Harry Redknapp has clarified his thinking on the goalkeeper situation at Spurs.

There was some confusion amongst Tottenhanam fans as to whether the persistent keeper links in the press indicated a lack of trust in Heurelho Gomes from the Spurs manager.

But Redknapp has confirmed that any move for a goalkeeper would be with the aim of providing quality cover for the Brazilian, not replacing him.

Harry said: People have talked about David James and Ben Foster but they are going to want to play and Gomes has been brilliant this season.”

“It is a difficult situation because if Gomes gets injured, we need someone who can come in and do the job. It’s no good putting someone in just to give them experience.”

It is being widely reported this week that Spurs are on the verge of signing Swiss keeper Eldin Jakupovic on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow with a view to a permanent £1m deal in the summer.

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So often over the last few years, Graham Roberts has been highly vociferal in his criticism of players and managers at Spurs. Some fans have loved it, some have hated it but nobody can say he doesn’t speak his mind.

This time though, in an interview with Soccer Extra, Roberts is positively gushing about the current squad and manager Harry Redknapp and also gives us some interesting insights into possible incoming Spurs transfers before the window slams shut tomorrow at 5pm.

On the Modric injury and possible replacements:

“Modric is a big loss, he gives the team that balance and he was playing out of his skin,”

“I’ve been told there is now a big chance we’ll bring in eitherMartin Petrov or Sulley Muntari to replace him.

“We definitely need a left-sided player. I think David Bentley will go to Everton, and it will be Petrov or Muntari.

“Muntari was the big shout I was hearing over the weekend.

Er… Muntari can’t play on the left, he’s more of a box to box central midfielder, but who cares, Roberts is a legend! Watch a video of Muntari’s outstanding tackling and strength here

“I think Harry will add two more players. David James is a big one.”

“Heurelho Gomes is a wonderful goalkeeper, he knows he can trust his centre halves now, last year he played behind six different combinations.

“Jon Woodgate is back training, Ledley King is performing well, and Sebastien Bassong, what a signing. Vedran Corluka can also play there.”

On Redknapp and Palacios:

“We’ve got a brilliant manager in Harry Redknapp.

“Harry’s actually gone out and got what we’ve needed for a long time: That midfield payer who can guard the defence, Wilson Palacios.

“Harry said Palacios was a bit like me last week, I would say he’s better in that engine room than I was.

“He’s a fantastic player, gets forward to support the attack; the only problem I’ve got with him is that he gets booked too much. He won’t last long if he continues like that.

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“We’ve got the right manager and if I was the chairman I would go and sign Harry for another four years right now.

“We’ve got to keep him because Tottenham will have a real chance of getting into the top four.

“The league is wide open this year, Manchester United aren’t at their best, Chelsea are out of this world but Tottenham can change their way of playing now with Crouch and Pavlyuchenko on the bench.

The mecurial Aaron Lennon:

“Aaron Lennon used to spray eight crosses behind the goal and two would stay on the pitch. Now it’s the other way round. It’s like we’re playing with five attackers.”

COYS