Aaron Lennon Fan

On 2005, when Aaron Lennon joined Tottenham Hotspur he became a regular starter for the Premier League club as the English winger made over 20 league appearances in every single season until the current season as Lennon has seen his time on the playing grounds being limited due to the arrivals of Erik Lamela and Andros Townsend.

The coach of Tottenham Hotspur, Mauricio Pochettino is trying to rebuild his squad and it does not seem like Aaron Lennon will be playing any important role in the team.

Aaron Lennon along with a number of other players in the squad of Mauricio Pochettinois rumored to be on their out way of the White Hart Lane as they aren’t currently in the near future plans of the coach.

Kyle Naughton and Roberto Soldado are some of the other players of the team that could be exiting the Premier League club in the January transfer window.

Stoke City is turning out to be a possible destination for Aaron Lennon as Mark Hughes is interested in signing the English player but it will cost Stoke City around £7m in order to acquire his services and lure him away from Tottenham Hotspur.

Queens Park Rangers is another club that has revealed their interest in signing Aaron Lennon and could be making a move for him when the transfer window re-opens in January.

Southampton’s MorganSchneiderlin is one of the winter targets of Mauricio Pochettinoas well as Jay Rodriguez and the manager of Tottenham Hotspur is willing to allow some of his fringe players to be sold in order to use that cash injection to upgrade his squad by signing his desired targets.

This start of the season has been a struggling one for Tottenham Hotspur as the Premier League club is located in the middle section of the English League standings and Mauricio Pochetino will have to make a series of changes in his squad if he wants to avoid being sacked in his debut season in charge of the Premier League club.

Stoke City are reportedly looking at the possibility of signing winger Aaron Lennon in the January transfer window.

The England international has lost his first-team spot in the last few months. A number of injuries in the last year have not helped his case. It appears that he may not return to the first-team spot on a regular basis as long as Mauricio Pochettino remains the manager. Further, the Spurs boss is also keen on trimming the squad, which he managed to some extent during the summer. As a result, Lennon could be available for around £ 7 million during January.

Stoke have made an inconsistent start to the season under Mark Hughes, but they remain in with a shout to qualify for the Europa league. It will be a tremendous achievement considering the club’s small transfer budget. Hughes has done extremely well especially in the loan market to get players like Victor Moses, who have played a key role so far. Stoke are ninth in the table above the likes of Tottenham, Everton, and Liverpool. Keen to maintain this form, Hughes is reportedly keen to strengthen the squad in January. Even though Tottenham want around £ 7 million for Lennon, who has featured in 21 matches for England since his debut in 2006, Stoke believe that they can sign him for less.

It is understood that Hughes and Stoke City are not the only clubs competing for Lennon’s signature. QPR, who have made a real difference to the league table in the last few weeks, are also looking at him. The London outfit have the advantage of location and also the manager Harry Redknapp, who has worked with Lennon in the past. At just 27 years of age, Lennon appears to be in the prime of his career. He came to Tottenham in a £ 1 million deal several years ago.

Tottenham Hotspur has recently been facing a number of setbacks in the Premier League as they had to settle with a 2-2 draw with Sunderland a few weeks when they played at the Stadium of Light on September 13. During that match Tottenham at least managed to collect 1 point but in their latest Premier League game, the team of Mauricio Pochettino underwent a surprising 1-0 defeat against West Bromwich Albion.

These are not the kind of results that a club which is aiming to capture a spot in the Europa League or Champions League qualifying zone wants to go through as they are losing valuable points and could have started this new season of the Premier League in a much better way.

Certain players in the squad have started displaying underwhelming performances and even the coach of Tottenham Hotspur, Mauricio Pochettino himself seems rather unsure about his decisions as he stated during a recent press conference that he is unsure about which group of players are his best and the former coach of Southampton continued on talking about his clubs’ abysmal performance against West Bromwich Albion.

“We need to move the ball quicker, faster. West Brom played long balls and tried to win the second ball. We had a problem because we were always late to the second ball and we took a lot of time to get into the opposition’s box. We need to be more aggressive in the last third of the pitch.”

