jones (Free)
Marc Muneisa (Liverpool - £5m)
Ryan Shotton (Sunderland - £350k)

Sunderland

In: Oscar Cardozo (Sevilla - £325k)
Ryan Shotton (Stoke City - £350k)
Nick Powell (Manchester United - Loan)
Blair Adams (West Brom - £750k)
Goran Pandev (Saint Etienne - £275k)

Out: Lee Cattermole (Free)
Adam Johnson (Free)
Jozy Altidore (Saint Etienne - £3.7m)
Gomes (Motherwell - £12.5k)
Connor Wickham (Nottingham Forest - £.4m)

Tottenham Hotspur

In: Leonardo Walter (San Lorenza - £1.6m)
Ange Bamba (Toulouse - £1.6m)
Luke Shaw (Southampton - £22m)
Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk - £25m)
Aleksander Mitrovic (Anderlecht - £15m)
James Ward-Prowse (Southampton - £3.9m)
Nicolas NKoulou (FC Barcelona - £14.75m)

Out: Danny Rose (Liverpool - £8m)
Shaquile Coulthirst (Free)
Nabil Bentaleb (Free)
Souleymane Coulibaly (Free)
Dries Mertens (Sampdoria - £3m)
Eric Dier (Swansea - £1.5m)
Paulinho (Valencia - £7.5m)
Harry Kane (Fulham - £2.5m)
Alvaro Morata (A.C Milan - £31m)
Tommy Gregory (QPR - Loan)
Will Hughes (Everton - Loan)
Luciano Vietto (Benfica - Loan)
Zain NKosi (Leicester - Loan)
Samuel Bermúdez (FK Austria Wein - Loan)
Robbie Ridley (QPR - Loan)
Daniel Bertini (Olympiakos - Loan)

West Bromwich Albion

In:Joe Bennett (Aston Villa - £1m)
Dan Burn (Fulham - £1.7m)
David Davis (Brighton - £1.2m)
Yaya Sanogo (Arsenal - £950k)
José Campaña (Crystal Palace - £875k)
Alfred Finnbogason (Hannover - £6m)

Out: George Thorne (Nottingham Forest - £5.25m)
Jonny Howson (Southampton - £3.8m)
Boaz Myhill (Free)
Blair Adams (Sunderland - £750k)

West Ham United

In: John Flanagan (Liverpool - £775k)
Nathan Baker (Swansea - £275k)
Joe Ward (Crystal Palace - £575k)
Filip Djordjevic (Standard - £1.2m)
Will Keane (Manchester United - £850k)

Out: Phillippe Senderos (Grasshoppers - £350k)
Ravel Morrison (Crystal Palace - £325k)

Wigan Athletic

In: Nathan Delfouneso (Crystal Palace - £1.2m)
Calum Butcher (Crystal Palace - £800k)
Sam Vokes (Burnley - £2.2m)
Iain Vigurs (Watford - £1.5m)
James Collins (Nottingham Forest - £325k)
Kagisho Dikgacoi (Everton - £160k)
Jonathan Bond (Wolves - £900k)
Iago Falque (QPR - £1.9m)

Out: N/A

Awesome update! your story is one of the best on here if not the best atm

So Benzema FINALLY signs for Arsenal! Best deals are a flip between Halilovic to Chelsea and Ward-Prowse to Spurs. As for Modric, he's only £100,000 more expensive than Jay Spearing smh

You are doing better than the Villa-Boas in my save (who got fired mid-season lol). Some interesting transfers like Modric for 1.3 million and you recieving James-Prowse for such a low price since he has a great potential. I just want to see how you will do with your players and can you make Tottenham any better than they are now.