Spurs wants Real's Casillas for record fee

Spurs wants Real's Casillas for record fee - report</p>

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MADRID (AFP) - Tottenham's new manager Juande Ramos has his eye on Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas for next season, and the club is ready to pay a record 40 million euros for the Spanish international, a Spanish newspaper said Thursday.

"Juande wants Casillas," headlined the newspaper El Mundo in its sports section.

Despite struggling in the Premier League this season, Tottenham has the money, the daily said.

The club offered the Spanish former Sevilla manager a deal worth six million euros a season to take over from Martin Jol, who was sacked last month, and is ready to pay Casillas seven million euros a year, El Mundo said.

A transfer fee of 40 million euros (58 million dollars, 29 million pounds) would make Casillas the costliest keeper in football history, alongside Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, who went from Parma to Juventus for the same amount in 2001.

But El Mundo said Casillas -- nicknamed "Saint Iker" by Real fans for his miraculous saves -- renewed his contract with the club two years ago after rejecting a move to Manchester United.

Casillas, 26, who has made 72 appearances for his country, is under contract with the Madrid club until 2011. Freeing him from the contract would cost any club 60 million euros, the sports newspaper Marca said.

Last weekend, Ramos took Spurs to only its second Premier League victory of the season when it thrashed Wigan 4-0 at White Hart Lane.</div></p>

 

Wow thats Ambitious of him. Don't think he'll get him though.</p>

 

I don't think there's any truth in that. Why would Casilles leave one of the best clubs in the world to play for Tottenham?</p>

 

<font face="Arial" size="2">urealistic and unfair on robinson</font></p>

 

<font style="background-color: #f4f4f4">Im surprised ramos is willing to spend so much on a keeper instead of trying get midfielders, midfield or defenderis their weakness, they have adecent attack with berva and defoe upfront, but then again its the spurs, you can expect non-sense from them all the time!</font></p>

 

They might not get him but Ramos will try anything to bring top Spanish players to the Spurs.</p>

 

<font face="Arial" size="2">true i think lehman is a more reasonable and acheiveable target</font></p>

 

lol at barmy.....not a bad signing, but we would considerhim a traitor!</p>

 

haha, you don't need him Art. lol</p>

 

<font face="Arial" size="2">to keep him longer than tomorow is an embarrasment to arsenal (we should have a petition to get rid of him)</font></p>

 

Lets start one here. haha</p>

 

Casillas basically plays at arguably the Biggest Club, most prestigous, most winning football club in the entire world.... and there arepeoplethat think he might leave Real Madrid for.... Tottencrap?, He's not going to give up CL cups for saving the drowning yids season, it be hilarious if he decided to leave and say he always dreamed of playing for a club of the stature of tottencrap spurs. Is this any logic anynone?...only chance of happening is if RM already have a negotiation with Cech or Buffon, then yes, its possible but not by casillas choice to play there.</p>