Nelson Oliveira, Cardiff or Spurs?

Portuguese international set for imminent arrival at Tottenham or Cardiff City.

Portuguese newspaper A Bola have reported that Tottenham Hotspur target Nelson Oliveira is on the verge of coming to England on a season long loan. Both Spurs and Cardiff City have been linked with the Portuguese international and his move away from Benfica is looking imminent.

A Bola claim that the player returned yesterday to training with the Portuguese club but the likelihood now is he will not be training much longer with the squad as he will be heading to the Premier League. Talks with his interested clubs are now at an advanced stage which has been helped by Benfica who aren't standing in the way of Oliveira leaving on a loan deal. The forward has struggled to hold down a first team place with the last four seasons out on loan and spent 2012-2013 with Spanish side Deportivo de La Coruña

Five days ago The Daily Mirror reported that Premier League new boys Cardiff City were trying to beat Spurs to the signature of the 21 year old. It has been claimed the player will cost £1m for the season loan with an option to buy him on a permanent basis for £6m. Cardiff City are well aware of the interest of Spurs for the youngster but they seem determined to build a squad to compete in the Premier League. Tottenham manager Andre Villas Boas has made discreet enquiries with Benfica over a possible deal for his fellow countryman as they look to finally bring in a forward to the club.

Having already missed on David Villa to Atletico Madrid and possibly Damiao to Napoli, Villas Boas will be hoping they can finally bring in some reinforcements for the forward positions. The Tottenham manager will be looking to strengthen upfront after relying mainly on Jermain Defoe last season. Emmanuel Adebayor rarely figured in the manager’s plans with attacking midfielder Clint Dempsey often used a second striker.

A Bola are convinced Oliveira will be turning up in England imminently, we assume they are counting that as the Premier League and not discounting Cardiff because it's in Wales!


http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topi ... ttenham-or

if he wants to play then he will join us, if he's happy warming the bench the spurs it will be

Spurs are favourites to sign Benteke, so fingers crossed

If he goes anywhere, it'll be to us IMO.

Living in London or Cardiff? Hmmm. if I was a 21 year old with plenty of cash on the hip I know where I would go and it wouldnt be Cardiff.

Living in London or Cardiff? Hmmm. if I was a 21 year old with plenty of cash on the hip I know where I would go and it wouldnt be Cardiff.

Its wouldn't be Cardiff?? I'm guessing you'd stay in Merthyr, or better yourself by coming down to Treharris?

Living in London or Cardiff? Hmmm. if I was a 21 year old with plenty of cash on the hip I know where I would go and it wouldnt be Cardiff.

Its wouldn't be Cardiff?? I'm guessing you'd stay in Merthyr, or better yourself by coming down to Treharris?

Hey! Living in Merthyr has it advantages. Cheap mortgage and council tax = more money for sex, drugs and rock and roll

Not to mention in less than a 30 minute drive I can enjoy everything Cardiff has to offer, the beautiful beaches of the Gower, and 10 minutes from stunning scenery of the Brecon Beacons. Its not all bad!!!

Living in London or Cardiff? Hmmm. if I was a 21 year old with plenty of cash on the hip I know where I would go and it wouldnt be Cardiff.

What you on about?. Jellied motherfucking eels or Clarkes Pies?

Stringfellows or the Winny?

Pimms or Brains?

The lad should be made to buy his own train ticket, we can get him a room on Newport Rd
till he settles in, he'll have Splott Broadway on his doorstep. It'll be weeks before the fucker
realises there's no "Annie Rose" living there!!

if he wants to play then he will join us, if he's happy warming the bench the spurs it will be

Exactly

I wouldn't have thought he'd be of sufficient quality for the Spurs squad. I'm sure if we really want him, he'll be ours

Spurs will need a higher quality striker to compete for top 4

Spurs will need a higher quality striker to compete for top 4

Agreed.

He will go to spurs then unless we offer him alot more money, the only way we would get him i think

He will go to spurs then unless we offer him alot more money, the only way we would get him i think

I can't see him getting a game at spurs.

If it's a loan deal surely the cash won't matter.

Spurs are favourites to sign Benteke, so fingers crossed

What i don't get in all this is, if spurs are really interested then how come they are happy to have him on loan yet benfica who are clearly not as good and have lesser strikers for him to compete with send him out on loan season after season?

He will go to spurs then unless we offer him alot more money, the only way we would get him i think

He wont get any extra than his wage at benfica, its a loan deal.

Living in London or Cardiff? Hmmm. if I was a 21 year old with plenty of cash on the hip I know where I would go and it wouldnt be Cardiff.

Its wouldn't be Cardiff?? I'm guessing you'd stay in Merthyr, or better yourself by coming down to Treharris?

