Football Corner

Valencia striker David Villa may be on his way to Premier League side Tottenham after his agent revealed that many English sides have enquired about the Spaniard. The player has been linked with a move to the England for some time with fellow London side Chelsea being linked with him on numerous occasions.

Villa is widely regarded as one of Europe's best strikers but many people think he should leave Valencia and have a go in the Premier League. Tottenham boss Juande Ramos has apparently lined up Villa as a possible replacement for Dimitar Berbatov who may still want to leave the club in January.

Villa is a quality player and I for one would love to see how he would do in the Premier League. It would be kind of like Fernando Torres at Liverpool because both are quite similar players. I'm sure Valencia will be very keen to hold onto their prize asset but I think Villa may just be tempted by Spurs.

According to the Daily Star Sunday, Tottenham boss Juande Ramos is lining up a £5 million move for Real Madrid attacking midfielder Julio Baptista. The player who of course used to play for North London rivals, Arsenal, is apparently high on the Spurs boss January shopping list.

Baptista of course used to play under Ramos at Sevilla and he may be interested in a move back to London due to the lack of first team football this season at the Spanish giants. He joined Arsenal in a loan exchange with Jose Antonio Reyes but Arsenal declined against making the deal permanent.

Baptista is a very strong midfielder and I think although he didn't do amazingly well at the Gunners I think he may be able to do a job for Spurs. I think £5 million sounds a pretty reasonable price for the 26-year old. Tottenham may face competition for Baptista's signature from Portuguese side Benfica come the January transfer window.

New Spurs boss Juande Ramos has been reportedly eyeing up former Spurs star Michael Carrick in what could be the big January transfer story according to a report in The Express last Thursday.