Woodgate and O'Hara return

Jonathan Woodgate

Jonathan Woodgate and Jamie O'Hara have both returned from long term injuries as they face a QPR side in a friendly on Tuesday, at Spurs Lodge.

We lost Woodgate over a year ago, back in November 2009, after he picked up a groin injury in the 9-1 win over Wigan at the Lane. He has undergone a great deal of treatment since in order for him to regain fitness. Woodgate was left out of Redknapps 25-man squad that was submitted to the FA at the beginning of the season and could go out on loan until the end of the season.

Jamie O'Hara has also return after a long spell out with a back problem. Jamie spent time on load at Portsmouth before they got relegated.

Jamie O'Hara

By Kirstie Teversham

Pienaar Joins!

Everton accept out bid for midfielder Steven Pienaar and he has now agreed personal terms with the club.


The 28year old joins us after signing a 4 and will wear the number 40 shirt, according to his Twitter page.


Everton had also accepted a bid from Chelsea and Pienaar also held talks with at Stamford Bridge but White Hart Lane was where he wanted to go.


We await his work permit before knowing if he will be part of the squad to travel to Newcastle on Saturday.

Pienaar up against Aaron Lennon, now team mates

By Kirstie Teversham

Bentley joins Birmingham on loan

David Bentley has joined Birmingham City on loan for the rest of the season.

Bentley has struggled to force his way into the team under Redknapp despite a few chances given to him to impress.

By Kirstie Teversham

FA Cup 4th Round Draw

We travel to Craven Cottage to face Fulham in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

A date is yet to be confirmed but the fixture will take place on the weekend off 29th/30th January 2011.

FA Cup fourth round draw in full:

Torquay v Crawley Town or Derby
Watford v Brighton
Bolton v Wigan
Arsenal or Leeds v Huddersfield
Fulham v Tottenham
Everton v Chelsea
Southampton v Manchester United
Swansea v Leyton Orient
Burnley v Burton
Birmingham v Coventry
Doncaster Rovers or Wolves v Stoke or Cardiff
Notts County v Leicester or Man City
Stevenage v Reading
Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers
West Ham v Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday v Wycombe or Hereford

By Kirstie Teversham

FA Cup Result: Spurs 3 Charlton 0

Spurs progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a home win in a London derby over Charlton Athletic.

In a game which saw Bale not make the team sheet and Modric, Van der Vaart, Lennon and Hutton start on the bench, this saw the likes of Corluka, Kranjcar and Sandro make a rare start. The starting line up also saw young Andros Townsend make his debut. And what a debut it was ...

After going in on the break at 0-0, Townsend opened the scoring with a shot from 20yards out, a low strike hit the back of the net soon after the second half got underway.

Like the first half, chances continued for both sides but it was Spurs who found the goal. This time, it was Defoe who was back from a 3 match ban. An excellent ball from Modric, who replaced Palacios at half time, found Kranjcar who laid the ball off into Defoe's path for him to fire the ball home.

Less than 3 minutes later Spurs extended their lead, again Defoe with the goal. The striker broke from inside his own half, had options left and right but went alone, got a little bit of luck as first shot bounced off defender back into his path and slotted home past Elliot.

Few chances followed but Cudicini held out to keep a clean sheet and see Spurs progress to the fourth round.

By Kirstie Teversham

Beckham joins Spurs

David Beckham has joined us from LA Galaxy until 10th February.

He will train with the team until the start of the MLS season when he will return to America.

Manager Harry Redknapp said: "David is a fantastic professional - he will be a great influence around the place and I am sure we will all benefit from his winning mentality. I think everyone will enjoy having him here."

"We'd love to have him here for longer but respect his commitments to LA Galaxy. They wanted him back in early February so that made it difficult to do a playing deal on the basis of three weeks. "

David Beckham said: "It's important that I maintain a high level of fitness during the MLS off season. I'm thankful to Tottenham and Harry Redknapp for giving me the opportunity to train with the team over the next month. I'm grateful to the LA Galaxy for allowing to me to train with Spurs. I look forward to getting to work as soon as possible."

