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Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas wants the north London club to be shown more respect following what he has perceived as a week of personal attacks against his abilities.

Tottenham suffered their biggest home defeat of Andre Villas-Boas’ reign as West Ham ran riot with a stunning second-half display at White Hart Lane.

Jose Mourinho knew it would take more than a flick of a switch to turn Chelsea into serial winners.

Anzhi Makhachkala 0 Tottenham 2

Andre Villas-Boas believes the door is wide open for Tottenham to challenge for their first title in over half a century.

Andre Villas-Boas believes his Tottenham side face an impossible task against Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup, and that they have not been given a fair crack at the competition due to fixture congestion.

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has accused the Football League of putting his players’ careers in jeopardy with its scheduling of the Capital One Cup.

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Unsettled Tottenham star Gareth Bale has failed to report for training for a second day.

Crystal Palace 0 Tottenham 1

Gareth Bale is still hopeful of securing a move to Real Madrid despite Florentino Perez appearing to cast doubt on the deal yesterday.

Tottenham director Sir Keith Mills has acknowledged the club would find it “very difficult” to keep Gareth Bale if he wants to move to Real Madrid, even though he signed a new four-year contract only last summer.

Andre Villas-Boas thinks a meeting that he held with Gareth Bale earlier this season may have been the spark that ignited the Tottenham forward’s devastating campaign.

Wojciech Szczesny has reignited his war of words with Tottenham by claiming that Arsenal’s north London rivals do not have enough quality to finish in the top four this season.

Wojciech Szczesny has reignited his war of words with Tottenham by claiming that Arsenal’s north London rivals do not have enough quality to finish inside the top four this season.

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Tottenham forward Gareth Bale is determined to end the week inside the top four of the Barclays Premier League and with a second Player of the Year award on his mantelpiece.

Andre Villas-Boas’ hopes of lifting the Europa League for a second time hang in the balance thanks to a woeful defensive performance and a serious-looking injury to Gareth Bale.

Tottenham 2 FC Basel 2

Inter 4 Tottenham 1 (AET: 4-4 on agg, Spurs win on away goals)

Inter Milan 4 Tottenham 1 (Agg: 4-4, Spurs win on away goals)

Lyon 1 Tottenham 1 (Tottenham win 3-2 on aggregate)

Alex Ferguson would not have been surprised if Andre Villas-Boas had turned his back on the “mad” English game following his ill-fated spell at Chelsea.

QPR 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0

Andre Villas-Boas insists he still has no plans to enter the transfer market next month despite seeing his team fail to break down a stubborn Stoke side at White Hart Lane.

Spurs versus Swansea meant Andre Villas-Boas against Michael Laudrup, the two Premier League managers separated by the widest gap in terms of personal footballing pedigree.

Jan Vertonghen turned down a move to Arsenal after hearing Arsene Wenger wanted to deploy him in midfield, the Tottenham player has revealed.

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Andre Villas-Boas is backing his Tottenham squad to cope with the absence of striker Emmanuel Adebayor for the next three matches.

Andre Villas-Boas hopes Arsenal’s shaky defence will suffer from another bout of nerves in today’s North London derby.

Kyle Walker is convinced Tottenham are destined for Champions League qualification under Andre Villas-Boas.

Andre Villas-Boas has promised Tottenham’s disgruntled fans their team will not produce a repeat of yesterday’s horror show against Wigan when they travel to Manchester City next weekend.

Andre Villas-Boas admits his team put on their worst performance of the season as Tottenham slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat to strugglers Wigan at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas hopes he will not be without Mousa Dembele for too long after revealing the midfielder has suffered a recurrence of the niggling hip injury which sidelined him for Fulham last season.

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Brad Friedel’s record run of 310 consecutive Premier League starts has come to an end today after manager Andre Villas-Boas named Hugo Lloris in Tottenham’s starting line-up for the game against Aston Villa.

Carlisle 0 Tottenham 3

Tottenham 0 Lazio 0

Norwich midfielder Bradley Johnson thinks Andre Villas-Boas missed a huge opportunity on Saturday by starting Mousa Dembele on the Tottenham bench.

He may have overlooked him for almost the entire season at Chelsea, but Andre Villas-Boas is convinced that Romelu Lukaku is ready to take the Barclays Premier League by storm with West Brom this season.

Croatia’s head coach is disappointed Andre Villas-Boas is not picking Luka Modric, but expects the unsettled playmaker to complete his move from Tottenham to Real Madrid soon.

Jan Vertonghen is confident he can make an immediate impact in the Premier League after agreeing terms to join Tottenham.

Tottenham are set to finally complete the signing of Ajax captain Jan Vertonghen after the club announced it had agreed terms today.