<div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.24.2.2/42034?ns=guardian&pageName=Football+transfer+rumours%3A+Andrey+Arshavin+to+Tottenham%3F+%7C+Paul+Doyle%3AArticle%3A1800677&ch=Football&c3=GU.co.uk&c4=Football%2CSport&c5=&c6=Paul+Doyle&c7=12-Sep-13&c8=1800677&c9=Article&c10=Feature&c11=Football&c13=Rumour+Mill+%28series%29&c25=&c30=content&c42=Sport&h2=GU%2FSport%2FFootball%2F" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">Today's fluff can't find a clean mug anywhere</p><p>Tottenham know that their crazed supermarket dash on the last day of the transfer window did not yield all the players that they needed. After letting Rafael van der Vaart go, for instance, a vacancy still exists at White Hart Lane for a dainty player who will flit about the periphery of matches, never tackling but occasionally slipping a canny pass through to a team-mate or blasting the ball into the net before pulling up lame or running out of steam and having to be replaced. Fortunately, André Villa-Boas has identified a man who can do all of that and even comes with the added attraction of sporting a confused grin throughout most of his skittish performances, evidence, to be sure, of a certain empathy with the people who pay to watch him struggle to fluctuating degrees with rugged opponents and the peculiar riddle of existence. So as soon as January comes, <strong>Spurs will offer to relieve Arsenal of Andrey Arshavin</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Juventus, however, won't come knocking on Arsenal's door. Because they'll be allowed to climb straight into <strong>Theo Walcott's bedroom window if the zippy midfielder still hasn't signed a new contract by January</strong>. That'll be one wing sorted out for Juve, and for the other they'll <strong>head to Manchester and pick up Nani</strong>. The Portuguese's inconsistency means Sir Alex Ferguson has long ceased to believe that he could become the new Cristiano Ronaldo, so <strong>Ferguson wants the old Cristiano Ronaldo back</strong> – and he could get him, since reports in Spain claim that if a meeting with Florentino Pérez cannot dispel the player's sadness, then Real will sell him to anyone who coughs up 200m euros. Chop the first digit off that figure and the Glazers' ears may $$$$$ up.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sam Allardyce</strong> is rummaging through the list of free agents in Europe while reciting statistics about the percentage of formerly out-of-contract players who have increased teams' corner counts and completed-diagonal-pass-to-aimless-hoof ratio. Armed with that intelligence, he's preparing to offer a deal to Belgium international <strong>Anthony Vanden Borre</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Now that Terry Connor has left Molineux to pursue his vocation as a TV game show host, <strong>Wolves are on the hunt for a new assistant manager</strong> and word is that Sammy Lee will be invited to come on down.</p><p></p><p>Finally, guess <strong>which clubs are interesting signing Kenwyne Jones on loan from Stoke?</strong> Go on, guess.</p><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/pauldoyle">Paul Doyle</a></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds">More Feeds</a></div><p style="clear:both" /><img width='1' height='1' src='http://guardian.co.uk.feedsportal.com/c/34708/f/639039/s/235f89fb/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144540361855/u/49/f/639039/c/34708/s/235f89fb/kg/335/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144540361855/u/49/f/639039/c/34708/s/235f89fb/kg/335/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144540361855/u/49/f/639039/c/34708/s/235f89fb/kg/335/a2t.img" border="0"/>
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