By Kirstie Teversham

Loan Watch Update

Following yesterdays loan deals, more have followed. They are;

Harry Kane has joined Leyton Orient on loan until the end of the season.

Harry Kane

Kyle Naughton's loan at Leicester City has been extended for the rest of the season.

Kyle Naughton

By Kirstie Teversham

Loan Watch

Jon Obika has joined League One side Peterborough United on loan until the end of the season

Jon Obika

Kyle Walker has joined Aston Villa on loan for the rest of the season.

Kyle Walker

Adam Smith has had his loan at Bournemouth extended until the end of May.

 Adam Smith

By Kirstie Teversham

Bongani Khumalo Signs

We have completed the transfer of South Africian centre-back Bongani Khumalo.

Khumalo, who celebrated his 24th birthday yesterday (6th January), joins us from Supersport United

By Kirstie Teversham

Everton 2 Spurs 1

We travelled to Goodison park with the hope of picking up another 3 points after a successful Christmas period. After keeping two clean sheets on the trot, we were hoping for another one away from home.

The start we wanted didnt happen and in the 3rd minute of the game Saha made it 1-0 to the home side. With a 25yard long range shot it went past Gomes and hit the back of the net.

We created a few chances with play between Crouch and Van der Vaart before our efforts paid off. Great control from Modric centrally, delayed and delayed pass wide to Hutton to give the full-back maximum time and room to cross, Hutton crossed to far post where Crouch headed back for van der Vaart to power home his header from six yards. Everton 1 Spurs 1.

The chances continued to flow for both sides and just before the half time whistle Bale intercepted Heintinga's pass, squared for Crouch who slotted home - offside flag straight up.

Half time: Everton 1 Spurs 1

The second half was one less than desired for our travelling fans. We created few chances and were second to every ball. Our attacking midfield of Lennon, Jenas, Modric and Bale didnt prove difficult for Everton to play to and created plently of chances for themselves to win the match, in which they did.

With just 15 minutes to go Coleman made it 2-1. A quick break from the home side, Saha turned onto his left foot, decent strike saved by Gomes to his left but Coleman there to nod home rebound. Everton 2 Spurs 1.

The second half saw Kranjcar and Keane take to the field but still we couldnt find the back of the net.

Full time

Everton 2 Spurs 1

By Kirstie Teversham

David Beckham to Spurs?

Could Redknapp and the board pull of another bargin signing, even if it is only a short term loan deal? Is it worth it for a few months?

Redknapp told the BBC "David fancies it. He would like to come and play here," said Redknapp. "He's a fantastic lad and role model in the way he conducts himself and plays.

"He'd be a great influence on the younger players," said Redknapp. "I remember when I was at Portsmouth and bought Teddy Sheringham for a season and used to tell the young lads to watch Teddy practice and train."

"I'm sure he can still do a great job at the top level, otherwise I wouldn't bother," said the Tottenham manager on Friday.

"He isn't going to come here and get big money - we aren't massive payers at this club. But he wants to come over here to the freezing cold and play football".

Beckham, if he was to join Spurs, would be returning to the club where he first started out training before joining Manchester United where his career really lifted off.

How likely is to happen? Who knows. Beckham has recieved offers in the past to come back to England but turned them down as a move back would be too close to home with being a Manchester United fan. Also, going against the Beckham to Spurs move is that Beckham had claimed that a loan move to Europe was unlikely in this off-season as he would prefer to focus on his fitness, having only returned to action in September after six months out with an Achilles tendon injury.

As the phrase goes ... Watch this space.

By Kirstie Teversham

Spurs 1 Fulham 0

Spurs started the new year with their second clean sheet in as many games and 3 points at home to Fulham.

Gareth Bale scored his 11th goal of the season to lead us to victory and extends our unbeaten run to 11 games.

Gallas returned from injury to partner Dawson at the back but one injury return saw another injury hit as Hutton limped off after just half an hour. He was replaced by Corluka.

Schwarzer kept Fulham in the game with saves from Assou-Ekotto and Pavlyuchenko before Bale netted to take a half time lead.