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So it’s Wigan tomorrow, let’s hope we get the main part out the way in style and avoid no slip-ups like we did against Wolves. Wigan beat us last season at home 1-0 and we can’t afford to let it happen again, we must keep as much daylight between ourselves and Arsenal in 4th until while we are in this run of hard games.

So that’s Wigan out of the way, hopefully, now it’s just the small matter of transfer deadline day. Harry likes to play it down, always and I mean always says we are not looking to do business and before you know it we have the likes of Van der Vaart and Scott Parker in Spurs shirts so we can be forgiven for not believing you Harry.

Harry said after the FA Cup match that he was going on a scouting trip on Sunday, that doesn’t sound to me like someone who isn’t looking to do business. The problem is we have a match tomorrow but I am sure Harry and Levy know who they want and if there is anything to be done then Levy will handle the rest from here while Harry gets us 3pts.

It’s fair to say the last 2 or 3 windows haven’t provided us with the thrills we hoped for, although the summer signings seem to have been better than we hoped for, especially Scotty as it’s fair to say none of us really got excited but it’s not until you watch Parker play every week when you realise just how good he is. There has to come a time when Levy decided to let some of our deadwood go on the cheap just to get rid of them and take a gamble on a couple of signings to cement our top 4 place.

There could be any number of possible deals, Chris Samba, Leandro Damiao and Loic Remy are a number of players we have been linked with but will Levy loosen the purse strings and put his trust in a man who is yet to fail this football club? I think he should, we are 3rd and any money laid out that will all but guarantee us that place will be reimbursed next year with Champions League revenue.

So tomorrow would be the perfect day if we woke up on Wednesday with 3 pts and a £20m striker at the club don’t you think? Will we do any business though and if so then who do you expect to see come in and who do you expect to leave?

There’s no question about it, many eyebrows were raided when Harry Redknapp was appointed Tottenham manager but nobody can deny what an outstanding job the guy has done in completely turning our football club around.

Redknapp has an ongoing court case accused of tax evasion and a guilty verdict depending on his punishment could spell the end for him at Tottenham and if he gets away with it there is every chance he will move on in the summer to take his dream job of managing England. Nobody could blame Harry for taking the England job in the summer if it means so much to him but who could possibly come in and fill his boots now Spurs are firmly back on the map?

Jose Mourinho! The Real Madrid manager has stated he would love a return back to the Premiership and is likely to leave Madrid in the summer. Spurs would be the ideal job for Jose as we need a manager who can attract big players and keep us up the top. Jose would probably see Spurs as the ideal challenge, I don’t know if he could go anywhere else as he would probably clash with the Man Utd and Arsenal board and unless Abramovic wants him back at Chelsea then to me it’s written in the stars for Mourinho to take over after Harry.

Mourinho has made no secret of the fact that he wishes to return to England, the Premier League is Mourinho’s home and he has only had good things to say about Spurs of late, maybe he has a little soft spot for us. If Harry does move on in the summer then it will be a massive decision on who to appoint, a wrong call by Levy could see us once again become a mid-table club. The Spurs job used to be cursed but Harry was finally the man to pub us back at the top and to carry on our recent trend will be a hard task in chosing the next manager as there is no doubt Harry has raised the bar at Spurs and made managing the club harder than ever now expectations are high. Could Jose be that man, does he have the credentials to become the next Spurs manager.

Chris Foy,! And not the cyclist I might add for those of you who tweeted the wrong guy lasts time.

Cast your mind back a couple of months to when we lost to Stoke in probably one of the worst displays by the match officials I have seen this season. Where do I start? Offside goal that was 2 yards on, didn’t award a penalty for a foul on Kaboul and the worst of the lot was shawcross with his great handball save on the line that any keeper would have been proud of.

So Friday night we go to Watford for our FA Cup  4th round clash and our old pal Chris Foy will be in charge of a Spurs game once again, let’s hope he can put in a half decent refereeing display this time.