Spurs: Robbie Keane on Gomes and new signing

Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes yesterday said he felt he had finally found his feet in the Premier League.

Robbie Keane was quick to show his support for the goal-stopper, who he believes has now adapted very well to the English game after a difficult start to the season.

Meanwhile, according to yesterday’s Daily Mirror Spurs, Aston Villa, Fulham and Manchester City are all competing to sign Sheffield United’s Kyle Naughton.

The 20-year-old right-back, is valued at about £4m after an excellent season in which he has made two appearances for Stewart Pearce’s England under-21 side.

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Check out the Mirror’s story here for top ten need-to-know facts about Spur’s potential new signing.

In other news, striker Roman Pavlyuchenko,27, insists his reserve-team outing against Chelsea on Monday was simply to get get game-time after sitting out of Spurs’ 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at the weekend.

Spurs’ reserve team beat Chelsea 4-0, with goals from Frazier Campbell (2), Pascal Chimbonda and Tom Huddlestone.

Pavlyuchenko wants to play for Manchester United

Like Teddy Sheringham and Berbatov before him, Spurs striker Pavlyuchenko has admitted he dreams of playing for Manchester United just a day before the Carling Cup final showdown between the two teams at Wembley. Fortunatley Berbatov is expected to be rested tommorrow (so it’s just Rooney, Tevez, Ronaldo, Giggs and the young star Danny Wellbeck we up against then!)

Meanwhile, the Russian playmaker Luka Modric says his rough upbringing has made him more than prepared for anything Manchester United can throw at him in tommorrow’s clash. Apparently when he was young his father didn’t even have the money to buy him shin pads.

Gomes looks set to start for Spurs and believes he is finally over the nightmare start he had with the club and is determined to show it and take home a winners medal after tommorrow’s match. Believing that many Spurs’ fans have long forgotten his tempremental start and now rate him as a legend, he is determined to repay thier support at Wembley.

Spurs: six wins to stay safe?

Harry Redknapp thinks Tottenham Hotspurs need to win six more Premier League games in order to avoid relegation.

But where are those eighteen points going to come from?

Defoe is out for the next 5 games at least which means our striking options are still a huge concern depsite his, and Keane’s return to the Lane.

Fortunately Pavlyuchenko will only get better with time as he settles into the English league –  he has looked impressive at moments, with superb long balls and Berbatov style touches. And Darren Bent to0 looks like he’s finally on the up (finally), although it is yet to be seen how long this will last.

The midfield certainly looked stronger against Arsenal on Sunday than it has in recent games. Man of the match Palacios had an awesome game, and certainly added the steel to Spurs style that Redknapp so desperately wanted.

If Bentley finally comes to form we will have some great wide options too (he could certaintly do with a little fitness training having looked sluggish since his arrival to the Lane). In contrast, on the other wing, Lennon is looking on top form, so if Bentley up’s his game we could once again be formidable out wide in attack.

Cudicini has also fitted in without any problems and looks like a fine asset. With Gomes competing for his number one shirt the standard of our keeping can only improve (something that has been so tempermental in recent seasons) a solid keeper bodes well for a more solid team.

We will always create chances and so we must try to keep clean sheets if we are to indeed win six games (by no means an impossible feet, by the way).This is not to say our back four hasn’t been performing. Woodgate and Dawson have been class acts since Harry Redknapps arrival (and indeed, even under former boss Ramos). And with Chimbonda back (as long as he doesn’t play like he did against Arsenal) we should have a sturdier defence.

Alan Hutton however is still sidelined with long term foot injury.

Cudicini or Gomes: Spurs number one

Carlo Cudicini has not joined Tottenham to make up the goalkeeping numbers.

Known as the “Octopus” at PSV, Gomes has finally started to show what he’s capable of between the posts after a shaky start (to say the least). But with the recent arrival of former Chelsea keeper Cudicini, who is going be Spurs number one!!??

The Hampstead & Highgate Express today report: The 35-year-old Italian, who ended a 10-year association with Chelsea when he moved to Spurs on a free transfer last week, is eager to wrestle the No.1 shirt from Heurelho Gomes.

After Cudicini was forced to play second fiddle to Petr Cech at Stamford Bridge for the past past five seasons, he is looking to seize his chance to impress Harry Redknapp with two solid performances against Stoke and Bolton in the absence of the injured Gomes.

And with Gomes still struggling with that groin injury, and Redknapp reluctant to plunge young Ben Alnwick back into the spotlight, Cudicini has every chance of starting Sunday’s north London against Arsenal at the Lane as well.