Well, after the Sun came out and suggested that Spurs wanted to replace Juande with Hughes, the club released this statement:

 "The club largely refrains from making statements of this nature unless absolutely necessary in order to set the record straight in light of wholly inaccurate reporting.

"This story is completely untrue and without foundation and the matter is being discussed with the publication."

Frankly I think that this raises three points. 1. I would not put it past the club to try for something like this. There is an arrogance to the leadership at Spurs that makes me nervous as a life long fan. I said last year that we should never have sacked Jol, we should have backed him on players he wanted to bring in. I feel the same way about Juande. 2. Hughes would be daft to leave City for Spurs when he has an opportunity to build a young side that he really owns. 3. Juande is a fighter and I suspect he will not be too bothered by the rumors. His track record, and the flaws of the Spurs leadership, mean that he will get a big job abroad if he is sacked so he can operate in confidence.

Now here is a thought to consider. We bought Kevin Prince Boateng, BAE, Danny Murphy, Ghaly, Rocha for about 19 million pounds. They are all still on the books and would probably fetch about 5 million total. We sold Carrick for 16-19 million pounds. We still don't have a holding midfielder. 

Now consider that we bought Pava for 16 million pounds when we could have bought, this summer, Senna (holding midfielder for Spain) for 5 million tops. Or that we could have bought Gareth Barry for 16-19 million pounds. 

Leadership problems perhaps?