Hey! Living in Merthyr has it advantages. Cheap mortgage and council tax = more money for sex, drugs and rock and roll

Not to mention in less than a 30 minute drive I can enjoy everything Cardiff has to offer, the beautiful beaches of the Gower, and 10 minutes from stunning scenery of the Brecon Beacons. Its not all bad!!!

Living the dream then

He will go to spurs then unless we offer him alot more money, the only way we would get him i think

He wont get any extra than his wage at benfica, its a loan deal.

Some players go out on loan and want more money some will take less per week, some want part of a so called fee for going, players agents i blame for that, contracts mean f**k all in football when it comes to agents touting

Is he any good I've never heard of him!! Tell him cardiff is in north London that 'll get him
Who ever he is lol

But is he any good?
I've never heard of the guy & how many on here saying 'lets get him' have actually seen him play regularly?
Just because he's with Benfica. Can't hold down a place & keeps going out on loan for the last 4 years.

Couldn't agree more, lots of it is media talk anyway , they have nothing else to write about
Yet !

we cant compete with the appeal of spurs......

Only footage I could find of the goal Nielson scored to secure a quarter final place for Benfica in the Champions league in 2012.

http://w717.wrzuta.pl/film/7A4KGTKrNPW/ ... _oliveira_

Fans perspective

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYU6cut1Wc4

2010/11 Nielson goals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey6AQGLoJik

2012/13 goals on loan at Deportivo I beleive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pze5BHEomOA

Spurs are bidding 20mil on Saldado apparenty

Spurs are bidding 20mil on Saldado apparenty

A few reports of this.

Football
Wednesday 22 May 2013 22.30 BST

Tottenham target Leandro Damião and Roberto Soldado for next season
• Scott Parker and Tom Huddlestone available for transfer
• Gareth Bale ' very disappointed' to miss out on top four


Roberto Soldado has scored 27 goals for Valencia in all competitions this season. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
Dominic Fifield

Tottenham Hotspur hope to demonstrate their ambition remains intact despite a failure to reach next season's Champions League by renewing their efforts to sign the Brazil forward Leandro Damião and seeking to pair him with Valencia's Spain international Roberto Soldado.

The pursuit of both strikers, coupled with the confidence that Gareth Bale will sign new terms to remain at White Hart Lane for at least another season, would satisfy the manager, André Villas-Boas, who has called for the club to "raise the bar again" before next season. They missed out on the top four this time despite amassing an impressive 72 points.

The Portuguese said in January that Leandro "fits the profile" of a potential recruit and attempts were made during the winter window to secure their long-standing target. Tottenham enjoy a close relationship with the 23-year-old's club, Internacional, whose president, Giovanni Luigi, suggested this month that Spurs had resumed dialogue over a move for a player who has 16 caps. A price of around £16m has been mooted, with the Brazilian club apparently now braced to lose the player to the Premier League.

Securing his signature would represent something of a coup, though the desire to play him alongside Soldado is particularly eye-catching. The Spain forward, who would have commanded a fee close to £30m a year ago, has been watched by Spurs scouts this season as he has maintained his impressive form at the Mestalla. He could be available for nearer £20m should Valencia fail to qualify for the Champions League.

The 27-year-old started his career with Real Madrid but after a productive spell at Getafe, has thrived at Valencia after joining as a replacement for David Villa. He has 27 goals in all competitions this season. Spurs had also expressed an interest in the Queens Park Rangers forward Loïc Rémy, though it remains to be seen if that will be maintained with the player on bail following his arrest on suspicion of rape, a claim he denies.

The Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, hopes to construct a team around Bale with the Wales international, who is happy to remain at White Hart Lane, expected to sign improved terms that will keep him at the club for next season at least. There will be a buy-out clause inserted which could lead to him moving abroad should an offer in excess of £50m be received next summer; though, by then, Tottenham hope they will have secured passage into Europe's elite competition.

Bale, who scored his 26th club goal of the season in the 1-0 defeat of Sunderland on Sunday, has expressed his frustration at the club's failure to reach the Champions League. "It was obviously great to sign off with a great goal in the last minute, but circumstances made it hard to celebrate," he said.

"To miss out on our objective [Champions League qualification] is very disappointing. It was great to get the win but the clouds just came over and made it a little bit duller, but it's something we have to learn from, we are a young squad, and we will take it into the future."

Bale is due to play for Spurs against Jamaica in a friendly in the Bahamas on Thursday.

There will be significant outgoings at Tottenham, too, with a number of senior players effectively available for transfer. Their number include the England internationals Scott Parker and Tom Huddlestone, as well as Emmanuel Adebayor, who managed only five league goals all season following his permanent move from Manchester City. William Gallas, 35, will leave under freedom of contract.

2012/13 goals on loan at Deportivo I beleive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pze5BHEomOA

He looks good ,won't get that sort of space in the premiership tho

Sign him up