“Our best starting team depends on each and every game there is no doubt about that. It’s not an excuse. A bad performance on Sunday is not because of the changes. We have a very strong squad and we need to use our players. We have a lot of games ahead and after each match we analyze every player. At the moment the players are not in a position to play three games in one week.” Pochettino told reporters during one of his latest press conferences.

Aaron Lennon’s long spell at Tottenham may come to an end on transfer deadline day after it has been reported that QPR are interested in signing him on a permanent basis. Harry Redknapp knows the England international extremely well after having managed him for a few years when he was at Tottenham. Lennon was one of the important players under the regime of Redknapp, as he formed the perfect partner for Gareth Bale on the right side of the wing. The 27-year-old was a major reason in Tottenham finishing fourth and qualifying for the Champions League a few years ago.

Despite being one of the few players in the Tottenham team with pace to burn, it seems that he may not figure in the plans of manager Mauricio Pochettino. The South American has admitted that Tottenham need to trim down the squad since he does not like working with more than 25 players over the course of a season. Tottenham have already allowed one of the important players, Michael Dawson, to join Hull city for around £ 6 million. The likes of Sandro have also been linked with an exit. Interestingly, QPR could come in for both Sandro and Lennon at the same time.

Still just 27 years old, Lennon would be a valuable addition for QPR who just returned to the Premier league after one season in the Championship. After QPR are set to lose like Remy to Chelsea for £ 10.5 million, the addition of Lennon will be potent given that the team needs players who can stretch the opposition. It has also been rumoured that Lennon may not move to Loftus Road on a permanent deal but on a loan spell. Sandro, however, looks set for a permanent transfer after the two clubs are reportedly close to agreeing a £ 10 million fee.

The head of AC Milan has disclosed that he had the opportunity to sell Mario Balotelli for a big amount of money just before the beginning of the ongoing FIFA World Cup and he had almost secured that deal, but, for some reason, it couldn’t materialize.

There have been a lot of rumours of late about a couple of English clubs being interested in buying Balotelli. Arsenal is believed to be one of them.

Balotelli’s performance for his national side Italy in Brazil was not as good as expected. He began aright with a match defining goal against England, but, in the next two games, he disappointed his fans big time.

Talking to the reporters yesterday, the Rossoneri head, Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, said, “Italy suffered in Brazil and with that, I suffered as well. A club was ready to spend big cash on Mario before the tournament, but, now, after how he played there, I don’t think they would be that interested.”

However, still, there is a big possibility that Balotelli would be playing for a new club in the upcoming season. His representative Mino Raiola said yesterday that his client was not happy to be treated as a villain by the Italian press after the team’s exit from Brazil.

This statement of Raiola suggests that the controversial young striker is not eager to spend the next season in Italy.

As far as Balotelli’s contract at San Siro is concerned, it’s not anywhere close to getting completed. He still has 4 years to spend there, but, because of some financial issues, the club is looking to offload him.
Balotelli has so far made 54 appearances for Milan and has found the back of the net on 30 occasions. He had been bought by the Rossoneri from Manchester City at the start of the last year.

David Bentley, the former Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur player has retired from professional football at the age of 29, after claiming to have fallen out of love with the game.

The Englishman played for seven different games during his career as a professional – Arsenal and their North London rivals Spurs, Norwich City, West Ham United as well as a stint with FC Rostov. But he spent arguably the most successful spell of his career with Blackburn Rovers, becoming the first ever player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick against Manchester United in a thrilling 4-3 victory over Sir Alex Ferguson’s side.

During his spell with Rovers, Bentley was tipped as arguably the most talented youngster in the English game and a natural heir on the right wing for the England national side, but critics say he never really lived up to fulfill his massive potential as a footballer.

Having played only one first team game for Arsenal where he was a youth team product, he was constantly loaned out and spent a few months with Norwich City, playing 26 matches for the Canaries and scoring two goals for them.

His form at Rovers prompted Spurs to bring him to White Hart Lane but he never really made his mark in the team and the emergence of Aaron Lennon ended his time at the club and he was moved on.

Bentley played 107 matches for Blackburn Rovers while with Spurs, where he moved for a massive £ 15 million fee, and made just 42 appearances for the club, scoring two goals. He left the club on a free transfer twelve months ago and did not have a club since then and his retirement from football comes with many critics citing his off field antics as one reason for his unfulfilled potential.